Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-06-26
The Nominees.

BENJAMIN HARRISON, Of Indiana, has been
selected by the Republicans to undergo the
crushing defeat which the Democratic mas.
cot VIII administer next November to the
nominee Of the Republican party for Prcs-
don't Of The United States.
Let rs begin bv Cxulting over the defeat OF
SrrHvtN. II has afforded us in the past
much pleasure 10 tell him that neither he nor
airy other man who had a hand in steal.
i0s the Office Of President Of the
United states in 1876 would ever even 50
much as Uc nominated for that Office. We
rejoice That SHERMAN cannot boast Of such a
nomination. We glory in his defeat Tor an
other reason namely, because he was the
fqyorlie ~ WILLIAM MALONE and OF the
MOST immiont ~ the southern negroes.
W suppose that SHERMAN received in the
chicago Convention the votes Of more negro
~. locates than alltheothcr asuirlnts received.
L,tu. pause. too, 10 mention thst on any
das h,t week Mr. BLAINE could have been
nominated by vote practically unanimous.
Hui his partisans oVerdld their work in adj
f.u-uue over from saturday till Monday.
r. w4. the lat straw that broke the camcrs
back. The friends o. all the other clndi-
date. resented such trining with their
preference, and their prcjudlccs and
rlr t,or'tc.. Great must be the
m r,ica'i,n and disappointment Of the
California delegation and Of STEVE ELENs,
ami ot WWTELAw REID, and Of CHARLES
I1..Y ~NrG, and Of WILLIAM WALTER
IUrne. eaugof conspirltors hived With
nthc Republican party, they have for months
i.,u engaged in irving TO have Mr..
rruyr nominated without bringing him
or, es competitor for the honor.
we have AWAY, looked upon BLAME
,- tlc one prominent Republican aspiraut
who might possibly cut down our majority
in Virginia 70 . small figure. But, taking all
'ho State. into consideration. We have Zee
carl.l him o.. hy no means popular enough
o. ram successfully against CLEVELAND.
Particularly would he have fallen in New
afk state far behind his vote Of 1881. lie
BIAS escaped a notifying defeat IN escaping
The nomination Of the Chicago Convention.
The nomination II ilAEusoN may result In
the formation Of new Republican electoral
ticket I'm Virginia composed partly Of WISE
men and partly Of MALONE men. But who
j, 20 De The chairman Of the Republican State
Executive Committee, IlouSroN or MALONE:
This question can he settled only by
tte Republican National Committee
Whatever that committee recommends
10 be- done will be done if the negroes have
their way; aud IT IL certain that MALONE
has two thirds Of the negroes with him. But
we cannot imagine lt to be possible that
CAMERON. WISE. IosT, LEWIS, RIDDLEBER-
CTt. BRADY, GRoSER, and the rest of the
EiAincites will ever agree to serve under
MAHo>E again. lie must step down and
out il there Is TO be any har-
mony IN the party. The Republican
National Committee would not think Of ask
Ing the Blaneites 10 give w their chairman
without also asking the Mahoneites TO give
up their chairman. We snail see what we
shall see.
But let us not Gatter ourselves that we are
not 10 have hard-fought battle in Virginia.
HARRISON will command the full strength Of
Che Republican party here # any sort OF
compromise can be agreed upon between |
WISE and MALONE.
Not so, however, in the Union. Mr.. HAIR. |
ElsoN has no strength in the Pacific States.
II the California delegation in the Chicago /
Convention told the truth last week, HARRl- |
soN's votes on the silver question, on natu- |
RAILING Chinese immigrants, and on Chi |
nese questions generally, will prevent him |
from carrying California, Colorado, Nevada, |
or even Oregon.
Without the votes OF the Pacific States no |
Republican can be elected. CLEVELAND Is |
absolutely sure OF the solid South and Of |
New York-lS9 votes. He will need only |
u more TO elect him. These he may get in
Indiana (Ij). or In New Jersey and Connec-
ticut Q5 togetherl or in California, Col. |
orado, and Nevada "a in ALL. In |
fact, the nomination OF HARRISON has
opened the road to victory to the
Democrats more clearly than it was before
the Chicago Convention assembled. BY |
nominating THURMAN for Vice President we
tempted the Republicans into nominating
HARRISON for President. They thereby
sought 10 save Indiana, but really lost the
Pacific States. We have gained fourteen
votes and loot none. GROVER CLEVELAND
leads the way. Let us all rally round his
banner.
LEVI i. MORTON, the nominee for Vice
President, does not add strength TO the
ticket. His principal recommendations are
that he lives In the Empire state and has a
barrel, being the head Of the banking.
house OF MogToS. BLISS & Co. But this bar.
rel, be II used never 50 lavshly, will hardly
compensate for the fact that BLANE's most
persistent henchmen have been so completely
oyerslaugh ed-notably WILLIAM WALTER
PHELPS. Alter the nomination OF HARgI-
sON the placing Of PHELPS on the ticket
seemed 10 present the best chance for salying
the wounds OF the BLAINE leaders. But
even that chance has been thrown away.
aud in what will prove futile effort 10 cap.
tuTe New York. New Jersey has unques.
uonably been lost-the latter being PuELRs,s
State. II appears that the convention
thought barrel WAS worth more than nine
electoral votes.