Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-06-25

tain to elect It's candidate. by tne Pro.
ceedinps of the convention at Saratoga 1t
is also made apparent that New fork is
a political storm center III another sense.
The old trouble has broken out again be-
tween the Tammany and antl-Iammany
factions. and in a form more threatening
thar ever. John Kelly is opposed to
Cleveland as a Presidential candidate,
and whatever may be the ~excellencles OF
Cleveland's character and record, he has
no such strength that he could be trusted,
like Tilden, to carry the State against
the active opposition or even the luke
of Tammany Hall. By re-
ueated experience the Democrats of the
country have learned to dread the power
of John Kelly when exerted with the
malign motives to which he is so little a
stranger. Selfshness and greed are the
only incentives he acknowledges, and he
is always ready to trade with the Repub-
licans when he has anything to gain by
throwing his own party overheard. This
man has now started out to oppose the
candidacy Of Cleveland, and the fatal
lengths to which he will carry his oppo-
sition can be only too easily guessed.
Too much depends on New York this
year to justify any desperate expert
ments. A candidate must be nominated
who unites all factions in that State, or
the chances of Democratic success are
greatly impaired. Cleveland is antagon-
lied by the powerful influence of Tam
many Hall, and for that simple reason he
is not the best candidate to nominate.
There is no man who would better har-
monte all parties within the party in
New York, and at the same time pick up
more outside strength, than Justice
Field. He is quite as much a New
Yorker as a Californian. By former res
idence and the strong ties OF family
Judge Field is a Knickerbocker. He
was established in the practice of law in
New York City before coming to Califor-
mia, and even if he had never set foot on
the soil of the Empire State, the brother
oil David Dudley Field and Cyrus Field
could not be a stranger there. As a mat
ter of fact, Stephen ]. Field was well
known to the people Of New York long
before Grover Cleveland, Roswell p.
Flower, or any of the other local candi.
dates had been so much as heard of out
side of their families and business asso-
ciates. Not only would he possess the
strength which any OF the other candi-
dates possess on the score of locality,
but he also has elements of strength of
which none of them can boast. He would
be irresistible with the business men of
New York City, which is the CONNER
cial and financial center of the United
States. All the Independents who have
bolted the nomination of Blaine would
find in Field the qualifications which
they miss in the Republican candidate.
and they would rally to his support. He
will suit the business men as well as
Arthur would have done, and he will
harmonic all factions in the Democratic
party. In a sentence. Judge Field is just
the candidate needed to carry New York.
San Francisco Alta.
The above article is very ingeniously
written by the principal newspaper
friend OF Justice Field-the Alta. 1t
will not escape the attention of the
thoughtful reader how nicely the first
part of it is framed to startle and an
noy Democrats by painting the situation
in the State of New York in the strong
est %colors; and then, afterwards, how
nicely His Honor is introduced as the
man who can come in and oil the troubled
waters. Now, this paper is not disposed
to decry any gentleman who aspires to
be the nominee of the Democratic party.
We are for the party first and for the
the Democracy shall be successful and
we are for any man who may be accepta.
BILE to the party ana with whom the party
can win. We do not believe that Justice
Field, with everything to commend him
as a powerful intellect and a most learned
Judge, is the man that the Democracy
want for their candidate. The fact of his
having been re~pudiated by the Demo
Gratis of his W State-a body whose
determination, in the premises, must be
accepted as fnal-would put a quietus
on the ambition of any less modest mar
than Mr.. Field. But he nor his friends
are restrained by any bashful considera'
tions. 1t is well for those who desire tc
speculate i~ntelligently on the prospects
of Mr.. Field in the Chicago Convention
on the 8th prox. to bear in mind that he
is likely to be an active candidate from
the outset to the end, or until he ID
killed off entirely. Strange as it may
seem, the action of the California De-
mocracy in re~pudiating him as a Presi'
Dental candidate has not had just the
effect anticipated, that is in the East. 1t
has rather advertised him and created a
sympathy for him. The Eastern Democ'
racy, to some extent, have been made to
believe that the California Convention
represented only a small minority, the
hoodlum element, Of the Democratic
party in that State, and that the respect.
able and conservative element of the
party there desire Mr.. Fields nomi,
nation. OF course, this is not true;
but the story is more or less believed.