New-York tribune., 1884-02-25
SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS.
THEIR POSITION IN THE CANVASS
=, AIMS OF SUPPORT FOR LOGAN AND ARTHUR Al
CnrCAGo-CURRENT GOSSIP

CLAIMS OF SUPPORT FOR LouNN NJ
CutcAGO-CURRENT GOSSIP
Try TELEGRAPH TO THE TRiBuNEi
w,Ouuxcrov Feb. 24-SOme of the polltlcal
.,ossins in Washington who profess TO be well-h-
forncd sav that a great many of the most active
Ponublican workers in the SOuth-men who
were as a rule in favor of General Grants nomlha-
tion in 1ssO-are now using their eNertlons III
General Logan's behalf. 1t is also asserted that
some of them, who at home are Jealous for Logan
are quite wlllingto be regarded sArthur men when
they visit Washington In this category are paceda
number of Federal offce-holders who belong 10 tne
class of men who seem to think Republican institu-
lions would be in considerable danger II they dld
not frequently come to the National capital to
offer advice and suggestions respecting the dis
tribution of Federal patronage in their respective
States Ex-senator Kellogg said yesterday that all
the stories that he and other Louisiana kepuD-
Iicans are in scheme to set up" solid deiega-
ton from that State in the interest of any candl-
date are wholly false and without foundation
CONGRESSMAN KELLoGG's OPINIONS.
IF my advice is accepted" said he, the Louis
lana delegates will so to Chicago unpledged TO any
candidate. think it extremely important that the
delegates from States which have not fair pros
pect of contributing electoral votes to the cand-
date of the Convention shall refrain from actlNe
expressions of preferences to candidates until the
furnish the electoral votes shall have been ascer-
tanned as nearly as possible. OF course, there is
a possibility that we may carry Louisiana
next November, and that possibility may become u
probability if the Democratic majority in the
House passes the Morrison bill and the Democratic
National Convention approves IT."
A prominent and thoughtful Republican who
has closely observed the drift of politics in the
South during the last eight mouths SAID: 90
not think ii is going to help any candidate belore
the convention TO have the solid support of the
Southern delegates. unless he has also strong
support among the delegates from the States which
must be depended on to elect him fhe be nominated
will 90 further, and say that do not much think
il will help any candidate to have more votes from
The Southern States than he can muster in the
Northern delegations 1t looks to me now as
though the delegates from the South will be con-
siderably divided, but that President Arthur and
General Logan will get the bulk of them, probably
in about equal proportions. good many OF the
offceholders will feel bound to support President
Arthur but some of them Will not do so Loyalty or
earnestly and some, think, are openly for Logan
NV impression Is that Senator Malone Will quietly
exert his influence in favor of his brother senator
rather than for Arthur. am also INCLINED TO think
that General Logan has strong following IN n, tne
South among the men who We're for General Grant
four years ago.
REFORM SENTIMENTS NOT AWAKENED.
Administrative reform has made little or no
progress in the Southern States and the delegates
to Chicago are likely to be mainly the men put for
ward by the office eholders and others who TO great
rxent influence the distribution of political fav0rs
There is no active intelligent public sentiment in
those States opposed to the political manlpulatiOns
of such men, and their influence will be nearly or
quite as powerful as il was four years ago In some
of the States, like Alabama, for example, the ne
pubican party as political organization is under
the control mainly of men whose character an, and
methods have alienated the better class OF Repu6i-
cans SO that they have ceased TO take active in
tereSt i'm politics There is danger, therefore, tha
a considerable number of the delegates TO Chlcago
from the Southern States Will be men under the
control of the machine politicians OF those states,
who are usually ready to dicker whenever an OPP
pOrtunity presents Itself"
THE TEXAS DELEGATION TO CHICAGO
few DAYS ago The Houston Post published let
fer from its Washington correspondent in which the
attitude Of Texas republicans toward General
Logans candidacy for the Presidential nomination
was described as follows:
As an example. there were five Texas BepubhcnS mere
ast week. the party nGHGn& Snose Iocy Who
was chairman of The state Committee when the Re
Texas; Collector Patton, William sayior Mayor Of
Austin and Postmaster Pells, of Palestine Livery one
unbrOken delegation from their state.
Mr. Tracy does not feel inclined to have his posi-
ton misrepresented, and finding that this piece Of
political gossip has found its way into leading he
publican journals of the North, he desires that the
statement be corrected so far as he is concerned
lie saws: 1T is without authority and
destitute Of truth. have never gwen expression,
publicly OF privately, to the sentiments attributed
10 me by said correspondent, and have good rea-
son 10 believe that Judge Bnkey and the other
gentlemen named have never given the assurance
that Logan would get an unbroken delegation
from their State 1t would be a piece Of aSsump-
Tiou iInpudent and arrogant il the extreme for
any four or five Republicans to pretend 10 speak
for more than 100000 voters. ! certainly would
OOt be one of them