The Washington critic., 1888-03-15
REPUBLICAN, NOMINEES.
The Presidential Outlook Through
Congressional SpeCtaCleS.
WHAT SHALL THE HARVEST BE 7
Important Republican Contribu-
tions to Current Political
Literature.

ton, and say, with almost one voice, that
the President will be reelected, the Re-
publican members, on the other hand, are
by no means discouraged, nor are there
any doubling Thomases to be found in
their camp. The Republicans to man
feel encouraged at what they call the
bright prospects," They say emphati;
cally that all things considerd the per
cent. of success will be largely in their
favor in the coming campaign. They
anticipate a hot fight, andlthey argue that
victory will fall to them because already
the rumblings of the discontented leaders
in the Democratic camp can be distinctly
heard in their strongholds.
Republican Candidates.
In the matter of candidates the Republ-
cans are well supplied, and they fear no
division in their ranks on that score.
Nearly every State has favorite son,
whom she would like to have bonored
with the nomination. Some States have
several sons all good and prominent in
the councils of the party. 1t would be in
deed difficult, not to say impossible
task, TO pick out of the long list of eligi-
bles the man who will either be his
partys Moses or his party's Pharaoh
While speaking of the candidates may
be interesting to name a few that have
been prominently mentioned. To begi
with, the name of James g. Blaine stands
pre-eminently at the head, notwithstand-
ing his sincere letter of declination.
Strong in the support of their followers
come Allison Of Iowa; Gresham and Har-
rson of Indiana; Foraker and Sherman
Of Ohio; Depew Hiscock, Conkling and
j. ! of New York; Hawley of Con-
necticut; Justice Miller of Iowa-he is
very strong in the West: Justice Harlan
ofKentuck y-as strong on the. Pacific
Coast as Blaine; Cullom of Ohio; In
gals of Kansas; Burrows of Michigan,
and Phelps of New Jersey. All of the
above gentlemen have warm supporters
Personal Preferences.
To find out as far as possible what
preference, if any, the Republican men,
bers have in the matter of candidates
and to obtain their views on the political
outlook as it appears to them, THE
CRITrc reporter yesterday in circulating
among the leading Republicans sue
ceeded in getting the following opinions
on the situation.
The belief is not general that New
York will be the battle ground; on the
contrary the Republicans agree that they
can win without the Empire State.
A New York Opinion.
In response to the reporters question,
Mr.. West of New York said; Gas to our
candidate, I'm in the dark on the sub
ject. We have the best of Presidential
timber. / hardly think New York will
name the man. My belief is our candi-
date will come from the West. Yes,
regard Blaine as being out of the race.
We will nominate strong man; man
from the people. | have heard Justice
Miller's name spoken of. He is an hon
est, straightforward man, and would
make good President, but this time we
won't 60. to the military or judiciary for
our candidate. The issues will be the tariff
and the surplus, and the battle will be
fought on the line of protection VS.. free
trade. With protection the battle cry
we will win.
"If the West furnishes the President,
then New York will come in for second
place. Everything points, to harmo-
party in New York is in the best of
trim and ready for the fray. Strange,
isn't II, that the Democrats have always
been successful with an obscure man,
while the Republicans have ever been
victorious with prominent one"
An Ohio Opinion.
With one or two exceptions, Ohio Re
publicans favor Sherman. Those who
oppose him do so from an honest con-
viction that he cannot win. However,
this view of Sherman is not shared by
Mr. Butterworth, who is an ardent ad-
mirer and supporter of the Senator.
Mr.. Butterworth is one of the leading
Ohio Republican politicians and can see
rs far in advance as the next one, and
usually his surmlses are correct. He said
to the reporter that the Republican
chances for success this year were good
and the elements were in their favor.
'''as to the State that will furnish
the candidate, do you? Well, that
is easy enough. 1t seems to me that
Ohio will name the man, and State pride
in the matter naturally suggests Sherman.
believe that not only Ohio but many
other States will present the name of
Sherman. There are number Of avail
Depew are excellent men. Justice
Miller is an able lawyer and is held in
high esteem by both parties, but whether
he has Presidential aspirations l don't
know. Senator Allison Is n strong man.
Yes, ! believe that Blaine is out of the
race
"Do you believe he would accept the
nomination if gwen by acclamation2"
THAT'S hard to answer. What his
course would be in case he should re-
ceive the nomination / am unable to
say"
On the subject of Vice President Mr..
Butterworth said nearly every State in
who would be an honor to the office
.Do the Republicans think Cleveland
Will be renominated2 ?"
ut would be unfair to speak for
all, but individually think he will be.
Cleveland is entitled to the renomina-
tion and believe he will get it without
much opposition"
"Do you think the Mugwump will cut
much of figure in the campaign this
YEAR,"
"Well, hardly. The Mugs won't wump
MS actively or as dangerously as they did
before. The civil service will affect GER
tain wings in both parties"
A Maryland Opinion.
Mr.. McComas, of Maryland would only
say that the outlook for Republican sue
cess was very bright that the tariff vs..
free trade would be the issue, and that
the Republican party was in perfect
harmony, was healthy and aggressive and
would make an aggressive fight He
knew nothing of the candidates, but said
the strongest man would be nominated
and elected.
A California Opinion,
Mr., Morrow of California was enthusi-
astic. He said there was no question
about Republican success. The tariff was
to be the issue, and that was what the Re-
publicans wanted. lie had no idea what
State would furnish the candidate but
he was confident that a strong man would
be nominated Speaking of Justice Mil
Ter he said Justice Miller is mighty
good man and very popular with the
people. So is Justice Harlan. In my
opinion the latter would be a good man to
select. The Justice was born in Kentucky
and / believe he could break the solid
South. He rendered the dissenting opn.
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