Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-06-27
THE TICKET.
What an Independent journal Thinks Of

What an Independent Journal Thinks Of
1t.
Necessity and sentiment were the parents
Of the Democratic ticket completed by the
nomination of Allen G. Thurman for the
Nice-Presldencv at St Louis Events made
Cleveland the nominee at its head, as they
have steadily advanced him from the may
orality of Buffalo to his present high Office.
II was not the Democratic party but the Re
publican convention in 1884 that placed
Cleveland in nomination that year. If there
had been no Blaine in the field il is improb-
able, says the Chicago Meas. that Cleveland
would have been seriously thought of. and
certain that he would not have been elected.
His four years in the White House has
brought him into closer sympathy with his
party without developing any other Demo
crat 70 rival him for Its leadership. What
ever may be the estimate tho future will
put upon his ability, it can not deny him
that power of purpose which make man
who is master of himself master of his sur
roundings. Cast among men who had
achieved National regulations before he
was heard of, Grover Cleveland has been
chief In his own counsels, just as Abraham
Lincoln was President, amid u Cabinet of
Presidential rivals. Long before the close
of his term Clevelands nomination was
necessary to his party, because it had no
second choice TO whom it could turn.
1t is singular piece of good fortune for
the Democracy that couples the name of its
most sentimental idol with that of its 'man
OF destiny" on tho ticket. OF Allen G..
Thurman it is almost impossible even for
his political opponents TO speak without
tiguratively taking of their hats in honest
appreciation of his ability integrity and
loveableness. 1t is remarkable that a man
of his great force of character, boldness of
belief and utterance, and absolute purity of
life in public career of nearly half cen
tury should be almost without an open
political enemy. There are many mon and
interests in politics that hate Thurman like
poison, but none of them dare stand in the
open sunlight without exposing some motive
which would rebound to his honor. He has
been the victim of many a political intrigue
within his own party and in his own State,
but the victories that his rivals have won
have brought TO them no credit and to him
no humiliation. No disappointment where he
had right to expect much of his party has
ever drawn from this old Roman harsh or
bitter word. He has accepted Sights which
would have soured other natures, as though
they were benefits, and under all circum-
stances has borne himself like a true gentle
man.
About the political wisdom of nominating
Thurman for the Vice-Presidency opinions
may differ. His age is the one thing that
can be urged against him. He is past the
three-score years and ten, and has arrived
at that time of life when, according to the
preacher, the grasshopper is burden and
desire fails. He himself acknowledged this
when he met the suggestion of his nomi-
nation with the characteristic remark:
"All that 1 care for is a seat in Heaven"
But Thurman's mind is still strong, his
heart is still right, and his courage and con-
victions as true and fearless as ever, as has
been demonstrated within year on two
notable occasions. HIS name brings to the
ticket popularity with the people through
out the Union that none other could. For
this he was nominated.