Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-04-03
VISIT TO THE BLAINE HEADQUARTERS.
What Secretary Bartlett Says.
Il Rosy IiPsC Of the PROSPECTS, Of
fLP ElInlnoI KnSnhfss

the Punied Knight"
The Blaine headquarters, on street, are 10
commodiOuS suite of rooms. A good force O.:
clerks is at work. THE STAR reporter dropped
in this morning. The tables were covered with
papers and documents. The walls are undec-
GRATED, except by good likeness of the Maine
stalwart and the following placard in small
political parties. and in their name to declare
that the republic must be strong enough, and
snail De strong enough. to protect the weakest
OF i's citizens In all their rights: gss . D,,,
This is taken from the article, by Senator
Blaine, ION the Suffrage OF the Colored Citizen
Mr.. j. W: Bal tlett, the secretary OF the club,
was at his desk. The reporter told him he
would like to know how the Blaine canvass was
gettlng along. very well, very well, indeed.
we have nothing to complain Off," was the re-
ply. I'VE are perfectly satisfied with what we
have so far attained and have the best assur-
ances for the future. The next conventions
Iowa on the 14th."
Sar:-"How will the delegates from those
states stand?"
I'VE will get good part of the Connecticut
VIII De solid for Bl9tne. The Grant meH are
claiming that they will break Blatnes solidity
IN Iowa. but they will not They are pursuing
Texa s They sSSss Cain mat that heS ea.s n S @ 70
Won't have 1t. Money and matter were sent to
Texas to insure the instruction of the deiega-
ton for Grant. We fought to have the delega-
know, did not instruct It's delegates. We won
there and will have the majority Of the dele
gates lcOm that state"
SGr:-"How will Blaine stand in the South?"
we nave very cheering adviceS from that
section. They are claiming that section as
solid In the convention for Giant. 1t won't be
though. Blaine will get many more votes from
The southern states than he is given credit for.
in the south, but we will surprise them.o
New Sa;mAre EnoanSsy you going to make any gains in
1--WE are. In 1876 Blaine had only 80 out of 50
OF the votes from the New England states In
1916 ne had only two votes from Rhode Island,
now he has eight; in 1876 he had only two in
Connect1cut, this year he will have over half OF
the delegation. Against seven from New Hamp-
snlre In 1876, he will have the whole delegation
thls year; and against one from Vermont In 1876
ke viii have that state delegation solid after the
complimentary vote for Senator Edmunds BE
will also have about half of the Massachusetts
delegation. He will double his vote of so in the
20 convention. Maine is, of course, solid for
Sar:-" In the northwest?"
H. Blame M is particularly strong In that section.
he Will have Iowa and Michigan solid. Mtchi-
gan was cheated by its delegation last time
the state was then solid for Blaine, but the
delegation sold it out. This year such a pro-
ceedlng viii be guarded against. In Illinois
dnIee saIe OF Of tne four counties that have chosen
we are going TO get good part of the states
delegation. Indiana is solid for him.
vor', SHm1s on, there anything favorable from New
There Is. We have advices from the very
pest sources that neither OF those delegations
VIII be wholly for Grant. In PENNSYLVANIA this
Is especially & the case. There is revolution in
a quiet way going on against the machine in
That state. In New York the same feeling pre-
pallS. Grant Will not have all the delegates
from these great states, despite the action taken
Will have very good foothold ju both of those
delegations when the voting time comes. In
1916 Blaine had not vote from Ohio, Pennsyl-
van, Tania, indiana m & and Kentucky to start with.
with some from each OF the other states men
toned. This shows, further, how great his
gains have BEEN"
Sdf:-"But the Blaine strength has also di
miniShed In some stateS'
only with reference to Illinois. He had
more delegates from that state in 1876 than we
hope for now. You know. Illinois is Grants
home: but we hope to make such showing
from there that we won't be ashamed. wish
you would say one thing. Some of the papers
are charging that this club is sending out docu,
mentS slander1ng the other candidates That is
not true. We endeavor to present the merits of
our candidate, and do not deal with the demerits
OF Others"
Sor:-' How many votes is Blaine going to
have when he enters the convention?"
'Over 800; we estimate $780, This will be
within go votes of nominating him. Vermont,
after its complimentary vote for EdmundS will
then fall into the Blaine ranks. Other compli-
mentary votes win come in-Ohio, for instance
but we predict that the break after the first bal
lot will crowd the Blaine column to much more
than is absolutely needed"
SHr;-"Fronh what states do you expect your
359 votes on the first ballOt?"
"We estimate in the following manner for our
candidate: Alabama g. Arkansas q California
-, Colorado 6, Connecticut 6, Delaware g. Flor
Ida 4, Georgia s, Illinois 81, Indiana 2s. Iowa 22,
Kansas 10, Kentucky s. Louisiana O. Maine IA
Mary land 10, Massachusetts, 10, Michigan 22,
Minnesota 10. Mississippi I, Missouri 0, Neb-
raska 6, Nevada s, New Hampshire 10, New Jer-
sey 10, New York Is, North Carolina 0, Ohio o,
Oregon 6, Pennsylvania 20, Rhode Island 5,
South Carolina I, Tennessee 8, Texas s. Ver-
mont 0, Virginia s, West Virginia 10, Wisconsin
20, Dakota 2, Idaho 2, Arizona 2, New Mexico 2,
Montana Q, Washington 2. Wyoming 2 Utah q
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