Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-04-19
POLITICAL SKTRMISHES.
MIR. MORRISON PREDICTS THE
REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.

NOMINLE.
Either Lincoln or Edmunds the Coming
Man-PennsyIvania's Delegates Not to
be Depended On-LOgan's Suspicion of
Treachery-What Was Done in the
Days Conventions.
WASHINGTON April 1s.-Mr. Nor
rison, in talking about the Re-
publican Presidential nomination tonight,
said to the News correspondent: at
has already worked itself out, in my
opinion. think 1 will be found to be a
true prophet. Blaine cannot get the
nomination because the Republican party
knows that it would stand no chance of
electing him. Grant is out of the question
and Arthur, it is plain, has no show what
ever. 1t will be either one of two men,
neither Of whom is working up boom.
Either Lincoln or Edmunds will be the
nominee of the Republican party
PENNsYLvANIA's DELEGATES TRICKY.
Pennsylvania politicians say that while
the delegates from that State to Chicago
have been instructed for Blaine, it is no
sign that they will stand by him. The
Pennsylvania delegation was ruthlessly
broken in 1880, and they predict that it
will be the same in June next. 1t was said
to-day by Pennsylvania members that it
was part of the plan of the machine men
in that State to have the convention act
as it did yesterday in order to defeat
Blaine, if possible. They could not pre-
vent the instruction of delegates for him,
so they adopted the plan of having the
majority of the delegates men whom they
could control and at the critical moment
break from Blaine. Boss McManes. of
Philadelphia, is reported to be the man
who is manipulating the scheme.
ALIvELY ROW.
A very lively row has cropped out to-
day. 1t is between Mr.. Logan and Messrs.
Green B. Raum and Emory StoTrs. Both
the latter were candidates for delegates
at-large to the Republican Convention
from Illinois. They were prOfessedly for
Logan. Logan favored them apparently
up to almost the last moment. On
Wednesday, when the delegates were
chosen. he threw his influence the other
way, and neither Raum nor StOrrs were
chosen. Logan pursued the course that
he did upon information that while Raum
and Storrs pretended to be for him they
were really for Arthur. He was called
upon for an explanation why he acted as
he did. He answered charging Raum and
StOrrs with duplicity. Both those thus
charged have written indignant letters to
collar.
THE TENNESSEE REPUBLICANS.
NASHVILLE, April 1S.-The platform
adopted by the Republican Convention
indOrses the administration of President
Arthur because of his prudence, impair
tiality and patriotism as a Republican,
and because his conservatism, honesty,
wisdom and statemanship have given
peace, progress and prosperity to the
country. 1t arraigns the Democratic
party Of Tennessee for the reputation of
the bonds of the State, and for selling the
railroads of the State at a low price for
bonds they had previously branded as
fraudulent. 1t charges the Democratic
party with pretending to favor low taxes
and fewer Otfice-hOlders, and vet making
taxes higher and offices more numerous;
with boarding in the State Treasury hun
dreds Of thousands OfdOllars of the peoples
money, and with creating a railroad COM
mission so much in violation of Justice,
law and the constitution, that the courts
have enjOined them from exercising their
functions. 1t denOunces the lease Of pen
itentiary labor so as to bring it into COM
petition with free skilled labor, and con-
demns the Democratic tariff policy as
calculated to bring American labor into
damaging conflict with the pauper labor
of Europe and of all the world. The fol-
lowing are the delegates to the Chicago
convention:
Stdte-dt- Ldrge-L. C.. Hauk of Knoxville
J. G. Napier of Nashville, F. j. Cassells of
Memphis, W. p. Brownlow of Jonesboro.
from tie Congressional DiStrictS-A. II.
PettibOne, John W. Brown, w. c. Chandler,
w. II. Chumla, II. f. Griscom, F. v Brown,
B. W. Burford, John Pruett, w. T. Elliott,
VIM. E. King. III. A. w. Cheatham, B. /. Had
ley, A. M. Hughes, Jr. Richard Harris, 5. W.
Hawkins, j. {. Watson, Carter Harris and j.
II. Smith.
The delegates are without instructions,
bnt according to the most authentic in
formation obtainable the delegates, as re-
CARDS their Presidential preferences
stand II for Arthur, for Blaine, l for
Logan, for Edmunds, and doubtful.
MDONALD IN THE HANDS OF HIS FRIENDS
INDIANAPOLIS, April 1S.-EX-Senator
Mcdonald, when the Washington dispatch
announcing the action of the Indiana
Democratic Association was read to him,
said: "The resolution requires no response
from me. But as it is the action of my
friends in Washington city, from Indiana,
it cannot be otherwise than gratifying to
me-" Beyond this the Senator refused to
say anything.
GREENBACKERs FOR BUTLER.
NEW YORK, April 1S.-The Greenback
Convention OF the Thirteenth COngression-
al district was held tonight to elect dele
gates to the National Convention to be
held at Indianapolis May %. A resolu-
tion instructing the delegates to vote for
the nomination of Benjamin F. Butler
passed.
OREGON FAVORS THE OLD TICKET.
THE DALLEs, OREGON, April 1S.-The
Democratic State Convention at vester-
days session adopted resolutions favor
ing Tilden and Hendricks as the choice
of the Democrats of Oregon for President t
and Vice President respectively.
BLAINE's BOOM IN NEW YORK.
OswEGO, n. Y, April 1S.-The Repub-
lican convention of the Twenty fourth
Congressional district to-day elected
Blaine delegates to the National COnven-
tiOn at Chicago.
ANTI-ARTHUR DELEG ATES.
UTICA, n. Y, April 1S.-The Lewis
county Republicans to-day elected dele
gates opposed to Arthur.
TWO OHIOANs FOR BLAINE.
CLEVELAND, o., April 18.-The Nine
teenth Congressional district Republicans
elected to Chicago are instructed for
Blaine.
ONE FOR BLAINE AND ONE UNKNOWN.
WASHINGTON, April 1S.-The Seventh
Congressional district of Michigan has Sc
lected as delegates to Chicago one Blaine
man and one with his preference un-
known.
ENGLAND UNINTERESTED.
LONDON, April 1S.-The Times to-day,
speaking editOrially of the political ont
look in America, says: cat no time since
the time before the civil war in America
has so little attention been paid in Eng
land to the affairs of the United States as