New-York tribune., 1884-02-17
CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT.
VIEWS or REpUBLICANs AND DLNoIRATs.

HARMONIOUS.
IrRoM ruE gE.ULAE CORRESPONDENT oF THa 5f'I'Ns'l
WA-Hi>aIoN. Feb. l6.-lh're Is. of cou.'. iHnch
ouiet d ,elssion among Republicans 10 Washington
/ r,.nscting probable candidates for t.e ffrsl-
depry and the main s lo, upon which fA' ''n-
t..t i to turn. In regard t0 the latter 'A1 -
,ions ar. unanimous that tlr main question: - ?" De
whct' r .he principle of protection 10 Amr..-l m
du-tr, shall be maintained. Nobo.y s'riH- 10
doubt chat th.is to be tle leaI.aZ Issue between
tAe cont.ltue polite! partrs E'PH''''.'h
Representative. age iraa& ald out~Poa-n OH 1h'S
subject AND. despite tu' peculiar ulir .i-"7 "i ."V
or thre, newspapers winch profess to reflect re
publican sentiment on thai question ana "aich
/ bot9ay . strong affection for the" Revenue Reform
dogmas OF OBJ, CaraIc-loW,on combination me
number of Republican Coagr,>,msn who s..)" any
inclination 20 "dod-e" that question c'n be
| counted On tbe finger. Of ONE hand. The DrIo-
cratic leader, the ln.n WHO represent -le dominant
/ sentiment of their party on the t'rli question: are
equally out,poAcu aud frank. and there D, no reason
/ to dnuJt thc sincerity OF their purpose - in' ksn
/ 80 Re,enuc Reform their Vatchword and "tfrry
! n the impending contest. While they ar. Wiling
10 admit that there J., some danger in such course,
they declare that u offer, 'br only hope ot Ioit c3l
.1cre>. They expect 20 control the Democratic
Convention. make its platform and name is caadi-
date: and t,rg further expect that the >o-ened
! form and Doc candidates.
REprBucAN. Is FAVOR or A Fa-E CHOICE BY
TIr CONgLNrIoN.
Tho qu stion OF probable Presidential candidates
is ~ obscure a. the main issue upon which THE con-
test Is to De- fought scrihs PLAIN. II j. cNtr' leiy
! dnicult. for example. 10 lind an influential hepub-
/ lic1u Congressman who l. willing 10 eApr'-- an
opinion or even 10 indicate hi, own preference The
] National Convention must he untr,mmall'd IN its
! tf..s .i..sf sfi.f nam -
receive the hearty ami loyal support of all Rcpubli-
cans REGARDLESS OF personal preferences or past diff
fcrences The free choice OF majority of rh' party
must be- the first choice of every member of IL. In
varying forms this sentiment j, expressed By
almost all republicans. OF course they differ as 10
W ho would De- the strongest candidate a. thrF do
a, to what Is The general tendency at this tine
! toward particular men.
Edward McPhrr.oa. of Pennsylvania. sad
to-dlythat II seemed to linn the present tendency was
! toward two men, Arthur and Edmunds, and that
the choicr m-ht depend upon the general opinion
when the convention was held A. to thcr relative
J strength in the State Of Ncv-York
An Influential Republican Representative said:
! l. too think the present tendency Is toward the
! nomination of one Of two men, Edmunds or General
| Sherman one half OF New-iork l. not IN favor of
Arthur and his friend, are like "A MIN about 10 take
! a cold bath-renctaut to take the trst plunge lt
than Arthur OF course understand that - far as
the personal preferences of the Republican voters
are concerned Mr.. Blaine j, stronger than either Of
Them: but do not believe hc desires 10 BE- c1ns4d-
cred candidate
An Illinois Congr .ssman, who is friendly 10 Lo-
-an also thinks the tendency Il IN favor Of one Of
two men, ana he named Kdmunds aud Logan.
General Logan" he said. Is very strong with the
soldier element, aud great deal Of qu.et aHd eiiec-
tive work has been done in ms behalf by his friends.
fc has never told nae that he would be- a candidate.
bnt assume that he VIII be-. The President has
many friends in illinois,
Ex-Corgr,ssnIan Pound. of Wisconsin. said;
The President has a great many friends in Ws-
corsin although have not been able 10 perceive
strong drift # sentiment in favor of HIN or any
other man outside of the state. IN Wisconsin We
think We have in ex-Ci0vcrnOr Fairchild man who
would make ~ strong candidate and a good
President az anybody. | have not observed any
strong nriud'catons in favor Of General Lorn.'
