Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-28
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.

The chief drawback to the presiden- tia1 boom of Governor Morton of New York is the length of time it requires to get it unlimbered and in action.-Chicago Tribune, Rep.
 If Senator Thurston be reliable, Me Kinley can count on a solid delegation from Nebraska. But republicanism in Nebraska is of a very changeable char acter, and it will be strange if Allison
 does not profit by that yearning cry for western man.-DetroitzeFree Press, Dem.
 During the years that he has been in public life MT. Reed has been chiefly known as critic of what was being done He has been one of the most sue cessful fault-finders of his generation His sheer has passed into history, and | it may be said that it has been partially | directed against members of all parties, | including his own. He has objected and l obstructed in a way which has appar- ently given great satisfaction to him. He | has done these things to the utter lack | of constructive statesmanship. The time | has come when he may no longer object when he may no longer obstruct.-Des | Moines Leader, Dem.
 | Ex-President Harrison has now | thrown off all pretense that he is not a candidate for the next presidential nomi- | nation of the republican party. Yet, sin l gularly enough, he has begun writing, so | it is understood series of magazine ar | ticles, for which he will receive very lib- 1 eral pay. In the first article he is said l to have assailed the lynching custom in | the south without the slightest qualifi- | cation. Mr. Harrison holds vigorous | pen and speaks most felicitously when on the stump. His occasional speeches are masterpieces of that kind of elo- | quence. Perhaps the fact that the re | publican bosses are generally against | him may operate in his favor when the | test comes.-Boston Transcript. Rep. | It Is interesting to note that certain republican statemen coveting big game 1 in politics see no inconsistency in de- | claring that if nominated and defeated | they propose to retire absolutely rom politics. How much short does this fall of declaring openly that all they care for politics is what they can get out Of it? What kind of patriotism" does such declaration stand for? Two or three king pin republican statesmen of high ambitions who could be mentioned have | been pleading long and loud to their audi | ences that it is the duty of every man 1 to take an active personal interest in | politics as becomes true patriots. Yet | they tell the interviewer boldly that if | nominated and not elected they propose | to drop politics absolutely and attend l strictly to business pursuits.-Boston l Globe, Dem.
 I EX-1reSlueHt Iloiiioo iios Sico6So' U. | is is said, thirty rooms at the Planters 1 hotel St. Louis, for the week that the | national republican convention will be | in session. Governor Mckinley has en-
 gagged, if the statistics are correct, some
 l seventy rooms at various hotels, besides
 accommodations for the Ohio delegation. l These two candidates for the presiden-
 | tial nomination are evidently taking time
 | by the forelock. They are ahead of Reed
 | in the hotel line. But the speaker holds
 | the trumps, and if he knows how to play
 | them may yet distance his rivals.
 | Neither Mckinley nor Harrison is sound
 on the silver question. Both are oppor-
 tunists. If Speaker Reed passes good
 financial measure that will restore busi-
 ness confidence without increasing taxes
 he will have the country with him.
 | Baltimore Sun, Dem.