The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1883-07-19


diana, will probably stand the best chance
Of receiving the vote of the Democratic
delegation from the State. while some are
for Hancock and others for Tilden. But
as to aspirants there is no pronounced
sentiment. He who may be consnered
the most available, whether it be Bayard,
Mcdonald. Hancock. Tilden, Ben Butler,
or any one else, will be as eagerly accepted
as was Greeley in 1872 Neither men nor
measures will weigh feather in the bal
ance with expediency in the estimation of
Virginia Democracy.
The general summary of the United
States is thus made out by the Times:
Answers have been received from 344 of
these points, the number varying from A
i'll New \ DIRK to ! in Neyada-0r an av-
erage Of from each State. The attempt
has been to obtain the preferences OF the
peOple-the yoters-rather than the choice
of the workers of political machinery, and
the reading of the letters will show how
carefully the correspondents Of the Times
have followed this plan, while not ignoring
| the efforts of the leaders to create prefer
ences for their personal favorites. The in
formation has been gathered by trust
worthy men OF both parties, whose inter-
ests oblige them to keep thoroughly in
formed in political matters, and their re-
ports will show that they have made per-
sonal canvasses in order to present the
drift of opinion. That they have given
this as they found it is proved by the fact
that i'll many instances the showing was
not in accord with their own personal
preferences. The result rs here given may
be trusted, therefore, as accurately out
lining the present desires of the members
OF the two great parties.
The attention Of the Republican party is
| now directed toward the following Presi-
Dental candidates, Al in number:
Adams, Charles Francis, Jr., of Mass. !;
Allison, William, of Iowa Arthur, Chester
A., of N. Y. ; Blaine, James g., of Maine !;
Conger, Omar D.. Of Mich. /; Conkling,
Roscoe, Of N. Y. Crook, Gen. George, Of
David, of ILL.,. Edmunds, George F., Of
vt. Evarts, William NJ, Of N. Y. Fair
child, Lucius, of Wis. Foraker. Joseph
b., of o.; Foster, Charles, of o.; Ere
linghuysen, Frederick T., of N. J. Grant,
Ulysses s., of n. "; Gresham, Walter
O., of Ind; Hale, Eugene, of Maine;
Halsey, George A., of n. j.; Harrison,
Benjamin, of Ind; Hawley, Joseph r., of
Conn. Hoyt, Henry M, of Penna. Kas-
son, John A., of Iowa Lincoln, Robert
T., of I'll; Logan, John A., of ILL.,. Low,
Seth, of N. Y; MacVeagh, Wayne, of
Pa. Miller, Samuel f., Of Iowa; Oglesby,
Richard J. of ILL., Phelps, William Walter,
of n. j. Porter, Albert G., of Ind. Potts,
Frederic A., Of N. j.; Raum, Green b.,
of ILL.,; Seward. Clarence A., of N. Y,
Sheridan. Philip H., of o. Sherman John,
of 0. Z; Sherman. Gen. William T., of O.
Teller, Henry NJ, of COL; Washburne,
Elihu b., of LII. Wilson, James F. of la.
Window, William. of MINI.
vi these, Is are mentioned, i'll various
sections of the 3S States, rs the first choice
of the Republicans. Nh. Blaine, however,
is head and shoulders in front of the others,
being named as the preference at 1903, OF
nearly one-third of the number of points
Where choice is expressed. Apart from
his own State, he finds most favor i'll the
Middle and Western States nearly all the
great Republican States-and his strength
is probably greater than is thus indicated.
as i'll many instances a preference is eX-
pressed for others in the belief that he will
not enter the race. President Arthur is
next i'll strength, and his strength is pretty
evenly distributed throughout the country,
and the favorable feeling toward him is al
most everywhere reported as increasing
constantly. In the South the office-holders
are noted as Of course in his interest. 1t
is clearly shown in the letters from the
South that q large part of OF indeed the
the entire vote of that part of the coun-
try will be cast in the National Convention
for Chester A. Arthur. There is no reason
able doubt to be entertained at present that
the BOG votes of the old slaye-holding
States will be given to the present in
cumbent of the Presidential chair. Mr..
