The Rock Island Argus., 1884-05-31
TELEGRAPHIC.
BOOMERS In BUSINESS.
How Matters appear to Appear
at the Garden City.
SpeculatiOns and Claims OF the
Friends OF the Candidates..Views
of Correspondents and Man
agers-Matters of Note.

presidency, the situation here grows more ln-
teresting and the rumors fly thicker and
thicker. AT the Blaine headquarters the
managers are perfectly satisfied that their
man is the coming nominee, and the same
state of feeling exists in the Arthur camp.
The element Of uncertainty which the
,xistence of body of 35O
O. more delegates whose preferences
a.e only guessed at, injects into the cam
pa a. is nuts" for the newspapers, and they
art daily filled with the speculatons and
estimates of the friends of different candi-
dates
Gath" the noted correspondent, is on the
ground observing the march of events and
noting the same, and Mentor" Of The
Chicago Herald, helps to swell the volume of
"views" that daily begin to flow out from
this city in all directions. The fact about
the situation is that nothing is certain ex-
cept uncertainty. Blaine certainly has the
biggest boom" and seems to be very popular
with an immense number of Americans,
while AIthur's administration has been so
generally satisfactory that many thinking
men doubt the wisdom of nominating any
other man, and his friends are all old politi-
clans, which is an important matter 1t the
meantime it should not surprise any one if
the dark" horse was quietly and unnoticed
tagging serenely but no less surely on to the
winning post. .
With reference to the matter, Mentor" OF
The Herald, says: at is clear that the first
clash will be one between the adherents Of
Blaine and Arthur Each side is busy claim
ing a numerical advantage, with the proba-
bilties that Blaine will lead two or three
dozens The figures will not vary
far from those for Grant and Blaine
four years ago, the latter being the
upper dog this time The friends of the other
candidates will hold the balance If power, as
they did in 1880, and the experience of that
year, or so much of it as resulted in the de-
feat of both leading candidates may be re-
peated next week. But it is not at all likely
that the stubborn contest of 1880 will be inIi-
tated in 1884
"By minglng with the delegates and work
ers already on the ground one at once dis
covers that Blaine and Arthur are not fol-
lowed now as Blaine and Grant were four
years ago There is scarcely state delegs-
lion for either that is not suspected of luke
warmness and disloyalty. Even Elkins uses
frequent ifs in his discussion of Blaine 5
chances. Maine, Iowa, California and Oregon
are the old guard of the knight; all
| others are uncertain and shady. Even The
| office holders are not to be left unmatched
by their Arthur manipulators. Nearly every
| one is talking of second choice, OF heirs and
beneficiaries This is significant.
"As between II aine and Arthur the
| former sta ds better chance than
| the latter But not only will Blaine
lesd on first ballot, but he will be
more likely to rise. Not ona in a
dozen of his adherents could be INDUCED to go
to Arthur, even though he might be willing
| to desert Blaine On the other hand, the
presi ient's large following from the south
/ might be transferred by sections to the man
| from Maine. Bls ins's following is largely
sentimental and disinterested; Arthur's is
practical and morconaTy The sentimental
| fellows are not going to Arthur, els they have
nothing TO ask for. The msrcenaries can be
| tulreL ia Blaine by use of brass and bargain
| ing II any considerable number of Blaile's
| followers from the north desert him foi
| Arthur they will have to face the word
traitor and powerful sight Of obloquy
Wban they return home. But the Arthur
men of the south have no constituencies save
their own dependents, and this fact enables
the Blaine men to project scheme to VIII
over those delegates to the plumad knight:
cause. which is being thoroughly worked uI
with what success events will determine.
"The best equipped campaigp force on the
| ground is that working for the president
The sinarrest politicians, with the most thor
ough organization. are looking out for b.
interests. They meet every incoming del,
gate a t the railway stations and escort hin
to his q quarters. No doubtful or Arthur dele
gate has been compelled to 60 ROOM hunting
at midnight, as did Blaine Delegate McCon
nell, from Oregon Frank Hatton and Chair
man Warren, of Buffalo, are the principa
Arthur managers.
AT the Blaine headquarters table was
exhibited to a favored few, showing th
latest Blaine estimates, based on reports from
the delegates already here and from tele
grams and letters received during the day. l
shows 341 votes on the first ballot, no
counting any from the south. As resul
of their missionary labor among south
ern delegates they claim the following votes
South Carolina, 2; Georgia, s; Alabama,
Texas, 10; Mississippi, s; and Tennessee, 4
n addition to these they claim 8 from Viz
ginia if Mahone's delegation is seated, II i
Malone and Dezsndorf both are seated, an
"a if Dezendorf wins to the exclusion o
Malone These figures were not prepare
for publication, but leaked out. -fa
Charles Kurtz, of Athens, Ohio, the livel
manager of Senator Shermans interests
though not a delegate, is on hand. He be
lieves Sherman the coming man. The ssr
ator is strong in Ohio, which votes first, an
strong in New York, which must be carried
He e acceptable both to Blaine and Arthu
men, and while not an aspirant or leadin
candidate neither is be a dark horse nor an III
known. He is a strong man, to be nominate
by the deliberate part of the convention,
at all, not a nobody to be brought forwar
| in panic.
"'Gath' telegraphed The Enquirer that Set
reiary Chandler had arrived and take
charge of the Arthur campaign. The SCI
rstaiy has not been in the city. The write
saw a telegram from Mr.. Chandler Stain
that at the presidents request he would r
main In Washington"
"Gath" telegraphs The Cincinnati Enquire
that be saw Elkins Blaine's manager, wi
said that Arthur had strong following bt
that Blaine's friends were the men WI
made I'D the bone and sinew Of the Republ
can party. Now said MIR. Elkins, we al
going to have a very hard time to elect an
Republican, and how can any Of these ic'
bergs be electedl Tilden will tai
that nomination, believe. Instea
Of killing him, I think it will pr
serve his life for at least eight years. II
times favor just such campaign as he MAJ
in 1876. The banks are going up, and he cs
call out reform Gen. Arthur, if ne ha
been strong man, would have controllt
the old Republican stronghold of New Yos
state. His only success is in the Democrat
districts; and yet his friends have the a
dacity to say that Blaine cannot carry Ne
York, but that Arthur can.
@On the other hand, Artbur's nominate
Is predicted by the old politician. Jud,
Clisbee, of Michigan, said 20 me: 'Y,
know am a Blaine man. / served with hi
as reading clerk of the house of represent
tives six years; but think Arthur is to
nominated. think he will be nominated ne
\ | Thursday week. In Michigan, where Blai
will have two-thirds to start with,
will be difficult to hold those men after Il
first ballot. Mr. Stockbridge, of Michiga
J, Is an old Blaine man, and one Of our lumb