Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1884-05-15
Tho Republican Situation.

Tho Republican Situation.
A. the time uear- for the meet
ing og the National Convention,
the question Of combinations or pool
ing Of issues among the army OF can.
didatas who aspire to Republican
leadership, il being discussed. Refer
ring to the preseat aspect Of the bat
tie, the Harrisburg Patriot concludes
that Il combination between Blaine
is not impossible or improbable, aud
remarks:
The republican AriIhmc'ician. are not
81 successful iu Gguring out the relative
strength Of the several candidate ior
the republican presidential nomination
a. ,hcy have proved in counting in their
candidate after he wss defeated. They
differ widely q. to the number OF tho
delegates that may be relied upon TO
support tho tri principal candidate ro-
spcc,ivciy. Me.scrs. Arthur and Blaine.
Striking a mean hy a sort o'alNgaucus
alternate il would appear that Blaine
leads with vote oI nearly $50 while
Arthur is a gooi second with vote
close to 300. The remaining leo vote
are distributed among Mcsscra. Edmund.
Logan, Shorman. Gresham. lI1wlcy and
Fa rchild.
The balance Of power bold Is the
minor candidates D., not likely 30 bo
thrown soliily in favor Of either Arthur
or Blaine. 1t is quite certain shat the
former can get but lill, Il any Of that
. strength uuless. ini'al. the final s,rur
glo should to between him and Blaine.
. Iu taat event nearly all oi the lmuud-'
+ sherman and HaHley vote wcuil be
/ cast for Arthur. Tae talk oi the under
+ stan ding between Ba.ne aud LOGAN
Is renewed and If il be true that an
I agreement between those two has been
entered into, d, il quite likely that
+ Blaine viii receive the i- votes Of f1rtn
F which would bring him so close to a
nomination that his opponent would
find 1t difficult to defeat him. II the
more nnguiuc Of B!ajnc's supporters
figure with any degree Of accurancy
the vote controlled by Logan will be
quite sufficient to give the nomination
to the "P.umed Knight"
Both Arthur and Blaine are shre~d
politicians They understand most
thoroughly the art Of manipulating
political conventions. Greek will mec,
. Greek at Chicago in tho persons Of lbeac
wcll matched antagonists and there will
be tug Of war in the republican nation
Al convention that will equal if not
surpnss in stubbornness and exciting
interest that Of the weeks battle be
teen the Soc aud the field in 1850. Bot
may not the shrewdnesz Of these princi
pal contestants suggest to them tho
propriety Of pooling their issue" in
stead Of permitting the field to utilize
the strength Of the weak or for the bene
fit Of one Of the minor candidates
Arthur and BlaIre between them con
troll three .fourths OF the convention
There has been no such bitterness in
their rivalry as TO preclude q combins
ton which would be mutually sdvan
tagous True, il is not likely that Prosi
dent Arthur would accept Office under
Blaine, but as he is natural born
politician and two young to retire alto.
gether from public life he might be
willing to become "the power behind
the throne greater than the throne IL
self" As for Blaine ii is not to bc
doubted for moment that IL he fnds
that bis play for the principal stakes is
to lose he would be willing to repeat
with Arthur or any other promising
candidate the bargain he made with
Garfield. Stranger thlngs have happen
ed In politics than combination be.
tween Arthur and Blaine.
Isaac Z. McCloskey has been elected
Superintendent cf Schools !n Clinton
county. -