Show HANCOCK AND ENGLISH are before the country as the democratic nominees nomi-nees for president and viceprEsident of the United States Their letters were issued simultaneously and have been read with especial interest in view of their importance and of public expectation and in order that they might be contrasted with the similar letters called forth from the republican repub-lican nominees Both tho great parties par-ties are actively before the nation and the public must now compare com-pare their merits and determine deter-mine which shall be successful success-ful Everything has been propitious for the democratic party up to the present and these letters of acceptance accept-ance will add materially to its already great popularity The letter of Gen Hancock is brief courteous plain pointed and without discussing popular questions has said all that could be desired by the broadmintied men of his party The document statesmanlike in one regard atleast in its freedom from abuse and in its great bredth and comprehensiveness pf kJti 5 I l |