Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1888-06-16
1T - CLEVELAND AND THUR.
MAN.
To sc AIger or Morton, sherman
or Allison, Depew or Harrison.
Gresham or Phelps?

a successful President and a venerated
statesman to lead their ticket. Cleveland
is worthy to sit in the chair Of Jefferson
and jackson, Thurman to succeed Cal.
houn and Van Buren,, What was called
the Gray boom was simply a politicians
movement, and the difference between
Thurman and Gray is the difference be.
tween q statesman aud a politician. The
Democrats chose the statesman.
This is an ideal ticket. Mr.. Thurman's
acceptance Of the nomination shows that
he is a good Democrat and values the
party success as his duty, and any sacri.
fee to that end a proud duty.
The Republicans are about to meet.
The echoes Of st. Louis will soon return
from Chicago. Blaine's refusal to be the
Tichborne claimant among candidates
leaves the Convention free. Alger and
Morton, Sherman and Allison, Depew
and Harrison, Gresham and Phelps
eight candidates for the Presidency, and
to this date no candidate for the Vice
Presidency, unless the Republicans imi.
tate the Democrats and select some VEN
cradle leader like General Cameron. II
it would aid the canvass as much as it
would the bandanna trade, it might be
easy to prove that General Cameron once
owned bandanna. In politics a symbol
is a success, as Napoleon found when he
made his gray coat an emblem:
These are good names, and if among
them is the candidate for the Presidency
we have no doubt one Of the remaining
could be coaxed into the Vice Presidency.
We never know how much can be done
with candidates for the Presidency until
they are coaxed. And the Vice Presi-
dency, as our sporting friends might say,
is not bad as a consolation purse"
Alger was a good soldier, discovered
Phil Sheridan and made a large fortune
in the lumber trade. He has q reputa-
tion for various philanthropies. Morton
we know as q Wall street prince, much
honored in his realm. Sherman is the
best equipped leader in his party, and
has forgotten more craftsmanship than
most Of his rivals aver knew. They say
he is cold, but in a hot Summer campaign
a cold candidate may prove s~easonable
and refreshing. Allison has fine eyes
and was once called a poet. He has wis.
dom and experience. Depew is our own
and only inimitable Depew-a statesman
grated upon a capitalist. Chauncey has
wholesome Winter and Summer sense, q
good deal of the aurora borealis in his
genins-a capacity for filling the sky with
rosy tints and silvery clouds. Harrison
had a father who whipped Tecumseh,
and q grandfather whom Washington adj.
m;red, and a further away ancestor who
fought with Cromwell. This is a good
wear and tear record for any canvass.
Gresham is admired by some because he
is Gresham, and by a good many more
because he is not somebody else. Thus
far his weakness is that he has no redeem
ing vices. Phelps, like Morton, is a finan.
cial prince. He is the friend of Blaine.
and if Blaine would only put the drag
on Andrew C~srnegie's coach long enough
to say the word he would probably indi.
cate Phelps as his dauphin. All these
gentlemen, it must be remembered, are
candidates for the Presidency. Thus far
there is no candidate for the Vice Presi.
deney, unless, as we have limited Simon
Cameron.
Speaking Of Blaine, while we wish him
a good time amongthe heathery stretches
OF bonnie, rugged Scotland, he can have
much to say about this Convention.
Blaine has shown SO much craftsmanship,
so clear a purpose not to bend the party
success to personal advancement, so much
wisdom, magnetism" "Americanism, 3"
whatever we choose to call it, that he
leads his party in a higher sense than if
he were at home and its candidate. Let
him show this leadership in directing
nominations from Chicago so wise and
patriotic that, no matter which party
wins in the Fall, the country will be safe.
1t is Cleveland and Thurman. Who
is it to be at Chicago? The Democrats
are happy, and justly SO. Indiana will
soon recover from her Gray, and the blaz.
ing bandanna, like another Star ~Spangled
Banner, will wave over the land of the
free and the home Of the brave.-N. Y.
Herald.
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