The daily gazette., 1883-07-13
about presidential Candidates.

About Presidential Candidates.
With the National Conventions of the two
parties less than year in the distance, and
the backbone of the hot spell broken, the
attention of the American people naturally |
reverts to politics, and the grand and noble |
work of putting up and pulling down Presi- |
Dental candidates is under way On the
Republican side the patriotic aspirants are
"laying low" evidently on the watch for
the manoeuvres of the Immaculate Arthur,
but the Democracy, inspired by the pros
pect of certain victory that awaits them,
have rushed into the business OF President
making with vim and Vigor that will
strew the field with crushed candidates long
before the choice of the party is declared.
1t has only been few weeks since the
obliging McDonald-Joe, of Indiana--fip-
pantly disposed OF hk ueghbor and fellow
statesman, Hendricks, by announcing that
the tail end o: the successful ticket OF
1875 would not be a candidate for leader of
the Democratic hosts in 1884. The country
accepted this announcement as the gospel
truth, but there was a rude awakening yes
terday, when the news was read in all the
papers that the whilom pet of the Hoosier
Democracy was not going to allow himself
to be so easily set aside by his younger
rival, and had started on the through ex
press for California to make himself solid
with the Democratic leaders OF the Pacific
slope.
To-day another surprise greets US, and we
are informed By the New YoIk Times, in All in
teryiew of one of its correspondents with au
''old and intimate friend" of Mr. Tilden, that
the sage of Greystone is again irdulging in
Presidential aspirations, and would like the
Democratic Convention to place the sold
ticket" before the people for tine campaign
of 1884. The 'old and intimate frend'
kindly arranges every detail of the program
even to changing the litter hatred of John
Kelley into the most pious regard, and
inducing the amiable Hendricks to again
sacrifice the ambition OF his political lif !,
and become the tail of the winning ticket
next year.
While these anonymous interviews arC
generally deserving of but little credence
there is enough of mystery about Mr.. Til
denis attitude and inclinations to invest tn,
Times production with a halo o
interest that it otherwise would moi
possess. Ever since tie last Convention
when he addicted his claims without max
ing test of his strength among the dele
gates, he has shut himself in an impenetra
BILE cover of reserve and secrecy, which
made his physical condition as well as his
political intentions matter of col stant
speculation. His candidacy, therefore, il
as much to be expected as his unqualified
annonn cement that he is forever done with
politics, and one would occasion no NOR
surprise than the Other
While the nomination of the "old ticket
would doubtless have been a wise NOV
three years ago, we seriously doubt the pro
priety of such action next year. Mr.. Tide
is an old man, and as far he is PERSONAL
concerned, has SO completely removed him
sell from political affairs as TO be almost los
TO the nearly generation of voters VIII
have grown up since 1876. He can n
longer command the enthusiastic support c
the Democratic people, and any serious at
tempt upon the part OF himself or his lieu
tenants to secure the nomination would, W
are firmly convinced, meet with an over
whelming defeat.
The active struggle for the Democrat
nomination is not yet under way and it
impossible to foretell the entries that ma
YET be made for the great race. Randa
says he will be satisfied wi h the Speake
ship, but as before, he may finally conser
to become the residuary legatee of NJ
Tilden, II the latter enters tine fell
Mcdonald and Hendricks will have the
followers, Judge Thurman has admire
who cling to him despite his rapid
decaying political prospects, Payne
doubtless as willing as ever, Hewitt
young and vigorous, while Joel Parker
still regarded as "Jersey's fayorite son
and Grover Cleveland, with his 200,0 mi
jority In the Empire State, is in good cond
tion to be groomed by those who look upo
the dark horse" as the longest-winded ma
In the race. All these however, ARE mere sid
entries, for high above them, towering almo
To the clouds in comparison, is the cand
date of little Delaware, whose nominate
would n only soldify the party and NAL
victory certain, but would give the peop
of the whole country what they have so lol
needed-a states man in the President
chair.
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