Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1884-03-28

The IhenI nennI,Iicnn Candidate.

Nhe AdeSl republican Candidate.
"A notable expression Of opinion from the st. Paul
Pioneer Press, the leading Republican paper in the
Northwest
Whoever wins will win by hard fighting /;
and nominee, to hold out any hope to his
party, must be able to command the respect,
the confidence and the allegiance of the en-
tire Republican party. He must be a man OF
unblemished private character, of at least
firstcl public reputation, tried and not
found wanting in the public service, and sat
isfactory to all the wide diversity of views
which the absence of great solidfying issues
has encouraged among Republicans. d"
If we look at the question of who shall be the
next nominee from this standpoint we fluid
that it resolves itself into the simple query,
what man. having the qualifications we have
enumerated, and commanding the support Of
the body of the party, can compactly unity
behind him Republicans OF all shades of
opinion, satisfying at the same time the wish
es of those who hold the party first, aud
those who are for the best man first and the
party afterward. Such a combination. if
found in the person of any one man, consti-
tutes in him tho ideal candidate; and it il
found in every respect in the person of SEN
ator Edmunds of Vermont Mr.. Eimunds
can satisfy the two great requirements essen
tial in the next candidate brought forward by
man, against whom the veriest old.type stall
wart caunot raise an objection aud he is, at
the same time, man of such exalted views,
of such unimpeachablo character, and such
untiinching devotion to high and pure prin-
clples OF political action that he can COM
maud the vote OF the Independent element
which admire, aud trusts him lie has had
long and successful career. lie is to-day
tho most venerated figure in the United
States senate. He is, by common consent,
the greatest constitutional authority in either
party. His republicanism has been proved
by the severest tests. His integrity is in it.
self voucher for an honest and admirable
conduct OF public affairs His nomination
would be the equivalent of an election His
election would be the equivalent of a political
reform. He could carry without sensible
effort every state that cast its vote for Gar.
field, and could weld into one body OF en-
thusiasm the millions who long to SEQ the
presidential nominee express in his own per.
son the high character aud exalted moral
tone which they hope to see impressed upon
the party and upon tbs politics of the coun.
try. Mr.. Edmuuds, in spite Of any
opposition, could sweep New England entire,
New York and Pennsylvania. With any clean
and aggressive Republican of the younger
generation as his second, every electoral vote
west of the Alleghanies aud north of the
Ohio would be won. 1t is time for the peo-
Pile everywhere to be thinking of these
things, to be considering whether so desra-
BILE consummhtion cannot DO brought about.
1t will be aided most, not by the selection OF
delegates pledged TO this man or that but by
the choice of men themselves of known char
acter and in sympathy with the best that the
party holds, instructed to give all their efforts
toward the nomination of the most available
man. Such a man is not chosen by caucusing
or by rote. His elevation will be the result
OF that inspiration which does descend upon
party counsels in the stress OF great emery
encies. 1t is such an inspiration that should
point the party to the man who holds success
within his grasp, whose name alone will be
the earnest of victory