The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-07-26


matters, and their reports show that they
have nude personal canvaases In order to
present the drift of opinion. That they have
given Us they found It is proved by the fact
that In many instances the showing was not
In accord with their own personal prefer
ences The result Us given may be trusted
therefore, rs accurately outlining the pres
ent desires Of the members of the two great
parties
The attention Of the Republican party il
now directed toward the following Presi-
dental candidates, forty lone in number:
Adams, Charles Fran Hawley, Connecticut.
cis, Jr., Massachusetts,. HOyt. Pennsylvania
Allison, Iowa. kasson, Iowa.
Arthur, New York. Lincoln, illinois,
Blaine, Maine. Logan, Illinois.
Conger, Michigan. Low, 8 til. New York.
Conklng New York. MacveaRh. Wayne, Pa.
Crook, Gen. Geo, Ohio. Miller, Samuel T., Iowa.
Davis, David, Illinois Phelps VIM Walter,N.J.
Edmunds, Vermont. Porter, Indiana
Evarts, New York. Potts, +. A., New Jersey.
Fairchld, Wisconsin. Raum, Illinois.
Foiaker, Ohio. Seward, Clarence, N. Y.
Foster, Ohio. sheridan. T. H., Ohio.
Frelinghuysen, N. j. sherman, John, Ohio.
Grant, New York. Sherman. Gen. w. 7. Ohio
Gresham. Indiana. Teller, Colorado.
Hale, Maine. Nashbnrnc, Illinois.
Halsey. New Jersey. Wilson, James r.. Iowa.
Harrison, Indiana Window, Minnesota.
OF these eighteen are mentioned In vari-
GUS sections OF the thirty-eight States a.
the first choice of the Republican, Mr..
Blaine, however, lis q head and shoulders In
front Of the others, being named as the
preference at 10i or nearly one-third of tho
number of points where q choice il ex-
pressed Apar. from his own State he finds
most favor in the Middle and Western
states, nearly all the great Republican
States, and his strength is probably greater
than il thus indicated, as in many instances
a preference is expressed for others in the
belief that he will not enter the race.
President Arthus is next In strength, and
his friends are pretty evenly distributed
throughout the country, and the favorable
feeling toward him is almost everywhere
reported as increasing constantly In the
South the office-holders are noted a. Of
course in his interest 1t IL clearly shown
in the letters from the South that large
part OF, or indeed, the entire vote Of that
part OF the country will be cast in tho
National Convention for Chester A. Arthur.
There il no reasonable doubt to be enter
tanned at present that the 500 votes OF the
old slave holding States will be given to tho
present incumbent oil 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 Mr.. Arthur His strength
/ also is very evenly distributed in the differ
/ ent States, and the expression in his favor
perhaps more than In any other case appears
to he spontaneous and due entirely to his
merits He is stronger, indeed, as second
choice than as first. and leads the other cam
didates when that question is considered.
These three gentlemen received the voice
of aa4,S OF the ~ places which express q
preference-Blaine lui, Arthur u, Edmunds
Robert I. Lincoln stands pre-eminently
among the new candidates, only three, Gen.
Grant, John sherman and Gen Logan COM
ing between him and the leaders He ID
everywhere kindly spoken of and his abili-
tv and honored name make him regarded
4 fnrf hn on; Thn ncnil
tv of his se ection is rarely left out Of the
discussions.
The following Of all the gentlemen af,~r
the three leaders II small, and in some cases
merely the expressions OF complimentary
wishes for the asIirantR
The number OF aspirants for the Demo-
cratic nomination IL forty, and their names
are as follows:
Rayard. Delaware. Kelly. New York.
Black, Pennsylvania. Mcclellan, New Jersey.
Brown, Georgia. Mcdonald, lndlAna.
Butler, Massachusetts,. Morrison. Illinois
Carlisle, Kentucky. Niblack, Indiana.
Cleveland, New York Palmer, Illinois.
Cox, New York. Parker. New Jersey.
Dana, New York. Pattison. Pennsylvania
Davis David, Illinois. PAYNE, Ohio.
Eaton, Connecticut. Pcndleton. Ohio.
English, Indiana. Randall, Pennsylvania
Field, California. Randolph. New Jersey
HANCOCK, New York. Tiden. New York.
Harrison, Illinois. Trnmbull, Illinois.
II, ndricks, Indiana. Turnkey. Pennsylvania
Hewitt New York. Villas. Wisconsin.
Hoadlcy. Ohio. Voorhees,, Indiana.
Holman, Indiana. Wallace, Pennsylvania
Jewctt. New York. Whitbeck, VIM. f., Ill
Eighteen Of these stand forth Us CLAIMANT
of first choice. Samuel ]. Tilden leads hi
party even more markedly than Blaine lead
in the Republican feeling. Two-ffths of thu
points reporting award MIN first choice.
Mcdonald comes next to Tilden. s2l.
points to the latters 12L Geographical,
the Eastern, Middle and extreme Western
: States alone disfavor him, and In these he i
displaced mainly BY Butler, Bayard ant
Thurman He makes q very strong showing
us second choice. Apparently he Is lookel
upon ~ the next best man to 1ilden.
Bayard has meagre following, 81
points, and apparently q hopeless one, judg
, ing from the talk Of his admirers Witt
most Of them his candidacy has become
treasured sentiment, uuadrennial sacrifice
ut the altar OF friendship
, The aggressive Butler comes next Mass
achusetts sustains him. and that is about a
there Is of him.
Thurman has very modest support, AM
the field follows