The Wilmingtonian., 1883-09-22
THE PRESIDENTIAL OUTLOOK


THE PRESIDENTIAL OUTLOOK.
The New York Wo Id in discussing the
presidential probabilities eliminates Senator
Bayard from the list Of candidates on ac-
count of the fewness of Delaware's elector-
al votes. If The World essays to speak as
the reputed organ of the Democratic party
its unwise utterances should be dsavowed
at the earliest practicable moment; or if
the Democratic party knows no higher law
than the mere question of expediency it is
unworthy the confidence of the American
people and should not be entrusted with the
direction of Governmental affairs.
It is a matter of record, that since the
nomination of Seymour i'll 1868 the Demo-
cratic party has not made single ideal
nomination.
In 1872 the party was abn srmally freight
ed with Greeley simply and solely because it
was supposed that he possessed in some
of winning over to the Democratic party
large number of voters as well as holding
the full vote of his party-the result of the
election did not justify the prediction of the
Baltimore convention.
In the election of 1876 it was claimed that
as New York was doubtful state and as its
electoral vote was a prime necessity to the
party the presidential candidate
must have the prestige OF N. Y. citizenship
and the "historical barrel" of S. j. T.lden
was the central figure of that campaign.
In 1875 gentleman was sprung in the
Cincinnati convention whose negative quail
tiles, commended him much stronger than
his positive ones. The convention halted
upon the threshold of its obligations and
instead of giving the American people the
opportunity of voting for the man of their
choice they named General Hancock as
their standard bearer.-and his canvass was
signal failure.
Within one week after the adjournment
of the Cincinnati convention the mistake of
of Bayard was painfully felt throughout the
country. Bayard could not only have car
ried all of the states that Hancock did, but
his candidacy wouii lave added to the
democratic column the states of New York
and Connecticut and thus have turned the
political tide in favor of Democracy.
Those having ulterior objects in view are
seeking to dsparage the candidacy of Mr..
Bayard by sneeringly referring to the size
of his state.
In previous issue of THE WILMINGTON"
IAN we dstinctively stated that all other
things being equal, presidential candidate
from a small state was virtually stronger
then one from the larger states, For in
stance if the democratic press is to be cred
tied Judge Hoadley's Gubernatorial canvass
in Ohio is rent asunder by intestinal feuds
and political jealousies. Senator Pendleton
apprehends that if Judge Hoadley is elected
Governor that he may contest the presiden-
tal nomination with him in the coming ma
tional convention. Ex-senator Thurman
still looks fondly toward the White House;
hence he is preseverng in the Ohio canvass
in condition of matchless inactivity. 1t GER
tainly would not be the part of wisdom for
the party to go to Ohio for a candidate fol-
the presidency where personal and political
animosities subordinate all other ques.
tions. -
In Indiana Hendricks and Mcdonald di-
vide the political glory of the State-all as.
pirants for political preferment must do pc.
nance to one or the other of these leaders
if the presidential prize is granted to Hen
bricks or to one of his allies then the antip
athy and avowed hostility of Mcdonald and
lican party.
In Pennsylvania we have in Randall ant
Wallace counterpart of the existing Affairs
In Indiana.
Let Randall or one of his political clique
be named for the Presidency and forthwith
the emnity of the opposing factions is full
ly aroused-and what is true of one of the
factions is equally true of the other.