New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-16
THE ROLL OF CANDIDATES..
DEPEW AND HARRISON.


TO the Editor of The Tribune:
STR Since you published my appeal for "Dcpc"
and Gresham there have been unmistakable sigh'
that while Depew tho gain Gresham "a'
losing In the first place, found from inquiries ~
New England that behind preferences there 10,
Gresham the decided opinion was that Depew wouiu
prove much the available man, and that Inv
Gresham interest would collapse very much as the
Bristow interest did The result Of postal caro-
ballot taken by "The Boston Evening Record iei
them to- say: "Gresham has come out ahead, and
Depew shows mp far better than we expected That
" far bettcrs will come to what Governor Ames said
that with Blaine out, al am decidedly for Dcpew,
feeling that he carry Eew-York state.' That IS
the fact in a nutshell Tho man surest to carry New
York against Cleveland stands in tho position which
Lincoln stood In at his first nomination, as the only
who could carry Illinois against Douglas. hontns
before the nomination was mado heard In Chicago
the confident prophecy that Abraham Lincoln must DO
the man. because without him the battle lost be-
forehand in the Northwest through the position there
OF Douglas. To-day tho position Of Cleveland In
NewYork creates situation precisely similar to that
of tho Northwest when Chicago Justly put the banner
OF Lincoln above that of Seward. Depew's personal
strength which is not In the keeping Of any boss or
ring but is his own individually, solely upon clean
and honest merit affords tho only perfectly sure
basis for beating Cleveland in NewYork And the
parallel with Lincoln goes further. He came to New
day In tho Northwest, and carried the interest OF
Ncw-York and New England Instantly and completely.
Depew is Just the to go into the West In exactly
the same way with exactly the same result He has
more points OF popular strength like those OF Lincoln
than any man the East has ever produced or any
man living in America at the present time, with Mr.
Blaine out of the field. Depew is a man who VIII
"pan out" before the masses Immensely better than
any of his peers in this candidacy The one great
objection, alleged with haste and heat by OK
ccIlent Western organs bis railroad presidency, will
collapse the moment 1t is touched, because he Is SO
certain to be to DO little open to objection on
lie has made such use OF tho position as to destroy
the objection root and branch The only real objec-
ton to taking him is the fact that railroad presi-
dent so answering in Justice to the people and 10
labor be matched anywhere, easy as 1t may be
TO provide for the business interests involved man
who has pulled himself through all that Mr. Depow's
career has involved, and stands as clean and SOUND
and true as II temptation had mover assaed him, Is
Just the man to win confidence whore 1t Is said to DO
wanting and to sweep the Northwest ~ he would
sweep NewYork
AS to Gresham in even the second place, strongly
would myself urge 1t against even sorne objection
tlero is denying that he has suffered terribly at
the hands Of his friends. Not only have his advo-
Gates in tho Chicago press brought down on him q
crushing weight of dsfavor by gross want of fairness
when fairness far the best policy but the pile OF
money put up behind him by clique OF rich men has
cast fatal shadow upon bis prospects. Nothing
makes Depew stronger at this moment than the fact
that whatever element there Is in New-fork 70 which
date Who understands giving suck from full bottle:
l. looks most decidedly as II the Western man most
available for the second place strong ticket
headed by Depew will prove to DO Harrison.
New-York, juno IA, 1883. NDEA'