Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-12-20

As Mapped by = Republican
Editor.
speclal 10 the commerelaI aaIslts.

NKw York, December l7.-Having
given you general views a. expressed
at Washington aud here in regard 70
Republican candidates for the PRESS
dency, think it may be interesting
u furnish in this dispatch something
sithIegard to Democratic views ana
plans; aud | may remark that my con.
illusions are drawn from the highest
sources Of information CO the Demo
cratic side, as would be admitted were
/ ct liberty TO give names. n
1t is conceded that the election Of
Carlisle TO the Speakership changed
the whole plan of be Presidential
campaien. Had Randall been elected
the Presidential candidate would
have been token from the East, aud
the csmnaign would have been cOnduc-
ted on Randall's tariff platform, But
theWsst audSouth having forced Car
! Isle upon the ariy. aud with him his
we'll known free trade principles, 1t IS
now agreed that the candidate must
come from theWes,; that tbe Eastern
States may as well be abandoned to
| the Republicans, aud that the hgat
must be for Wesern votes, wh'. 4,
added 10 the solid South, viii be sums
Gent to elect. Democrats claim,
some ofthem seem to believe, that
Illinois, Wisconsin and possibly Iowa
can be carried on a free trade plat
form. WI
This feature Of the case was fully
recognized by the leaders who forced
the election Of Carlisle. and having
accomplished the frst step 10 the pro
gramme, they are now ready tor the
second. Their convention viii be
held at the West, aud probably at
Cincinnati. Their platform will be
tipeed with incidental protection, but
it will be virtually free trade, and the
candidate will be a free trader. The
dilemma in which the eleetion oil
Carlisle placed the 1arIy, it wa;
thought By some, might be escaped by
nominating the old ticket. But thl;
is out Of the question, by reason o.
Mr.. Tilden s faebleness An Intimate
friend Of bis tells me be cannot spea
above a whisper, and that his road
leads to the grave, aud not to th'
White House. This friend OF bii
also assures me he would not accep
the nomination il i were unani
mously rendered. The old tickle
escape is, therefore, closed.
There are not wanting politician
who discover 10 this logic the theorl
which makes Western man iuevita
bic for the head Of the 'Democrati
ticket, signs of that laundering vhlel
has come to be phenomenal in Demo
J cratic political management. The
a reason differeutlyfrom the others i
/ contest for Wisconsin and Illinois o.
, 4 free trade platform is to lose Ne'
I York and Connecticut inevitably
whereas with an Eastern mar
whose record on f1aDcial question
las been conservative, at the head
the ticket, is 10 make New York th
battle ground, and to increase chance
i Of the party. 1t is held that to sd
10 the election Of Carlisle as Speake
the nomination Of Mr.. Mcdonald G
any other Western free trader K
President, would be TO ALLEVIATE th
!. Eastern Democrats who hsve bee
I counted among the warm supporter
u Of Mr.. Tilden. On the other ham
!, ifan Eastern man, acceptable TO Il
y protectiopists. we're nominated upC
:, the Ohio platform, whatever miscbl
y has been done by the election OF II
z Carlisle would be speedily correcte
= Mr.. Randall bipselti is such a ma
But If Randall is not acceptabl
q there are not wanting other good ne
! y for there is Dir. Charles A. Dana, q
:, able editor Of the Sun, who is mo
= of q statesman than any Of the othe
y mentioned. BE would make a col
u sentative administration, acceptah
y to thewhole country. This is the "
. Ia which Mr.. Dana is spoken OF
= business circles. There is certainly
: good opportunity for Mr.. Holman
\, u second tie suggestion. McDonal
\. however, is part AID parcel Of I
~ Carlisle plan, and II be should IA
!. then Palmer, Of illinois. Palmer,
n fact, IS lool ed upon az more than
~ good second, but iftbe philosophers
: the party, who pushed free trade
= the front succeed, Mcdonald will
= the Presidential nominee. Occasio
- ally JUDGE Thurmau's name is heal
NC but there is no boom as yet. Prom
/. nent Democrats do not under take
n disguise their apprebensions Of def
" " 10 1884. aud shrewd men who ba
opposed the Southwest dictation
- ieVe that the Carlisle programme,
b hitherto marked out, leads inevitat
- to the election Of 6 Republican
II 1894.