The herald., 1895-11-10
FOR PRESIDENT: JOHN q. CARLISLE

Tho result Of the several state elections
over the union. which are now sufficient
" known to be weighed for their full
Significance, are replete with instruction
and admonitlon for all parties.
II is within the province OF The Herald
20 interpret the admonition and construe
the lesson, as we read it. for the Domoc.
racy; and reading it large. in the light
Of the election returns of the 5th instant,
We think 1t sh ould be manifest to the
most obtuse student Of the national polit-
ical chess board that the Democratic
party cannot hope to win the next presi-
genital contest unless 1t can marshal
under it, standard every one OF the
southern states, and, in addition, secure
the electoral votes of New York and New
Jersey, supplemented bv those of more
than one Of the New England states.
In order to the mplishmen of this
result it appears to Us imperative that
the candidate to he nominated by the
coming national Democratic convention
shall embody in himself q platform en-.
'phatically acceptable to the east and, at
the same time, one who for personal and
sentim entail reasons will arouse in the
south an enthusiasm great enough to
overcome dangerous defections from the
party to the false gods, Populism and
silver -protectionism, which are more
or less ram pant IN that region.
If she foregoing premises be conceded
and our diagnosis of the situation be ao-
cepted, it becomes an importans and
urgent matter for the party to discover
its most aligible and available candidate
and determine upon his nomination in
advance Of the national convocation of
1896.
The Herald has no hesitsncy in de-
claring that it discerns upon the Demo-
craft, horizon but one man who fulflls all
the requirements of the situation, both
At large and in detail.
The best production of the post bellum,
or new, south, in all the elements that
20 to constitute a statesman. is John G..
Carlisle Ut Kentucky, ex congressman,
ex-spsaks3 of the house of representa-
tlves, ex-senator and present secretary Of
the treasury; Democrat who has been
continuously ascending the political lad
der and, mounting from point to point,
has occupied no position that he did not
adoIn; q statesman who, all things con-
sidered, and irrespective Of party, is the
brainiest and worthiest among those who
might aspire to wear the great mantle
which Grover Cleveland will dof for his
successor in the presidential chair; a
man Of whom it may be said, as was
written OF the Roman Fabricius. "'Tw ere
as easy to turn the sun from his course
as Fabric,us from the path of honor"
Secretary Carlisle is emocIacy per-
soniGed. He is platform in himself.
He stands for fidelity to the letter and
spirit of the federal constitution; conse-
Grafton to the interests OF the mass of the
people against the spoliations and en-
croachments of the protected few: devo.
tion to home rule, personal liberty, ma
tional economy and sound money; as
piration for the peace, progress and uni
versal fraternity of our com ION country.
The Herald afiirns advisedly that no
man-not even the presidenr-possesses
to . greater degree than the secretary OF
the treasury the con fidence and respect
of the financial and oomme ercial world.
His attitude for the maintenance Of the
national credit, by preserving the parity
Of all American dollars, inspires unqual
fled confidence in his relia ability as g
6nancier, and his unequaled powers In
logical analysis OF financial fallucie.
affords assurance that he will continue Il
be the potent factor he has already proven
in dissipating monetary vagaries in the
south and middle west.
A an expouLder of the Dem
doctrine of tariff levied for public pur-
poses only-to gather the maximum o.
revenus and afford the minimum of pro-
lection to private interests-Mr. Carlisle
is conceded to be in the front rank, if no
the first and ablest between the twt
oceans.
Carlisle measured against Mckinley
would make up the issue between the two
great parties upon the tariff question
without reference to the glitterlng gen
eralities of party platforms.
That the great secretary. as the frs
presidential candidate from the soutl
sinos the war, and one. too, of whom tn
whole section is Justly proud, would carr,