The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-03
THE CONVENTION AT CHICAGO,

cago to-day will name the next Pres
ident of the United States. Of this
there can be no reasonable doubt.
The feeling of political hostility with
in the party, as between the admirers of the
several respective candidates, will soon disap
pear after choice has been made and the work
of the party has seriously begun. In strug
gle for nomination that is equivalent to
election there must be earnest work and con-
siderable feeling In no campaign has this
been more marked than in the one now
reaching its climax. But while the work
has been prosecuted with energy, there has
been no suspicion of irregular unfair means
employed. The various candidates before the
Republican convention are candidates only
because they have friends who think they
ought to be nominated and that the good of
the country and welfare of the party demand
such candidacy. No one is engineering his
own campaign. There has been no indica-
ton of wire-pulling; no hint of bribery
through promises of official recogni
ton. The several men prominent
before the convention are there on their merits
and on his merits must the lucky man win.
The delegates chosen to represent the Repub-
been wisely selected, and are men fully i'm
bued with the responsibility that rests upon
them. That they will do their duty well is
morally certain, and having done it WELL it
will receive the Endorsement of the great body
of Republicans-the rank and file upon whom
the great fight in November next depends.
1t were next to impossible to make any
serious mistake in the convention. The
choice will not go far amiss, being simply
to select the best from list of acknowledged
statesmen and men of mental and moral
worth. Backed by the wholesome sentiment
of the Republican party at large the man
selected cannot go far astray. The intelli-
gence and conscience of the party are too
strong and too alert to allow maladministra-
ton. This is so we'll established and SO
that man is named by the Republican
party is guaranty that he will discharge the
duties of his high office in such a manner as
to command the confidence and sympathy of
all the people, regardless of party predictions.
The eight now in progress at Chicago is,
therefore simply an earnest but honorable
endeavor on the part of the friends of several
leading Republican statesmen to give to their
favorite that high honor that fifty crowns the
ambition of the ablest public man
that the nation can produce. 1t
is no mean thing to desire to
become President of this great republic, nor
in any degree dishonorable to strive to attain
the leadership of the American people. So
fair has been the conduct of each of the hon
orable men before this convention that there
can be no lasting bitterness following the dis
appointment that must come to all but one.
From the hour the convention adiourns the
party will be in perfect fighting trim. The
hne of battle will be unbroken
and with no sign Of disaffec-
ton anywhere visible. That success
will again come to the Republican party is al
most beyond doubt. This may not be a
'hurTa' campaign, but it will be an earnest
one, in which the people will think soberly
and vote after carefullest consideration of the
merits of the parties and platforms before
them The country, therefore, awaits the re-
suit of the convention that meets to-day with
a feeling of intense interest. Anxiety, how
ever, is nowhere felt which of itself is the
surest augury ofpublic confidence and assured
success in the next national election.