The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-20

} administration in the line of demo
cratic reruGicsnism; any OF them
4 would take the government out
the corrupt rat into which The Re-
! publican party has been running it.
It and elevate il to the firm ground
e upon which the founders placed it.
= The Democrats could consistently
: vote for either of the distinguished
: statesmen named above, and feel
safe in trusting the chief Office in
the nation into his keeping. But
IL making the selection OF a can
didate the qualification OF the man
: must not alone be considered. There
are 4G0 votes in the electoral college,
hence it will require 201 to elect.
The Democrats start in with 145
absolutely assured, leaving. Sc as
ne; essay to victory. These must
he obtained if at all from the
ninety-one in the doubtful States
OF California, Indiana, New J.rsey,
New York and Ohio, and the ticket
should be made up with the view
to carrying these States, or
enough of them to make up
the fifty six electoral vo.e-.
No combination that can be made
will give these votes with New
Yo1k's thirty-six left oat, but New
York and Ohio will be sufficient,
as will also New York, New
Jersey and Indiana, or New York
Indiana and California. State pride
always has an influence on a mans
political action; good many voters
would vote for citizen OF the ir own
State though not member of his
party, rather than for an unpopular
candidate OF the same political faith,
but resident of another State; and
there are in every common v ealth a
good many voters whose political
affiliations are not 30 fxe but that
they will VOC for the citizen of their
own State, whatever his politics, in
preference to any other. This is |
especially so with reference to New
York, where State pride is marked
characteristic of the people. The
voters In the State are 90 nearly
evenly divided between the parties, |
that neither can safely predict
as to the result ut the
polls where both candidates
ale citizens of ano her com.
monwealth, but with a New York
man on one ticket and a Maine or
Ohio man on the other, there will,
be no doubt as to the outcome
Then it should be apparent to the
party that success depends alto
gether on putting a New York man
on the ticket, and to make the State
absolutely sure to the Democracy,
be should head it, leaving the Vice.
President to be taken from one of
me western States, that will be re-
CURED to make up the necessary
elec oral votes. In New York they
have an available candidate in the
the person Of Grover Cleveland, who
has made q most admirable Gov
ernor, not only satisfying the better
elements of his own party, but win
hing much praise from the Repub-
leans. He is SO popular that
t is believed many Re.
oublicans would vote for him
n preference to Blaine AS to the
second man, it is thought that Gov
'rnor Hoadiey, of Ohio, could carry
liz own State without doubt, ia
which event the ticket being Cleve-
and and Hoadley, Democratic sue
cess would be assured. There can
% little question as to the abil-
ty OF Mcdonald to carry Indiana,
md in case of his nomination with
Cleveland the Democrats would ais
De certain Of victory, for New Jef-
icy will go az New York goes and
Ter vote would make up the num-
Der the o:her two States. la ked.
OF course, personal am billions will
nave their weight and influence In
he convention as in the Sc.
ection of delegates, but we
believe the candidates are all
efficiently imbued with the spirit
II patriotism to Induce them to
mother their own aspirations for
he good OF the party and the rescue
nd salvation OF the republic. ri
hey will do this, in their wisdom
hey will doubtless see that in the
npossibility Of having Tilden and J
hendricks, the winning if not the
est ticket Will be Cleveland and