The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-06-05
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mayei than ste Inc iitnds Of AgruuH ard
BLaIsE o. sght o. the ifo1ping hosts Of
possible candidates that ever Increases
a. the hgbt pspgfs,sgF, Tnsie
are tgo views NJ dark botsss, sr1In3 ona
republican, and 10 either case the herd
T. numerous Ia ChicsFO, Nearly all the
delegates Who ave sCtIyu'y O ,.,'tsd for one
OF the other ofiie LEADING otHdidat,s do
not believe TIA Il In - DIRK horse year,
Tarlr wish - iaiheF Itht'r drought, The
AggHuR men sincerely believe ths. sEs
president will be the nomiTes, The
BLAINE men hope that their man viii te
nomlnsted. Tue hiends OF EDNuED. and
L'gss hope that Il will coma their way,
rlese men are naturally OPP
po.sd 10 dgk horse, Ia argu'
Ing that the Iomines will not
be q dark horse ihsy rofesdy TO quote his
tory. When HAYEs was nominated IN 1876
,h- Convention IVES held in HE state, bic
own dsleg, ti1n stood by him sol!dly, md
HAYES had the pres,iEe Of having Just
carried his osn state HgiiGst the most p1?'
ular democrat in the state, WILLIAM ALLEN.
Moreover OGio IVES an October state. winch
helped HAYE,. None OF the dark horses OF
tn year combine tho'e points. The con
yent.nn II held IN Lo6AS's state, end Hi
nois COW has the same number OF votes
that Ohln had In 1876, namely, forty four.
Blu. IL Ia urged that LOGAN IL not q dark
horse. Tie has been a cirlldste since 1850,
and opealy Tor Mt least ten months. More
than that, he has not secured thu s0lid
the very city where he lives mad
Nhtrsi the convention 10 held, This, Il l
urged, destroys the psralleliem between
the chances Of Hays nni those Of LoG,S
GAbr.RLs was nominated in 1850 because
ne was the republican leader OF the house,
had Just been unanimously elected seD.,or
by the republicans Of the 0"io legislature
was the hsad Of his deler'ticn in the conyen'
I on, was one oithe able, and most pleasing
orators OF the convention, and because he
vas taken up at q critical moment 10 beat
the third.termers. None Of the dark horses
now suggested can claim this advantages Of
such circumstances. Ga the other hand
politicians who are Outside of the CONVEX
lion, and mary who are inside, but not
actively enlisted In the ranks Of any pro.
miuent candidate, assert that this must
be n d.rk'hcrse year. They tay that
never before hsve The Two leading cand'-
d ites hesn 80 evenly matched; thar
neither Arthur nor BLAIEE can be ncmi'
mated because Of the strong opposition Of
either eide to the other, and that after long
ballotipg, one of the rear candidates or one
not named a. al will be sprung. There is
long list OF them. Passing EDaUNDs and
LOGAN, who occupy third and fourth places
in the contest, and who can hardly be-
called dark horses" the gaze is fixed on
Indians, where there are two men much
talked OF, neither OF whose pames will be
presented TO the convention IN nominating
speeches. One is SENATOR BENJAMIN ii.
HARRISON, the other PosTMAsTBB GENERAL
WALTER @. GRE,HAM. SENATOR HARarsos
is a member Of his states delegation. l. Is
not yet known whether he will be The chair.
man OF the dele gation.
The name OF RICHARD w. THcMPsoN has
/ cen printed at the head OF all published
lists OF the Indiana delegation. Senator
HARRISON il said to be for BLAINE. His chief
representative in the city at present is JoBs
q. New, who is strongly opposed to BLAINE.
1t is said that HARRt.oN'o chances have
been pretty we'll ~canvassed by q cotcris OF
Philadelphia and other eastern nolilicians,
who have decided upon him ss the man 10
be brought to the front at the right time.
For this very reason there has been some
ORGANIZATION against HARRISON, chiefly
pmong the Pennsylvania delrgsts', and
there IL said to be a serious opposition TO
him in his own state. The friends OF GEE.-
HAM want their man to be Brought ~ the
front, and for ,hat reason oppose any Jug
Cling with the name OF HARMON.
Mr.. NEW claims that Indiana's
solid vote will be cast for HARRISON If
he receives votes at q critical time from
other states, but the friends Of GRESHAM
claim that at least twenty Of this lndinns
dele cation are for the postmaster general
rather han tor the senator. GRESHAM is
not so well known rs HARRISON, and he has
not occupied so prominent q position in
politics. In fact, he is no politician. He
has a good soldier record, however, and
this is largely in his favor. Both HARRISON
and GRESHAM are Bpoken Of for the vice
presidency. GRE.HAM personally ia thor.
oughly Tor ARTHUR, and will advise all OF
his trie nds 10 work for the nomination OF
the president. The BLAINE men hhv' re-
Gently been Trying TO work up 8 b'oai for
GREsHAM, but tkey admit that they have
done It to scare oil the ARTHUR man, whom
the BLAINE men charge with looking to
GRESHAM ss their second choice. Illinois
presents two candidates, SECRETARY
OF War Robert T. LINCOLN end JUDGE
DAVID DAVIS. SECRETARY LINCOLN Is very
popular in Pennsylvania and Olio. Re-
puhl;csns have been he3rd 10 say tina his
,minalion would Offset the nom'nation OF
TuDEN. TfLDEN would u for the sake of
serving out his term Of 1876, while LINCOLN |
tern Of 1864. LIECoLE has been TALKED and
written OF since no was put into GARFlELD's
cabinet, He WAS formally lomios,ed by
PRIVATE DAIZPLL, ofOaio, two years ego.
Els is opposed by d few on tho 4rouods that
is too young, and refu rcd to carry out
the eight-hour law IN his department. Lo-
GAN and tho LOGAN men bitterly oppose
him, aud declare tn At if he is nominated il
will be without the votes Of q largo majority |
of the Illinois delegation. II he should
be nominated, and the LOGAN delegates of
Illinois should refuse to csst their
votes for him, it would be tina end Of LOGAN
in politics. JUDGE DAVID DAVIS is now at