Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-01-11
eureka Dailp Sentinel.


1t will be remcmDereu eha1 VIC JIM
MEL published, Nov. IL of last year, an
extended review of the political situation
with reference to the strength and
availability of the various Democratic
candidates for the Presidency. This
paper took the ground, "the old ticket
against the world" but argued that In
case Tilden and Hendricks could not be
put forward, the next choice OF a man
from New York for President would be
r. P. Flower, at present a Representa-
tive in the Lower House of Congress.
The SENTINEL has had the satisfaction
to find that its article has been con-
sidered of sufficient Importance in the
East to call out much criticism and to be
freely quoted from on more than one
occasion by the New York Sun. The
question of a Democratic candidate tor
the Presidency involves, now, first OF all,
the matter of geography. 1t is a nice
point to establish whether he shall come
from the Northwest or from New York.
We believe the trend of opinion in the
party is that he shall hail from the
former section, as it is already predis-
posed to Democracy on the tariff issue.
With the two great parties occupying
their present attitudes on this question,
it is believed that States formerly too
Republican to be specialized on by the
Democrats, will be almost sure to go
with the latter. Hence the advantage to
be gained by giving them a candidate
around whom they will rally in the
fight for home as we'll as national rea-
sons. Still it must be said that the gen.
erals of the Democracy have not figured
out the programme definitely yet, and it
may be that for evident reasons OF policy
a New York man will be chosen to bear
the Democratic standard. In this event
there is hardly a doubt but
Mr.. Flower will be the man.
With regard to him the SENTINEL, in
it's November article, said, and the New
York Sun indorses the opinion, that he
is a better man than either Cleavland or
Hewitt, the other two possible New
York candidates. Flower would have
been nominated for Governor of New
York last year instead of Cleavland but
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majority in the convention. In order to
secure harmony at the polls they ad-
vocated the admission of the Tammany
contesting delegation. Once admitted,
John Kelly proposed the name of Mayor
Cleavland, and the convention, losing it's
head for the moment, went over to him
with a yell. 1t was not Cleav-
lands extraordinary popularity that
gave him his 1871, 900 majority. Flower
or any other respectable Demo-
crat would have carried it with a like
rush.
Flower gained something of a national
reputation by his defeat of young Aston
for Congress at a special election some
thing over two years ago. Aston was
said to have spent 5000, 600, and yet
Flower beat him 5000 votes in a district
that had been going 5000 the other way.
Flower is a broad. gauged, brainy man,
and has shown himself an upright repre-
sentative of the people in Congress. He
has displayed, also. very c~onspicuously
a remarkable familiarity with the affairs
of the country. In the knowledge of
legislation on financial subjects he is said
to be without a superior in either House
of the National Legislature.
1t is not at all improbable that we
shall have Mr.. Flower for our nations
Chief Executive as the result of the cleo.
tion this Fall.