Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-18
SELECTING A PRESIDENT.
Standard Bearers of two Great PARTIES
Blaine Leading the Republican Can
didates-TiIden the Preference of the
Democratic Masses.

I OemOcfatlc masses.
Neso York Times.
Early in June the Times sent letters tC
/ over four hundred points in the thirty.
eight States asking answers to the fol
I lowing questions:
I.-Who is most frequently spoken OF
/ by Republicans in your vicinity as their
4 first choice for Presidential candidate in
/ 1884?
! u.-What other names are mentioned
/ III.-WhO is most frequently mentioned
4 by Democrats in your neighbOrhood as
/ their first choice for Presidential candi-
1 date in 1884?
( IV.-What other names are mentioned,
| in about what order, as indicating their
popularity?
Answers have been received from 344 OF
these points, the number varying from
/ A in New York to l in Nevada-Or an
average of 8 from each State. The at
tempt has been to obtain the preferences
of the people-the yoters-rather than the
choice of the workers of political ma
chinery, and the reading of the letters
will show how carefully the correspond
ents of the Times have followed this plan,
while not ignoring the efforts of the lead
ers to create preferences for their personal
favOrites. The information has been
| gathered by trustworthy men of both par
ties, whose interests oblige them to keep
thoroughly informed in political matters,
and their reports will show that they
have made personal canvasses in order to
| present the drift of opinion. That they
have given this as they found it is proved
| by the fact that in many instances the
showing was not in accord with their own
! personal preferences. Tee result as here
! given may be trusted, therefore, as &C
| curately outlining the present desires OF
the members of the two great parties.
| The attention Of the Republican party
| is now directed towards the following
| Presidential candidates, Al in number:
Adams, Charles Francis, Jr., OF Massa-
| chusetts.
Allison, William, of Iowa,
| Arthur, Chester A., of New York.
Blaine, James g., of Maine.
COnger, Omar D., of Michigan.
COnkling, Roscoe, of New York.
Crook, Gen, George, of Ohio.
CullOm, Shelby NJ, of Illinois.
Davis, David, of Illinois.
Edmunds, George F., of Vermont.
Evarts, William NJ, of New York.
Fairchild, Lucius, of Wisconsin.
Foraker, Joseph B., of Ohio.
| Foster, Charles, of Ohio.
Frelinghuysen, Frederick t., of New
Jersey.
Grant, Ulysses S, of New York.
| Gresham, Walter O., of Indiana.
Hale, Eugene, OF Maine.
Halsey, George A., of New Jersey.
! Harrison, Benjamin, of Indiana.
Hawley, Joseph r., Of Connecticut.
Hoyt, Henry NJ, of Pennsylvania.
KassOn, John A., of Iowa.
Lincoln, Robert T., of Illinois.
! Logan, John A, of Illinois.
/ Low, Seth, of New York.
MacVeagh, Wayne, of Pennsylvania.
Miller, Samuel F., of Iowa.
| Oglesby, Richard j., of Illinois.
Phelps, William Walter, Of New Jersey.
! Porter, Albert g., of Indiana.
| Potts, Frederic A., ofNew Jersey.
| Raum, Green B., of Illinois.
| Seward, Clarence A., of New York.
Sheridan, Philip H., of Ohio.
Sherman, John, of Ohio.
Sherman, Gen. William r., of Ohio.
! Teller, Henry NJ, of Colorado.
Washburne. Elihu B., of Illinois.
! Wilson, James F., of Iowa.
! Window, William, of Minnesota.
OF these, IS are mentioned, in various
sections of the 80 States, as the fret choice