Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-11-26
WAS THERE RARGAINss
Has John Logan Been A-TeIIing
the Chicago Times Any
Secrets?

Chicago Times,
Ever since the great meeting at
Warren, o., and in fact since a week
or more before that event, there have
been rumors to the effect that a peace
was patched up and a bargain made
between the stalWart wing of the re
publican parry and the conglomeration
Of negative forces BY which that fac
ton was beaten in the convention at
Chicago, 1t was quite natural such
an opinion should obtain belief; for
Immediately after the nomination OF
General Garfield the whole country
began to question what the course O.
the stalwarts would be, and the move
ments Of the principals we're closely
watched, and widely heralded as bav.
ing a bearing upon the matter. The
apparent Indifference Of General Grant
and his friends for a long time after
the convention has not been forgotten.
and when OF a sudden they resumed
activity, the conclusion was jumped
at that a bargain had been struck. So
strong did circumstances give color to
the theory that the Tumpr needed no
other confirmation, But the facts in
the case have been kept concealed and
surmise has been left TO play as freely
as might be.
The truth is that a peace was
patched up, but no bargain made.
The Times has been put in possession
Of this fact and Of others in the same
line, and this statement may be taken
without question. The information
comes in q manner which forbids its
full revelation. bat 1t comes directly
from an authoritative source.
Up to within a short time before
the Warren meeting, the course Of
events all tended toward the success
Of the Cincinnati ticket. The blum
ders Of Jewell and his coadiuIors and
steadily aggressive fight made By. the
democratic leaders were rapidly re
duciDg the republican party to a state
bordering upon Generalization. After
the meeting of the republican commit
tee in New York. when the breach
between the stalwarts and the other
fellows seemed to have widened. the
prospect Of Gardeld's election faded
very rapidly. So fast did the light 80
out Of ii that the majority faction at
last awoke 10 a realization Of their
plight. In this juncture they exhib-
tied tho FIRST and almnst the only
CLEAN of common sense emitted from
that quarter during the campaign.
They practically capitulated to the
stalwarts. The stalWarts, who simply
waited in their soreness and sournest
to let the negatives find out that with.
out them nothing could be done, came
in when they were asked. From that
moment the tide set the other way
The stal warts had no more wish thar
tn: others had to sec the republican
party defeated; but after the elamoT
and cackle that had beaten Grant
they had no wish TO waste themselve'
in labor for which the negatives, and
not themselves, should secure the
credit. They simply waited until il
became apparent that without them
nothing could be hoped; and then
upon urgent entreaty they took their
coats of and went Vt u.
There was nolndeystanding as to .
division Of the spoils. The compFo-
mise, il compromise it could be called
was arrived at through the medium.
ship, principally Of General Logan.
The visit Of the WarreA party TO Gar.
fields house Was simply a public hgA