The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1891-06-03
Prosuectiye Candidates.

Prospective Candidates.
The time has come when again the
different parties are beginning to groom
their best PAGERS for the Presidential
race. The Republicans are rich in run
Ming material. but in the selection lies
the embarrassment. In my judgment
nisety per cent. of the party would
promptly select the Hon. James G.
Blaine. No one has the hold that he has
upon the heart as we'll as the head of the
American people. This is obviously be-
cause be is regarded as the foremost
statesmen of his age, and has the courage
of his patriotic convictions. If Mr..
Blaine is stood in the line by the side of
the prominent men of all parties. for far
reaching sa&acity and deep rooted de-
votion to all which makes for the
renOwn of the Republic. he cOnfessedly
stands about three feet taller than any
competitor. But Mr.. Blaine is as much
disinclined to enter the race now as he
was in 1888, and if we are driven to a
second choice then the ''thinking'' be-
gins.
There is President Harrison. He well
deserves second trial. No official ever
more fully carried out the law of his
election. Apparently he has the Repub
lican platform daily before his eyes, and
each morning repeats ''those things l
do" In civil service. the tariff issue,
the silver question. and in all else, he
has not deviated from the platform of
the convention which placed him in
nomination. This is great deal to say
in these times. 1t means man true and
faithful to his contract. No eulOgy can
60 farther. His marvellous round of
oratiOns from Washington to California
willing critics that his intellectual pow
ers are fully equal to his moral emf
nence. He becomes naturally the leader
of his party for the second time. But
politicians differ in sentiment and cleo
tors proverbially ungrateful. Mr.. Har-
risOn may have to stand aside. Who
then?
A GROUP OF GOOD MEN.
| suppose this interview is to test the
political pulse, mine being one of mil
lions. If the test shows union on any
one man, or even general preference.
then that is the man. After Blaine and
Harrison, who then: There is General
Russell A. Alger, Il thoroughbred in all
the requisites for winner. OurpeOple
above all things like hero who has the
smoke of battle on his garments. His
war record is grand. General Alger at
the head of the '.Grand Army of the Re-
public" would tramp. tramp, tramp to
the White House as Sherman marched To !
the sea. victorious over all opposition.
Then there is our Chauncey Depew. a
'.winsOme laddie,' who ''steals away
your heart ere you are aware" He is
all right on all questions. 10 the host
of friends already had, he has added
thousands because of the asinine folly |
of indicting him since some conductor |
failed to see Il light in a dark tunnel,
expect to hear next of his being indicted |
because the fish don't bite this year off |
the Banks of Newfoundland. A rOus-
ing, sinking. talking and enthusiastic |
campaign could be made with him.
Then there is the dark eyed Mckinley
If he carries Ohio this fall he will be in
the current that sweeps to Washington |
and only extraordinary efforts can
change the course. If time stamps its
approval upon the Mckinley bill the |
logical reward may be Presidential
hOnOrs.
But will New York be the fighting
ground, as heretofore? 1t looks so. and |
if this State must furnish the candidate |
why not run up the fighting flag of
Warner Miller! The people know his
''staying powers for Il principle. even
in the face of defeat. He may fall ''Out-
side the breastwOrks, but if so it will |
be for cause to which he has given
himself as a sacrifice. He would rather
fail in the race for Governor than betray
the cause of temperance. This is his
tory. His six years in the Senate were
six years of devotion to the business in
terests of the country. It is generally
conceded that in practical work and in
results he was the best Senator
New York has had since William II.
Seward. He was regarded by his col
leagues as an expert and an authority
upon the tariff and other matters per-
tanning to the industrial progress of the
nation. The voters take kindly to a
man of this character. But the line of
availables is not ended yet.
What is the matter with Frank His
cock? As a Senator he has the whole
State of New York upon his shoulders
now, and bears il as Atlas bore the