The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-04-02


POLITICAL FACTS AND FIGURES.
The action Of the Pennsylvania Republican
convention, which muzzed the Republicans Of
that State in their Presidential preferences, anC
tie danger that the delegations OF other States
may by the sheer force OF despotic leadership
be chosen N opposition to the desires OF the
masses OF the party, are matters OF vast mo-
ment, not only to those who have waited pa
tently for the time to come when the great
wrong of four years ago, at Cincinnati, could
be redressed, but 10 those thinking men, who
sinking all personal feeling will also earnestly
labor for the success OF Republican principles
in the coming national election, irrespective OF
personal preference as TO candidates. glance
at the record Of the National Convention OF
1876 should have the effect OF teaching political
managers the extreme danger Of triflng at this
critical period with the earnest desires OF those
/ to whose SURFACES they intend to commit the
candidate to be nominated for President at
Chicago.
The Republican voters all over the country
are rising en ntdsse to announce that they have
preferences. At no time since the campaign Of
1856 have they been more eager to express
their views than at TINS stage OF preliminary
action. They want something more than stolid
time. All Republicans honor the hero on
whom they have lavshed their choicest favors,
but there are millions OF them who may prefer
TO distribute honors 10 others who have led
them with clarion voices TO peaceful victories,
none the less important that they have been
won by peaceful methods, To eliminate en-
thuslasm from the coming canvass is to deprive
the Republican organization OF superior van
age ground
There is no statesman nearer the Republican
heart to day than James q. Blaine whose very
name and presence are an inspiration. and
whose persuasive eloquence has been heard in
the hardest fought battles IN which Republican
ism has been victorious The noble support
he received IN 1876 was the result OF the ad
miration and confidence accorded him by those
who watched him closest: not enviously, but
with feeling of growing pride at his success
and his rare courage. Added to this is the
feeling, intensified by four years delay, that to
him OF all others the nomination OF 1876 should
have been accorded. And the sentiment 80
long dormant bursts into expression spontane |
Il IN tl,a Eaot 4,aF
West, on the Pacific Slope, and In most unex
pected directions, rising like so many foaming |
brooks dashipg over all distractions, and unit
ing in torrent that bids far to overcome all |
obstacles and carry the Republican party and
its acknowle dyed cheftaIn to victory worthy
Of the days of its grandes political triumph.
reference to the proceedings of the National
Convention OF 1876 affords ample food for re-
Election to those who queried why the canvass
of that year was tame. devoid OF enthusiasm,
80 coolly carried on. The combination that
defeated Mr.. Blaine defeated the wishes OF
ma jori.y OF Republican voters, and disappointed
ten fold more active supporters Of Republican
principles than any other act could have done.
The election of November, 1876, showed that
OF the thirty EIGHT States, twenty-one had
gwen Republican piuralities furnishing exactly
the 165 electoral votes necessary for choosing a
President and Vice president. And yet, OF the
3& votes III the Convention which gave the
Presidential nomination TO Mr.. Hayes, but 162
came from delegates representing these Re
publican States, while Of the SOL votes given
Mr.. Blaine on that decisive seventh ballot 2OS
came from these same twenty-one States. In
Tact, Mr. Hayes nomination was made possible
by the votes OF Al per cent. Of the number OF
delegates from the Republican States and the
votes OF 222 delegates from States and Terri
,ories that could not possibly aid in the i'm
oortant matter OF electing the nominee while
Mr.. Blaine was denied the nomination, although
By So per cent. OF the number of
delegates from these Republican States, and
he voIes Of 1l9 delegates from the States and
Territories which could not be expected to be
II use in the pending election. From the
wenty-one Republican States in that Conven- {
ION, Mr.. Brlstow received five votes on the
lnal ballot from Illinois.
Another striking fact IN this connection is ,
his President Hayes received 4,O33 ,295 votes
It the ensuing election In the thirty eight
states OF the Union, and of these votes, 2257,-
10 votes, or So per cent. OF the entire Republi-
AN vote, was cast in twenty of the twenty one /
Republican States that had indicated Blaine as |
heir choice IN the nominating Convention.
Colorado chose it's electors through the Legis- ,
ature. The twenty Republican States which .
held elections at which the people voted d
rectly for electors, gave Mr.. Hayes clear
plurality of 316,465 votes. In the Democratic
states Mr.. Tilden received 473,S59 votes moro
han Mr.. Hayes. And it was those Democratic
states that sent 222 OF the 1884 delegates who
voted in the Republican Convention for the
nomination OF Mr.. Hayes, being So per cent.
" his support. The ratio OF percentage OF