The daily gazette., 1880-03-26
THIRD EDITION
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aWAsHINaroN. March 25, 1880.


4WAsHINaToN, March 20, 1880.
A very well informed republican said
to your correspondent to-day:-
arhere 10 nothing In this rumor which
has been going that the fiiends of the
ex-President propose 10 take up Senator
Edmunds. He Is not the man they
would like. Mr.. Conkling knows Mr..
Edmunds, and he knows that Mr.. Ed
munds v ould be as intractable as
mnle or as q thoroughly independent
and self-willed man II be were Presi-
dent. If ever Mr.. Edmunds gets into
the W hits House be will be President
Of the whole country and of the whole
party; He will not be any Senator'S
man."
POSITION OF THIRD TERN LEADERS.
Yourcorrespondent asked what then
will the third term Senators do. The
reply was =.
sin my Judgment they will cease to
act together as soon as they see they
cannot nominate the ex-President. In
that event Mr.. Conkling will have the
most difficult part to play, as he is to
Blaine. He will not take Edmunds,
and he has, in fact, no cand date in re-
serve so far as is known. He is for
the ex-President first, last and all the
time unless he could get the nomina-
tion himself, and he does not expect
any such luck. AS to Cameron, he
means to take care of himself. He is
at bottom a Cameron man, and bar
ring one of those wild impulses of
which he is capable, and which might
lead him to fling away everything,
even to his own political predominance
in Pennsylvania to crafty momentari-
ly his resentments, barring this, l say,
he will be found heading his delegation
for the man that is going to win.
Cameron might take up Edmunds
Conkling will never do SO. Cameron
might take up Blaine, but he has de-
clared that he is opposed to Blaine in
any contingency, and l do not regard
him as probable supporter of the
Maine Senator, unless Blaine should
show a clearly winning hand on the
opening of the Convention.
rHs Ex-PREsIDENT LOSING GROUND.
The ex-President seems to be as good
o. beaten aleady. His friends ought to
warn him TO withdraw at onse. 1t is
dsmonstrsble thatihe cannot be elected.
One Of the shrewdest politicians of
Ohio, who was he . two days ago and
who had looked carefully into this mat
ter, because he would be third teTmer
n the was popular, showed me his rea-
sons In detail, founded on close inquire.
for believing that the ex-President
would lose Ohio by 10000 votes. He
said /. Is truo enough that the german
vate is against him, but that is the least
of it. The American vote against him
In the party will be three times as great
Is that of the Germans. An Illinois re-
publican, himself a third ,ermer, is here
now and reports his amazement at the
unpopularity oftbe third term movemen
IN Illinois. He says this hostility grows
daily. From Winconsln the best reports
say that the ex-Presiient may have the
Milwaukee delegates hut none others,
and yon krow what is openly going on
In Pennsylvania. Our third tenn peo-
pie expect to get the Southern de elegates,
but am convinced that they can make
no more fatal mistake than to try to
nominate the ex- p resident by marshall.
ing the solid Sooth for him in the face OF
the Chicago Convention. 1t ia cruel to
keep the ex- President in the field, but
guess he means to try chances. His
eyes are 'sot, as the boys say
MR. TILDEN's SUPPORTERS IN WASH
" IEGTON.
The New York friends # Mr.. Tildep
are bestowing much attention of late
upon Congress. To-day ex-Mav Or
Wiekham ard Mr.. Isaiah Rynders ar
rived In Washington, and have beer
busy interviewing C0ngressmen and as.
suriag them that the Tammany oppo-
sition OF Mr.. Tilden will be of very small
Importance in a national campaign.
They argue that State pride in securing
President will, when the day for vo-
ting arrives, reduce the Tammany crowd
to very small dimensions.