St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-12
THEY WANT TO GET BACK.
Republicans Realize the Disc0ms0rts of
Being Out of Power.
TWO SORTS OF OPINIONS.
The Grand Old Party Divided on the Pol
icy 10 Pursue in the Coming
Campaign.

CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-THE executive
committee of the three subcommittee
of seven of the national committee. con-
ssisting of ClarkSon, Conger and Clay
ton, remained in the city to-day per-
fecting plans and details outlined by
the whole committee. The headquar-
tiers of the national committee for the
convention have been established at the
Grand Pacific hotel, in the same club
rooms as in 1880 and 1884. The citizens
committee has been directed that the
convention hall must be made ready
and turned over to the national COM
mittee on the Thursday before the
meeting of the convention. The seat
ing capacity Of the hall will not be
over 1000. TO give this capacity
all the boxes will be dispensed
with and the opera chairs replaced by
tee of Chicago were given 1,400 tickets
four and eight years ago, and are now
insisting on that many, but the commit
tee will not be able to supply such a
number. The delegates and alternateS,
numbering about 1,700, will be seated
on the lower floor in the parquette and
parquette circle. On the three tiers
above this, the balcony and two gal
lerieS, visitors will be seated. The stage
will hold about 500, and will be reserved
for the more noted guests. The desks
|, for the press will be Immediately i'll
front of the stage. Each of the dele
for distribution. These will not be sea-
son tickets as heretofore, but daily tick
cts, and there ore more capable of serv-
ing larger number of visitors.
SOME SPECULATION.
Mr.. ClarkSOn, chairman of the sub
committee, was interviewed tonight as
to his impressions of the indications as
to candidates as developed during the
committee here, which drew in many
politicians from the different states.
He said: Everything gives cheering
Indications of all increasing determine
tiOn among Republicans to look beyond
the convention to the election, and 10
fsunite on the man. whoever he is, who
can most certainly be elected. There is
less factiOnal feeling than for many
|. years. All Republicans realize now as
experience alone can teach them, the
| disadvantages and discomfort of being
out of power, and all are united now in
Ewanting to get back into power. To an
tsSWer your questions frankly without re-
gard to the interest of any candidate, /
would say that the party now appears
|, to be divided into two sorts of opinion,
ZONE class believes that there are::enough
ttRepublicans in the country still for the
party and its principles to elect a
ppresident, and who believe that nom
fractional candidate would bring back all
Ethe Republicans who have been out of
line, except those who are permanently
gone on account of the tariff, and who
would not return unless the party
should practically declare against pro-
lection. This class of men believe that
La Western Republican of loyal party
[ record without personal or factiOnal
enmlties and not too high protection
ist, but more OH the line of Garfield as
Eto tariff, should be nominated. The
Epresent drift of this class among civil
| ianS is towards Allison, who will have
his own state enthusiastically for him,
| il he wants it, who has great strength
all over the West, and among the busi-
I ness interests of the East, asd is with
out enmities in the party and
! HAS A TARIFF RECORD
I like that of Garfield. Among soldiers
I there is an effort to direct the popular
Z tide towards Sheridan. This is on the
surface just now, but the undertow is
/ strongly towards Gresham, who, differ
ent from many soldiers, seems to be
strong in that peculiar union and fel-
lOwship of such soldiers as are united
Tin the organized form of the Grand
| Army, the Loyal Legion, etc., and who
is strong also with some of the elements
| of dissatisfied Republicans in the East,
| and who is also strong with the anti
monopoly elements of the West. If a
soldier is to be chosen, the situation,
taking East and West together, pre-
figure soldier like Gresham, who is
strong in peculiar points, and strong
Eboth East and West. The other class
of Republicans, and / should say they
Iwere greatly in the majority, say that
1.-the situation demands man who
Isbecause of his strength with the work.
Ting people and on the tariff question,
can command more votes than his party
now has left. They hold that in such a
candidate the party would have double
Fassurance of success, and that such a
man alone can carry New York, New
EJersey and Connections. These people
are all for Blaine, and more enthusias-