Blaine and every other candidate must
face this solid fact. Third in the contest
is Mr. Edmunds, and not much behind
MI. Arthur. His strength also is very
evenly distributed in the different States,
and the expression in his favor, perhaps
more than in any other case, appears to be
spontaneous and due entirely to his merits.
He is stronger, indeed, as q second choice
than as first and leads the other candi-
dates when that question is considered.
These three gentlemen receive the voice
OF 2249 OF the 324 places which express Il
preference-Blaine, 1903 Arthur, "a Ed
munds, 574 Robert L. Lincoln stands
only three, Gen. Grant, John Sherman,
and Gen. Logan coming between him and
the leaders. He is everywhere kindly
spoken of, and his ability and honored
name make him regarded us a good man
for the office. The possibility of his Sc
lection is rarely left out of the discussions
The following of all the gentlemen, after
the three leaders, is small, and i'll some
cases merely the expression of compile
mentary wishes for 'sfavorite sons.n
The number of aspirants for the Demo-
cratic nomination is 40, and their names
are as follows:
Bayard, Thomas F., of Del Black,
Jere s., of Pa. ; Brown, Joseph E., of Ga.
Butler, Benjamin f., OF Mass. Carlisle,
John g., of KY. Cleveland, Grover, of n
Y; Cox, Samuel s., of n. Y: Dana.
Charles A., of n. Y; Davis, David, of
Ill. Eaton, William W., of Conn. Eng
lish, William H., of Ind. Field. Stephen
j., of Cal. Flower, Roswell p, of n. Y.
Hancock, Winfield S., of N. Y. p; Harrison,
Carter H., of Ill. Hendricks, Thomas A.,
of Ind. Hewitt, Abram S., of N. Y.
Hoadly, George, of o.; Holman, William
s., Of Ind, !; Jewett, Hugh J.; Of n. Y;
Kelly, John, of N. y. Mcclellan, George
b., Of N. Y; Mcdonald, Joseph E., Of
Ind. Morrison, William r., of Ill. I: Nj
black, >William E., of Ind. +; Palmer, John
M, of Ill Parker, Joel, of n. j.. Patti
son, Robert E., OF Pa. Payne, Henry b.,
of 0. Pendleton, George H., of O.. Ran
dali, Samuel j., Of Pa. !; Randolph, Theo-
dore F. ,sof n. j.; Thurman, Allen G., of
o.; Tilden, Samuel j., Of N. Y; Trum-
bull, Lyman, of Ill. Turnkey, John, of
Pa. Villas, William F., of Wis. Voorhees,,
Daniel W., of Ind. /; Wallace, William A.,
of Pa. ;Witbeck, William f., of Ind.
Eighteen of these stand forth as claim |
ants OF first choice. Perhaps it is because
of the sentiment of Justice" so often
heard from Democratic lips perhaps it is !
because of the historical bar 'r'-what- |
ever is the cause, however, Samuel j. Til |
den leads his party even more markedly than |
Blaine leads III the Republican feeling
TWO-fifths Of the points reporting award |
him first choice, and his strength-again
like that of Blaine-would have been in |
creased if he had come out plumply and de- |
manded the nomination. 1t is not always |
the ''old ticket" however, as Hendricks |
seems to have fallen into disfavor in some
quarters. There are only seven States |
which give Tilden no favor, and there ap- |
pears little doubt at present that he can |
be the nominee if he desires. Mcdonald |
comes next to Tilden-72a points to the |
latter 100. Geographically, the Eastern. |
Middle, and extreme Western States alone
disfavor him, and in these he is displaced |
mainly by Butler. Bayard, and Thurman. |
He makes q very strong showing as second
choice. Apparently he is looked upon as
the next best man to Tilden. Bayard has
meagre following-311 points ap-
parently a hopeless one, judging from the |
talk OF. his admirers. With most of them
his candidacy has become treasured SEN
tlment-a quadrennial sacrifice at the alter
OF friendship. The aggressive Butler comes
next. Massachusetts sustains him, and