National Republican., 1883-07-18
CANDIDATES FOR TIE PREsI-
DENCY.
A Review Of the --latest "siIIy Season"
Effort In the Political Field.

A Review Of the --latest "siIIy Season"
Effort in the Political Field.
The Albany EUening journal thus comments
on the New York Times canvass of the coun-
try for presidential favorites
Tho busy gentlemen who do not make
presidents have from time immemorial beon
conceded the exclusive use of midsummer in
which to air their views, aud expose their
harmless dreams of impossible combinations
The heated term which people of sobrioty and
self restrnint devote to cooling visions of
long rolling breakers or the sharp, leap
ing clutch of tho speckled trout, or
the pastoral contentmcnt of Il shaded sum
ner resort veranda, thus earns its name
of tho silly season in politics. Later on,
when the SUMS rays have lost their burning
ardor and the vacation time takes its place
in mons minds Ms II thing of another year,
the real business of politics will begin.
Meantime the July article, at once as unsub-
stantial and alluring as tho Conoy Island
lemonade, has to-day its formal opening"
The New York Times of this morning pub
fishes an elaborate review of what it pleases
to call the presidential situation, comprising
answers from 3l4 correspondents in various
parts of the thirty-eight statos. The reviow
covers twonty-One columns, and is undoubt-
odly ono of the most exhaustive pieces Of
political work over undertaken by news
paper.
The correspondents addressed by tho Times
were requested to indicate tho favorite can
didates Of both tho republicans and democrats
of their localities, as gathered from popular
talk, and to suppress their own individual
preferences. Tho results on the republican
aud democratic sides are surprisingly alike,
30 far as number of candidates are concerned.
Forty-one candidates arc suggested for the
dominant party and forty for the opposition
oil Ia GItUu Tod to botb
izations, aud If we compel him to get over on
the democratic side to even matters up the
balance Is perfect-bocauso, if Davis is heav-
icr than the average, several of his associates
arc emphatically light weights. The full list
of statesmen thus proposcd--and which may
or may not contain the name of the next
president and vice prosident-is printed else
where
OF the republicans mentioned as favOrites
Mr.. Blaine has "a clear and undisputed load.
Eight men are named as favorite candidates
in more than ten of the answers, and alto
gether have 300 of the 344 votes, if we may
use the term. These 300 expressions of favor
are thus divided: Blaine, 1903; Arthur, Ga;
Edmunds, 571; Grant 10; John Sherman, II;
Logan, 14 Lincoln, 12l; Harrison, IL. The
field back of these runners embraces sweep
ing variety of names and records, from VIM.
NJ. Evarts and Gen. Sherman down to George
w. Halsey, of New Jersey, and Con. Crook.
Nobody mentioned Koifer. OF the present
cabinet, Mcssrs. Frelinghuysen, Gresham
Lincoln, and Teller are spoken Of
Messrs Brewster, Chandler, and Foger were
forgotten. Mr.. Conkling was thought of but
we find no mention of Mr. Platt. The marked
predominance of Mr.. Blaine, In the face of his
reiterated statement that he was through with
politics. is the most interesting feature of this
compilation, of course, even if it be invested
with no other Importance than that attachiu Y
to an expression OF kindly regard and likii g.
Tho two sons of Vermont who hold tho two
highest offices in the republic are evidently
very close to each other in the politicians os-
teen. President Arthur has moro than one.
fifth of all tho "votcs;" we risk little in say
ing that this is much more than he would
have received had the canvass been made Il
year ago or eight monthsago. Mr.. Edmunds
who serves in place of a vice presi-
dent, has always been very popular
among the people, and very weak in
conventions. The prominence givon his
name now may indicate that the time has
come for an expression of his popularity in
the tangible form of delegates. If we look
below the tabulatcd figures, however, to the
localities from which these several gentlcmel
draw their boOms, and assume for the mo-
ment that the Judgment of the Times CORE.
spondents foreshadows the division in the
national convention, neither Blaine nor Ed
munds scoms likely to keep up in delegates
On tho showing of tho letters, President
Arthur would load all the others in II first
ballot. Indeed, if he gets the solid vote Of
the sixteen southern states and the eight ter
ritories, he will need only small number oi
northern votes to secure denomination.
On the democratic side, there are seven
men who have over ten mentions each. These
seven divide between them 20S of the 3l4 ex.
pressions, in this order: Tilden, 100; Nc.
Donald, 72I; Bayard, 3l4 Hancock, 25 But.
lor, 204; Thurman, 174 Cleveland, II. The
suggestions of 1ilden come from thirty one
of the states-those lapsod in their allegiance
to the usufruct of 1876 being Alabama, Cali
fornia, Delaware, Florida Massachusetts, Ne.
Vnda, and Oregon. Five of these seven states
arc democratic, and their apostasy is thus
made doubly significant. Indeed, it is note
worthy all through Mr.. Tildens column thai
the weaker the democratic minority in state
the greater the Tilden feeling among that
minority. Tho surface popularity of McDon
aid, who is mentioned from twenty-siX states
is made especially suggestive from the fact
that Hendricks gets one solitary mention
from Alabama. Gov. Clevcand's admirers
speak from seven states-tiyo from New
York, and ono each from Connecticut
Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, Pennsylvania,
and ToXas. Tho letters from the south al
most invariably declare that Butler would be
repudiated us candidates; he gets but one
Others oil but four are from New England
Somebody in Kansas wants English, of In
diana, nominated, and four rural New
Workers, with golden memories of last fall:
canvass for the gubernatorial nomination
declare for Roswell p. Flower. Pendleton i;
only casually mentioned, and nowhere /:
made first choice
There is nearly year to wait before tn,
delegates to either convention are chosen
with an important session of congress,
number of interesting state elections, and all
tho varied possibilities of death, new issues
and shifts OF public sentiment in tho interim
Between the realities of the summer of lSSt
and the vague yearniug5 and visions of thi
season, there is not likely to be Il very strik
ing likeness.
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