Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-04-18
THE PRESIDENTIAL CANVASS.

lawn, eborn of finn dcIoootoo time ,or
ch,ecr 70 Cbicoro !, pop,s,lvorio oro m
norrccl nc for Mr. Rloino HE frio,ds
count ON 10 or tbc 90 dclcrotcs from ,ba,
crc,t State Tho pl.ino mon oro co,,irc n
Considerable shoro and bo,n to socurc =.
lcas, half. Of the ~ delegates from New
York State. and some of them 90 rs far as
TO claim that there will be 800 ont ard out
Blaine men in the National convention.
This is probably Il wild calculation. But it
is not unlikely that there may be some 200
votes for Blaine on The first ballot. What
will Mr. Blaine do with these votes? 1t has
been, and continues to be. uuitc distinctly
asserted, that he docs not expect the nomin-
alton at Chicago; and that he is, in fact,
not a candidate for it, If 81, what is the
meaning Of tie choice of 50 many Blaine
delegates?
1t means, Of course, in the first place, that
Mr.. Blline has no idea of being left ont of
the celebration AMI the canvass. He is by no
means IN extinct volcano" His intimate
relations with the working politicians Of the
Republican party in many States; his popu-
larlty with the voters in many strong Rcpub.
lican districts; his power TO command the
strong pcrs ,nnl allcgi .ncc of many delegates.
and ability to organize and use them for bis
personal ends make him powerful factor
in the problem. He is not the man 10 de-
Cline or omit to use his strcrgth He I'M
uuesrionqbIy intends 70 hold the balance of
power in the convention, rs between
other Candidates and if he secures if, as he
may. it is not difficult to predict how he
will use IT. His defeat in the last conyon-
ton was the work of Mr.. Arthur and the
New York stalwarts. Mr.. Arthur, as Presi-
dent, sent him to the rear. Mr.. Blaine is
not the man ID accent such blows without
returning them when occasion offers His
first desire, undoubtedly, is to kill off Presi-
dent Arthur as candidate and il begins
| to look as If he had alrcadv done 60 Mr.
| Arthur, TO present opnearonces is heaten in
his own State. Unless his friends eocrro ot
least Gftv dclcoa,es in tho Fmnire S,o,o
they will not Iva o,Io to hold tbo sou,horn
delroat,s who c,npo, ba hold for NJ A.
thur rs thew were fnr Con Grant in IN
If Mr.. Artbur's chances ara slim tbov ul,
look on, f,r themselves and moLo hos,o 10
offer Themselves to the coming man 7,
does not look. nov, rs if Mr. Ar,hrr cor
have even a majority OF the New York dele.
gates Without that he will be practically
out of the field
With Mr.. Arthur ont of the way. and per.
haps IN any case, Mr.. Blaine will Use hi,
strength to destroy, f he can. any prospect Of
the nomination Of Mr.. Edmunds. Wber
Mr.. Blaine stepped from the House into the
Senate, expecting to carry that body ir
his hand, with the airy grace and easy con
trol which he had exercised in the House
he soon found himself snubbed and Mr.
Edmunds, more than any other Senator, was
the man who sat down on him. He has no
forgotten that lie remembers that Mr.. Ed
munds was opposed to him in 1880 ant
that Mr.. Edmunds's name was used agains
him by his most bitter opponents, of tn,
Massachusetts delegation. More than any
, thing else, as has been well said, "Mr
Blame knows that, with Edmunds Presl
r dent, Blaine would be ignored as much a
. now. BY nature the two men clash. The,
. agree upon nothing they antagonize with
g out effort. EdmUnds would never inylt
; Blaine INTO his counsels. lie speaks of hin
| always as a man without the slightest ide
of law, and when he has said that Edmund
has said his worst Of "a public man. Mi
Blaine will take his strength TO the candidat
, who will make him the premier of the ney
!, administration always provided he does nc
want it himself. II he can practically thro,
out Of the canvass the two names of Artbu
and Edmunds, which are the ones most use
against him, We cxpcct to see Mr. Rlair
deyelonc once more into nm omen nm eag,
, candidate for fine Presidential nominate,
Some men. in his nlacc would ace thot i, i
could ge, ,hc nomination. if would he imno
y sible for him TO get the election lint he wi
~ not seg that. Recklcssncss is one of h
y, chief characteristics. If he can have II
- nomination he will take bis cbancos ~ clio
y ton. But here ncrhans he will No, no all
y. to carry all or most of his followers with hin
n MANY of them, beyond doubt. will prcfer
fair assurance of success with another nan