Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-19
BLAINRAND HIS PROSPECTS.
Could He Carry a Large Portion of New
YOrk's Irish Vote

Says a Washington special of the 10th
inst. to the New York World: A Blaine
maniac from Ohio said tonight in wild
burst of frenzy:
81 shall not be surprised to see Blaine
get the nomination and then decline to
accept it,
He remarked also that he remembered
that CrapO, of Massachusetts. had said
that it mortified him to say that Massa-
chusettS was a doubtful State if Blaine
was nominated, and he added: 81 was in
Crapo's State two years ago, and well re-
member his modification over Buffers
election, a signal triumph over the piety
and virtue of Massachusetts, which re-
suited in the defeat of Grape and the sub
stitution Of purer man to beat Butler.
The argument of Mr.. Grape, reduced to its
absurdlty, is that Blaine. not being so bad
a man as Butler, would be beaten"
'How many votes do you think Blaine
will get on the first ballOtY'
''FrOm the North from go to 80, and all
the Southern votes required to nominate
him. All this talk about Northern dele
gates elected as Blaine men making over
to Arthur is bOsh and an insult to the in
telligence of all the delegates. Blaine's
following at Chicago will be the most un-
selfish, and Will consequently have the
greatest moral strength. He will have en-
thusiastic, quiet and subtle workers in
every Northern delegation. not even ex-
.cepting Massachusetts,. The argument of
George William Curtis and Carl SchurZ,
that it won't do to trust the people be-
cause they make too much noise. and that
it is safest for the Republican Pharisees
to 90 into dark room to select candi-
dates, will he Jerked out of the convention
with a Iusty Western whOOp. They will
be reminded by these friends of Mr.. Blaine
that it is better to nominate the man who
has the most Northern strength at his
back than to select him who has the least"
"Then you expect to nominate him on
the first ballOt%'
"Yes. This presentation of Blaine's
strength will be patent to the Southern
delegates, who have no responsibility, are
nearly all uninstructed and will gladly go
where the greatest strength in the North
lies. This will give them a moral stand
ing which they have never had before, for
no one is going to buy them this year.
The Oficeholders will understand this"
"Can Blaine carry New York If he
should be nOminated?"
Now you touch a subject upon which
Republicans have been making - fools
of themselves. simply because the past
history of every fight we have made in
New York shows this to be the case.
Whenever the Democracy of that State
are united they invariably sweep the
State. Grant, in his pride and glory, in
1865 was beaten out of sight by Seymour
Then the Democracy gave New York
away with Greeley. Then when Hayes
and Wheeler were put up in answer to the
same stupid claim of the present, and
COnkling pledged himself to carry New
York, they were beaten by TIlden. In
1880 the figures show that owing to the
factiOnal fight in New York Hancock lost
$4,000 Or 10000 votes, and so Garfield
slipped in. Now we face united Demo-
cracy IN New York. If we can break the
solid Irish factions of Brooklyn and New
York by the selection of proper candi-
date we have fighting chance for the
State. The only Republican who can
draw vote from the Irish Catholic votes
is Blaine. Outside of the city his pOpu-
larity was demonstrated at the Utica
Convention. His foreign policy is what
cOmmends him to the Irish"