The Washington bee., 1888-03-24
JOHN SHERMAN.
SHERMAN AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE
PRESIDENCY-HIS PUBLIC SERVIC-
Es, ABILITY AND AVAILABILITY.

al 1OICuO, Ou GuC AOlu vi q Culy
1887, the Ohio Republican Conven
tion, composed of 723 deleg ties
representing every part ofthe State
unanimously adopted a resolution
declaring that "the Republicans Of
Ohio have just pride in the
record and career of John Sherman
as a member of the Republican
party, and as a statesman of fideli
ty, large experience, and great a
bility." And declares that the Re
publicans of Ohio "respectfully
present his name to the people OF
the United States as a candidate
and announce our hearty and cor
dial support of him for that Office
This resolution merely emphasiz
ed a demand in unmistakable terms
from every State in the Union, a
year in advance of the national
nominating convention, that Mr..
Sherman shall be the candidate.
That Republicans of Ohio, unan,
imously voicing their own wishes,
do not present Mr.. Sherman as a
candidate for the inadequate reason
thai he was "born" in the State, or
that his residence here has made
him ga fayorite son." but on the
solid ground, stated in the resolu-
tion, that 'shis career as states
man began with the birth of the
Republican party; he has grown
and developed with the growth of
that organization his genius and
patriotism are stamped upon the
records of the party and the statutes
and constitution of the country,
and believing that his nomination
for the Office of President would De
wise and judiciOus."
SHERMAN UNANIMOUSLY INDORsED IN
OHIO AS A CANDIDATE.
This resolution was not adopted
on the mere motion of a member OF
the convention, but was reported
by the Committee on Resolutions
as a part Of the State platform, and
thus made an issue in the campaign,
on which a Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Judges of the Supreme
Court, aud other States officers
were to be voted for, aud as means
of giving strength to the ticket.
Prior to the convention the inquiry
bad occasionally been made wneth-
or it was expedient to make such a
question in the canvass, but when
the convention met the Committee
on Platform unanimously agreed to
the resolution, which was, as al
ready stated, adopted without one
dissenting vote in the convention.
During the campaign, Gov. Forak-
er, a candidate for reelection, in
referring to this subject in a public
speech said:
ssJohn Sherman has been put
upon sure train, with free pass
in his own name, and [ do not know
OF any one Republican from the
river to the lake who wishes to take
it from him. Loud applause. |
John Shermsn has no such train
wreckers to avoid as Allen G.. Thur
man can give an account ot.D
SHERMAN'S POPULARITY IN OHIO.
TIE result demonstrated alike
the wisdom of inserting in the plat
form the plank above mentioned
and of thus making the direct issue
for Sherman. 1t demonstrated his
great popularity, as we'll as that of
the candidates nominated and the
cause they all represented. The
Republicans elected their entire
State ticket; the majority of the
Republican candidate for Governor
over his opponent being 5,S68 votes
greater than two years previous,
and 1888 greater than the similar
majority on Secretary of State in
1886, and the Republicans carried
the election in nearly every close or
doubtful district for Senators and
Representatives in the General As,
sembly.
The latest evidence of Mr.. Sher
mans popular strength is merely
supplementary to other and preced-
ing proofs on this subject. His
popularity has stood the test with
out one failure. Though never a
Democrat, he was four times elect
ed a Representative in Congress by
solid majorities, in a district al
ways previously strongly Democrat
| Ic.
Tue result of Ohio elections has
always been uncertain even dur
ing the war, in 1S62.the Democrats
elected majority of Representatives
in Congress. In all of the five leg
islative elections with Mr.. Sherman
as prospective candidate for Sen
atOr, and when his merits and pop
ular strength were put to the test,
the Republican party carried the
State, and he was elected. In other
years Ohio went Democratic, aud
elected Thurman, Pendleton, and
Payne as Senators. In 1883 many
leading Republicans of Ohio insist