St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-25
THE TAIL WAGS THE DOG.
The Opinions Entertained by the
New York Press Of the Arthur
Edmunds Combination.
1t Fails to See that the Result can in any
way be Twisted into an
Arthur Victory.
The Delegates-at-Large UncomprOmising-
Iy Opposed to Both Arthur
and Blaine.
Ispecial Telegram to the Globe. |

'Arthur's barren victory" and says edi-
torially: ''The Utica convention has settled
nothing. It has not settled anything. 1t
has not settled Blaine, much less has it
routed Arthur, but it has named as delegates
at-large to the Chicago convention Repub
leans of intelligence, Of independent and
representative character, who can be relied
upon to speak at the great council of the
party in the name of thousands of indepen-
dent voters whose support cannot
be had for a candidate thrust up
on the party by machine effort or
for candidate Of unclean record. Arthur's
supporters leave Utica well satisfied with
their work. They did not win the fight for
themselves, but won it for the Edmunds
men, and their share of the victory is album
dant for present needs. Had the outcome Of
the convention been different had the Ar
thur men, instead of BIaine's followers,
tasted the bitterness of utter defeat, the adj
administration element in the presidential
contest would have been eliminated. Ar
thurs workers would have cut a sorry figure
at Chicago with the marks of their drubbing
in Arthur's own state, still raw and red upon
their faces. Spared the humiliation of dread
ed defeat and elated with a half Victory, they
viii now ride into Chicago fully abreast of
Edmunds' allies and we fear little ahead"
The Tribune says: desperate emergencies
demand desperate tactics. Bearing this fact
in mind it is easy to understand the out
come Of the Utica convention. The fact that
four Edmunds men were elected delegates
atslarge to Chicago proves the desperation of
the Arthur contingent For weeks the presi-
dents newspaper organs and other mouth
pieces have been declaring he was going to
develop unexpected siren 9Th at the state con-
Vention. What he did develop was extraor
binary weakness, to appreciate the extent of
which we need only to state that his dele
gates were forced into a coalition, the advan-
tage of which was entirely in favor of the
other party. The Arthur men voted for
four Edmunds delegates, while the Edmunds
men voted for four Edmunds delegates too.
And when it is considered that the Arthur
men largely outnumbered the Edmunds
men, the curious and interesting feat of the
tail wagging the dog is forcibly suggested.
must be mortified when they read what was
done goes without saying. The election of
district delegates closed with but twenty-four
out of siXty-six in his favor, but now the
state convention has administered the final
blow to his prospects. 1t declines to send a
single delegate in his interest to the ma
tional convention. If Arthur's prospects in
the state from which he halls are thus hope
less, it is dignifed thing for him to re-
main in the canvass"
The San makes only the following refer
ence: "The only Blaine man in New York
who seems to have come out ahead so far is
Whitelaw Reid, He declined to be a dele
gate at large before the convention.'
The World says: ''The result of the Utica
convention shows that our forecast of its
character was correct. Arthur found himself
in hopeless and powerless minority. Out
of 491 delegates who voted on the test ques-
ton Of temporary organization Blaine had
240, or only six less than clear majority,
while Edmunds with the Arthur contingent
had PSI. The friends of the president had
therefore nominally the qualification of beat
ing Blaine in the presidents own state. A
glorious victory, forsooth, but at what
price was it purchased! At the price of all
four delegates to the national con-
vention; Edmunds secured them all. Ar
thur comes out of the convention plucked as
bare as an unfedged sparrow. Not only
were the presidents friends compelled to
submit to the election of four Edmunds del
egates, but they had to wear the humiliation
OF voting for delegates who, besides favoring
Edmunds, were pronounced, first, last and
all the time, against Arthur Roosevelt,
White, Gilbert and Packard are anti-Arthur
Republicans. The president has won
small success over Blaine only by perform
ing hari-kari The result drives another
nail into President Arthur's political coffin
and makes his withdrawal from the canvass
almost certain. His vote in his own delega-
ton will not be more than 26 out of ", while
the chances for majority for Blaine when
the break takes place are still good"
The Herald says: Blaine has often had
occasion to know there is many slip 'twixt
cup and lip. For forty-eight hours preced-
ing the Republican convention the partisans
of Mr.. Blaine, under the lead of Senator
Miller and Collector Robertson, boosted that
they had got the Republican party Of New
York under their thumb at last by means of
coalition with the vilest part of the old stall
wart faction, represented by ex-Insurance
Superintendent Smythe and ex-senator Platt.
So sure of the day were the members of this
second class partnership that they dropped
the disguise of respectful language and felt
free to vent their sarcasm or hatred of Presi-
dent Arthur and his administration Ex-Rep-
resentative Roberts spoke of the president
on Tuesday evening, as one might speak of
a discharged groom or lackey. The conven-
ton elected for delegates at large gentle
men who all are uncompromisingly opposed
under any circumstances to the nomination
of Blaine or any body whose nomination
Blaine can possibly desire, and to give the
strongest possible emphasis to this choice the
convention defeated Senator Miller and ex-
Governor Cornell, who were coalitionist can
didates, and represente their two wings.
Whitelaw Reed, who had been expected to be
a third candidate, took himself off the field.
much to the regret of the majority of the
convention, who would have liked chance
at him also, as he would have. shared
Cornell's and Miller's fate''
R0bbing the Mails.
Especial Telegram to the Globe
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