GENERAL sIEmnN's STRONG P1Nrs.
Peor,..ntat.re Calliu-. Of Indiana who is q
candidate li. .hc nomination for Governor 90 that
,-,-.. SAID toa SEA. reporter Tuesday. in -p'lbng
of prulail. Pra,J .ut.a' candidates Il have ra-'
.,i..da .ar4t many letters from my II .ua, .a ti.-
f.r.ut ,.r.- cd th. country. .a t -e 100 .r.tiy
~ ,,.. lpuu ta- question. But to SUM tAr whole
uIatr..sp.i. q. look, very mu. .ll ls n General ". 4.
~,.,.l. IS th. MAN. b looks rs 10 he might ba The
.Loisr col t... convention. lH. party ""tt u"ite
ou i,m aad boo would carr tii the o"u'tini -t--r-.
II. vouH he certain ot election. Ills view. un'u
,u u..rtut question:, are in ,t.ct d'r"iIa1ce
s.h "a. puH.. .p.e- ot t.e party iI' i,3 eoi
eno1-h Republican f.r amy one. lIr would d'
.sry strong c.nll4t., aad wo1| - I'LL ."e
soldiers
~INlr. Ac,lur should CT tlr nomination. Of, 1"u
think De-. ,olM carry NGW-lorh. INDIANA auI
Ohio p" MAYOR Ca.l>,u- "as asked
I'll, would hAyra much hctt,r chance "a l.,l-
ana than u either of tin Other States. Ilt thi-k
be would ear, Them" Dee replied. II '- Lard 10
say how things WIll come oiii every )'Ny >.'iAs -
" ~. 1fo-o.-, Of many otsr ueu b.d,- tho-e
above uaul.d afe frequently piN"'.5 b-"t.'n l
and f1Naia1'y t-r..,''i. II - ""i.T-~ .'t' t.''l
nearly an discussions OF tAi> -nrt az. pr,i-rtd by
some remark ~ the effect that Ar. Hl'.A" y
/ stronger with th' RrPIh irin voters lhiu ?, any
/ nfh.r MAN. senator sherman Gdhc ~ lrrquc4tlY
| mentioned "a, ;lmt of q uau ho Wuu.d receive mo
| b,ar,v .,,rr ol thc bl,lu,>, lIru O. th' country.
S.rrsf arr, lincoln !. often spoken of - ,u.t4Aate
/ who would arouse enthusiasm "a the Ntot ana
Souti aad 20 Tia. sam. I'm" Je arerDtdptr 2" th0
| g~eat business interests. senator Harrison mas
/ many frrnds, 2ud the ha.nnr "i .''I' tl 'I''.' h
I AMI General Uawity are frequently "isct>,H IS
/ those Of men who "oui1 -, '4Iaty ',', ''..''' -
I the soldier element aud Use SI"ls cons =, gave
bu.iu,-- interests OF tie country. senator AI~ln.
| o. Iowa, IL also regarded b{ many ~ man "H1
| would make a strong cdnd date. 'e h"hii'h ~
| ,,.r- our of these name, received with respect.
} and il = seldom that rru1rk is heafd inhicdil =
! a strong prejudice against any OF thcnL Ihs
f,ct ebat two are citizens OF Illinois aud two cftl-
lers of Indiana does not seen - De- r'iI'i'l - one
i,l..iv to result i'm a factiOu3l disturbance which
would iuiure Rcpu bc3u pr0spc"t, m either" OF thrss
states Every indication points ." harmony ana
the hearty support u any man =" IA" nli fe'"N" the
! nomination. I'D.
/ Wuh the Democrats the case Is entirely different.
| Colonel Morrison ami cX-Svnat0r y .luNtid are
rival Free Trade candidates, Whine The lr4.. ,1 Of
the faction which Is opposed 10 tariff legislation,
and desires above all things to dodge ulc TAR ~
az. ,lerlare uneuuivocy that Ia nominate e r ~
these men or any other VINO shares t'ir tIfiH
views means the oS. of thr electoral votes oi New
! York New jersey. ConGs-tIcut and California, aEd