Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1884-02-04

Careful CanUasS of Indiana PoItticaLIy-
HcDonasd the Farorite IN the Prest6en-
tiat Raee-Ihe GoyernorsI.fp and the
Tariff.
Especial Telegram to the Globel
CHICAGO, Feb. 3.-The Inter Ocean
publishes an interview with Mr.. James
Woodard on Indiana politics. Mr.. Wood
ard is the political correspondent of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, who has studied In
diana politics for years, and has written of
that subject principally for Democratic
publications. He says: have made one
of the most successful polls of this state
that I ever saw taken. In this desk here
are 1900 letters from as many different
politicians and offiee-holders in this
state. The signatures are of men
of all political parties and of all races in
political life, from congressman to
country Justices of the peace. Now these
letters not only show the private personal
feelings of the signers, but at my request
they have presented me with their opinions
as to the views of majority of their
friends and neighbors. The circular let
, ter which called out these answers was so
framed IS to cover the preference
of Democrats and Republicans for
president and governor, and
outside of that to obtain an e1 preston of
opinion upon the tariff. So far my caIcu-
lations, based upon these 1900 letters,
show that 80 per cent. OF the Democrats
represented by them favor Mcdonald as
the presidential candidate of that party.
The greater part of remainder are filled
with the idea that Senator Payne would be-
the man. The name of Hendricks is men
toned exactly eleven times in
the whole number and Ti!den's showing
is still worse. They are
for uncle Joe Mcdonald almost to man.
The Republicans are more divided in
their sentiments, but it seems that they
stand about this way: Blaine, 40 per cent,
Arthur, 80 per cent, Logan, 20 per cent,
Harrison, per cent, Gresham per cent.
Any one can gee that there is abundant
room for change in these figures before
the convention meets, for there is no una
nimity to hold the crowd together, and
while two of the men named are from this
state, neither one of them has as yet loom
ed up sufficiently to gain anything by
reason of that fact.
SIN the matter Of candidate for gov
erDor the percentage figures out some
thing like this: Democrats-G 60
per cent; Holman 20 per cent; Manson.
20. RepublicansDu Dudley 80 per cent.
Calkins 40 per cent; Porter 25 per cent,
and Straight per cent Of course Porter
is constitutionally ineligible, and while I
have great confidence in the political
Judgment and sense of my correspondents,
many OF them are at somethisg g
of disadvantage when a
constitutional question is involved
But am loaded full of the state cand1-
dates and The state fight, and before start
out on that must come back to the tariff.
II know what the people Of Indiana
think about the tariff issue, for these let
tiers plainly Indicate it. AS I was about
to say when you interrupted, the circular
letter was SO arranged as to give the cor
respondent an opportunity to say What
proportion of lis acquaintances and friends
of all parties favored plain tariff fer
revenue only; what portion went to the
opposite extreme of protective tariff, and
then asked what was the feeling in re-
gard to afording incidental protection to
American industries. In the statements
of this later proposition I copied the ex
aot language of the Republican platform
ard fully rs per cent. of my answers were
in favor of the last proposition. A tariff
for protection meets the views of two
thirds of the remainder, thus leaving only
a sprinkling of true Democratic free
traders.