Omaha daily bee., 1895-05-03
NEW YoRR ron MoRroN.

Assuming that Mr.. Chnuncey Depew
Is authorized TO speak for the republi.
cans Of New York they are i'm favor OF
Governor Levi l.. Morton MS the cundi-
date Of the party in 1896 for president.
This was said by Mr.. Depew in an in
tcrview at Cleveland, and as that gen
tleman Is a very warm friend Of Mr..
Morton and has wide acquaintance
and great influence with the republi-
cans of the Empire state the remark
is TO bc taken seriously. There have
been intmations from other sources of
n strong feeling among New York re-
publlcans favorable to the nomination
of Mr.. Morton by the next republican
national convention and after what has
been said by Mr.. Depew there Is good
reason to believe that the friends of
Mr.. Morton are intending to put him in
the race for the nomination. There has
been no intmation that lie is offering
any encouragement to n movement of
this kind or even that he has any knowl-
edge Of it, but it is hardly to be doubted
that he knows something of it. The
declaration of Mr.. Depew Is the first
distinct statement, so far as we have
observed. that New York republicans
seriously contemplated presenting Gov
ernor Morton as a presidential candl-
date but his authority will everywhere
be accepted as sufficient to place Mr.
Morton in the list of possibilities.
Unquestionably the friends of Gov
crnor Morton can offer some cogent rea-
sons why he would be an available can
didate and also why, If nominated and
elected, he would make good chief
oughly in accord with the principles of
the republican party, believing in the
judicious protection of American indus
tries and in n sound and stable cur
rency. He has had much experience in
public life and has judiciously and cred
itably discharged every duty and re-
sponsibility. He is n patriotic, public
spirited citizen, whose private life is
above reproach. He has not been long
enough, perhaps, in an executive posi-
ton to warrant positive expression
of opinion as to his administrative abil-
ity, but he has done well thus far as
governor of New York and there ap
pears good reason to expect that he will
maintain his excellent record as Il pub
lie man. His efforts and influence have
been directed to securing those reforms
which the republican party promised
the people of the state and in this he
has been signally successful. These are
strong recommendations and give Mr..
Morton a very substantial claim to con-
sideration as possible presidential
candidate.
But there are other republicans who
have equally strong recommendations
and who enjoy an advantage over New
York's governor in being younger men
and therefore in closer touch with a
very large element of republican voters
Mr.. Morton will be ~ years old when
the next republican national cOnven-
ton is held and while he may still be a
vigorous man he will have far passed
the time of life for a presidential can
didate. William Henry Harrison was
the oldest man ever nominated for the
presidency, he having been 6S when
inaugurated and all but five of the
presidents We're under 60 when inaugu-
rated. 1t is not at all probable that the
| next republican national convention will
make so extreme departure from the
practice of the past as to nominate a
candidate y years Old and such being
the case it would seem to be n waste of
time for the New York republicans to
make an effort to secure the nomina-
| ton for the presidency of Governor
Morton.