Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1884-06-19
Worse than a Crime.

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Finally the great agony is over, and
Mr.. Blaine is the candidate of the Re-
publican party for President of the
United States. We are sorry for it
and we believe the Republicans will
be sorry for it next November. But
although every man who cares for the
purity of public life and the welfare of
the country, and especially all those
who hoped for the redemption of the
Republican party from the evil ele-
ments that have already nearly drag
ged it down the depths, must poign-
antly regret nomination like this,
yet there has grown within day or
two in many circles sentiment that
will regard the nomination with a Ger
tain grim sense of satisfaction. In
dignation of decent opinion at the
ever recurring nuisance of the Blaine
candidacy, revolt against the open
shamelessness of the Blaine men and
their methods and at their scheme of
carrying things with roar and not by
reason, has made men feel that at last
there was perhaps but one cure for all
this, which was to have the Blaine
element carry the convention and
nominate their man, and then see the
man and the party buried out of sight
by an overwhelming defeat at the
hands of the people. All who have
felt that way have their cure before
them; and they may at least congratu-
late themselves that they are now in
deed in fair way to have done with
Blaine forever.
There will be an immediate develp-
ment of interest in what the Demo
Gratis will do on the Sth of July. We
have no doubt they can easily win
with Tilden's name at the head of their
ticket. He is far more popular now
than he was four years ago. 1t is no.
table how the sense of justice lives and
grows in the popular heart. The fraud
OF. 1876 Is more strongly resented now
than in 1880. Not only would Tllden
secure all the Democratic votes, but a
large number of Republicans would
see in him conservative statesmanlike
leader for whom they can safely vote.
His name will represent an opening,
but still conservative, future; progress
to new ideas and new policies and a
healthful advance for the country.
! With Tilden at the head of their ticket
the Democrats need to be careful about
the second name. Tilden would, we
believe, live out his term if he were
elected; for, though his body may be
feeble, his brain is clear; and history
tells of many feeble bodied statesmen
beside Rlche!ieu. Senator Morton, of
Indiana, dragged about with him fol
many years of most energetic and ex-
hausting public service body more
badly shattered than that of Tilden is.
Governor Seymour was right when he
remarked to Herald reporter some
months ago that in his opinion Tilden's
bodily feebleness was no Disqualified
ton for the proper duties of Presi.
dent.
The country, however, will require
the safeguard of first class man. for
the Vice. Presidency to go with Til.
den's name, and here the Democrats
cannot afford to blunder. Fortunately
they have many excellent names to
choose from, and no Democrat, how
ever eminent, will refuse to let his
stand second to Tildens. Tilden and
Bayard, Tilden and Morrison, Tilden
and Trumbull, Tilden and Hoadly,
Tilden and Palmer, Tilden and Mac
Donald-any one of these combinations
would be an assurance to the country
of a progressive and yet truly con-
servative administration.
AS it is reported and is we'll nigh
certain that Mr.. Tilden's positive re-
fusal to be candidate is actually writ
ten, it will perhaps take few days to
make it clear whether the fearful
blunder of the republicans may not
change that purpose. If 1t does not the
Democracy have still many names with
which they can beat Blaine, and Cleve-
land is one of them. Indeed, the sim
ilarity of the situation that would be
presented in this canvass to the can
vass in which Cleveland carried this
State by an overwhelming majority
will escape no one. Against candi-