New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-04
WHAT A DEMOCRATIC PAPER SAYS.

WHAT DEMOCRATIC PAPER SAYS.
From The Ne3r- YORK. World, Nays
York gave Mr. Blaine Il votes year esti
mate gives him 20 Pennsylvania gave him In 1850
80 ONO promises ha % votes instead OF The he
held from John sherman in 1880 Missouri. which ala
him n0w. SO far Judged bv the returns Mary
land will afford hn at least -, AGAINST the recorded
for him the last time. Delaware. Kansas Iowa. Mch
and Maine practically solid for him. 80 are also
California Nebraska Oregon Nevada and all Dut TWO Oh
In Illinois the entire tortyfour have been claimed
ior General Logan but there Is strong minority opposeI
the public sentiment at least ten delegates will seize the
imposed by Logas heutenans and desert to the Pumed
Knight We give Mr. Blaine votes there on the FIRST
ballot Minnesota mad a candidate OF her own in
to Banes benefit the extent Of nearly the entire dele
CATION of II Indiana Is prObematical quantity Blaine
got her 20 votes 1880 and he appears sure OF large
majority OF her vote this year. unless Local candidate
Ike Gresham Harrison Is presented The man OF
Maine loses Connecticut the first ballot, that state
having resolved to her candidate. and in New
jersey he may lose three or four votes. - ~. -,
Thus notwithstanding loss N some states Blaine vii
first ballot $50 far "a the North and West alone are con
cened by seYentyone votes than ne h1i four years ago
altogether The largest part OF ms increase comes rom
the great states OF Ne~Iork, PennsylY@na ana ONO.
In all the states which soil the Republican mjorltes
Blaine is Enthusiastically the choice. ,-,
Arthurs strength lies the Southern delegations,
made Of ohicehoders But even mere Blaine has made
some surprising gains. He has twenty votes IN Texas;
lie has AZ least twenty more scattering here aud
there Add these forty votes and he has a
three less than an absolute majority, and TINS
without single vote from Illinois or Wisconsin. After
WiscOnsn's complimentary ballot for Farchid, Is apt
10 20 TO Blaine. After In0ss complimentary vote f0r
Logan It is sure to go to Blaine Illinois alone would
These are the cold figures without feeling prejudice.
II James q. Blaine but fraction clever or as UNI
scrupous he s variOusy accounted by friend and by
oe he should have no difficulty ~ transferring ne purely
commercial OF Southern Republicans either by prom
process made famous by Chester ~ Arthurs posJprndia
frtnkness
WHAT A FRIEND OF LOGAN THINKS.
Special Dispqch 10 The Pbugdsiphfq Press
Delegates appointeedgeBl1ne 35o 4rtnur ~ Ed Ed
tcring 5; unknown, D. Total, 7s2. JOSEPH AEDILL.
SOME THINGS THAT ARE SETTLED
From The Philadelphia Fre.S, Nay
The election of delegates TO the Republican
National Convention over. It has settled every
thing in the convention the next campaign, nut
t mas settled some things Of vital Importance and pro-
found moment to the Naod and the Republican party
to candidates and politicians. Il has settled:
majority OF Republican states and Republican voters
That he leads every other candidate by wider gap
than separates him from majority.
That 1Our Blaine delegates ouC OF hVe are from RepuO
That onehaf the delegates opposed to him come from
states which are not Republican.
That Blaine strong where the people are strong, and
that where the machine strong Blaine delegates are
That hls performance shows that the machine has
ceased to be a power in tho Republican party.
That tie Influences which nominated James A. Garfield
and demand the nomination OF bis secretary Of state are
dominant in the party OF Lincoln ana carried. -. .
That opposed only by the remnants or
the Old machine and the dsorganlZng faction OF Tree
Independents.
that this leaves the great body the Republican party
favor OF protection. free party rule ana James g.
That the next National candidate will be nominated
upon this platform.
THAT the next President will be elected upon it.
That tine one man whom all friend and FOE unite in
agreeing best represents these principles Is James Giles
PIE Blaine.
BLAINE HAS THE BEST CHANCE.
From The Washington POST
Blaine is the one candidate who may win the
nomination. Arthur, Edmunds. Logan and sherman are
Just sufficiently In the Held To lose l.
A CAUTIOUS CONNECTICUT ESTIMATE.
The Neir- Harm Palladium.
II will be observed that in the above table
uincfycIght decga set down doubtful or with
10 Mr. Blaine onequarer TO Mr. Arthur. dividing up Tie
other quarter among the other candidates, and making
allowance for possible errors Il the above estimate
already alluded TO- we have the total membership % the
Blaine, 800; for Mr.. Arthur 300; for All other canG
dates, 40.
BLAINE ONE HUNDRED AHEAD OF RTHCR.
FrG0i Tie inca Herald
The table below shows Mr.. Blainc's vote on
the first ballot 1856. which brings him within forty-1ye
votes OF a majority that ballot. His vote is more
likely 10 exceed that than 10 fall short OF this figure
the particular assigned 70 Mr. Blame
may prove fictitious the drs ballot But On sub
sequent ballots. favOrite SONS" Ike Fairchud OF
Wisconsin are withdrawn his will rise rapidly until
below accors President Arthur 267 votes the first
ballot and that now promises 10 De his hlgA-water
marx. - - -
Prom Tie Y0Iskers GqzcHs -
Whatever warmth was instilled into the Ed
munds boom By the late Utica Convention, II is evident
that polar s fast making cces OF the hopes ana
ambitions OF the Edmundites. jim. Blaine or Maine
surely reaching the goal OF safety in the Presidential
nomination race.