Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-26
EDITORIAL OPINIONS.
VIEWS OF LEADING STATE PAPERS UPON
THE TICKET.

The Independent Journals Take Strong
Ground Againat Delamater-Regula
Republican Sheets Usually Express the
Most Unbounded Satisfaction.
rsrEcIAL TELEeRAM TO THE DIsPATcHi
PHILADELPHIA, June 25.-In long
editorial on the nomination of Delamater
the Times tomorrow will say:
If there are those who assume that Delamater
will be weak candidate and easily defeated,
they would do well to unlearn that lesson
as speedily as possible. Delamater is
admittedly Quay's candidate. but he is much
more than the mere reflex of Quay. Hastings
Stone, Montooth, Osborne and Mccormick all
sought and hoped to be Quay's candl-
date. and all therefore stood upon
equal ground with Delamater as quay
men, but Delamater is one OF the
two men of the contest who grew in stature
every week during more than a year OF con-
slant trial. He and Hastings were the men
who started least known and sized up to every
OCCASION in the conflict until they thoroughly
enthused their friends and extorted
the respect of their foes. Had
Hastings been the favorite of Quay
as he hoped to be he would have been chosen
favorite Of Quay from the start, and Hastings
grew as clever second, and gave an inspiring
climax to his greatness as his tall plume tow
cred over the convention.
Strongly Supports the Ticket.
The Inquirer will say editorially to-mor-
row:
The Republican State Convention has made
no mistake in placing George Wallace Della
mater at the head OF the ticket. He has won
his spurs fairly and honestly, after a con-
test with half a dozen candidates, any one
of whom would have been an ornament to the
party and an lnvincible standard bearer. 1t is
no disparagement to the others that Mr.. Della
mater has been selected. He made brilliant
banner and he won.
That tells the whole story. Mr.. Delamater will
make strong candidate and a wise Governor.
His record IS good one both in private
and In public life, and his training in
the Legislature will prove valuable to
him as the occupant of the Governors
There are no sores TO heal. The rivals of Sena-
tor Delamater are no longer rivals. They stand
together on the same Republican platform, and
their votes and their voices will help to swell
the Republican victory IN November. The
nominee of the convention is the nominee of
the people.
The Choice for Second Place.
The choice of Senator Louis A. Watres, Of
Lackawanna county, for Lieutenant Governor,
is wise one Long service in the State Senate
qualities him for its presiding officer. He is
well and favorably known, and the
nomination comes to him him. with the
Stewart. of Montgomery. as the renominated
candidate for Secretary of Internal Affairs:
the ticket is complete. There is a tower of
party of the great Keystone State will jump
into the campaign confident in its power to win
by an overwhelming majority.
The Press will say editorially to-mor-
row:
The ticket nominated at Harrisburg yester-
day is one which all Republicans can support.
could have submitted to the people we don't be-
lieve, but a majority of $4,000 is mighty and
must prevail. That Senator Delamater
will make an able and efficient Governor no
one questions. The opposition to him was
based almost wholly on doubts of his ability to
rally the full Republican Vote Now that the
convention has, in manner, resolved these
doubts, we look to see all the candidates and
their friends turn in and give him their hearty
allegiance.
A Democratic Utternnce.
The Record will say:
In the nomination of Hon. George W. Della
mater as the Republican candidate for Gov
ernor Senator Quay has obstinately pushed
through his programme to the end in spite of
warnings from friends and threats
from enemies. Senator Quay knew full
well that if he should abandon
Delamater he would lose a large body
of his own friends who would accuse him of
weakness while he could not conciliate his
personal foes. He preferred. therefore, to take
the chance Of being defeated with his party in
November to being beaten by the party In
Jnne. From the standpoint of practical poll
tician and parry boss with whom personal con-
siderations are always paramount, there is
no doubt OF the entire correctness of this de-
cison. In the contest before the people the
qualifications or dement's of Mr.. Delamater,
whatever they may be. will probably be as little
in issue as they were before the nomination.
But whatever may be the personal merits
or demorits of Mr.. Delamater these will
all be overborne by the one consideration that
he is the candidate of Chairman Quay The
question is whether Mr.. Quay, as party boss
and spols distributor, shall I'LL at his sovereign
will and pleasure the high and honorable office
of Governor Of Pennsylvania with one of his
fayorItas