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What Is Thought Of Garfield And Arthur

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Day
18
Month
June
Year
1880
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Public Domain
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ieo. Win. Ourtis. snmrwhat famons ;is llicheadof thcNew York "Scratchcr.,"and still more so as the editor oi' Harper's Weekly, in an interview said : " The nominatlonof Oen. (íartleld I redara as n most exoatlenl ofaoloe. Tbere is n doubt that hewlll be the next presidentof the (Tnlted UtatOS. (.n. (arfleld, although a practical polittclan, hos nlways kopt in view the betler ainis of the party to wlilcli he belongs. lic will bring out il entlre strength nt the polls. I do uní aee that Hiere Is aoy man whom thedemocrataean asma who can serlously compete wilh Uarfleld. HeUa vi-ry sagaclouK, self-restraluiiiï, hlgh-iiiluded public man, und,8o fnr a I knuw.hl.s record will bear Um elosesl Inapeotlon. No nominatlon could have beeo made whlch would have more eertalnly united the party. Hls attitude in the convention fairly illustrates the characterof the niuu. Hclsvery popular. Garfleld íh an able and Intelligent defender of the souiideHt ftnanclul pollcy, and there is nothlng of the demagogue about hlm. A ncmiinatlon so dignitled, admirable and natIsfactOffT cunnot fail to uutte the party and be ratlflad by the country at the polls.' Senator Edmundo, of Vermont, who, h:i'l Ii'h ainbition bat givcn the signal, might easily havo taken the nominnt.ion himself, was at West l'oint when he rcccived the news ot the nonunailon of Gen. (Jarfield. A dispatch to the N. Y. Tribune saya : The senator was full of good wonlH for Senator üarlield, and predlcted hls electlon next tal!. ' There Is DO reanon," ald be. In liU vlgurona hearty wny, "whv (Jen. QarflBld Rhould nol go through kiting. Ye, I go In tot that iiouilnation wlth all iriy heart." The Information reaelred here In regard to the IhkI hallni in Honiewliat meager; and this 1 t-l BSaAtOT K'lnuilHls U) cxjirt-ss iopt' Umi. Mr. C'onkling mode the uomluatlou mianlJtlOHS. Ai U o'clock Senator Edmundx walked luto the hotel ofnre, and secing by the bulletin that (Jen. Arthiiihad tKm nominated fortín: vu. ¦ jirt-sidency, aid cheerily : " Vhy, tliat's jnlly ! Arthur's a g(Ktd fellow. That ought to inake peaoe between the Conkllnt; party :md the runt, and i iiiiinist goixl iMllñ abonld prerall." Srit.-it.tr Bdmiuufi then wandered oll'to bt-.t. The Hartford Courant is owned and (Mlited by (Jhas. Dudley Warner and Cron. Joseph K. Hawley, and sjieaking of the nouiination of Gen. Arlhur fur vice president it 88ys : "(Jen. Uitenter A. Arthur of New York, the c:tncli(late for vice-prrsidwit, is a noriilnatíon whicli will urow In favi)r as the campanil proi. ma. The tlrst thouglit of maiiy, who only k now of General Arthur as n-ji--trd oollOOlor of the port of New York, will he that the i ieetlon is not astrong one, but we tblnk thlx will prove to a mistaUc. Thv LoflllMUMM w h ii -h led to hls remi) val had nothiug whalt-N-rt 10 do wilh bis pwaonml cluu-aeter uor wltli hls ithility is in oflieinl. No charge tlmt coulii sumd lnvest latlon wiuí ever maileaalnst hlm. When the praalden! denlreil to remove: hlm he ofleied him tliir position of i-inisulti'-m-ral at Taris whieh deollned. Th: li:idiiiK Imshiess nn-n oí New York renardi-d (t-ni