The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-02-13
po1ss,caI Points.


Illinois State Journal Senator w. K.
Shut declines all interviews, and IS as
mum as an oyster concerning local politics.
In fact, with smile that ia child-like and
bland. and which removes all suspicion OF
taffy from the mind of the interviewer. he
says he knows nothing about any local
schemes, and intimates that he has no
interest in them On the national situa-
ton. however the genial William is better
posted. He believes Horatio Seymour
and ex- Gov. Palmer are the coming men
on the democratic ticket. aud Grant on
the republican, with some eastern man
for vice president. He furthermore AYERS
his belief that Seymour will beat Grant
in the electoral college worse than Pierce
beat Gen. Scott. 90 being interrogat-
ed as to the reason for the faith that is in
him, William says that the pounding that
the democracy has had for the past TWEEN.
to years has made what is left Of il solid
and tough; that it can neither break nor
bend, and that every democrat will vote
for aud work for whoever is nominated
from the old guard. regardless of pound
iDgs heretofore received.
Springfield Republican: 1t would be
too much to say that Blaine gained all
that Grant lost by the unexpeced signs
of weakness shown by a third term
at Harrisburg, but it is unquestionably
true that from now on the Pennsylvania
delegation will be reckoned among Blaine's
reserves, containing his warm friends.
who may at the critical moment turn the
tide BY a revolt against Cameron at
Chicago, as RIaine's Pennsylvania friends
so narrowly escaped doing at Cincinnati.
No one, however, expected Blaine to
carry Peunsylvania-his real tussle lies
farther west. He had the Illinois dele
cations four years ago and the northwest
was his stronghold. He and Grant have to
fight out the contest in those states to
gether this year. and the prospects of one
and the other viii rise and fall with the
decision of western conventions, which the
two will probably divide, tot heir mutual
defeat.
Bloomington Pantagroph: Sherman is
practically out OF the race. Grant has
taken the lead OF Blaine with every in
dication that he will keep it, and that he
will go into the Chicago convention with
delegates enough to elect him on the fret
ballot. As against his nomination, the
principal aud only one now mentioned that
seems to be relied upon at all. is that he
h1s 5ecn president two terms already. 1t
ought to be sufficient answer to that,
that this is cry raised by the Democrats
while he was 10 Office. and that in an ad
| ministration of eight years they could End
nothing more serious to charge against
him than that there was danger of his
being elected third term. No candid
man, who ever allows himself to use this
argument. really believes that there is
anything in il.
The Oshkosh Northwestern has been
taking the sense of citizens on the presi
Dental question, and reports! One thing
was noticeable, land that was that in almost
every case where Republicans gave other
candidates first and second choice, Il. B.
WashburGe was spoken of as about as
preferable as the second choice, if not the
hrst. Ia fact. there are few instances
wherein Republicans did not express
themselves as favorable to Washburne, in
case there was auy likelihood of his nom
ination. 10 rine-tenths of the cases
among Republicans the substitution of
Wash burne's nalDe for second choice
would have been fully acceptable to them.
Rather an unexpected feature met with
was the opposition. especially among the
u Germans, to Grant.
Illinois State Register: Marked copies
OF several newspapers containing articles
printed to create a boom for Hon. Ell.
j. Jewett, Of Ohio and New York, as
an aspirant to the presidential nomin-
nation on the Democrats ticket have
reached Us. MIR. Jewett is the president of
the Erie railroad, and was. few years
since, a member of congress from the
Columbus. O.. district. He is a gentle
man whose abilities we care not to dispar-
age, and whose Democracy we would not
dispute, bat We San hardly recognize 10
him a suitable man for the presidential
domination, The ground Gu which is to
De PREDICATE g boom log him Is uot yet
perceptible in this neck Of woods
Sioux City Journal; The candidacy of
Grant as q result of spontaneous, hearty
aud honest uprising on the part of the
people would OF course be strong, ofcoHrse
popular, and necessarily involve additional
honor tor him. But candidacy maiu-
tanned after the Cameron fashion in Penn
sylgapia is humiliation to name the
people OF this country delight 10 re Ference.
1t Is modification to see Gen. Grant
dragged into gutter politics, and made
chief 6gure in the work of setting pins for
packed conventions, and giving inspiration
to race whose goal is the spoiis of offoe.
Peoria Transcript: The last political
ioiot Is thaC ueieRdte 10 the Harrisburg
convention who declared that the people
Of this country were anxious to crown
GrsGt. With these idolatrogs Grant men
,it has come so thisi Aut Caesar, Aut
Mill.
Cincinnati Con,aerciai: Geo. Grant
has pretty good excuse now, if he is
opposed to the third term business, TO say
so. A deciination of the position as q
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would be considered inmodest
Ottawa Free Trader: The English
ooom-that is, the popular movements in
favor of William Fl. Euglish as the Demo-
cratic nominee for the presidency-seems
to be steadily gathering momentum
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