Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1880-02-21
Political Notes.

ing agitated In Baltimore.
AS the Albany Republicans have
now twice elected Grant delegates
to the Utica convention 1t seems
to be tolerably certain that they
are not for Sherman
A canvass made by the San
francisco Alta shove the Blaine
boom to be very healthy in CALI
fornia. No personal hostility TO
Grant Is expressed, but third
presidential term is what is main
ly objected to.
The Chicago Times declares that
its canvass of Illinois Republicans
shows Blaine to be fifty per cent.
stronger than Grant in that state,
and proves that the delegation to
the National Convention will vote
for him, unless the Harrisburg
game is played over again.
Tire Tribune has received so far
738 responses to its canvass among
1000 Republican committeeman
in the counties and townships of
Pennsylvania, and the list stands:
For Blaine, 57l; Grant. 100; Sher-
man, IL; Edmunds, 5; Washburne,
6; Garfield, a, and the remainder
scattering.
According 10 the Indianapolis
Journal, no attempt will be made
to instruct the Indiana delegates
to the Chicogo convention, and it
adds that there is no doubt what
ever tina. the majority of the Re-
publicans of the state are for
Blaine, with the minority about
equally divided between Grant
and Sherman.
The Chicago Tribune asserts that
no One-man power controls the
Republican party in Illinois, that
there will be fair fight between
the friends of Grant and those of
Blaine, and that "the Blaine men
will take the third-term bull fair
ly by the horns and put ring in
his nose, or the third-term bull
will insert his horns firmly under
the Blaine party's coat tails and
hoist it over the fence"
AT the dinner which was given
by ex-senator Dorsey to Senator
Jones. at Delmonico's ON Satur-
day, political talk succeeded wine
and cigars. Don Cameron and
Robson talked for the Grant
boom, while Senator Blaine's
cause also had plenty of friends.
Mr.. Blaine himself was present,
but took no part in the discussion.
Mr.. Dorsey seems to have taken
care not to bid any of the sup.
porters of Sherman to the feast.
A Cincinnati Commercial cores
pondent having remarkable hind
sight, says that If Tilden had been
elected president, Frank Hurd, of
Ohio, would have been his secre-
tary of state; Judge Hoadley, also
of Ohio, attorney general: Abra-
ham Hewitt, of New York, secre-
tary of the treasury, and Andrew
G. Curtin. Of Pennsylvania, secre-
tary of war. AS the list stops at
this point, we are lelt in painful
doubt as to what position Mont
gomery Blair would have fixed
his graphing irons upon.
1t looks now very much as the
Democratic dark horse for the
Presidency would he Hon. VIM.
T. Hamilton. of Maryland. The
New York Times of Saturday, q
pretty shrewd judge of the drift of
political events, devotes its lead
ing article of a column and a-half
to Mr.. Hamilton's recent assault
on the ring and gives him un-
measured praise. gtfY
1t is said that unless those man.
aging General Grants case, at the
head of whom is Senator Cameron,
become convinced before the con-
vention proceeds TO business that
he can be nominated on the
first ballot his name will not be
brought before the convention at
all. Further than this, unless his
friends still feel sure when the
convention meets that he can be
elected IL nominated his name
will not be presented.
Springfield Republican: The
Grant men, to man. prominent
in Grants two administrations,
who are urging Grant on the
ground that the corruption of his
eight years,was not due to Grant,
but to the bad men about him, are
very much in the position of that
ancient clothier selling a coat, to
whom the customer objected that
the odors of the past still chung to
the coat of the present. mo, my
frients." said the dealer in the
third-term clothing, 'you mish-
take; it is not der goats, it ish me-"
1t is said that Secretary Schurz
nd Qfhar ant III RI form RanI1h.