The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-06
The Republican Candidates.

The republican journals are full of accounts
of the booms of the different candidates
for the Chicago S&vention. As long as
there was a probability that Mr.. Blaine
would accept nomination very little atten-
ton was paid to the merits of any other
candidate. 1t was admitted by all the party
leaders that Mr.. Blaine could have
the nomination, and they did not
bother themselves about the merits and
prospects of other candidates Mr.. Blaine
being out of the way, however. strong fac
tions, supporting this OF that candidate,
have made their appearance, and the pros
pect now is that there will be a long and
exciting contest for the nomination.
There is no doubt that Mr.. Sherman will
enter the convention with much the largest
following and there is no doubt also that
he is the ablest of the candidates, if not the
greatest man in the Republican party,
except Mr. Blaine. There are a good many
reasons, however, why it will be extremely
difficult for him to get the nomina-
ton. He is not an approachable
man, and in his long public
career has made very few friends who
are ready to assist him for friendships
sake. OF course there are strong men urg-
ing his nomination, and working for it,
but they are influenced either by hope of
reward in the event of his election, or by
the belief that his prospects for being
elected are the best. Men of this kind how
ever, do not excite a great deal of
enthusiasm for their favorite, and are more
likely to lose than to gain ground in long
contest. There is also a doubt about Mr..
Shermans being a sincere man. He has
shifted his position on several important
questions within the last few years, not for
the reason apparently that his views with
regard to them had undergone change,
but because he hoped to increase his popu-
larity. The people have little patience with
a demagogue, and, however able man
may be, they have very little respect for
him if they believe that he will sacrifice his
principles to gain place and power.
OF the other candidates, Judge Gresham
is the most talked of at present. He is not
nearly so well known as Mr. Sherman, but
for some reason the masses regard him with
increasing favor. Somehow or other they
seem to be nearer to him than to the other
candidates, and they feel they can trust
him though, perhaps, there is not one re-
publican in a Thousand who can give a
satisfactory reason why this feeling exists
Some of the best informed of the
republicans appear to think that he and
Gen. Harrison will enter the convention
having about an equal support, but the in
dications now justify the belief that he will
have larger following than Harrison and
Depew together. The fact is that Mr. De-
pew, like Mr.. Phelps, is much more likely
to get the second than the first place on the
ticket.
Gov. Alger is much such man as Judge
Gresham. He came up from the ranks, and
has wide sympathIes and generous impulses
His great fortune is the result of his own
efforts, and whatever prominence he has
achieved is due TO himself He has 10 such
prospects, however, of getting the nomina-
ton as to justify serious consideration of
his chances.
AS the situation now presents itself, the
nomination will go to either Sherman or
Gresham, with the chances in favor of the
latter.