Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-04-17
THE NEXT DEMOCaATIO PRESIDENT.

| THE NEXT DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT.
Since the election Of 1892, when it
was shown that the vote Of the State Of
New York was not necessary to Demo
cratic success, there has been a good
deal said about the selection Of west
ern or southern man to bear the party's
standard in the next campaign. For q
long time the west has been asking re-
coguition, while the South, with never
a demand for representation on the nat
ional ticket, has come steadily to the
front at every election with
Z substantial majority. With one e1cep-
tIon every Democratic presidential caa-
didate since the war h as been selected
from New York and that one while
nominally holding residence in Penn
sylvanIa was really 4 resident Of New
York. The other Democratic States Of
the Union are now beginning 10 feel
that it is almost time for q change.
There are other States which have men
who are capable Of occupying the presi-
Dental chair, States which have been
more loyal to the Democracy than has
New York, and States whose loyalty de-
serves some recognition. The Kansas
City Times, speaking on the subject,
gives some reasons why the next nomi-
nation should 90 south or west. 1t says:
But IL isn't the fact that New York has
been a disappointment as a party entity,
Notwithstanding the favor shown 1t, that
suggests A Western candidate for the next
canvass To is for the reason that the pop
ulation, the wealth, the enterprise and the
progress OF the country is westward Of
what was regarded the dividing line at the
close of the war. The census report of
1880 emphasizes this fact. At the time
that census was taken the center
OF population was COluubus, Indiana,
and constantly moving westward,
and the increase In the States
west OF that point during the decade end
ing with the report was comparatively
speaking, much greater than that in the
States east. In the matter OF manufaC-
lures the westward tendency was much
greater. I'm this city, FOR example, the ad-
vances reached the proportions Of I 900 per
cent, which the New England industrial
centre developed more than 200 per cent in
that time, and some of them actually de-
generated. Since 1892 the comparative
Increase In the West both in population
and manufactures, has been greater than
I'm the period previous.
The growth of Democracy goes hand
ia hand with the spread Of liberty and the
diffusion of Intelligence. In this respect
more than I'm population the tendency is
westward. Between the West and the
South there is a natural alliance in business
as well as politics These sections should
come 20 an understanding before the next
Presidential election. They should unite
upon candidate who viii represent them
ia their political ideas and their
material interests. There are plenty
such men. Endowed with the capability
20 lead the party to victory, they are
sound iu Democracy, safe in their devotion
% sound currency, qualified by experience
and education, and made strong by an en-
trcnchmout OF integrity and manhood.
With such a candidate taken from out OF
the West, cut in the geographical center,
the Democratic party Will again grid its
loius for battle and win another and an en-
during victory.
chCLiu tuo fehuStetS VI tAo kANa :
southern and western portions OF the
country unite in a demand for some
candidate other than New Yorker,
they could readily secure his nomination
and with the strong popular sentiment
rapidly developing throughout these
States against the Republican princi-
pies Of protection, class legislation and
monopoly they would just as readily as
sure his election.