Wichita eagle., 1888-04-08
CANDIDATE CHAT.
Editorial Opinions ON tho Men TalkeA
About as Possible Presidents.


Burlington Ha1keye: The Sherman boom
| shows vitality in the South.
St Louis Post Dispatch: No Republican in
Congress has made fewer mistakes from a
Western point of view than Senator Allison.
Birmingham fAla) Ags (Dem.): President
Cleveland is not the nominee Of the Demo
cratic party, and we earnestly hope he will
| not be.
Cincinnati Times Star: Judge Gresham is
| good Republic and therefore he can not
but wriggle nervously in the position in
which Medill has placed him
Nashville American: ingalls, for Presi-
| dent, Fairchild for Vice President and Tut
tie for Secretary of the Treasury is our
| ticket. We want to give the "vetsn q
| chance.
Peoria TRANSCRIPT. 1t is said that Senator
Cullom is much stronger in the East, as a
Presidential candidate, than he was month
| ago. Stranger things have happened than
| that he should be the nominee.
Portland (Ore.J Neps: Sherman has many
| friends, and would undoubtedly control
more votes on the first ballot. if the conven-
ton were held tomorrow, than any other
man.
st. Louis Globe Democrat: The principal
claim of Governor Gray, of Indiana, to the
Democratic nomination for the Vice-Presi-
dency, lies in the fact that whenever his
name is spoken it recalls the Confederate
uniform.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette: By the
way. though, sherman and Hawley," in
| nice lettering, would look well on the cam
paign banners, and the men would make a
hot lilo mir IF Ror
NUNS blooded chariot horses.
st. Louis O., be Democrat: If the foes of
John Sherman are wise they will studiously
| refrain from calling attention to his record
on financial issues A record like his on that
question would triumphantly elect any man
to the Presidency who should get the nomi-
nation.
Rutland VT Herald: There is no ques-
ton that Chauncey NJ. Depew, since his
great Grafton in Chicago, and since Mr.
Blaine's withdrawal became so positive. is
being seriously thought about as one Of the
two or three men most likely to be nominated
for President.
New York World: Our esteemed con-
temporary, the Herald, thinks that Depew
and Harrison would be about the strongest
| ticket that the Republicans could nomi-
nate. The Republicans may well fear the
mugwumps when they come bearing sug-
gestions for ticket
Buffalo Necs Qnd): If the Republicans
nominate such a man as Depew or Gresham,
Mr. Cleveland will not be elected. If Mr.
Cleveland does not make his Democratic
friends feel better toward him than they
feel now, he will not be elected, no matter
whom the Republicans nominate.
Detroit journal: Judge Gresham was a
brave and capable soldier. ''He is an ener-
getic and upright judge" He has great
moral courage He is not afraid of politi-
clans. He has convictions and stands by
them. He would probably make a capable.
. courageous, an efficient President.
ST. Louis Globe Democrat: Governor For
aker's emphatic declaration, which he has
just made, that Ohio is ''solid for Sher-
man." ought to remove all doubt On this
question. The Senator may not get the
nomination. but it appears tolerably certain
that his State will support him in the con-
vention while any chance for his success
remains.
Albany IN. " Times Dem.) History
does not record that either Lincoln or Grant
was guilty of such supreme selishness or
chances, that even the Cleveland luck
which this friend of the Administration
plainly deems the greatest factor Of success
in the problem-can continue its past sue
cesses under such auspices Of meanness.
Buffalo Express: It will be absolutely I'M
possible to keep Sheridan's name out of the
convention, even should there be DISPOSE
ton to do so. Worthy though these favor
ties are. they represent the instructed-dele-
cation plan as against the free and open con-
vention, where integrity and intelligence
arc left to do their work. Little Phil stands
for this. He is the candidate of the whole
people untinged by locality.
Chicago Inter Ocean: No name is likely to
be presented to the Chicago convention
which will have nearer the unanimous sup
port of the Republican masses in his State
than Senator Allison, Of Iowa. Honors
come to him without an effort on his part,
and to say that he is in every way worthy
of the party of that great State, and honored
by Republicans all over the land, is to state
the truth modestly. His record as citizen
and statesman is clear and unsulled.
The Rochester Democrat aud Chronicle:
We are firmly of the opinion that since the
withdrawal of Mr.. Blaine it will be neces-
sary for the Republicans to nominate a
citizen of New York, in order to beat Grover
Cleveland, whose nomination is assured in
this State. That Mr. Depew
would carry New York with a rush over
Grover Cleveland is quite as plainly to be
discerned
Ohio State Journal: The commanding
strength Of John Sherman's position is in
nothing so strikingly manifested as in the
fact that those in Ohio who were once mo
doubt improperly classed as his opponents
are pushing TO the front as his stanchest and
most enthusiastic friends. And now there
should be no tendency to class as opponents
those wanting TO do him yeonan service,
and are in fact sincere friends.
Boston Transcript: A great concern exists
in some quarters about Judge Gresham's
tariff views. Because the Chicago Tribune
champions his cause he is pronounced IN
sound on protection. As JudgJ Gresham
does not appear to be nursing his Presi-
Dental boom in the slightest degree, he
maintains adignified silence upon all points
which interested politicians are raising
with the view Of embarrassing his friends.
II the Stalwar. Republicans could make up
their minds to support Gresham, they would
find that he was very strong man IN piv-
otal States.
New York Tribune: To some Of the work
ing Democrats in Indiana the idea of put
ting Governor Gray on the National ticket
with Cleveland is appalling; FOR it means
that they must depend on their own re-
sources, and not on outside help, for money
through the campaign. And as "Bul"
English is not the only Hoosier Of his kind,
il looks as If il would be hard TO find
chairman for the State Committee. At the
meeting last week Colonel Rice retired from
that post, and only after several other men