The Portland daily press., 1876-02-25
AhOut Blaine.

lnere is one tnlnS ABOUT Blame which can
not tail TO win the general respect cf the
country, and that is the bcld and clearly de-
fined positiveness of his convictions on public
questions, and the manly frankness with
which, disdaining the timid maxms and ira
ditions of the professional trainers of presi-
dental candidates, he meets all the current
issues of the day and places his opinions on
the record in tie full blaze of hostile or invdi-
Gus criticism. There is none of the negative,
shuhlng, evasive nOn-commitalism about
Blaine which is the usual resource of politi-
clans who aspire to the presidency on the eve
of the canvass.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The Ohio legislature has initiated that of
Minnesota, and expressed its preference for
the next president OF the Republicans in
both branches of the legislature, "a voted for
President Hayes, 33 for Blaine, and 1 for
Morton. Thus Blaine ties Hayes into one,
Notwithstanding the fact that the vote took
place in the State House in which Hayes was
sitting as governor, he having also been
recommended tor president both by Senator
and General Sherman. More extraordinary
still, Mr.. Morton, who is understood to have
had Cincinnati chosen as the place for hold
ing the national convention because of his
vote against 33 for Blaine!
Unless the Washington correspondent of
the Chicago Tribune is mistaken, Blaine ap-
pears to be as much the leading figure of in
terest at Washington as he is in Minnesota
and other parts Of the country. The Tribune
which is popularly supposed to be in favor of
Washburne, nevertheless allows its correspon-
dent to take up considerable of Its space
with matter which must go long way to
promote the candidacy of Blaine in The west,
The New York Tribune says several indi-
cations come to hand that Blaine's stock is ris
ing in the west" among which it quotes the
vote of the Minnesota legislature, and the fol-
lowing concerning Kansas and Iowa senti-
ment: "Over one-half the newspapers in
Kansas have declared for j. G.. Blaine for
president and John j. ingalls, for e.presi-
dent. The Kansas delegation will probably
go to the Cincinnati convention instructed to
vote for these two men, OF the feeling in
Iowa, the Davenport, Gazette says:} sMr.
Blaine is making unmistakable advances in
the presidential race. This is welcome as
surance. Should it soon become evident that
the he will be the winning man for nomiDa-
tlon and election, Republicans in this region
will be abundantly satisfied.
The Chicago Times has no violent hank
erlng after Blaine-nor for anybody else that
ever deserved anything of anybody-but still
it confesses that 'the general impression in
bis party at present is that he will receive
decided plurality of the votes cast IN the
first ballot, in case Giant shall not be a can
didate."
We think that it is not tuo much to say that
the ratio of preference here indicated will
hold good among the members of the Re-
publican party throughout the state. Mr..
Blaine has had for years thousands of warm
admirers in Minnesota, and to-day the num-
ber of his friends is greater ten-fold than at
any previous time. There are number of
other gentlemen named in this connection
notably Bristow, Gen. Sherman, E. B. Wash
burn and perhaps Hayes-to whom. in the
event OF any one of them being chosen at