t:l1 Arthur us ot tho very best collict5rs t ue ¦ i ty ever huil. In hls prívale life he bean ;i spot lens rt-piilat ion. As adjlltant -Ki'lienil of of New York durlug the war he dld 1 1 country very valuable tervlae In liurrying to the tleld the vast armies sent by New York :iinl also in assistlnx to suppretM the rebel allles who had thelr heaaqoarten In Now York city. He is. moreovi-r, a umial gentleman and an lu'dent repuhllcan, wlth hosts of frlends all Ihrotigh the Htate, wtio will rally enthusiaHtiealiy to hls support." That rampant Tilden democratie papur, tlio Ijouisville Oourier Journal, editcd by llcnry Wattcrson, says : '¦ Wh.itevcrmay besald tottaedlaeredll of tbe i i-pulilii-an party, II must Ih al loweil Ihat durIng 21) years' sal lint: Dpotl ilatigerous sejus it bas enooontered extraordlnary good tortuur and ilispiaj'ed unusnal skill in eraergeoclea, Tho iiominatioi of artleld Ie an lnsplratlon. In no oiber iliri-.-lion, Uiroagb no otln-r ehannel, on ld the C&ioaflO i onvinl ion dri ven aluin t by the cross wlnds oi Inteml and lii-ati-n hy an rvcr inereaHtng llood of pa.ssioit huve lound, 11 nol safely, a-I lejist escape, from tbe Immedlüte perlls of the storm." l'resident Scclyc, of Anihcrst, says, "on the wholc, (Jen. (Jarfield'e nomination is tlie stronficst (hat could have been made." Oml Francis A. WulkiT suys Garfleld s "the 'brainiest' man that could bechosen." President Woolsey, of Yalo, ays : ¦ I have as great oonlUWnoe In Oen. Sarftetd :i 1 liave in aoy man mi the repuhllcan party, I i olislder hls cliaraeU'i uuimpeachiilih-. I have watchcd hlm eloeely for the pimt 10 years and have seen nolliinfi in hls eotirse hut what l lust men of the parly aan Indone with 60thushu4in. Hls alt! tilde towiird thesonth hius beenflrra hut not violent, i Uitnk tbe older men of the party will aeeejit tbe iionilnution iu awiseone aml tliat it will he suslulned at the jioIIhíii November,'' l'resident Chadbournc, of Williams collcxe, íh quite enthusia-tic in Iiíh support : "All my Ion-e shnll bo useil In maklng Kpoechea thls fall. Il neemi hut a tew dajn Hinoe] used to cali (en Sarfleld opto reclt iind he liever tlllllki-d. When thedlikeof Weliiimtoii vlalted Kton ooi lege, añer the battle ol W'aierloo, he wild : H Boya, tbe Viotory ol W;ilerloo was won apon thls round," and so the foundation of Qarfleld'i nonceiinil nominatlon as hild unon thls round, and I Iliink the ilemocrats, it th-y nrr wlse, will also nomínate in alumnus of thls oullage, Btephen .1. Kleld." ReT. lr. Ixionanl BêOOD has this tO say '. ¦ i coiisidi-r (en. Qsrfleld : ra brllltant man iliiin Mi. ii:iy.-s and equally us honeat. ion vent ion ha-s shown OUe 1 hilHÏ, and that is tliat Um i -iilirc nurty 1h strmiKer tlmn nny one muii In It. Mr. C'onkllng han been taiiitlit that h doei not own the wbole rorld.and tlmt h la HO) -" i;nat h man au llie party combined." The St. Loria Pos-t Dispatch, a Democratie paper, says : "(Inly fiH)ls iinclnrmte tho strength of the nnUtgoaUt. I ti politlcHUiosewliofoolilicnis.lv. s :,i, trom than iiuwe who fooi otbeni. GiirDomlUKl Ion was, under the exIxtliiK clri'iimsiaiH'i'-, a great, kxxI, lacky plece of forUinetoUie npulilleau party Oaraeld mean iinliiii aiil liarinony. Gartliid mean the enlire repoblioan partlsau vot. (artlcl.l meaoi phto. Uarfleld mum Uu bearty Mipxri ol . ImlDlstratlon. OarSaM mean un abs.)lutfl' uniit'.l repuUlican party."