Evening journal., 1888-05-22
BLAINE AnD cnEsHAm.
The Chaness of Each For The First
Place on the Ticket.

Place on the Ticket
The Washington correspondent Of
the Philadelphia Times writes as fol-
lows: "An estimate of the strength Of
Mr.. Blaine in the Republican Conven-
tion having been circulated within the
lost few dsys, party Of prominent
Senators, representing different Sec
tions Of the country, happening to-
geIher. made the tables a subject Of in
teresting discussion and analysis. The
organ figures, as they footed up,
showed 364 votes for Blaine in the Re
publican States, whereas the Senatorial
computers declared that Of that mum.
bsr The Blaine managers could only
muster 1s4. OF the 2S votes Of the
Pacific Coast States, Oregon, CAL
ifornia and Nevada, the Senators
Of that section say twenty-four
will go for Alger and four in the
Oregon delegation for Blame. The
six Colorado votes they consider doubt
full. The IA from Illinois are for
Gresham, the 26 from Iowa are for
Allison, but ten out of the IS from
Kansas, the 10 from Maine and 90 out
of 2S from Massachusetts are for
Blaine. The Blaine organ claims 90
from Michigan. Senator Stockbridgs
says Dir. Blsine cannot carry Michi-
gan. The Senatorial authorities con-
cede Blaine seven out of IA in
Minnesota, six out Of ten in Nebraska,
six doubtful In Nevada, five out of
eight in New Hampshire, % ont Of 60
in Pennsylvania, eight in Rhode Island,
six out of eight In Vermont and % in
Wisconsin. Ohio's 40 votes they put
down for Sherman. The Southern
delegates, they said, are largely for
Sherman.
"There are unmistakabie signs OF
important political movements in tn
Republican ranks which have not as
yet appeared. While the friends of
Sherman, Allison, Harrison, Depew
and Alger have been assiduously at
work gathering in delegates the
friends of Gresham of Illinois and con
tiguous states have been quietly mus
tering degree Of strength which now
premises to put him in the front rank
Of possible candidates. It appears that
Illinois has had some OF her foremost
political managers operating in New
York, Philadelphia and New England
with unexpected success. Some of
these gentlemen have been in Wash
ington during the past as hours and
have been in conference with repre-
sentative Republicans in the Senate
and House from New England and the
Middle States. They find that the
sentiment among the most
saRacious and conservative is
very favorable to Gresham,
and in the event of Mr.. Blaine's pr
sisting IN his determination not to be
candidate, the bulk of the legates
from these localities will take that
direction. The friends OF Gresham
in Illinois and the West claim that his
conservative position on economic and
hhahRAoA HLCotADu1 Will AuoutC AAtu oil
of the Northwestern states, and will
secure the independent vote Of New
York and New England that refused
to support Blaine on account of his
record and his antagonism to the stall
wart element.
"Fhe Gresham managers appear to
be making inroads on both the ranks
of Blaine and Sherman, and claim that
Gresham is the only man who can
unite the sntagonisms which prevail
between these opposing forces. There
is no denying the fact that Gresham's
name possesses great strength. From
indicstions he is likely to prove the
best man of all the candidates upon
whom TO concentrate in the conven-
tion."
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