The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-01-22
TELEGRAPHIC
PRESIDENT MAKING.
The Little and Big BOOms
Scattered Oyer the Country.
UonkItng Looms again.

Chicago, 2O.-The presidential questi n
Is absorbing a great amount Of attention
among newspaper men, and interviews
with leading politicians are being held
dAiIy. Scores o summaries sent in from
the principal cities in the west give q
pretty fair index, it is presumed, of thu
condition of the public mind on the sub
ject of nominees. This is principally
| true of the republican candidates for, as
regards democrats, there seems to be a
great deal of uncertainty. Tilden doubt.
! less hiss the lead 10 the race as yet, with
Thurman and Hendricks crowding him
closely, and any number of dark horses
in the immediate rear. The interviews
give the following general results among
republicans. By far the greater num-
Der express q preference for Blaine, who
is especially strong in lows, Minnesota
and Nebraska. The next strongest candi-
date is Sherman, who, even in Iowa,
crowds Blaine pretty close and in Wiscon-
sin, il parts Of Illinois, In Indians and
Ohio, and in number of the western
and southern states has following that is |
silently working with much more effect |
than noise. A surprising number also |
express a preference for Hayes, despite |
his declaration ttat he would not be
candidate. these are understood to be |
also for Sherman ss second choice, Grant |
takes the third place in nearly sll re-
turns. His strength seems to have been
greatly overrated by his friends and
among the people at large, who have
been misled By the houors paid him as a
general and as distinguished traveller
into believing the people were rising in
spontaneous demand that he be their
President. In the west he seems destined
to secure only moderate support. Wash
burne has been named as a second choice
for the Grant men, and undeniably has
Eome elements of strength, but much less
tn an his political adherents could wish.
He is not regarded by the shrewdest
politicians as probable or even posi-
bic candidate for any strength. Conk-
ling gets barely recognition in the
as do also EdmuDds, Garfield
and others. Taking 100 as the number
of votes in the west, the preferences indi-
Gated by interviews might be expressed
thus;
Blaine, 81; Sherman and Hayes, 80;
Grant, "a; scattering, 8.
New York, 2l.-Ex-GoYernor McCor-
mick believes Grant is losing ground, and
that the third term idea is impossible.
Personal friends of Conkling declare
that there is no truth in the HeTGLd'S
story that there is GOODNESS between him
and Grant.
The Sans Washington special says:
Great injustice has been done Governor !
Seymour by the corrupt clique of poll
.icians at Washington In suppressing q
letter of his, positively declining to be q
candidate for the presidency or TO accept
he nomination under any circumstances.
There is no excuse for putting this dis
democrat in q false position,
or Of using his name with the full knowl-
edge that he has forbidden it to be used
IN any such connection.
The Herald reports an interview with
George William Curtis, in which, speak
ng of Grant, he says: His strength is
very great In this state. It consists in
What is known as the machine element.
Cornell, Haskins, Arthur, and Speaker {
B. butcher, who has just been made
of public works. His I
,ffiee controls most of the patronage of
he state, and that will undoubtedly be {
lsed by the machine for the furthersnce
If the third term project. Whether or
lot they will be able to throw the weight s
# New York in the national convention !
n favor of the scheme remains to be seen. {
It is probable that Conklipg will also
end in that direction, and he is all I
powerful with the machine. He has pri- !
7ate reasons for not wishing the nomina- I
ion of Sherman or Blaine. Undoubtedly |
majority of the republicans will follow !
hem, but there will be great number I
Who will act Independently, it they hold s
he balance. l think / am right in say [
ng that Cornell's minority in the sggre- l
,ats vote for the governorship, last year,
vas between $4,000 AID 60, 600. 2
Times Washington: Conkling is I'M !
Ioubtediy presidential candidate. His !
tiends know all about this. He has :
,een exceedingly quiet, and has not seen s
it in any way to deny any of the rumors |
bout his position that have been banded
bout in the Senate cloak rooms. Don g
Cameron and Conkling have had very
title to do with each other since their
differences during the extra session. The
Projects of Cameron IN Grants favor
ave been openly discussed for the last j
Wo or three weeks, and out of the very b
,oldness of his policy has grown the op- q
losItion that has developed thus early. L
This opposition to Grant among repub- d
lean leaders has become SO great as to C
cad Conkling to believe Grant could not t
ucceed in securing the nomination, and I
hat being one OF the possibilities, he n
night as we'll be candidate as any other {,
f his republican rivals. Whether he b
Ias any particular object in standing 4
o gain strength that he can transfer t
o some other candidate is not developed, v
,ut it is certain that he will try TO get i
he vote of the New York delegation. O
whether for himself or Grant, as he may
lect. The fact Of his not going south c
With Gen. Grant is now brought up, and t
What was then charged to misunder- t
tand is now credited to a thorough un- q
Ierstanding. None of the New York Q
politicians, however. believe that any /
hange will be made in the New York I
legislature in the method of selecting I
residential electors, notwithstanding the
.lleged facts in the case which are now c
,eing published in New York papers. I
candidacy is one of the latest
opics in political circles. 6
Cincinnati, 21.-The Times, to-day,
tates that it has positive information
rom an authentic source that the national '
democratic convention will be held here. {