, 1880-02-27

OPINION OE - 1lOM1SE-sI fOAllANAt1-s-
Special DtsIztrh to The Chicago Tribune
NEW YORK. Feb. GA Washington special
says: The Utica Convention casts gloom over
the Republicans here, many of whom say this
afternoon and evening that while it is evident
CouIifnT aud Cameron are determined to noml-
nate the President, it is certain this action will
he fatal to the party and b.1ng 1t a disastrous
defeat There is another view presented By
Republican Representative, who refuses to
have his name mAde known: The Utica Con-
ycntion has killed the third-term business; it
will not do push the exPresident on the party;
half -a-dozen ambitious Senators may form
syndicate, hut If they do they must have wit
enough to select man more generally accept
able to the party than, even with the most as1use
and untirins machine management, they have
been able to show the ex-President to be. You
will discover presently. think, that the sena-.
torial syndicate comprehend this as well as any
body else. They are ready to
WITHDRAW THE Ex-PREsIDEST,
but will not do so until they have tried their
luck in Illinois They are engaged In forming
,nachine with which to control the Chicago Con-
yentiou for their candidate, and against them
men whom they hare determined at all hazards
to keep out, and whose throats they mean
to cut, among whom are Blaine, sher-
man. and Garfield, and probably some
you will see when they have done all they can in
the way OF making Presidential machine, they
will choose some candidate acceptable to the
party. They are too shrewd to force the ex-
President on the party nov that they see he
could not be elected.
THE SENATORIAL SYNDICATE
is more formidable than perhaps you think 1t
might even force the ex-Prcsident on the Con-
vention. but tts members Do not mean m to hazard
xf.1 In 0f n IN 0fr
vcnton into rejecting candidates opposed by the
syndicate, and into taking some one
xbo is fayesed and at psoper time tsotted out
he able to carry Men. York with certainty. may
lose it to the Republicans If he wants to. Cam
sfen s. ean psenSy ea 81 p's fpe 6e
can, II he wants to. throw it to the Democrats:
and it is perfectly well understood that, it
thwartcd, he will do 50. As to
LoGAN's POWER IN ILLINOIS,
less is certain. But Illinois is not q very
certain state. Seven Of it. Republican
Representatives in this Congress hold their seats
by a plurality only. Logan might throw Illinois
nous syndicate may not he able to make
spoon they can possibly spoil a horn They
cnn defeat their party, and all Of them are
fha1 than not have the;f Own way and therein les
their real strength as machine to control the
Chicago Convention. My name is not important
do, say that, as the opinion of a blaine man,
Blaine is, believe, the choice Of the Repub-
lican masses In the Republican States he
would nrouse the enthusiasm Of the party all
over the country, and
He IS STRONGER SOUTH
than any other stalwart Republican. But he
will be beaten at Chicago 1t he does not very
soon tnkc the syndicate by the horns. If he
should come out publicly us an anti-third- term
candidate. lead and address public meet
ing in some great city on this subject,
and declare himself openly and unequiyocally
opposed to the thirf-term on patriotic md party
grounds, be would. in my belief. sweep tte Con-
ve..tion.. He would be irresistible at Chicago
and woi,ld SO gather about him the Republican
voters that
NO NATTER WHAT Efforts -
Conkltng, Cameron. and the rest Of the Eyndi-
cate might put forth. he would carry the neces-
sary States for, after nil, the syndicate DART mot
go aeaintt anybody who inspires real popular
enthusiasm. and II they did they would be
tracked. and exposed, and politically ruined
win Mr.. Blaine do thisy' the correspondent
then asked.
Don't know. was the reply, but i IS his only
Way to be nominated and elected The Liberals
and Scratcbers would adopt him at once, and he
would be hailed Us the savior Of the party"