Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-03-15


Governor Sherman Of Iowa to Chicago
reporter GAS regards the presidency, I
think that Iowa favors Blaine"
The San Francisco Argonaut has asked each
of its Republican readers to write and tell who
his choice is Ior the next president.
It is said that Edmunds is the second choice
Of Arthur's friends for the presidency. Lin
coin they think to be the strong man for vice.
president in either case.
a New Orleans special dated the 72nd ul.
limo says; week after next the Louisiana
Republican State Convention, so called. will
be held here. 1t will be solid for Arthur"
Virginia viii send to the national Rcpuh.
lican convention at Chicago two sets of dele.
gates. Malone and his friends are understood
to he hostile to Blaine, on account Of his
opposition to their readjuster schemes.
One Of the latest developed possibilities in
American politics is the nomination Of Senators
Payne and Sherman for the presidency. Sher.
man by the Republicans, his colleague by the
Democracy.
Blaine is now among the gossips as the
"cyclone candidate" They say that the
movement in favor Of him for the Republican
candidate for president will sweep down upon
the convention and carry it by storm.
The following stanza is one OF -four recently
printed in the Republican Of Montrose, Penn
sylvania
Republican hosts OF the Keystone State,
Arouse for the contest Of eighty-lour
Your ardor and vigilance never abate,
But stand for your country as heretofore.
For our favoritc statesman let's rally again
Let no fear OF bosses restrain yes
II is James G.. Blaine, of the State of Maine
Tho native Of old Pennsylvania.
The annual Republican Conference of Ohio
was held on the night Of the 27h ultimo at
Columbus, it being the largest since the war,
and disclosing 10 the surprise of all that the
Sherman, Foster and Arthur workers. consti.
tuting three separate factions, were actively at
work preparatory to the selection Of dele.
CATION 10 Chicago. The state committee
meets to-day TO fix the time and place for the
next state convention. II is found that John
Sherman has a better organization than in
1852, that the federal office holders were all in
line for Arthur and that Foster had an
organization on hand for Blaine and Foster or
Logan and Foster.
A Pennsylvania paper has printed the results
of a careful canvass by means of correspon-
dents of the 400 counties of the States Of New
York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and
Illinois, in regard to the first and second
choice of the Republicans for presidential
candidates, and the first choice of each for
vice.president, the feeling toward President
Arthur a candidate, and the prospects of
the party in the several states. These states
were chosen because they contained, according
to the Garfield vote in 1880, Republican votes
TO the number of I,925,4o7, Hancock votes
numbering I,7S5,6o5, and a population in
1880 OF 100000, or over onc-third of the
total population of the Union. The total
result is that Blaine is the first choice for
presidential candidate in ISL counties, Logan
in sixtysix, Edmunds in thirty three, General
Sherman in thir,y-two, President Arthur in
twenty-nine, John Sherman in thirteen, Post
master-General Gresham in eight, Harrison in
seven, Lincoln in five, Foster and CuIlom
each in two, Washburnc, Miller and Evarts
each in one. The details from which these
toals were made up presen ted very interesting
facts. Blaine has strong lead in New York,
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. Lincoln
leads in the choice for ce-presidcnt in all the
above-named states, also in Illinois. General
satisfaction is expressed with Arthur's admin
istraton, but there are few advocates in any of
the states for his reelection.
This weeks Press is six page edition and
contains over twenty-six columns of reading
matter; On the first page, As Others See Us,
on the fourth, Late Foreign Monthlies. This
weeks supplement is literary treat. 1t con.
tains one Of the best short stories in the Ian.
guagc, and six of the cleverest storyettes Of
modern times Edward Everett Hale, Frank
M. Pixey, Jerome A. Hart, Ambrose c.
Bierce, Frank Il. Stockton, Charles Lever
and Francois Marie Aronet de Voltairc are
writer's worth the reading even when they
write nonsense. Besides the stories are printed
a column OF verses, by poets most of whom are
famous: Aldrich, Landor, Barry Cornwall,
Leigh Hunt, Allan Cunningham, Tom
ilarcourt, Robert Browning, Samuel
Lover and w. w. Story are
most OF them-always sure OF appreciative
readers. This ought TO be doubly SO whepihe
poems of all are about their swecthearts. Wy
ing as Fine Art is the synopsis OF telling
sermon by San Francisco preacher. Sir
William Thompson on Electrical Measure
ments will interest those who go in for popular
science. How to Treat Books contains valu.
able hints for those who are forming the
nucleus Of a library. This number will be
followed by others of equal pages at intervals
OF two, or, at most, three weeks.
Captain Kelly, together with several other
gentlemen amateurs, recently inquired of us the
derivation and Specification OF the word yook.
In the Indian armies an armed chariot, gen.
orally drawn by elephants, constitutes an i'm.
portant feature in military organization, and
powerful engine OF war 70, ofiense and defense
This chariot is called rafA, which yhe Ben
salesc pronounce roth and the Persans pro-
nouncc ,okN, whence comes the rock Of Euro.
poan nations. In the same manner the gs,ge |
'5| Of the French are supposed to be corrupted |
81 Jf,s and nj, the prime minister and elephant
'f the Persians and Arabs. The weTd .,aa,tii |
IS derived from an Italin phrase in wrestling,
md signifies movement by which the adycr.
'a'y Is tripped up. In chess, this is attempted |
~ the hrs, player putting piece OF pawn On
',i'f OF the enemy carly in the game, by which |
ne Is enabled more rapidly and eiieeiually to |
lexelDI, his nj. A