Daily Republican., 1884-02-29
Political AosaWA.

A canvass has D06n made OF the
opinions OF the Chairman Of the Re-
publican County Commits es In New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois, concerning the Presidential
nomination. The result Ia sufficiently
interesting TO warrant summing 1t up.
In New York there Ii not the same OK.
element over this campaign as In those
of 1876 and 1880. Many OF the persOI
interv iewed expressed no preference,
bat merely replied that any good man
CT n carry the State for the Republicans.
Where an opinion Is given, however,
1t IL Ofsener for Blaine than for any other
candidate. Out Of sixty counties, chair
men In twenty .One declare for him.
Logan has no support at all, Edmunds
has ten, Arthur eight and General
Sherman four. For a second choice
Blaine has fourteen, Edmunds thirty
two and Arthlr six. Robert Lincoln 10
BY almost unanimous consent the favor.
ite candidate for Vice President, get
ting the support Of hfty-three out OF
sixty counties in New York.
Ponnsy lvania has sixty seven coun-
ties, fifty-nine of which express them.
selves In favor OF Blaine. Logan is rot
mentioned; Edmunds gets only three
and Arthur only one. For a second
choice Edmunds leads with twelve, fol.
lowed by Arthur with eight and Logan
with foar. Lincoln secures thirty-slx
for Vice President, Hiscock and Har-
rison Z. This showing proves that the
Senator from Maine 8. ill holds his popu-
larity In the Keystone State, at least
among the regular politicians.
Ohio also stands strongly on Blaine
foundation. Out Of 81 counties, "a, or
more than one-third, are for him. John
Sherman comes with l8-it being ex.
pected that the Buckeye State would
back up Buckeye candidate. Logan
name appears for the first time, with
four supporters. Edmunds has six
General sherman seven, and Arthur
six, But Logan leads on the second
choice, with 10, Edmunds, Blaine, Arthur,
John Sherman aud Gonerai SHERMAN
following In this order. Lincoln gets
AZ for Vice. President. his chief COMPETE
tor being Harrison, with II.
In Indiana Blaine 10 less popular, but
he still keeps his lead, having q out OF
81 counties. General Sherman Is close
upon him with 10. Logan has only 10.
Gresham an Indiana man has y. Ed
munds, Arthur and Harrison secure Six
each. General Sherman IL ahead Of the
second choice, with 80, to Gresham's u.
Lincoln gets Al, Harrison "a, aud
Gresham is for Vice President.
In Illinois, Logan looms up az the
first choice Of 81 out OF 102 counties.
Blaine IL preferred by Is; Edmunds
and Arthur by 8, and Lincoln by 8.
For second choice Blaine comes to the
front with 81, Arthur being second with
twelve. Lincoln leads on the Vice Pres
idential ticket, having 30, with 20 TOR
Hiscock and 81 for Harrison.
A summary of these figures shows
that out of the 400 counties in these flve
States, l51 counties, or more than one
third, are said to advocate Blaine.
Logan is strongest in III. Edmunds is
the choice of 81, closely followed by
General Sherman with 80 and by
Arthur with "a. John Sherman gets
l8-the only other candidate who
reaches double figures. The second
cbo ce for President gives Blaine ",
Edmunds G2, Arthur Al, Logan 30,
General Sherman 80, and Gresham Il.
For Vice President Lincoln distances his
rivals, getting 23S Harrison is second
with Ga and Hiscock third with 80.
These results are, of course, not TO be
taken too seriously, The preferences
expressed are frequently only those OF
individual politicians in county, and
not those of the mass of Republican vo-
tiers In the county. Moreover, the regu-
lar chairman Of county committees
often claim that their personal candi.
date IL also the favorite of the rank and
file. If another canvass were to be
taken next week, the totals would
doubtless be different.
This simply shows, therefore, that IN
the fl We great Middle and Central States
the political weather-cock now points
In certain direction, and as three OF
those States-New York, Ohio and
Indiana-are regarded as doubtful, 1t is
important that the best possible Repnb-
lican candidate should be chosen. One
point in this rough canvass is worth
mentioning, and that is that as We g.
West the strength of the Western men
increases. The Edmunds following,
unlike that of Blaine,is evenly distribu-
ted.