The morning call., 1891-11-12
THE MAN TO WIN.

=. Since tie election f stern papers are
much given to speculation as 10 the man to
win. There seems to be an idea that there
is man IN each party stronger than the
party. Tie trick now Is to pick out this
man and put him at the head Of ticket.
OF course if both parties succeed in finding
q man stronger than the party, the result
W.d be problematical On the Democratic
side the belief Is EXPRESSED that Governor
HIs complete control of the machinery Of
that State makes him stronger than his
party. Il is urged that Mr.. Hill can carry
the State against any Republican that can
ba nominated, and that the electoral vote Of
Nev ! ork Will deteTmi. tile result of the
Presidential contest. The name Of the Re-
publican who can expect 20 carry the State
Of New York against Hil has not yet been
mentioned. Still It IS quite possible that
Republican may carry that State without
being stronger than his party. What party
which has faith in its principles wants is
candidate that is as strong as his party.
The party may be said to consist If all the
voters in the country who prefer that party
10 any other. 4 ticket that is as strong as
the party VIII call all such voters to the
polls, excepting of course those who for
various causes cannot at that particular el-c-
ton exercise the franchise. The Rcpubl-
can who calls out the full strength Of his
party next year will be elected. While the
exact number OF votes pOled in New York
. last week is not known, enough is known to
make the assurance reasonable that If the
5tay-at-home Republican vote had been added
10 Fas-et.'s vote. the Repub lean ticket
would have been elected. What Republicans
want next year IS man personally unOb-
j-ctionable. whose Identification with the
principles Of his party is so distinct and
satisfactory that each Republican voter
feel THAI in veting for that man he is giving
fun lOr5e to his convictions. Personal pop
Ularty is an element in a political cam
palgn not to be disregarded, but il may be
bought AZ too great a sacrifice. Popular
candidates have not uniformly been success
ful. Henry Clay was believed to be stronger
than his party, but Democrat who had no
personal popularity to speak Of was elected
over Clay. Mr.. Blaine in our day possesses
more of Clay's popularity than any other
man in the Republican party, yet Blaine suf-
fered the humiliation of being the first Re-
publican Presidential candidate to lead his
party to defeat. Notwithstanding this fact
Blaine may be the strongest man the party
can nominate. But it is not well to be car
ried away with the idea that Mr.. Blaine is
the only man the Republicans can elect.
There is no reason why Mckinley should
not run as well in other States as in Ohio.
He was the one Republican candidate before
the people last week who kept national is
sues above local issues. His opponent was
man Of equal personal popularity with
himself, and even more popular as a stump
speaker. But Mckinley made no mistakes
He said nothing he could not confirm. His
facts were facts in every essential. He had
nothing to explain away. No one assailed
his personal integrity or even intmated that
lie had profted illegitmately by the Offices
he had held. A man with such ability and
with such a record ought to be as strong as