Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-11-13

earthly show Is against Joe Mcdonald for
the first place from Indiana. Then our
list would be reduced to the five names Of
Flower, Cleavland, Hewitt, Mcdonald and
Field.
We may as we'll retire Hewitt, for the
reason that he will not have the New York
delegation. That will go either to Flower
or Cleavland, and I think to the former.
This is panning the Presidency down
pretty close-to three men out Of fifty
million people, because whomever the Dem
ocrats nominate is almost sure to be elected.
"You pays your money and takes your
choice" There they are: Joseph E. Nc
Donald, R. P. Flower and Stephen ].
Fielder substituting the name Of Coy.
Cleavland for that Of Flower in the event
that the former carries the New York dele
CATION. 1t is not improbable that the last
ballot in the Democratic National Con-
vention may be taken for q choice of these
names.
As things stand at this time, Mcdonald
would have a walk-over. He has aleady
been on the track for more than a year,
and there is no ~perceptible diminution Of
his boom. There must be good leather in
q candidate who can stand up in public
for a whole year.
Uncle Joe is holding q good deal Of his
strength because he is q Western man.
The party has not been lucky with East
ern candidates. Mcclellan, Seymour.
Greeley, Tilden and Hancock all came
from east OF the Allegheny Mountains.
Covering the same period the Republicans
each time ran . Western man.
And there is still another chance in Nc
Donald's favor. New York may conclude
not to present any candidate at all. There
are a good many patriotic Democrats
there who believe the New York Democ-
racy would do better for an outside csndi-
data man who had in no way identified
himself with their Kilkenny factions. So
it is seen that of our three or four remain
ing names Mcdonald has the inside track
by a large majority. With Tilden out he
stands q good show OF winning the great
National S~weepstAke in . canter.
Would he be strong before the people ?
That is the question. I think SO, though
it is certain that there would not be q
dollar behind him for campaign purposes
in the close or doubtful States. With
Mcdonald as the bearer Of our colors it
would be a campaign based on patriotism
pure and simple.
All Of these latter calculations are pre-.
Dictated, Of course, on the presumption Of q
positive declination from Mr.. Tilden. An
intimation from him that he would &C.
cept the nomination would simply result
in sweeping all other candidates from the
stage like so much chat. And there are
some things which look to a man up a
tree like he might be q candidate; among
others the recent settlement Of differences,
so stated, between himself and John Kelly.
To my mind the geography Of the ticket
is scarcely less important than its person
mel. Our main reliance must be placed in
the great States Of New York and Indi-
ana, taken in connection with the South
and such minor Northern States as may
fall in. The chief inquiry Of the National
Convention then should be: "Who can
best secure the support at the polls Of the
States named 2" There is not the slight
est doubt about Tilden and Hendricks
being able to carry them by such over
whelming majorities as were never thrown
for a Presidential ticket in the history OF
the Government.
Should the old ticket fail to stand we
should then do the next best thing by
making the next best combination posi-
BILE out Of the material presented by the
same great States. Mcdonald and Flower;
Mcdonald and Cleavland; Clesvland and
Hendricks; Hendricks and Hewitt; Flower
and McDonald-mix them up any way to
suit. Or we might, in q desperate extrem-
ity, form q ticket from New York and
Ohio men; but the best territory il New
York and Indiana. Our ticket in 1876
was exceptionally strong because thus
chosen.
But in my judgment the proper thing
for the Democracy to do is to force the old
ticket to make the race whether it wants
to or not. 1t is the only sure way to
avoid a possible mistake. And to this
end every State in the Union should send
q Tilden and Hendricks delegation to the
National Convention.
OF course, events in the political world
during the Winter may modify these
views to some extent, but I do not appre-
bend any material change. We have q
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