New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-06-01
MORE BLAINE GAINS IN THE SOUTH.
ALABAMA, ARKANSAS AND FLORIDA DlSAPPoINI
ley TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUSE.l

NUKE BLAlNI4 O-hlNc ~ ~ ~
ALABAMA, ARKANSAS AND FLORIDA DlSAPPoINI
THN PRESIDENTS MANAGERS.
lBI TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUSEl
CHICAGO MAY 31.-One of the chief causes OF the
Generalization in the Arthur ranks yesterday ana
to-day was the discovery that good many OF the
delegates from Southern States which have Dech
claimed rs solid for Arthur Will vote against him
even on the first ballot. For a time the Arthur
managers were loud and violent in their denias that
such was the fact, but today most Of them were
reluctantly compelled TO admit il, and they began 10
make big claims in other directions IN order 10
couutcract the panic among their followers. Upon
investigation the latter claims were found 10 De as
basele as the Southern estimates are conceded to
be- In the main Southern Republicans. many OF
whom are at least oStenSbly, Arthur men, cOncede
tbc claims made by the Blaine and Logan mem
Even Paul StrOpach, of Alabama, to-day admitted
that Arthur will not receive more than ~ votes
from Alabama, and he did not seem dead sure OF
even so many. While Strobach talks bravey Tor
Arthur, rumoIs are anoat that he will not mourn
if the President fails TO secure the nomination.
Another Alabama Republican thinks the delegation
will stand Arthur 10, Logan 3 and Blaine on
the first ballot and that on the second ballot If one
be taken, Arthur will receive not exceeding votes
from that State Ex-senator George L. Spencer
said WY should the southern delegates be solid
for Arthur They are not all Oice-holderS. Since
he has been President Arthur has not shown much
consideration for southern Republicans. lie hob.
nobs with Hampton and Butler, and goes on pleas
ure iannts with Senator Vest; but that is about all
the recognition the South receives at his hands
More than 800 Federal Offices vacant and the
vacancies will not be filed until after the Conven.
ton"
POSITION OF ARKANSAS DELEGATES.
The Arthur men have claimed the / votes of
Al, from fln hprin lip
astounded yesterday by the report that all those
votes will be given to Mr.. Blaine on the first ballot
Ii is understood some of them demanded to know of
General Clayton if the report was true and that he
replied that he believed it was. One OF them asked
if Blaine could offer better inducements than they
could and it is said General Clayton replied that the
Arkansas delegates had not come to Chicago to sell
their votes TO anybody The solid vote OF Arkansas
is regarded by the Arthur men as all-mp0rtant TO
their candidate. because Immediately after 1t VIII
follow the solid votes of California and Colorado Tor
Blaine Some of Mr.. Blainc's friends regret that
his gains in Arkansas and other Southern states
were not concealed until Monday or Tuesday, and
they express fear that the Arthur men may seek
by the of money TO countcract them. mat
some Of the Arthur managers are ready and willing
10 use money freely III behalf of their candidate
there is good reason to believe. Significant but
mysterious remarks dropped by some of them to-day
indicate that small " barrel may nc paccU on TAP
tomorrow after the arrival of senator Malone
with the Arthur contingent from Virginia and
North Carolina. An attempt of this Sort il 1t be
made viii seriously damage President Arthurs
prospects, Whether or not it be done with his con
sent or knowledge hc will be held responsible by
decent and honest delegates, who now show some
disposition to support him. Besides there IS reason
TO believe that the number Of delegates whose votes
can be boug ht outright is very small despite the le-
tf,,,s ,,ff.f hold an
Arthur man-who to-day said: ANY candidate
who wants to buy them can get the votes Of the
niggcrs' in the Convention. When the contest is
narrowed down so that their votes will decide il the
party with the deepest pocket will WIN II the
Southern delegates generally who have arrived
here are fair representatives of the remainder tins
ilce-h0ldeI's assertion is probably base SANDER
AsTOUNDED By FLORIDA.
The break in The Florida delegation. which has
also been claimed as solid for Arthur has a~tOunded
his supporters and il seems 10 cause them greater
annoyance than the Importance of the single vote
claimed BY the Blaine men would seem to Justify.
The Arthur men evidently fear still greater defec-
tons in the Florida delegation. A remark dropped
by one of them to-day, in speaking of the Florida
delegation. disclosed the fact that IN making mp
their estimates of President Arthurs strength in
the south they have begun by giving him all the
votes that Grant received in 1870. Arkansas and
Florida voted splidly for Grant; Kentucky gave
him 20 notes.-the same number that his Com
missioner of Internal Revenue now says the Pres-
dent will receive-and Texas gave him all except
three votes And the Arthur men have evidently
estimated the strength of their candidate i'll those
States t. be at least equal In doing this they have
r,ckoncd without their host and overlooked The
fact that General Grant himself is opposed to Ar
thur and is said still to possess considerable nhu-
ence over his old supporters in the South.
GEORGIA LIKELY TO DIsAPPOINr ARTHUR.
In Georgia the Arthur men clam everything and
vet there is good TO believe they will be dis
appointed. A Georgia Republican, who IS not an
icehOlder, to-day SAID: 1t is true that nearly
all the delegates from nv State Office holders
and one of them, no has Office. is understood TO
have received the promise of the United States
Marshalship. in place of General Longsreet, If
Arthur shall be Northumberland yet | do not be-
lieve the Georgia vote will be solid. shall be sur
prised if between them Blaine and Logan do not !
receive five votes at least from that state
The Arthur men still claim tho entire louisiana |
delegation and will continue TO do so until the del
egates arrive on the ground and Indicate their |
own preferences. There is reason to believe that |
the Arthur estimate i'll respect 10 that state Is much
exaggerated. They also claim the Mississippi dele
CATION With single exception and REGISTER OF lne
Treasury Bruce confirms the estimate. but they
from that State instead of the seventeen 10 which
they now lay positive claims. The elghteenV0te OF
SOuth Carolina are put down Tor Arthur III all estl-
mates by his friends, but South Carolina man,
who viii vote for Arthur on the first ballot. to-day
said that he expects that one and probably two or
three of the delegates from that State will vote for
Blaine on the first ballot The Arthur men claim.
with seeming confidence, twenty-One of the twenty
four Tennessee votes, and yet Congressman Petit
bone and at least nine other delegates from that
State will in all probability vote for Mr. Blame
the first ballot.
OPPOSITION To BOssIsM.
prominent and influential Tennessee Republic
~ tba lat 4,
State has been run by boss in the peIsOn,of Con-
gresham Houk. and the decent Republicans, TO
whom the holding of Offices is not the chief end in
Io.. Lonnrnn On Lnrnnnhlv disnnslnl thaI thnr