The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-05-15
washin gton correspondent,
WASHINGTON, D. ID. Nav 9. ,S4.

Now that the republican state con-
ventions have all been held and the del
egates TO Chicago announced, ,the friends
OF the various candidates may be seen
pencil in hand figuring away as to
votes on the first ballot, second choice,
&C., each one trying to nominate his
favorite. The Blaine men figure large
ly on the delegates voting as the senti-
ment of the party was expressed in
convention, and on this basis claim a
clear majority on the first ballot. The
Arthur men on the contrary, while
admitting that he is in a woefuI minor
ity as far as instructed delegates go, or
the action of conventions would indi-
cate preferences, count largely on the
treason of delegates to those who cleo
ted them, and the Natiopal Republic
can, the administration organ, is each
day filled with delightful praise of any
andhll delegates..who show disposition
tosproVe false to the men swho elected
them.
To the impartial observer, who is
not interestested either in Mr.. Blaine
or Mr.. Arthur, it is apparent that
neither can be nominated with any
| hope of an election, as the breach be-
tween their partisans is too broad to ad-
nit of anything like union on either
before the November election. Demo-
Gratis here are apparently enjoying the
fight in the republican family, and are
only surprised that even the cohesive
power of public plunder could have
kept these wings together, or that the
large number of honest men in the
republican party had not ere this left it
and allowed the plund erers to entirely
destroy each other.
UseI IS -
Judge Wylie in the Kellogg case, rul-
ing it out of court and directing the ju-
~ TO return a verdict of not guilty,
about all the star-route cases are dis
posed of, unless Mr.. Kerr should at the
small fee OF 500 per day keep on pre-
pairing indictments that have no more |
bottom to them than those he has here
tofore drawn. Now that these trials |
are over, it does look as though George |
Bliss, Kerr & Co. had been for three |
years engaged in prosecuting men,
who whether guilty or not were be-
yond the reach of the law, simply and |
solely to draw from the treasury their |
unearned thousands. If the republi- |
can idea of justice as developed in the |
whole conduct of these cases is correct |
the old lady is not only blind, but she
is deaf TO all appeals for honesty and a
public plunderer of the worst character. |
For the first time in many years the |
managers Of the g. o. p. are in a bad
fix as regard finances. While con-
gress is in session at least they will not
draw on the clerks, and the conse-
quence is that republican headquarters
is without a dollar in the treasury.
The friends of the various candidates
refuse to contribute until that time
both the national and congressional
committees are trying to keep up ap-
pearances on contributions from indi-
vidual members. This goes hard with
the boys, as heretofore they looked to
others to furnish the means to supply
the members and their friends with
necessary suStineHce.
yesterdays state convention closed
up the republican preliminary cam
paign. The latest figuling by the
friends of Mr.. Blaine sum the matter
up as follows: Whole number of dele
gates, 020; necessary to a choice, All
For Blaine, 35S; Arthur, 264 Edmunds,
n; Logan, 50; Sherman, %; doubtful,
IA; contested-6 in North Carolina and
"a in Virginia-30. President Arthur's
man gives substantially the
same table except that he reverses the |
figures above set down after his and |
Blaine's names. But, as it is not at all,
likely that any of the candidates here |
named will be nominated, or if nomi-
mated elected, it doesn't matter much |
how the figures are set down. 5. b.