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Show THE NOMINEES. What a Staunch Utah Democrat Thinks of Tilden's Uhauoos. Our mighbor, Mr. C, K. Burratl, returned hut night from the St. Louis convention und a buniut&a trip i-at. Of the convention Mr. B. suys: "It socms to be the gent-rul impression im-pression that it did its work wull, and is universally spoken of us an intelligent, intelli-gent, responsible and fine-looking body of men a correct estimate, after oxceptiug the Utah delegation, , I which was remarkable only for its limited number, dwlicate iutliionee and modesty; tlio latter quality not innato, perhaps, but the result of the first two features." Of the success of tho St. Louie nominees Mr. B. says: "Until recently I entertained the opinion, common (I think) with tuiwi western democrats, that there wm little hope of success in November; recont observation, however, hat forced a ohange of opinion. You hear an oft-expressed determination by quiet men to support without re gard to party the strongest nominee. nomi-nee. By the strongest, they will tell you they mean Hit man of greatest individuality and most strongly marked character the one likely to bo the least controlled by party machinery, and that class whose trade, being politics, gather ! about successful candidates. As between be-tween the nominees this class of quie., independent men choose to vote fori the democratic nomination. They make no loud-moutbed accusations against Mr. Hayes. There are no swaggering, senseless assertions so common with 'lin' natrinU mid politicians; neither are tbey turntd from their purpose by the thread-bird cry of 'rebel,' 'confederate,' 'traitor,' etc. They think for themselves them-selves and they choose to vote for Tilden; and being of that class who can talk of parties without losing temper and abusing those who differ with them, their influence and their vote will prove a power. A further ground for my belief is this: My business in Missouri, Illinois Illi-nois and Ohio brougbt me largely in contact with German manufacturers and their employes, and I was surprised sur-prised at the support the St. Louis ticket will get from this class. I would not indulge in assertion, but this support did not impress me a, being a small fraction, but a decided majority. The plodding, practical German regards favorably any move , looking towards the reduction ol taxes, and Mr. Tilden's record they hold gives the best promise in this regard. Again, parties at a distance are mistaken as to the feeling in that part of the Mississippi valley whore the interest largely centres, where exists a feeling of confidence on the part of the democrats, and this campaign cam-paign will be characterized by an enthusiasm lacking in those of '65 and '72, and which already gives assurance of a different result." |