The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-07-01
TIE TWO CANDIDATES.

IHE IMU UANDlUAIEGs
It's 8 marked improvement in the
signs Of the political times when it can
not be truthfully said OF any great parti-
san faction by any other great opposing
movement that its leaders are men Of III
repute. The fortunes Of the nominees of
the two great parties who are now mar
sbaliDg their hosts for a National
struggle are singularly alike In more
than one particular. Each was chosen
for the purpose of defeating men who
were prominent aspirants for the posi-
tion. Both were connected, from 1851
TO 1865, with that very small political
class known as "war Democrats Since
the war, General Garfield has been
identified with the Republican party,
and has filled high positions as a politi-
clan while enlisted under its banner,
while General Hancock has continued
his allegiance to the Democratic party,
and is to-day member Of the same
great military service which the dis
union Democracy, who are now COM
manded to support him, are so proverb-
tally afraid Of. Each Of these candidates
was nominated by a virtue Of necessity.
But here the parallel ceases.
The necessity that nominated the Re-
publican candidate was an imaginary
one. It was the fruit Of contending in
terests among would-be party moguls,
and nothing 10 seriously endanger the
existence OF the Union would have en-
sued had any one loyal man among a
thousand been chosen for the position,
since, however derelict the party has
been in the discharge Of its duties
within the pale OF the government, it
has never tried to destroy the Union it.
self The faults Of this party are the re-
suits Of one-sided government, and
amount 10 nothing more nor less
than bachelor housekeeping. To con-
tinue this faction In power is to con-
tinue the same slatternly business until
a leader, Ike Garfield, who believes in
woman's inalienable night to her posi-
tion as joint possessor Of humanity's
mutual heritage, shall be induced TO act
upon the principle that one example is
worth a million theories. Woman Suf-
fragists must not forget the importance
Of securing an executive who is favora-
bic to their interest, since the veto
power gives the President a vote equal to
more than two-thirds Of both Houses in /
Congress. With Garfield as President,
bare majority on joint ballot would be
able to pass an act for woman's enfran-
chisement
The necessity for the Democratic Con-
veDtion to nominate General Hancock
was not fictitious one. The party did
not need a go-between among its lead
ers, for it was reduced to the strait of the
antiquated maiden lady who prayed for
anybody, good Lord" when she
wanted a husband. The great gO-be-
tween they needed was a somebody who
could be relied upon 10 continue the
policy Of eight years ago, familiarly
known as Greeleyism; but the old-t time
leaders Of the South resorted to a no less
transparent trick in thus raising anew
the Democratic blinds to prevent the
people from seeing the sinister opera
tiOns at work behind them, than when
they endorsed Mr.. Greeley, who had
hurled the thunders Of the Tribune at
them till they turned at last TO lick the
hand that smote them. With Hancock
at the head Of National affairs, the
women have no friend at court.
He is mentally and physically on
the Jim Fiske plane. He believes in
women merely as the necessary servants
Of men in obscure places, or as Orna-
ments to them 10 public society. He is
endowed with a full stomach, huge jaw,
double chin, low forehead, short, thick
neck, and big back-head. He is a West
Point graduate, and an army officer by
instinct and intuition. As President
he would be a ruler and not an exeeu-
tive. He well represents the pugiiistio
side Of American politics. On the other
hand, Mr.. Garfield represents the intel
lectual side Of the same great institu-
tion. He has a high forehead, large
spirituality, and regular features. The
time will come when a President will
be chosen for reasons Of characteristic
fitness, and, If the voters Of the Nation
do their duty, that time will be next
November.