New-York tribune., 1884-02-27
THE PRESIDENCY.
A CANVASS OF FIVE STATES.

OPINIONS OF THE cHArRMEN or REPUBLICAN
COUNTY COMMITTEES AND OTHERS RtGARDING
cANDlpArEs-B1AINE's LONG LEAD-AETHUR IN
THE BACKGROUND-LINCoLNAP PoPULAI. FAVOR
ITE FOR vICR-PREsIDENT.
FROM Az OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT or TIE rRiBUNEI
ERIE. Penn, Feb 26.-For some time past have
! been engaged in connection with the local paper
| here in making canvass Of the great Central
States with regard to Republican preferences Tor
| the Presidential nomination. The i've states
selected were New-YOrk and Ohio, PennsylYanla'
Indiana and Illinois. These now contain more thah
two million Republican voters. and by the census
| of $50 had population of over one-third OF that
Of the whole Union. Letters we're addressed to the
| chairmen Of the Republican committees in every
county in the five States asking their first and
second choice for the nomination for the Presidency
| also for the Vice-Presidency. Questions were
added regarding the feeling in the counties
about President Arthur and his administration the
Civil Service reform work accomplished by the Re
| publican party and the disposition, if any, among
workingnen to form a political organization and
follow General Buffers lead. Similar letters were
also addressed fO Republicans not chairmen OF COM
mitees but business Of all classes. editors ana
the like in all the counties Of the FIVE States.
The replies received have been carefully colated,
and the results will be published tomorrow morn
| ing in The Erie Dtspatch
KEW-YORR STATE.
The report from New York is, of course, of the
! first interest. larger number of the replies were
indefinite than from any other State. out OF sew
eral hundred received, nearly 100 say there is no
positive feeling IN favor Of any one, and that the
situation is entirely unlike that in 1876 and 1880
The number of Republicans who say, in substance
that any good man will do is larger than in all the
r-ii oh
put together. The following table sums up the re-
suit Of the canvass Of NewYork:
First ChOic, DIV coinlties-Baine, p; Edmunds, To-
Arthur 3; General sherman, Il Warner Mier' Il any
See6 cioiee 5g co,,aesEdmunds 80; Blaine, IA;
AT7 Tiee cesdeaI 5y eoates-Incoln 50; Hsoock, 4;
! any good man. s.
II is an interesting fact that If the replies re-
ccived are to be taken as fair expressions OF
! public opinion in New-York State-and it seems
impossible to take them otherwise, for they come
from county chairmen and other thinking Re
pubhcans in every one of the sixty counles-Pre7l-
dent Arthur is regarded there with less favor than
in any other Of the five States except Pennsylvania
The counties naming him for first choice
were New-York. Kings, Suffolk Orange,
Oueens. Hamilton, Jefferson and Clinton.
The replies to the inquiry regarding
| the Administration were mostly non-commlttal.
/ leading Republican Of Chautau qua County says:
We OF CAautauqua always manage TO support
| the Republican nominee. We support Eiih DotA De7
fore and after the election We cOlninehu LIS sOou
deeds. and, II We can AVOID IT, say uo'nInE pa ai4S
possible had since ne IS Pres dent we IKE Alr
Arthur. Ills course has been conseryatiye-slnee
! ms elevation to the nrst place in the Nat+8h We
/ love Alr Blaine, but then We are good hepuDn-
/ cans,
! The chairman of the Oneida County Committee,
writing from Utica says " Mr.. Blaine Is the hrst
! choice of a majority Of the voters In this Con-
/ cressiooa District, the XXIlId. MI Arthur Is the
/ choice of a considerable minority. This County
| would do better for some dark horse than for any
candidate so far mentioned. General sherman has
some strength here" Ouondaga County, the home
of Congressman Hiscock pronounces for Blaine
aud HIscock; but three out Of the five Republicans
who write from Syracuse name, for second choice,
Blaine OF Edmuuds and Lincoln.
Hisa notable fact that nearly all the replies
received take particular pains to emphasize the peo-
| ple's preference for Lincoln for Nice-Fresident
! Lincoln has eighteen counties which say II not
| Lincoln give Ms Hiscockn OF. II Western man be
1auied for first place we are then in favor OF HIS
! cock or ary other good Eastern man." There Is
notable lack of any enthusiasm on the subject oI
J candidates.
! some interesting things are said in the letters
/ Ontario County reports a general sentiment Tor
| Blaine and Edmunds, with q strong element Tor
/ Arthur and with a general opinion that not one OF
| the three could carry the State with an ADVERSE
| faction in the party against him. Erie County
Z asks for q new man unidentified with any tacuon
| ~ Everybody favors Lincoln for Vice "-Iloga
| County d" No Arthur in ours. The party alive and
well Monroe County. Here is a specimen letter
from Batavia ~ Y: Mr. Arthur's friends are lin
/ ited IN number IN Genesee County. Ills majority, II
| nominated would be small Blaine OF Edmunds
! would roll up from 900 to 1,GOJ without fail
! [ on
would please our people. In my estimation If the
/ Rrpublicau party want 20 step down and ont, let
I Them nominate Mr. Arthur. Yours hoping that
Edmuuds shall be the that shall Light the grand
/ old marty ou 20 a higher plaue.-JOhn M.NckenAe,
Chairman of Republican County Committee Of Cen
esee County"1hc following is from Mr.. Z. B. Long
r,e,,b her of the Westchester County Committee and
Editor Of Tie estebesr VARS published at the home
of Collector Robertson OF New-Iork " We favor
James g. Blaine first, last and all tie time. Any
| good man viii be supported by the leaders, but
| Arthur would lose scores of woes among the rank
and file. This district will unquestonabiy send
Blaine delegates to Chicago, although 1t is not
likely they will be pledged"
ONO.
There are eghty-eight counties in the State. They
/ are divided as follows;
First Choice by Co,,ties-Blaine, "a; John sherman,
| -; William T. sherman, :; Arthur, d Edmnnds, o.
Logan, 4; Charles Foster . Lincoln Il Harrison l !
1 tie nominee. y; No choice, .. Total, -S -
Seeond Choir, by Cemtleg -Logan 10 Edmunds: ~ ;
Blaine Il; Arthur 10; John sherman o. General sAeI-
man, 5 ; No second choice 10 Total, 80.
For Vice. President Secretary Lincoln Is the de-
cided favorite. as viii be seen by the following:
Ch0ice by CouHtfes-Lincon, 46j Harrison, -; His
cock 3: ". +. rye, OF Maine, L; j. b. Foraker, :
| Charles Foster, -. Z, Gresham ! j. b. Huwley, I;
J. y HartIauh. PeDnsylVaula, Governor Porter indi
! ana No choice, II For the nominee o. Total 50.
The general feeling regarding Mr. Arthur Is not
onte As favorable as in Indiana and Illinois though
nearly all say they are con- ted with his admins
traton. To illustrate more fully 8" Mr.. Arthur Is
not particularly popular in this or any other county
! in Ohio as / can find Licking County Republican
chairman: Not generally favorable to Arthurs re-
! -t-..-.n sh.Ihr slnnn4r - Ahminis strnflnn an