Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-22
the Cleveland district against Col. R. G.
Parsons, since of DeGolyer contract fame,
and was elected by 2 500 majority, though

the district had given 5000 Republics n
majority only year before. Mr.. Payne
was the first Democratic congressman
from Cleveland, and he entered upon his
congressional career just in time to take
part in the Tilden-Hayes contest. He was
chairman of the house conference commit
tee on the electoral vote, strong advocate
of the electoral comm ission bill and
member of the commission itself. His
record throughout that exciting period is
creditable IN the highest degree, both as
representative of Democracy and as
statesman. He was also member of the
committee on banking and currency and
in that capacity prepared bill providing
for the gradual resumption of specie pay
ments, which was adopted by the Demo
cratic caucus but never enacted.
M. Payne's next appearance in public
politics was as candidate for the presi-
dency before the Democratic convention
which met in Cincinnati in 1880. But one
man then stood between him and the prize.
Ohio had instructed her forty-four dele
gates to vote for Thurman, and they fol-
lowed instructions, but though Mr.. Payne
did not receive single vote from his own
state, he was third highest in the list on
the first ballot, which stood, Hancock III,
Bayard 15315, Payne 81, Thurman
$50, Field 65, Morrison 81, the
remainder of the 1888 in all
being widely scattered. Mr.. Payne had
therefore developed greater strength than
any other Ohio candidate, and if at that
juncture he could have received Ohio's
full strength to which as her leading can
didate he seemed fairly entitled, it is be-
ieved by his friends he could have been
nominated. Mr.. Thurman declined to in
terfere, and Mr.. Payne's name was with
drawn before the second ballot was taken
Tuesday last Payne manager declared
that two votes more than will be necessa-
ry to nominate in the Democratic caucus
are already pledged to Mr.. Payne.
The Paynes are sclose to Tilden, and
are for his nomination next year,
in case he shall be found sufficiently alive
to accept it. But if Mr.. Payne is elected
to the senate and Mr.. Tilden declines the
presidency or dies, what then?
Here appears the possibility of Mr..
Payne's becoming president, and though
some of his friends who are now pushing
him on to the senate, say it will never do
to take tie Democratic candidate from
Ohio and win or lose all on the desperate
October chance, that he is too old, etc., it
is remembered by some they talked in a
similar strain before the re-
cent election in Ohio when they
said Payne was not by any means q can
didate for the senatorship. In viewing
the chances Of the great future it must
not be overlooked that powerful national
influences are behind Mr.. Payne, and if he
should go into the Democratic convention
of 1884 with Ohio instructed for him, the
man who stood third in the list in 1880
without Ohio might without exciting our
wonder go to the front.
Mr.. Payne is clearly the leader of his
party on the great and difficult question
CT the tariff, and it is his prominence
in this regard and the safe
ty of his position that
will give him advantages over any other
presidential aspirant ney.. year.
AT the aacksonian celebration, held in
Cleveland last January, Mr.. Fe,,ue was
central figure, and in his address Of wo,.::
come to the guests, referred to the unfor-
tunate differences in the Democratic party
on the tariff question. Ha conceded the
right of men to differ. He took the posi-
ton that a judicious tariff was not one for
protection only, "but," he said, sit is tar
iff for both revenue and protection, one and
inseparable, SO adjusted and perfected as to
do justice to all the great interests of the
country andinjustice to none" This plat
form on the tariff has been adopted by the
Democratic party in several state CONVEX
tions during the past year, and ia endorsed
by the tariff extremists of both kinds as
the best that co1ld be devised for the ma
tional Democracy to stand upon. Mr..
Watterson, even, sanctions it and there is
now little doubt that it will be perpetuated
by the Democratic presidential convention
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