Show I A FORECAST OF 1896 last Stin sundays days inter ocean gave a forecast ot of 1896 in the shape afi anter views with prominent republicans on a number of questions one of which is what qualities are most moat desirable in the republican presidential can candidate didat e that sarcastic castic son of kansas jou JOHN J isbills Is aiLLs answered that question RB as fellows the republican candidate should bel bd the choice of states where republicans are permitted to vote vota at presidential elections ilia location on the map is not important an eastern man strong in the west or a western man popular in the eist would be equally accey accept ta i able his qualities rio are not ot so much consequence as the qualities that are popularly ascribed to him he should be ablo able to to pass the main part of his time in fi shine rest and outdoor out door re creation and to convince con vinca the people Deop 16 that hii dava dabs are spent in ce ceaseless ageless study and unending day demotion oton to public I 1 c safety he ought to know how to shut the doob of the white in the face sf nf office seekers and refills to hear bear applications for place and yet vet to to cre create a te the impression impressio n that his health is shattered and his entire entire time occupied by the importunities ol 01 of spoils men he should know euw to be a drunken libertine and retain the adula adulation tinn of pharisees Pharis ees and precisions preci ile he ahmud e liches beyond the dreams of avarice by questionable transactions with gulit guilty y favorites andret anil vet preserve the reputation ef ril id and sturdy honesty he should repeat dull phrases with the solemnity of and the vacuity of a parrot and thul thin acquire the fame of a sagacious states man and profound political economist it if such puch an admirable crichton can be found foan d in the republican party juds lne irom oua b he a would be the ideal candidate |