Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-12
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TUESDAY. JUNE le, Isss.
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n ManBded Ticket.
The yasest yagary OF our esteemed Re-
uublican ssientss Is TO talk Of the Demo
cractic sichee SIS strong at the tail and
weak at she head. As Thurman is
k;rnply she candidate for Vice President
F, they cuaceae that he is strong man,
l1Rs ti4at be Nould figure better as the
head Of tle ticket. While the HERALD
accepts rnoa. graciously these concessions
ug tho esAinent fitness of Mr.. Thurman
to appear as either head or tail OF the
Dereocsasie tisket, il has not the slightest
Fatiencn with the slurs upon Mr.. Cleve-
land IN that cmnection. The same thing
was ereoun tered by Democratic journal
isis IN 1854, when the iliustrious Hen
aricks WIS ssssoeiated with Mr.. Cleveland
NJ Une N tho Democratic standard-bearers.
Then there WAS some propriety in this
line OF criticism. Mr.. Cleveland had
been by FAR the loss distinguished OF the
two In the routine of ordinary politics.
His political career though notable had
been lnirf In sllc range of his respon-
Hibilities, iisuu.;h great, he had been cir
cnmscsTbed. His first two Offices Of
Sheriff and Mayor had been municipal
rather stsan political trusts. On the
oiler hand, BIZ. Hendricks had almost
boxed klae political compass. In routine
Political roles, such AS member OF the
State Legislature and Commissioner OF
the Natiag,al Land Office, his success had
been admirable. Then he had rounded
cut his career by splendid service as
Governor, United States Senator and as
a man for yesls in the eye of his party
us a possible Chief Magistrate OF the
Unised States. II probably required all
the active and latent patriotism of Mr..
Hendricks 10 isdnce him to 90 upon the
ticket vita Mr. Cleveland in the second
place. Like the splendid Democrat and
patric& thAt he was, he pocketed his pride
aad accepted second place, unquestion-
ably 10 the signal advantage of the DEM
Gcaatie party
How very much altered is the case
now The splendid record of Grover
CLEVELAND rs Governor Of New York has
NOW heen Supplemented by nearly four
years as the Chief Executive of the Ma
tioa, and during that time it is no flattery
TO say tssat Inc has been surpassed by
more oz his predecessors in single
handed devotion to the public in
Berests. Success to the extent to
which Biz. Cleveland has been
Buccessfsa really makes man august,
aud he can be- whistled down the wind
by no politicians. Such success implies
70 puise Of character recalling the Fathers
OF the Republic, and implies states
manship of the highest order. In fact,
II is NOT easy 10 overestimate Mr.. Cleve-
kinds excellence as man and eminence
as public official. He has graded him
such raen as Polk, Pierce and Buchanan
failed 60 even receive recognition. While
a lot of iusinoere Republican editors and
public rnen have represented his nomi-
nation as the result OF painstaking wire
pulling, as a matter of fact his unex-
anpled denomination really represented
the white heat enthusiasm of tine coun-
try 1t was agaio, as to all possible
rompstitors. a case OF "Eclipse is first
aud fhe rest nowhere" His selection
WIS the result OF the peremptory and sa-
gacious election oil the people. Since the
days when Thomas Jefferson and An
drew Jackson were called to the control
OF National affairs for the second time
there has been no such overwhelming
favor shown TO any official entrusted with
the guidance of our National affairs as
THAT accorded to President Cleveland.
We pEuyose,y omit the episode of Abra-
harn Lincoln, because that was not poll
tics. Il was an exceptional and epochal
episode
No, Our Republican friends can make
TO point by attempting to sneer at Mr..
Cleyelaudia connection with the nomina-
tion OF Mr.. Thurman for Vice President.
It Is case Of par mobile .fratrunl, as it
was in 1854; with this difference, that
Mr. Cleveland rs now, as he was not
then, entiely the most distinguished
guan in the United States. Four years
of pheResnenally successful admins
tralion OF onr National affairs have
really coHseerAsed the man.