St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-05-05
REPUBLICAN STATES.
A Large Budget, Some Of
Them FearfulIy and Won
derfully Made.
Blaine, Arthur, Edmunds and Lo-
gan, it is Said, VIII Knife
One Another,
And Grant VIII Slip in at the Proper
Moment and Gather in the
Nomination.
One Estimate Places the Prize Within
Easy Reach of the Plumed
Historian.
Lincoln and HamIin, Names Simply, are
Urged on Account of Their
Paremtage.


thur sufficiently to prevent Arthur,s nomlna-
ton, but not within reach himself. Arthur
comes next with large following of the
bread and butter brigade from the southern
states, ready at the bugle call to desert to the
strongest side upon beiog properly guaran-
teed against removal. The balance of power
is divided between Edmunds, Logan, Harri
son, Fairchild, and John Sherman, but
neither can deliver a full invoice
to any candidate so far named, unless it be
Gresham, whose votes are practically at Ar
thurs command. 1t is believed Blaine will
lose votes at the convention, growing out of
the conviction that business interests are
becoming alarmed at his prominence, fear
full that if elevated his administration
would plunge the country into foreign
war. 1t does not seem that any of these
candidates can be nominated andin conse-
quence casting about for somebody upon
whom the majority can unite must follow,
with. the chances favoring either Lincoln,
Grant or the ''great unknown" Blaine's
friends fear the ''great unknown as much
now as in 1876. There is considerable talk
about Grant at this iuncture, and if it mar
rows down to choice between Grant and
Lincoln, Grant will be preferred and Lincoln
given the vice presidential nomination.
GRANT AND TILDEN.
The Evening Critic publishes the following
interview: ':It's Grant on one side and Til
den on the other" said a member Of the
house to-day.
GLOW do you make that out? Gen. Ora mt
hasn't single delegate pledged to him, and
Tilden says he won't have it,
s'Thats all right, "said the NJ. c., ''Blaine,
Arthur, Logan and Edmunds each has his
maximum siren 9Th now, but not enough to
elect. Each will knife the other, and old
Grant will slip in and carry off the prize
Then the Denocratic nomination, as [ said
before, Tilden will scoop, that is, he will at
the proper time write letter to party
friend, agreeing to accept the nomination if
rendered conditionally. The conditions viii
be that the management of the campaign
shall be put into the hands of parties he will
name. Of course, the latter will not be made
public, but the contents will be made known
only to the faithful. Tilden is the man for
the Democratic nomination and Grant for
the Republican,
COLD FIGURES.
The New York World claims 366 votes for
Blaine on the first ballot-forty-thre less
than a majority-without counting single
vote from Wisconsin or Illinois, and says
that after Wisconsin's complimentary ballot
for Fairchild it is apt to 60 for Blaine. At
ter Illinois complimentary vote for Logan it
is sure to go to Blaine. Illinois alone would
nominate him. These are cold figures, with
out feeling or prejudice.
ARTHUR's VICTORY.
The World further says: Arthur picked
up some strength in Texas the other day,
and his organs are delighted with the wav in
which he is punishing Blaine. They hail him
as a victor. When John Phenix conquered
the irascible judge he insertedihis nose be-
tween the judges teeth, tangled his hair in
the judges left hand and bumped his eye
vigorously against the judges fist. That is
the kind of victory Arthur is achieving over
Blaine.
WILL NOT BE NOMINATED.
The New York Herald says Blaine will not
be the nominee at Chicago. Republican
leaders do not mean this year to nominate
man for president whose appearance at the
head of the ticket would be the signal for the
formation of new party, and whose canvass
would consist of lame defense of his queer
and adventurous political career. Republi-
can leaders have done some rash and some
foolish things, but they will never agree to
the nomination of the tattooed man of Pack,S
presidential circus. They will not nominate
a man whose appearance at the head of the
1roI11H fba 1Nrica ,rb; oil
over the. country.
MOVEMENT TO RECOMMIT.
There was talk at the capitol yesterday
about recommitting the tariff bill, with the
understanding that it would not be reported
again at this session of congress. 1t is
claimed by the protectionists that number
of the followers of Morrison favor recon-
initial, and it looks now as though that will
be attempted should the motion to strike
out the enacting clause fail on Tuesday
Converse said Saturday afternoon he had
concluded not to except articles which enter
into the manufacture of carpets in his prop
osition TO restore the duty On wool. Colum-
bus Delano, president of the Wool growers
association, wired Converse that it will be
Deter not to except carpet materials.
RIVER AND HARBoR BILL JANGLE.
There is continued and marked disappro-
val OF the course of the river and harbor COM
mittee and the Mississippi river commission
regarding the river and harbor bill Members
from the Missouri valley held an indignation
meeting ON Saturday, to see what could be
done in inducing the river and harbor COM
mittee to increase the sum allowed for the
Missouri river, making it 81 ZOO, 900 instead
of little over quarter of million as now.
Friends of the Mississippi river are also much
chagrined that the sums agreed on for that
stream have been cut down three-quarters of
million below the mouth of tbe
Ohio, making the sum allowed for the lower
river improvement but 81, $50 900, besides
Che 81 100000 given earlier in the session.
1t was little unfortunate that the river COM
mission was called here at this time. Their
appearance before Mr.. Kings committee
made little difference, but when they were
induced to go before the river and harbor
committee a mistake was certainly made.
The committee had already the commission
er's report, and had determined upon the
Gums, but when the idea was launched by
some members of the commission that this was
experimental, the appropriation for the new
reaches were cut Off The amounts now
agreed upon by the committee are for con-