, 1877-01-16
HHHrn, daily puts tt--hli vote for Palmer, II II
be certain they can't tlect him. tfA

tS SS1t& tisES CHllk fICct R1tN. 4tH
WAS NOT NOMINATED TO HI ELEcTED.
uohos!tSs he knew As much, but resolved to
take hts finances for what might be lnado out OF
them. ![is nomination fncnnt nothing but the
eliors Of tl'e mannecr* to gain TING to sec what
gould he t1onc 10 pave the way to the election NJ
Judge Davis or some straight Democrat Now,
certain OF these MANAGERS nrc making vigorous
Efforts ior Davis. Hut with what prospect II
tncce*s Il manifest from The fact that ol:crnd,,
1fcan can tc named ssho will vote for him, md
no Independent; for. tho llouse lndcrcntcnss
nre TO MI tntcnts and purposes, part Of the De.
mocraey. anu are 80 rcekoied fl fgnrtng IN the
nanety,n!no Democratic votes. on joint ballot+
dependents Of the Senate will co TO
Davis II the Democrats do not 60 to Anderson.
ss1t Already tfcrc are rtrnty at Democrats who
have NO faith in inducing the Independents to
go fOt Davis, mil who fear that to drive tho In
dependents to drop anderson would be ta drive
them fntn The Republican rnnk:,that Is to say,
thsec Of them, which wnuItl be enough. BE-
tic Egyptian Des!ovruts fur Davis, tho'sgs, l4ts
htEli character nna qualifications nse admitted
OH all tiarr. The talk far Davis is not a< strong
1monS penocsatlc members rs It. was against
kc w.. w. ,'St e,e.t twH liz yGafs nE9, %nsn
cratic coalition. IN oren tautus tncr, II
will be remembered, Merritt and others declared
ftcF would never, never vote for old ltntncs y;
and they got ,tp, md shuok the dust of thcir
feet and went out, and, when tho time came, ali
voted fur Haincs.
Anderson Is lcta Objectionable to 1ra1ght
Democrats tim was +. n. lIaIncs: and, willie
t:lcrc r. tnlk Of Davis hy people of Chiraeo AMI
elsewhere, who sntstHkc The manner Of men WHO
rs Independents hold the key to the situation,
here, IL tooks nov As though, the dirk horse
were Anderson, and as though the contest were
naFrowMg down to
ONE nETwEgS n1M AMI LOGAN,
unless the 'int-eanctts Republicans make a
nomination that mny break th4 independent
rants. lie democrats plainly apprcctate fully
tho faet that the Independents To huld tllu
key to the ktnatton, md. It Is becoming RAPIDLY
apparent, ao nut contemplate In any contfn-
ErIlcv IcAyillr tue t9tirr to 10 nfer to the Re-
nHbllcans. IL, Rincr tile action OF tue Kcnl1b-
lican cauclF, 1t Is out OF tho question for the
Independents IN 40 Ea over, EXCEPT upon cni-
httton Tint thFy nrtcpt the nominee OF the Re-
publican nca1ct's,-1Awal1-the Democrats gai,
tImo to look around: for the Independchls .io
not propose to throw awav thcir 6wli canlIate
IL accept onc fnrtcd upon them by the caucus,
which denies them nny vo!gc IN mining tho can
dtlate. hut It IL rapidly bgemaing clear that the
independents eau f,ol'l out until the Democrats
Will conc to Anderson; aud that they neeu not
hold out long, nor use Violence, to
FETCH TIE DEMOCRATS OVER.
Mcarwhtle, with tho. prospect Ut dradlock
before tllrnl, Lognn's frictnie-n cnmpnct. well
d!sspnEu fufec, nlliust sufficient 10 ciect--arc
snnguine, md " III !eave no stone uliturncd to
seears snc,ess. The Mh ot January !,le.nonstsa-
t!0n helped litn; 80 t1tf tbc New Urlcnns bllsl-
ness; so does tllu tightening of tho party.l,ncs
consequent upon the present critical situation
IN national politics. hut tlsc<c things ali, while
thry affect Republicans, have ,lnu,oycd tho four
nr !irc independents who command tho aitl,a+
tinn, nllA who stick tu Anderson, and eitc his
wnF.record Us guUtl enough for anybody.