Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-10-16
REPUBLICAN NOMINEES FOR 'ss.

Already the V1cCOry Oh Cne hepuUllCduS
in Ohio is giving rise to Presidential con-
lectures for 49, The Philadelphia Press
puts forward this ticket for 'SS: "For
President, John Sherman, of Ohio; for
Vice-President, Ira Davenport, of New
York" 1t puts this ticket forward pro-
vided Davenport shall carry New York.
Whether Davenport will carry New York
remains to be seen. He will in all prob
ability receive the Independent, Or Mug
wump, vote, and in New York that vote is
the balance of power. The Mugwumps
endorsed Cleveland for Governor because
they believed him to be thoroughly
honest man and a reformer, and because
they disapproved of Arthur's action
in procuring the nomination of Judge
Folger- In 1884 they cast their votes for
Cleveland for President for the same rea-
sons that induced them to vote for him
for Governor, and for the further reason
that Blaine was the very opposite of what
CLEVELAND. was and what they desired.
Against the Republican nominee for
Governor of New York this year there are
no objections, and he seems to be thor
oughly honest and competent man, and
it viii be the most natural thing in the
world for them to return to their party
so long as their party has nominated
man whom they can fully endorse. In
view of all this, and the fact that there is
some dissension in the Democratic party
in New York, the probabilities are that
Davenport will he elected over Hill. The
political prestige OF having been Governor
of New York would necessarily give
Davenport great advantage in race for
nomination on Presidential ticket. AS
holding the second place on Presiden-
tial ticket where John Sherman had the
first it would make him far less danger
GUS than as though he held the
first place. Sherman belongs to a
time that is past, and although
the Republicans have carried Ohio,
Sherman's Mt. Gilead speech and all that
it implied would be far more damaging to
his party in Presidential campaign than
it was in State campaign. When Blaine
was defeated last year and in his agony and
disappointment gave vent to his feelings
in his famous Augusta speech, the senti-
ments of that speech, which were ident-
ical with those of Sherman's Mt. Gilead
speech, were universally condemned, and
as each month has gone by since the de-
livery of that speech, the condemnation
has been more pronounced. And so it
will be with Sherman's Mt. Gilead
speech. Each day the country is adHane--
ing towards stronger Union, and greater
grows the desire for peace and forgiveness
OF past errors where past errors have
been repented of. 1t is nearly three
years before the national conventions for
the nomination of Presidential candi-
dates meet, and at the expiration of that
time the cry of the bloody shirt will have
a far harsher sound than now, and those
who have raised it this year will be in
universal disfavor then. For the Repub-
lican party to put John Sherman forward
as their candidate for President in 1888
would be for them to invite certain defeat,
and they will not care to defy the better
public sentiment, as they did in 1884
when they nominated James G. Blaine.
The action of the party in New York in
nominating man like Ira Davenport
shows that they have profited by their
experience of last year, and they have
three years yet in which to learn the les
sons which the experience of last year
taught them. ~ democrats could ask
no better thing - to have the Repub-
licans nominate John Sherman, of Ohio,
for President in 1888.