The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-06-03
DARK HORSES,

possible candidates that ever increases
as the trht prosresscs. IhsIe
are two views Of dark horses. g'oan' one
republican, and 10 either case the herd
/, numerous ia Chio,go. Nearly all the
delegates who are actively e4l!sted for one
or the other ofthe leading oiniida.es do
no, believe tina, II ~ a d TX horse year.
Il lsir wish Is father 10 ther thought. Tho
ARTHrR men sincerely believe that the
president will be the nominee. The
BLAIsE men hope tina, their man will be
nominated. The friends OF EDMusDi and
LsGAs hope that Il will come their way.
These men are naturally OPP.
posed TO dark horses. In argu'
ing that the nominee will not
be a dark horse they are ready to quote his.
tory. When HAYES was nominated In 1876
! the convention was held In his state, his
own delegation stood by him solidly. and
HAVE, had the prestige Of having just
carried his own state against the most pop.
ular democrat in the state, WILLIAM ALLEN.
Moreover Dab wss an October state, which
helped HAYES. None OF the dark horses OF
vention is held In LoGAs's state, and Hi
nois now has the same number OF votes
that Ohio had in 1876, namely, forty four.
But 1t 10 urged that LOGAN is not dark
horse. ue has been candidate since $780,
and openly Tor at least ten months. More
than that, he has not secured the solid
vote Of his state, and the detection exists In
the worry city where he lives aud
whore the convention is held. This, II II
urged, destroys the p1ralleiism between
the chances OF HAYES and those Of LOGAN
GARFIELD was nominated In 1880 because
he was the republican leader OF the house,
had Just been unanimously elected senator
by the republicans Of the Ohio legislature
was the head of his delegation In the conven.
On, was one ofthc ablest and mos, pleasing
orators OF the convention, and because he
was taken mp at a critical moment TO beat
the third-termers. None OF the dark horses
now suggested can claim the advantages OF
such circumstances. GA the other hand
politicians who are outside Of the opuv,n.
tion ard many who are inside, but not
actively eDlis ed in the rankG Of any pro-
mi cent candidate, assert that this must
be n da5k.horse y.ar. They say that
never b tore have the two leading clndi-
d4,es been 30 evenly matched; that |
neither ARTHUR nor BLAIHE can ba nomi' |
because Of the strong opposition OF
either eide to the other, aud tina, after long |
billo'iug, ole of the rear Candidates or one |
not named at al will be sprung. There ia a
long list OF them. Posing EDMUars aud |
LOGAN, who occupy third and fourth places |
In the contest, aud who can hardly be |
clllJd dark horses" The gpze IL fixed on |
IadiJpf, where there are two men much |
presented TO The convention in nominating |
speeches. 0ne is SENATOR BENJAMIN II.
HARRISON, the other PosTMAsTER.GgsERAL
WALTeR Q GRESHAM. SENATOR HARRISON
10 a Der OF his states delegation. II Ia
not yet known whether he will be the chair.
man OF the delegation.
The name OF RICHARD w. THoMPsoN has
been printed ut the head Of all published
lists OF the Indiana delegation. Senator |
HARRISON lie said to be for BLAINE. His chief
representative in the city ct present is JOHN
@. New who is strongly opposed to BLAINE.
1t IL said that HARRrsoY's chances have
been pretty we'll canvassed bya coterie OF
Philadelphia and other eastern politicians,
who have decided upon him as the man 70
be brought to the front ut the right time.
For this very reason there has been some |
organization against HARRISON, chiefly |
pmong the Pennsylvania delegates, and
there is said TO. be q serious opposition TO |
him in his own state. The friends OF GRE5-
HAM want their man TO be brought TO the
front, and for that reason oppose any Jug
Cling with the name OF HARRISON.
Mr.. New claims that Iudiana's
solid vote will be cast for HARRISON If
he receives. votes at critical time from
other states, but the friends OF GRESHAM
claim that at least twenty OF the Indiana
delega'ion are for The postmaster general
ra' her than for the senator. GRESHAM is |
not 10 well known as HARRISON, and he has
not occupied so prominent a POSITION IA |
politics. In fact, he is no ! olitician. He
has q good soldier record. however, and |
this is largely in his favor. b 'th HARRISON
and GRESHAM are spoken of for the vice. |
GRE,HAM personally is thor.
oughly for ARTHUR, and will advise all Of
his friends to work for the nomination OF
the president. The BLAINE men have re-
Gently been trying 10 work up Q boom for |
GEeHAa, but they admit that they have
done II TO scare oil the ARTHUR men, whom |
the BLAINE men charge with looking to |
GRESHAM as their second ch1ice Illinois
presents two candidates, SECRETARY
OF Wan RoBxRr I. LINCOLN and JUDos
DAVID DAVIS. SEcRErARY LINCOLN Is very |
popular In Pennsylvania and Onio. Re.
publicans have been heard to say that his |
n animation would Offset the nomination OF
TlLpEy. TiLpES would run for the sake Of |
serving out his term Of 1876 while LINCOLN
would be eleo ed to serve out his fathers
t rm OF 1864. LINCOLN has been talked and
written OF since he was put into GARFIKLD's
cabinet. He was formally dominated by
PaivATE DALI Ill. OF Ohio, two years ago.
ne is opposed by few on the Trounds that
he is too young, and refused TO carry out
tue eighi-hour law in his department. Lo-
GAN aud the LcGaS men bitterly oppose
him, aud declare that IL he is nominated l,
will be without the votes Of large shortly /
of the Illinois delegation. II he SHOULD
be nominated, end the LOGAN delegates Of
1 lnois should refuse 10 cast their |
votes for him, it would be the end OF LOGAN
in politics. JubGE DAVID DAVIS is now at
the Grand Pacific, ana his name is only &C.
oasionsiiy mentioned as possibility by |
come one sho soos his heavy form moving |
through the crowd. The same may be said |