Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-05-30
The Republican Convention.

candidates for President and Vice Presi-
dent of the United States viii mees in
Chicago next Tuesday. In striking con-
trast with the former order of things in
the grand old party" there is no very
great desire for the nomination manifested
by any prospective candidate. Blaine,
whose great anxiety for The preferment at
the last tive national conventions he scarce
ly attempted to conceal, is now wholly
Indifferent in the matter, and it is not
known whether he will accept the nomi-
nation if rendered to him. Arthur, while
maNifesting willingness to accept the
nomination, is making no perceptible eff
forts to secure the prize. Sherman's indiffer-
ence is in marked contrast withhis attitude
four years ago; while Eimuuds, another
presidential possibility on the Republican
side, is not going much out of his way to
get the nomination. John Logan, whose
inordinate vanity induced him to believe
that he was the very man to lead for
lorn hope, showed considerable anxiety a
little while back, but Johns chances we're
so slim for the nomination that he too has
about subsidized.
This indifference as to carrying the
party standard in the coming campaign
seems to be naturally attributable to the
for}orn hope that the 6 o. p.will be leading.
Although the Republican leaders pro-
fessed to believe that the striking out of
the enacting clause from the Morrison oil
was an irretrievable error and the knel
of the Democratic hopes of success, il is
evident that such are not their serious
thoughts. They realize that the Demo-
Gratis will successfully parry the treacher-
Gus blow aimed by Rindall's conspiracy
when they insert an unequivocai tariff
plank in their platform, and consequently
that Republican prospects will not be
materially improved by the defelt of the
tariff bill
As apparently indifferent, however, as
the several prospective candidates seem
to be as to the nomination. there are
swarms of machine politicians around the
Government departments at Washington
and in the several States who are as busy as
bees working up booms for the different
candidates. The supporters of Blaine's
boom have been the most vociferous and
enthusiastic and have been far better fav-
ored by the potent inf renee of the press :;
consequently the boom of the "Plumed
Knight" has become surrounded by good
deal Of smoke which will not be cleared
away until the first ballot is taken at Chi
cago. Arthurs boom has had very little
newspaper support. The lea ling journals
of his party have been srrayed against
him from the start, the most of them
charging that he is not proper or avail
able candidate. HIS friends, however.
have been doing much quiet, but effective
work and it seems now as if IN any deega-
tions that have been set down As did for
Blaine will turn up in whole or in par in
the Arthur ranks before many ballots have
been taken. Arthur undoubtedly would
be highly gratified by the endorsement of
a nomin alton and it is not improbable
that he has been careful Y Planning for
that result. Blaine and Arthur may be
saidto he the undispu'ed f,uori:es in the
~ all he -. a L. 1,
The great desideratum is to carry Ohio
and New York The electoral vote of
the latter State is conceded on all sides
to be the sine qua nol of Rcpub lean sue
ces. The friends of Blaine say that the
Garfield influence in Ohio will certainly
give him that State, while they maintain
that he is stronger in New York than
Arthur. They point to the manner in
which Folger, who was nominated by the
Arthur influence, was showed under"
two years ago, as proof of the latters weak
ness in his own State. On the other hand
the Arthur men say, that Folger's de-
feat was attributable to other causes
than hostility to the admins ration. and
they show up very strongly The weakness
of the "Plumed Knight" in the Empire
State. They say that Arthur's conserva.
tive and prudent tactics in the distribu
ton of his patronage has placated the Gar
field following in Ohio and that he will
stand pretty good chance in the Buck
eye State
The result of Tuesdays convention is
hard to forecast, though from present in
dications it does not seem probable that
Blaine will be the nominee.