Show 1 11J HANCOCK I i General Hancock is mentioned as 1 tie probable democratic candidate i for governor of Pennsylvania g r 1 fall It is thought that he can be 11 elected and that that fact would secure 1 yl 1 se-cure him the democratic nomination ° I i i for President in 1884 It is further claimed that in the latter event he i would have Pennsylvania at his j 1 back and could be elected The OJ reasoning is not good Hancock would be easier defeated in 1884 than t f he was in 1880 Then his political strength was an unknown quantity 1 J t He received the unsought spontaneous spon-taneous endorsement of the party and the opposition did not under I I stand the power arrayed against 1 it The general went through the campaign with the dignity and purity pu-rity of an angel He was moral and + < political perfection personified 1 They could not even fling dirt at J Mm and yet he was most miserably I defeatedHe understand the I political situation or if he did J 1 i was incapable of grasping it and fi turning things to his 01 n advan t t tage In other words he was no organizer 1 ° or-ganizer and did not know the first t i principles of managing a campaign successfully A second time he could do no better Personally he was more popular than Tilden and he had none of the peculiar opposition I opposi-tion to counteract that faced Uncle Sammy from the day of the nomination I nomi-nation until the swearing in of Hayes yet Tilden was elected He managed the campaign and being fully equal to the under i taking was entirely success l t j h + ful Had Tilden reared back on his dignity and let matters mat-ters run as they would does anybody think he could have been elected i We believe the republicans if they were going to select a man to head the opposition = ticket would pick upon that brave sodierthat trained gentleman and pure man General Winfield Scott Hancock for they know how easy would be to beat him The man is measured and his political capabilities as well defined de-fined as the opposition could desire Perhaps General Hancock could be elected governor of Pennsylvania but that circumstance would cut no figure in the race for the presidency The republican party of the Keystone Key-stone state is now hopelessly divided div-ided as to certain principles Any popular democrat ought to be able to step between the factions and pluck the governorship The triek is not at all difficult But it should be remembered that Pennsylvania republicans are not disunited as to republican principles They are merely separated as to certain cer-tain personal assumptions or practices of republican individuate indiv-iduate The state is republican republi-can as hopelessly as it was in 76 or 80 In the presidential election the internal party strife would cut no figure and the circumstance of Hancock or another democrat having hav-ing slipped into the executive office while family quarrel was going on could not profit him in the least in national sense It is vain for the democrats in general and for Hancock in particular to expect to make presidential capital for him from the republican split in Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania and the sooner the democrats I demo-crats dispel all thought of making I Hancock the standardbearer in 1884 the better will it be for the party If Tilden shall be alive and active at that time he will be the I man to win and if he shall be out I of the fieldtheri success can only be achieved by some man who is an organizer and a manager |