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Show RUTHERFORD B. HAVES. The compliment paid to General Hnyea by Governor Noye3, who presented pre-sented hi3 name to the republican convention as o candidate for the presidency, was, as is usual with such performances, a glowing eulogy upon his public and private character and services. Col. Ingersoll did even more for Blaine in his electrical and epigramatic speech, and Morton, ConkJins and Bristow fare! liberally at the hands of their eulogists. In Blaine the party were to have a man of wonderful genius, dash and audacity; auda-city; in Conkiing a statesman of broad culture, eloquent in debate and . wise in council. Bristow was a true man who, reared in the midst of the enemies of republicanism, stood j by the Union and became a champion ofretorm. Morton wa3 lauded his services as a war governor, but Noyes made the telling point for Hayes when he said tint he had successively suc-cessively defeated the three great domacratic leaders of Ohio, "Thur-man, "Thur-man, Pendleton and Allen. He has got in the habit of beating democrats, and from force of habit will do it once again, if nominated." In other words Hayes has been a lucky mm as a local politician, and no p vrty can aflord to meddle with an unlucky man as a presidential candidate. Mr. Hayes has been twice a member mem-ber of Congress from Ohio and he is now serving his third term as governor of that state, to which offi:e he waa elected last October by a majority ol of 5,5i4 over William Allen, democrat. demo-crat. In 1509 in the contest foi governor against Georgo A. Pendleton, Pendle-ton, he was elected by a majority ol 7,518. Hayes' victory l;ut year wae the more significant on account of the fact that Allen waa chosen governor in 1673 by a small majority, and the changing of thia verdict by Hayea contributed rmre than anything else towards bringing him forward as a presidential caudidato. It may be said that the republican party has been forced by the stress of necessity to take the most available of the candidates can-didates for their BufTrago. Mr. Ilayea evidently possesses largo personal popularity pop-ularity in his own Btate; but he also enjoys the distinction of being generally gener-ally unknown as a national politician. This qualification is a very important one, enpecially in theso times, when a great number of leading congressmen con-gressmen have not escaped suspicion! sus-picion! or charges of selfish or dishonorable acta, which taint their iiarnea and place thorn outside ol tho list of availablca. In greater or lesa degree there have been suspicions of omo kind attached to Morton aud Conkiing, and Blaine's terrible ordeal of tho hist few weeks and tho powerful power-ful and gallant but unavailing support given him as a prejidenlinl candidate-, HuHrate this idea. Ilonco both paries par-ies aro generally looking beyond the maater-Bjiirits of tho day, who have made their impress upon affairs, for tho " great unknown," whoeo silence or obscurity have not rendered him a shining mark for the arrows of their opponents. Honco Harrison and; Pulk and Taylor and Pierce. Hnco' In a hi ea tiro General Grant, whom record as a talcum an ww absolutely nil. Hence Hayes, who, however, how-ever, has shown somo good qualities and a winning record at home, but cannot be placed among tho brilliant lights oven of that ordinarily commonplace common-place and mediocre organization, known as tho republican party. It is "ratifying, however, to know that the republican party has at least deferred to thedemand within its own rahks for a man of character and personal per-sonal worth, aud that it has accepted as its leading candidate a gentleman gentle-man of ability and culture, who, should he be elected to the offico of president, presi-dent, will not bo likely to disgrace either the country or his party by making the While house a rendezvous for scheming politicians or corrupt cliques. Warned by recent terrible examples, ho may avoid the dangers which havo jeopardized and imperilled imperil-led the administration of his hnuedi-ate hnuedi-ate predecessor, and if such ft thiug were within the range of possibility, he might place the republican party upon a higher standard than it has yet occupied. It is yet premature to discuss the question of the result of the pending campaign, which will depend largely upon the action of the national democratic demo-cratic convention that rusets at St. Louis on the 27th instaut. To at tho nominations and plationu 01 tue i republican party are in the nature of a direct and forci- , bio challenge to the democracy is not to be denied. Toe democrats will naturally feel that tho republicans have played their strongest hand, which will require skillful play to beat. Whether a party so long defeated and so demoralized by the fortunes of the last fifteen years, has tho brains and genius to win another victory will be moro apparent after tho St. Louis convention has done its work. It may rest assurred, however, that it must put forward a candidate aud a platform of priuciple3 which will appeal ap-peal strongly for popular support, or it will again fail in securing executive control. And if it shall, f iil in 1S76 the democracy might well abandon the field and go out of politics altogether. alto-gether. WILLIAM A. WHEELER, The candidate of the republicans for vice president, though well known in political circles has not acquired a national reputation until his connection connec-tion with the settlement of the Lsui-siana Lsui-siana difficulties last winter, by the introduction of a successful compromise compro-mise between Governor Kellogg and the legisTature, which bears his name. Mr. Wheeler was born at Malone, N. Y,, June SO, 1S19; received an academic education, studied and practised law; was district attorney of Franklin count)', N. Y,, for Beveral years; was a member of the New York house of assembly in 1S50 and 18J1; was a member of the New York senate and president pro tern. of the same in 1S-55 and 1S-59; was president of the Xew York constitu tional convention in lSij7-lS58, was elected from the 17th district to the thirty-seventh and forty-first con-gre--bes,' and was re-elected to the forty-second congress as a republican, receiving 13,020 votes against 5,099 votes for G. Mott, democrat. He was re-elected to the forty third congress, con-gress, and was succeeded in the forty-fourth forty-fourth congress by Townsend, republican. repub-lican. Mr. Wheeler is popular at home aud abroad, aud while being a staunch republican, bears a good reputation as a conservative statesman. states-man. His name will doubtless add some strength to the ticket in his native st.te. |