Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-03-16

to name the candidute Of the republi
cans. Grant, Blaine and Conkling
ii says are all out Of the probabilitie
and the lesser lights, Window an'
Sherman are likewise eliminated. Ed
munds is the only man Of any magni
tude, but he is Vermont man ant
substantially unavailable. Ingalls,
from the other list of aspirants, NIGH
be made an original and effective
statesman but it is doubtful whether
he could carry New York, Pennsyl
vania, Indiana and Illinois, besides
his dashing style of attack has made
him foes. Thus the one exceptional
republican becomes as unavailable a:
the others; and this once mighty par
ty, with its famous history and its
gigantic exploits. seems to be reduced
to the necessity of falling back upon
some decent specimen of unassailed
mediocrity, and going into the cleo
ton with him foredoomed to destruc.
ton. On the other hand it considers
the democrats especially well provided
with good presidential timber. Mr..
Bayard, is an upright, independent
and highly accomplished statesman,
but he comes from the little State Of
Delaware. with only three votes in
the Electoral College, and for this
reason the democracy is quite likely to
look elsewhere, and to seek for some
one who may be relied on to carry
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio or
Indiana, one or two of the large
States without whose assured support
the success Of the democratic ticket
cannot be regarded as certain before
hand. The three tidal wave Govern
ors, Butler, Cleveland and Pattison,
supposed to have enjoyed some
chances of getting the nomination are
entirely wiped out and they must tar
ry at Jericho until their boards grow
bigger. Butler has more brains than
any of the three, but he is too recent
a recruit to be considered in the cal.
culation. Turning to the west, there
is the veteran Thurman, OF Ohio, a
man of high quality and wide expe.
rience. No man would be more sure of
being elected President than he, pro.
vided be could obtain the nomination
of the democratic National Conven-
ton. But to do this the delegation of
Ohio must be unanimously and earn
estly and persistently combined in
supporting him as their only choice.
This is doubtful, and with all his
character and ability it is likely he
will be ruled out. Then there are
Hendricks and Mcdonald, both of
Indiana, but so long as both desire
the nomination neither can win it,
and while Gen. Palmer, of Illinois,
would every where prove strong
candidate, the rivalries which sur.
round him in his own State are likely
to prevent that union and that zeal of
the democracy in his behalf, which are
necessary TO give him the delegation
and to carry his name in triumph
through the ordeal. Randall would
prove an available candidate, though
his chances are, of course, subject to
that unwritten law which exacts that
a candidate must first of all be sup.
ported in the National Convention ly
the whole delegation Of his own State.
And Holman, of Indiana, what |
Jacksonville President he would makel i
OF Kentucky, likewise pos. :
sesses superior gifts, but he is too new
and too untried, as yet, to be justified q
in aspiring to the Presidency. David /
Davis is not available for either side {
but if Samuel j. Tilden were in such I
4 state of physical vigor as to be able c
10 endure the tolls and fatigues which
will weigh down the strength of a
President, it is not too (
much to say that no other candidate O
would be even thought Of. His O
intellectual qualifications, a
his vast knowledge of public ques- Il
ions, his entire Identification with the n
7ital principles of democracy, render
him the most eminent among living
American statesman; while the digni- :
y, the patience, and the patriotism v
With which he has borne the worst =
md greatest of political wiongs, make y
lin to-day the peculiar representa- "
i've of republican institutions, and, "
indeed, Of popular self-government p
lself. How his calm and enlighten
d mind seems to tower alOft in a Sc e
ener atmosphere above the clouds n
nd fogs Of our current politics. His. 81
Dry in her records will render 10 his al