The Red Cloud chief., 1884-05-23
How it Looks.

- ne Olu tlckc SOt,nuS WE'LL. OUT "
is all sound. Clear-headed Democrat.
are not numerous, but every clear
headed Democrat knows that 1.-The ole
ticket" would suit the Republicans
better than any other that could b
named. We should have a jOvial, laugh
ing campaign from beginning to end,
with plenty of ciphers and taxes and
other things to make lie enjoyable, anC
with no worrying sense of anxiety.
Among the few c~lear-headed Demo
Gratis who are aware of this state OF
facts. we may safely mention Mr.. Sam
ucl j. Tilden. He has some influence
with his party in most matters. but il
one matter he is absolute dictator.
The old ticket will not be nominated
if this one c~lear-headei Democrat see.
as much as we suppose he sees. What
ver else he may be able OF unable &c
DO. he has power to prevent his "
public dissection while there is life il
his body. We doubt if his interest il
anatomical science is sufficient to in.
duce him to give himself Up for ante.
norton examination.
The old ticket looks like 4 cloak.
therefore. Behind it there may he
either If several things, but n of the
things probably behind it is n ticket
pleasing to Samuel j. Tilden. If it can
lie determined what he would Ike tc
have done. it can probably be deter.
mined what the Convention will do.
1t NAV be. for instance, that MIR.
Tilden will consider himself dead. and
request Mr.. Hendricks to act as his
successor. but We doubt it. We doubt
whether either end of .':he old ticket
Will prefer Mcdonald. 1t seems i'm.
probable that MIR. Carlisle will be pre-
ferred; and if Mr.. Morrison is suggested,
he will be laid out as .~'horizOntal' as
his Tariff bill. to say the least. The
preference might be Mr.. Randall: il
might be some New-Yorker: or it might
be the three-barreled Mr.. Payne.
The c~lear-headed Democrat who has
some reason TO consider the ..old ticket
delegates as his personal property. be-
ing human and remembering some
dispatches sent by Mr.. Randall in 1879,
might be more willing to see him Presi.
dent than anybody else. But to nomi-
nate a man is n thing; TO elect him
is another-as MI. Tilden tardily per.
ceived eight years ago. Mr.. Randall
has placed himself in such 4 position.
with respect to the tariff question, that
free trade Democrats might like II Op-
portunity to express their feelings about
him. The votes indicate that they num-
Der about threc-quarters of the party.
1t is a lesson VIII, oh some men are slow
to learn. but the fact is that = Democrat
who believes in ever the most modified
form of protection is leper and IN
outcast. when that party is trying 20
make 4 President. Randall's position
is more Objectionable to his party now
than it was four years ago. and ut that
time the remnant of 1.-THE old ticket"
Judged it wiser to nominate ga good
man. weighing 2J0 pounds"
Not long ago. Mr.. Iilden spoke Of
MI. Payne As being. in his judgement,
the best candidate to nominate; and,
strange as it may seem. there is a
chance that on the occasion he spoke
what he thought. But Mr.. Payne is q
somewhat c~lear-headed Democrat also.
He has observed the tendency of Con-
g%reSsiOnal votes as respects Ohio opin-
ion. for he has written n letter OF the
wool question. Having-his mind turned
That way. he may have observed that
Ohio votes in October. and that an adj
verse vote in that month, by a candi-
dates " State, would be apt to
terminate his anxieties prematurely.
When a mar consents to open his oil or
other barrels as a candidate, he natu-
rally wants the interest Of the thing to
last until November. if not longer. It
is conceivable. therefore, that Mr..
Payne may conclude to remember that
he has withdrawn his name several
times already. and is not y candidate.
Thus there is 4 possibility that the
old ticket may signify a New-York
candidate for the Presidency. There is
n difficulty. however. Some of the can
didates who might be named would fail
to arouse the enthusiasm of MIR. Kelly.
We therefore suggest to the parties in
interest the nomination of Mr.. Kelly
himself. He is honest: he is a great
deal more capable than most of the
NEWCOMERS who might be considered.
and We suspect he would run as well as
Governor Cleveland.-N. Y. IriLnne.
General Toombs refused to sub
scribe for the purchase of Alex. Ste.