The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-09
Looking Toward Chicago.


The Democrats having made their ticket,
public interest centers in the Chi
cago convention, which meets on
June 10. 1t is apparent that there is
not an overwhelming sentiment among the
republicans in favor of any one Of their
candidates. They want to make a strong,
| popular ticket, and they doubt their ability
to do so. Now that Blaine has positively
refused to permit his name to go before
the convention, they have no candidate for
the nomination with whom they are en-
/ tirely satisfied. Sherman, Gresham,
Depew, Harrison, Allison, Alger, ingalls,
and others all have certain amount of
strength, but it is acknowledged that it is
not sufficient to justify reasonable hope of
success.
Sherman is the most prominent of them
all. OF his ability there is no question, but
of his popularity there are grave doubts,
even among his admirers 1t is about GER
tain that he cannot carry California and
Nevada, because OF his record on the Chinese
question. 1t is doubtful if any republican,
except Blaine, can carry those states against
the st. Louis ticket Thurman is wonder
fully popular on the Pacific coast His
fight against the Pacific railroads when he
was in the senate, and the law, known as
the Thurman act of which he was the
originator, compelling those railroads TO
settle their obligations to the government,
greatly endeared him 10 the people there
But the republicans may feel that they
must nominate an Ohio man. Thurman
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cannot do him much harm, and he has
host OF active and influential supporters
there. They will leave no stone unturned
to carry that state for him. OF course the
chances are against success, but the repub-
licans cannot afford TO take any risks.
Ohio is absolutely necessary to them. That
beng the case they may take Sherman,
notwithstanding his unpopularIty on the
Pacific coast
Gresham is undoubtedly the strongest
man they can nominate. There is very
little that can be said against him, and
there is nothing in his record that can be
used TO his disadvantage. While he would
not draw any votes from the opposition, he
would command pretty near the full
strength Of his own party. But there is
nothing that can be said for him that can
not be said for Cleveland, and there is
much that can be said for Cleveland that
cannot be said for him
The other candidates are good men
enough but what promise of success does
any of them hold outl Depew is popular
with a certain class of people in New York,
but he is not close to the great mass of vo-
ters and it is impossible to enlist their sym
pathY in his behalf He is genial, pleas
ant gentleman, and a good railroad presi
dent Because the newspapers always have
a complimentary word to say of him, on
account of his witty speeches and bright
sayings, it doesn't follow that he can
arouse any great amount of enthusiasm
among those who cast the bulk of the bal
lots Alger is rich, but who knows anything
about him outside of his state?
1t is said that he is liberal with
his money. That is something in his favor,
but it doesn't satisfy the people that he is
fit to be President Allison is a smiling
senator and levelheaded law-maker but
even republicans don't feel as if they
would enjoy pulling of their coats and
is colder in manner and more selfish than
Sherman, and that is saying a good deal
against him. Ingalls, is ambitious, but he
is not prominent as a candidate He has
nothing to recommend him, and his attempt
to blacken the regulations Of Hancock and
Mcclellan is too recent for him to expect
his party to confer upon him its greatest
honor
When the list is reviewed, one ceases to
wonder at the rather respondent feeling
which tke republicans fail to conceal, or at
the persistent way they chung to Blaine.
The fact is Blaine was their one great hope,
but that shrewd politician saw how strongly
the current of public sentiment was moving
in the direction of Cleveland and recognized
the folly Of attempting to stem it. But I'M
promising as the outlook for the republi-
cans is, the struggle for the nomination at
Chicago is likely to be a protracted one, the
outcome of which cannot now be predicted
with any degree of certainty.