Daily Republican., 1884-07-03
edition,
Choee q Chicags.


The Chicago correspondent Of the
New York Tribune, under date of July
2, says -" It Ii chaos" said Noah A.
Plympton, manager for General Benja.
min r. Butler, to day, a. he glanced
over the list Of delegates to the Demo-
cratic Convention and attempted to
cipher the strength Of the various can.
ldidAtes for President. He continued :
Before the Republican Convention
met every one who travelled about the
country az did knew that Blaine
would be nominated. He Was the
choice Of the Republican party. But
who 10 the choice Of the Democratic
party? defy any one to tell.
You cannot even estimate the number
Of votes each man will get, for there are
no figures. 1t Is chaos, / say" Noah
Plympton's firm opinion az an expert
that 1t is chaos" Is also. held by the
leading Democrats of this city, and by
those few Democratic delegates who
have arrived here. To dissipate
chaos, it 10 advised that there be q
long talk" before the convention liz
permitted to get actually to work. Delay
in nominating candidate for Presi-
dent IL suggested.
Meanwhile, let there be unlimited
talk concerning an abrogation OF the
two.thirds rule, and upon the platform.
While the talk is proceeding perhaps
the party can stumble upon James
X. Polk. This is at least the policy of
the Butler men, the Flower men and
of other men supporting leading Demo
Gratis for President. Mr.. Plympton said
to day:
From what | hear I think there
will be a general agreement not to
| nominate man for President until we
know the platform he is to stand upon.
OF course some will say that If we have
a row in the convention over the plat
form that the Republicans will gain by
it, but we cannot avoid a talk about
the tariff. There will undoubtedly be
long debate over it. The Aassachu-
sets delegation is In favor of . reduc-
ton of the war tariff. We favor a
tariff for revenue limited to the needs
Of the Government, and SO arranged as
to aid the American wOrkingman.
"But we are not in favor of protection
for protection's sake, as the Republi-
cans nrs. General Butler said to me
before l came here: The platform is
of no consequence. I'll make the plat.
form my SELF meaning that by his acts
if elected President he would make q
platform for the Democratic party. F"
Under cover of the debate on the
platform and the two.thirds rule, the
Intriguing for the nomination for Presi
dent will go forward.
| This feature of the convention will be
a repetition of that of 1876, when the
hard money platform was weighed in
the balance and almost found wanting
by the convention. This year Mr.. Nor.
risOn and Mr.. Carlisle are suspected of
having already drawn up the patent
platform. 1t is needless TO say that
Speaker Carlisle and Morrison's fol.
lowers favor radical RI reduction in the
tariff, without regard to protecting the
American workingmen. Mr.. Nor
rison's friends here think that his views
will be supported by two-thirds of the
convention.
Yet they acknowledge that Samuel j..
Randall, through his friends, is likely
to raise lively scrimmage over the
tariff question before it is settled az Mr..
Morrison desires.
Mr.. Cleveland's friends here declare
that they would think twice before ad'
vising him to run upon q free trade
Iplatforaain such a State as New York,
with its great city possessing more
manufactures than any city upon the
continent.
In regard to the two-thirds rule il
should be said that six States have pass
ed resolutions in favor of its abrogatiou.
Some of the delegates now here say thai
they will make an earnest effort &c
abolish the rule, regarding it as detri
mental to the party's interest.