Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-02-12
COMING CANDIDATES.
Many Republican Nominees
for President.
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THEIR CHANCES DISCUSSED.
Clarkson Alludes to the Great
Influence Blaine Yields
With His Party.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD
CHICAGO, February 1.-THE Exec
utiye Committee of three OF the SUBJ
committee of the National Republican
Committee, consisting of Clarkson,
Conger and Clayton, remains in the
city to-day, perfecting the plans and
details outlined by the whole commit
tee. The headquarters of the National
Committee for the convention has
been established at the Pacific Hotel
in the same club rooms as in 1880 and
1884.
The Citizen Committee has directed
that the convention hall must be
made ready and turned over to the
National Committee on the Thursday
before the meeting Of the convention
The capacity OF the hall will not be
over 1000, and to give this capacity.
all the boxes will be dispensed with,
and opera chairs replaced by ordinary
chairs. The Citizens Committee OF
Chicago were given $4,000 tickets
four and eight years ago, and are now
insisting on that many but the COM
mittee will not be able to supply such
number. The delegates and altern-
ates, numbering about 100, will be
seated on the lower floor in the par
quette and parquette circles. On three
tiers above them, the balcony and the
two galleries, the visitors will be seat
ed. The stage will hold 800, and will
be reserved for the more noted guests.
Desks for the press will be imme-
diately in front OF the stage. Each OF
the delegates will probably have three
tickets for distribution. These will be
not season tickets as heretofore, but
daily tickets, and therefore more cap
ablc Of serving larger number of
visitors.
A SPEECH BY CLARKsoN.
Clarkson, Chairman of the Sub
Committee, said tonight: every
thing gives cheering indications of an
increasing determination among the
Republicans to look beyond the con-
vention to the election, and to unite
on the man, whoever he is, who can
most certainly be elected. There is
less factional feeling than for many
years. Frankly, without regard to
the interests of any candidate, 1
would say that the party now appears
to be divided into two sorts Of opin-
ion. One class believes that there
are enough Republicans in the coun-
try still for the party and its principles
to elect President, and who believe
that non-factional candidate would
bring back all the Republicans who
have been out of the line, except
those who are permanently gone on
account of the tariff, and who would
not return unless the party should
Practically declare against protection.
PROBABLE CANDIDATES.
The present drift of this class among
Civilians is toward Allison, who will
have his own State enthusiastically
for him, if he wants it and who has
great strength all over the West and |
among the business interests of the |
East and is without enmity in his
party and has tariff record like that |
of Garfield. Among soldiers there is
an effort to direct the popular tide
toward Sheridan. This is on the sur
face just now; but the undertow is
strongly towards Gresham, who
different from many soldiers |
seems to be strong in that pe-
cuiar union and fellowship of |
such soldiers as are united in the Or
ganized form of the Grand Army and |
Loyal Legion, and who is strong also
with some elements of the dissatisfied |
Republicans in the East, and who is |
also strong with the monopoly |
elements of the West. Ii soldier is |
to be chosen, the situation, taking the |
East and West together, prefigures a |
soldier like Gresham, who is strong
In peculiar points and strong both |
East and West.
THE BLAINE PARTY.
Another class of Republicans (and
l should cay they were greatly in the |
majority say that the situation de-
mands a man who, because of his |
strength with the working-people and
on the tariff question, can COM
mand more votes than his party
now has left. They hold that in such |
candidate, the party will have
double assurance of success, and that |
such man alone can be sure Of carry
ing New York, New Jersey and |
Connecticut. Those people are all for
Blaine and more enthusiastically than
ever. So are the. Republicans who
favor the emphatic and distinctively
American policy in all things. Blaine
has lost no friends in the West but
rather gained some. In the East he
has gained in Massachusetts,, New
Jersey and Connecticut, and held his
own in New York among
the Republicans and materially gained
in that State among Democrats and
workingmen who are for protection.
All OF these elements think that
Blaine is to be nominated and he
makes no signs, answers no letters
and is evidently determined to leave
the whole matter to his party without
suggestions from himself. zone
good thing" Mr.. Clarkson added,
is the apparent purpose Of the party
to make such platform as will,
without change from its former posi-
tion of principles, accept the war
issues as settled, and leave the way
open for all men who are with it
in the South on the present
issues to join with it for the
future. There is a Republican ma
iority in two or three of the border
States on such a platform and also a
chance, if the party will not sectional
ize the tariff question by taking the
tariff off from sugar, to carry Louis
lana in the State election in April,
and thus break the Solid South be-
fore the national campaign has really |
OF ISed.
wARMoUTH's S PROSPECTS,.
With Yarmouth as candidate,
representing in himself, as sugar