The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-11-04
Arthur slain-Mahone. Too.

the 9th OF OCTOBER, anu hV" hN"'c
terment at the hands OF BLAINE, SHERMAN
WINDOW. and the rest OF the leading iie-
publicansy We invite the careful atten-
ton OF the negroes and the mercenary
whites In search Of office under the Fed
eral Government to the following eXtracl
NJ letter from the Washington CORE
snondcnt OF the Cincinnati Enquirer. lie
says:
WASHINGTON, ID. G.. October 81, 1888.
The defeat Of Governor Foster IN Ohio
has caused depression in the Arthur
boom for denomination, and the best friends
az the President have now but little faith
In his selection. 1t is called Fosters de-
feat because he was the central figure OIL
the campaign. and Foraker, who was his
candidate for Governor, was mere APP
pendage. Had he succeeded in electing
Foraker, and secured his own election to
the Senate, Foster would have been beyond
dispute the master Of the situation in ohio (;
and there is substantial evidence for pre-
dieting the belief that he would have
worked zealously TO give Arthur the Ohio
delegation in the next National Republican
Convention.
But Foster did not succeed, and this
places him in a far different position. IL
sends him to the rear, when otherwise he
would have been at the front. II brings
John sherman from the rear TO the front,
and enables him TO revenge himself upon
those who had played him false when his
polit;cal ambition was at its zenith. Il can
be safely asserted that Sherman and his
friends will henceforward stifle whatever
Of n boom Foster may have had in embryo
for Arthur. This IS TO be done with an
ingenuity which will tell. It will not only
consist in delegation from Ohio opposed
10 Arthur, but it will 90 further and be
more potent.
Sherman and his friends will declare to
those who will press Arthur's nomination
that he cannot carry Ohio. The bones OF
the dead Garfield will be used by them TO
more thoroughly brighten the delegates.
IL will be asserted. and trutbfully, too, that
Arthur has punished and neglected the
friends Of the dead President in his own
State. Not that Sherman cares for Garfield
any more than he does for Arthur, but be-
cause he can use the bones for his own
purpose. and under the cry Of a plea for
the martyred Garfield he can surround
himself with influences in the State who do
believe that Garfeld's friends have been
punished by the Administration.
Any one who is posted as TO the freaks
OF a National Convention can see at Il
glance what 4 mighty argument can be
made against the nomination OF Arthur il
the impression becomes decided that he
cannot carry Ohio. Even with candidate
upon whom there is complete union il will
be hard enough for the Republicans to
carry the State. With one, however, who
has not the full confidence OF the leaders in
the State, it becomes dOuGly doubtful.
The argument, too, receives increased
force from the fact that Ohio is not only
one OF the pivotal states, but is also an Oc-
tober State. A Republican defeat in Ohio
one month in advance Of the national cleo
ton would carry confusion all along the
line. and produce a Generalization that n
National Convention will not care to invite.
With John Sherman us the sponsor that
Ohio would go Democratic in October with
ArthUr as the candidate. there would be 4
very natural revulsOn against taking him up.
Mfr. Arthur's troubles, though, are not
confined to Ohio. AdviceS OF reliable
nature received here are to the effect that
he cannot under any circumstances receive
the united support OF the New York dele
CATION. Many OF his best friends two
years ago are now his most active and
avowed enemies, and they have pledged
themselves TO see to it that no man shall
have a second presidential term who du-
ring his first had no seeming higher pur-
pose than to cOnciliate his enemies. Thus,
with division in his own delegation and
the certainty that New York will go over
whelmingly Democratic next week, to-
gether with the scare which Will be raised
in Ohio. Arthur can be considered out OF
the field.
That is the situation in nutshell. Ohio
votes in October next year, as she did this
year, and it will no, 90 for the Republic
cans to run for President OF the United
States any man who is not strong in Ohio.
Indiana is no longer an October state; but
the public have not forgotten the disas-
trous results OF a Democratic defeat in In
diana in 1880. 1t may be set down as GER
tain that somebody will be nominated for
President by the Republican National Con-
vention whose nomination will guarantee
as far as this can be done a Republican
victory in Ohio in October. Mr.. ARTHUR,
therefore. is ont Of the question. Mr..
BLAINE fills the bin exactly. He, II any
Republican, can carry Ohio next Noyem-
Der, and therefore his party can carry 1t
next October il he be its nominee.
II he is able to carry Ohio in October
strength in New York will come to him
after that election. In 1850, Mr.. GARFIELD
had no real strength anywhere before the
Indiana elections went for the Republic
cans. The Republicans had even lost al
most all hope OF carrying Maine. But
think how things changed after the result
of the Indiana elections became known.
However, we are not concerned Just now
as to Mr.. GARFIELD's strength. 1t is Ma
HOMES statf-ARTHUR-that we are speak
ing Of. IL this staff fails him, MALONE IS
gone. VIII it fail himl 1t will IL Ma
HONE is defeated in Virginia next Tues
day. 1t will il ARTHUR Is defeated
OF the Republican nomination next year.
Well, now, We colored voters and We office
seekers, don't you see that one or the other
barrel OF this double-barrelled gun will kill
MAHoNEy Why do you follow after a man
doomed TO defeat? Why hope for promo
ton at the hands Of man odious to the
BLAINE Republicans and odious to the
Democrats Of the whole Union?
Democratic success means the perpetuity
OF the public-school system.