The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1883-06-08

From present indications there will
be a triangular fight for the Republican
nomination for President between
James q. Blaine. John A. Logan and
George II. Edmunds. with acompromise
candidate like Joseph r. Hawley, or
Walter @. Gresham or Robert T. Lin
coin Is the possible outcome. II has
been said BY some Of Mr.. Blaine's
friends that he will not permit his name
70 so before the nominating Convention.
but that Is probably only Zone Of the
ways that are dark and the tricks that
are vain 10 which that desperate poll
tician Is wont to resort to accomplish
his ends. The fact Is that Blainc's
chances for nomination are better now
than TINY have ever been. not that his
personal popularity i greater than
formerly. but because the forces within
the Republican party which opposed him
successfully in 1876 and 1880 are demon
allied and scattered.
Neither Logan nor Edmunds Is can.
didate Of the Stalwart wing Of the party
can rcuniie the dissolved and distracted
elements which supported Grant In
1880. Blaine will make inroads upon
the former Grant strength as against
any opponent except Grant himself.
Logan's illiteracy and coarseness are
offensive 20 many Of the leading Grant
men of the East. and Edmunds classic
GOODNESS chills the ardor and enthusiasm
Of the Western admirers Of the great
military hero. Between these two.
Blaine. with his magnetic character and
da~hing mode u fighting. will have no
difficulty - push ahead and make him
self the victor. Neither IL them nor
both u them together can possibly
muster the strength against the Half
breed favorite in any II the Middle
States which he was obliged 10 en-
counter in 1880. A. Blaine has long
desired the Presidency. and n there i
no reason for believing that his ambi-
tion in that direction has cooled. IL Il
not likely that he will deliberately
throw away the best opportunity NJ has
ever had % make himself the Republic,
an nominee
But the singular fatality which has
attended Mr.. Blainc's candidacy for
President may overtakc him again. The
very fact that he will probably. A. here
tofore. lead the other candidates iii the
outset. will have tendency 10 unite his
IN the end on some new can
didatc % be brought forward in the nick
Of time. Thus the story Of Cincinnati.
repeated n Chicago. may be told again
in 1854. Even now candidates are being
for the emergency by the ene-
mics Of Blaine. Two n these are menu
bers u President Arthur's Cabinet
Secretrry Lincoln. however. will hardly
prove available. Logan will have the
Illinois delegation well in hand. and he
il not the man 70 sacrifice his own future
70 State pride. But Postmaster-G General
Gresham may serve the purpose Of the
anti Blaine men, He IL Stalwart u
the Stalwarts. and, withal. II posing as
reformer. He will be able 20 control
the delegation Of his own State. and
would most likely become the legatcc Of
both Logan and Edmunds. The influ-
encc of the Administration would prob
ably BE- exertcd in his behalf, especially
in the South. Itwould therefore not b
NJ All surprising il the next Republican
candidate for President should hail from
the State ~ Indiana. But IL matters
not whence BE comes or what bis name,
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