The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-06-03
ARTHUR PRACTICALLY BEATEN.

No Enthusiasm and No WELL Directed wsrh
Tor the Presidens- Edmunds Men Cons.
dent.
The staff correspondent Of the New York
Times, anti-Arthur and anti-Blsine. sends
the following: The headquarters Of the
Arthur men have not been visited by such
crowds as were present Sunday In the
Blaine parlors. There was no interest
manifested By the Arthur men In their
candidate. OF enthusiasm for him, there
has not been the first spark. The work
done for him Is perfunctory. II there Is
any one thing that he should regard with
fear, 10 Is the lack OF interest In his success
that Is apparent among bis followers. To
all those Republicans who favor the nomi-
nation Of candidate who can be elected,
the present moment Is full Of promise. II
the little band Of Edmunds men will stand
firm, and can End opportunity to impress
the western men with the danger OF naming
Blaine or Arthur, the outcome OF the Con-
veution must be satisfactory. They have a
difficult task before them. The West Is
disposed 10 regard New York as Republi-
can. Western politicians trust too much
10 tidelity, TO convention dlctation, and TO
iealty to party.
Great satisfaction Is expressed among
the Blaine men at their headquarters since
1t has been ascertained that Judge Foraker
is disposed to admit that in case Arthur's
nomination should appear to be imminent
the Ohio delegates will go to the assistance
OF Blaine. The Arthur men are admitting
what everybody has seen to be true-tbat
they are destitute OF leaders, and the effort
on the part OF Arthur's friends at WASH
ington to stem the tide against him by tele-
graph is not taking the place OF that saga
cious leadership which bis cause conspic-
uously lacks. Whatever may happen, 1t
is clear enough that Arthur is beaten. 1t
Is not clear that Blaine must win.
THE EDMUNDs MEN CONFIDENT.
The impression is gaining ground among
the Edmunds men that IL they will stand
firm they can name the nominee Of the Chi.
cago Convention. His name may not be
Eumunds, but the name of some man OF
integrity and OF capacity, with whose per-
sonal worth neither the Blaine nor the Ar
thur forces can Justly find fault, can be Sc
lected. Such men as Hawley, Harrison,
Gresham, Lincoln, and General Sherman
are all discussed In the most favorable
terms by the Edmunds men, and by
some Of them John Sherman is spoken
OF as man who would make a
strong candidate, for the reason that
both the Blaine and Arthur machines,
Notwithstanding the windy proclamatlons
and mysterious declarations OF their
pushers, are both believed to be stuck in
the snow-driit with something like three
hundred votes each, and neither able to
move further than few inches further,
struggle as they may. The determined
Edmunds men are laboring with might
and main to urge their weaker brethren TO
- stick" Governor Long, Senator Hoar,
the Vermont delegates, the Minnesota con-
tlngent, George William Curtis, Senator
Gilbert, Mr.. Roosevelt, Edwin Packard,
and Z. III. Hobbs, OF the New York delega-
ton, have impressed the necessity OF united
and determined action upon every man
who processes to believe in the principle
which Mr.. Edmunds, in the estimation Of
independent and thoughtful Republicans. so
strongly typifes. To say that some OF the
Edmunds men need encouragement in the
midst OF so much Blaine buster is only to
admit what is always true OF portion OF
the following Of every candidate In every
Convention, State as well as National.