Daily Republican., 1884-06-26

In ten days more the Democratic Ma
tional Convention II to meet, and the
Democrats are more at sea in regard to
who their candidates will be for Presi-
dent and Vice President than the Re
publicans we're at any time during three
months before they had their nomina.
ton. The Democrats have plenty OF
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. candidates-whO
would gladly be nominated II for
no other purpose than it might DO said
of him some time In the future that he
was ut one time q Democratic candi-
date for the Presidency. But what
perplexes the Democrats most is to ind
the candidate that can be elected. They
know whom they have to confront and
they know that with The best candidate
they can put against him they have but
forlorn hope OF electing him.
The choice Of the party seems now IL
be restricted to four candidates-Cleve'
land, Randall, Bayard aud Butler
Cleveland seems to be the most popu'
lar, and is gathering up the most dele
gates, but nothing like the requisite
two-thirds req uired to nominate, and
even it he had them they would hest
tate to nominate Cleveland in the face
Of a certain bolt by the Tammany Dem
ocrats of New York city. New York
State is the key to the Presidency more
than for the Republicans. Without
the certainty of the Democrats carrying
New York, the domination Of o candi.
date will be of the most formal charac.
| ter. New York has never been carried
by the Democrats without the aid OF
Tammany, and, do what they will, they
will never carry itwithout its aid. Tam
many will not for Cleveland If he is
nominated, and this rules him entirely
out of the race as an available candi-
date.
Cleveland out of the way, there are
left Bayard, Butler and Randall. To
nominate Bayard would be but to open
up the campaign and run it on sec
tional issue. The people who lived and
stood by the Government during the re.
bellion would be insulted by the nomi-
nation Of Bayard AS we'll might JEFF
Davis at once be nominated. Bayard
is entirely out of the race as candi'
date that can be elected, and of all the
candidates named would be the one Re.
publicans, for matter of policy, would
most desire, as he il the weakest. How
about Butler ? AS good as any the
Democrats can nominate. He is now a
! full tledged Democrat, elected by the
Democrats of Massachusetts Governor OF
that State when no other Democrat
could be elected. Even some of the In
dependents who then voted for him will
vote for him again in preference tc
Blaine. He would get the vote OF
Tammany without a word, but the silk
gloved Democracy Of New York would
not vote for him, and if he was nomi.
mated Blaine would break the solid
South. Butler will not do. Randall Ia
still left. He is the better man Of all
that have been mentioned. He stands
for better past and more hopeful
future, but he will not be nominated, OF
if nominated, he could not be elected
because his party is utterly opposed to
him on the cardinal issues Of the day.
A majority of the convention will favor
a tariff for revenue only, and Randall
cannot stand upon that. For the pres
emit, however, the Democratic candidate
balances between these four candidates
If the party takes up Cleveland i,
throws Tammany and Kelly overheard
If il takes Bayard it is notice served
that the rebel soldier vote is preferred tt
the Union soldier vote. If it takes But
Ter it cannot expect solid South, and
! if it takes Randall it will be the en-
dorsement Of a high protective tariff
Clearly the Democrats are in a guam
Diary ard do not know what to do. Oui
advice to them is to do nothing aud
save their money and labor for some
future time, when they will be- better
united. But do what they will now
James G. Blaine will be the next Prcsi
dent of the United Stares.