The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-09-30

NEW Yaak. Sept. q 1856 an enter
prislnL Western paper. the Globe Demo
+ crat. Of II L,uiS. has for several W-r>,
been interviewing delegates to STATE CON
/ ventious of each party. From WISCONSIN
i 10 Texas and California fl, corr. ~uoudeuts
i have asked Republicans and nynocrlts
who attended state convent .oa. whom
they prefer for Presidential candidates IN.
1888 There is no reason. of course. Is
put too great trust iii any such showing:
for great many tAiugs NAV happen wits
1 in two years to change the best cA.eula
+ tlons that the politicians can make BUt
the showing made by these interviews Of
i preferences may fairly bc taken ss an index
II public opinion III l>o6 If not a forecast
+ Of public opinion in 1883. several Eastern
paper, have taken up the inquiry and cx
tended it to such meetings aS have re
Gently fallen within their range The re
suit Of all this casting about is this Blaine
/ i the first choice OF by far a greater mum
Der Of Republicans than favor the next
most popular candidate, who is Logan.
/ But he is not the choice of a majority of
Ana there is a number Of RcpubIican, Who
are looked on rs possible caudidatco BE
sides Blaine and Logan, there are Ed
munds and Evarts and the two Shermaus.
and Senators Allison and Harrison and
Hawley and four or five more obscure
one, than these TIL, showing. therefore,
means. that Republican sentiment is di
vlded between a number Of men. and that
though Blaine is ny far tie most popular
one, he is NOT the choice Of ma iorlty all
which signifies, if it signify ANYTHING. that
he is losing rather than gaining popularity
in his own party This fact, BY TIE way,
docs not speak 50 very badly for the party.
But Of the democrats interviewed n
least 80 per cent. of ali express Il prcf.r-
ence for Cleveland y handful of fellows
somewhere spoke kindly of Governor IIil,
and Il few looked with hope to Judge / hur-
man But not less than . ont Of 10 We're
for Cleveland which shows that the
President has gained popularity in his own
party at a great deal more rapid rate than
Blame has lost 1t IN his party, and at a
down az unparalleled in recent politics.
Whether or not it be likely that the Re
publicans Will renomnate Blame, 1t is rs
certain ao human life can be depended on
that Cleveland viii be the Democratic
nominee and his own successor.
which Will be a sort Of new chal ter in
politics. The death Of some of the
great local leaders Of politics in New
York city and the disgrace Of great many
/ more have left the political field III the
utmost confusion. What Will be the re
suit nobody yet undertakes to predict. In
the meantime the labor organizations,
, which, if they hold together, can muster
"a much larger crowd than any party or
, faction in the city. Their project is to nom
, nominated Thursday night Unless the
other factions do better than they have been
, in the habit of doing or are likely TO do, Mr..
George will receive the votes of a great
, many men who are not members of any
o labor organization, because he is an hon
= est and liberal man, and because whether
:, you agree with his economic theories OF
not-he is the most vigorous and original
contributor to political economy and The
: foremost expounder of free trade il
y America
y
The fall trade wholesale and retail
: | alike, has begun here several weeks cdrliel
!, than the usual briskness. There nas MOI
= for a good many years been 50 favorable
an outlook for a healthful aud large vol
ume of business as is felt now in all line.
} of commercial activity.
, The marriage of Mr.. George Gould ha
! (most iikely) had nothing to do with tn,
y business activity; but with the activity o
= newspaper bores it has had much to do
" For they promise never to get done talk
n ing about 1t until the public shall hav'
good reason to wish that Mr.. Geo. Gould
# against whom the public has no i'll will
II had never been born. \ quarrel in tn
:. choir of a village church never caused $
y, much talk as this wedding.
y
The announcement Of the meeting of th
! Northern settlers in North Carolina ha
- attracted the notice of a number Of me-
~ and journals in this section OF the Mon
u Their experience frankly given and terSel
- expressed III that dIabollc,t JarSol
II of seneralltles which we used to call ''rhe
torlc and which IS III fact gush and un
IN godhneEs and the sum OF all lying Woul
NO have an excellent effect as an advertise
~ ment of the State But if it is announce
ic in a general way that they are please
~ with North Carolina, it will do more harr
~ e than good because it will disappoint tn
" expectations of readers here which til
: announcement has raised. If the eXpt
~ rlence OF these men could be told "Ithou
Y a single adjective and without slngl
5a comment, 1t would bring more peop
nr the State than all the fine writing thu
od has been done. Suppose Mr. John Smlt
9, 90 is one of these men, for Instance and thu
"' Mr. Thomas Jones, of Connecticut, is
man who wishes to know something ahol
North Carolina, Ii Smith will say: :
came to North Carolina on such day;