The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1884-05-07
The Delegates Chosen.

All the states and territories have now
elected delegates to the Chicago conven-
ton. The totals for the different candi-
dates vary widely and according to the
temperament or partisanship of the fig
urer. The New York SUMS recapitulation
strikes us as being quite as near the facts
as they exist at present-as any sum-
mary we have seen. The Sun gives Mr..
Arthur three hundred and twenty.three
Mr.. Blaine three hundred aud eleven, Mr..
Edmunds sixty-three, Mr.. Logan fifty.fve,
Mr.. Sherman twenty-three, and four 9TH
ers-Hawley, Gresham, Fairchild and
Grant-from one to twelve each, with ten
doubtful. The convention will consist of
eight hundred and twenty members, re.
curing four hundred and eleven to nomi-
nate. The Tribune, the Blaine organ,
claims for its candidate three hundred
and seventy-nine, within thirty-two of
majority. If the Virginia straight.
out delegation is admitted, and there is
no mistake in the I'ribune's figures, Mr..
Blaine will lack but fourteen of ma.
jority. The Times, whose dislike for MIR.
Blaine is exceeded only by its repugnance
to Mr.. Arthur, gives the latter two hun
hundred and eighty-seven and the former
three hundred and forty. On the other
hand, an Arthur organ, the Boston Tran
script, reverses the Times figures, giving
Mr.. Arthur three hundred and thirty
nine, and Mr.. Blaine two hundred and
eighty-six. The Philadelphia Times gives
Mr.. Arthur two hundred and fifty.nine,
Mr.. Blaine two hundred and ninety-eight;
the Philadelphia Press, two hundred and
eighty-two and three hundred and fifty
seven the Chicago Tribune, two hundred
and ninety-nine and three hundred and
forty-seven the Albany Journal, two
hundred and sixty.ive and three hundred
and sixty-one. So it will be seen that
any man may be an authority unto him
self in this matter, and his guess will be
quite as likely to approximate the actual
result as any we have quoted. The strength
of other candidates is quite uniformly
treated by all, the variations occurring on
the two great rivals, Arthur and Blaine.
In 1876 the confident Tribune, before
the convention, figured Mr.. Blaine up to
within twenty-eight votes of a majority
on the first ballot, but he lacked ninety
one, and at no time came nearer to the
nomination than seventy votes. In SIM
liar manner, in 1880, he was figured close
up to the goal before the convention, but
on the first ballot he lacked ninety-four
votes of a nomination; and that was as
near as he got to the realization of his
ambition in the thirty-five subsequent
ballots. He was never so near succeed
ing as in 1875. The returns confirm the
opinion expressed by THE WAToHMAN
last week that Arthur and Blaine, like
Grant and Blaine four years ago,
have sufficient strength to destroy each
other, but not enough to prevail. The
outrageous course of Mr.. Blaine's mouth
piece, Phelps, and of his organ, the
Tribune, with the development which
they have unwittingly evoked of the inn
mense moral strength of Mr.. Edmunds'
position, should have the effect to make the
latter's nomination sure. The revival of
his railway speculations, the reproduction
of the evidence that he persistently used
his official position to secure " interests "in
enterprises depending for their success
upon congressional action, must have the
effect to cool the ardor of honest men for
the magnetic" Mr.. Blaine. The COL
umns of the Tribune for some time past
have afforded the best possible proof of
the fool-hardiness of Mr.. Blaine's candi-
dacy, if the party desires to win. The
Tribune's fiery defense of its candidate a
month before the convention simply FORE
shadows what would be the occupation
of every asserting republican journal,
after the convention, if Mr.. Blaine should
be nominated.
Prohibiting Sham Butter.