The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-04-25
WANTEpAAILEADER.
The Condition or AfIatrs which
Exists In the Republican
Party.

Party.
The Philadelphia Times hasmade
a canvas of i've of the great critical
States of the campaign for the Press
idential preferences Of their Repub-
Iican voters.
The plight of that party, as re-
vealed by the result, is pitiflil No
two of the FIVE States want the
same man, and no one wants any
body IN particular to sany marked
extent.
A careful survey of New York
reveals the fact that out of 4 total
of ,120 outside townships cans
vassed onIy ie4, less 9tan half, arc
settled upon any one man, and c1dsi
thai man, ChaaDcey NJ. Depesg, IS
an impossibility, aud the only other
Ieadcr with any following is Mr.,
Blaine, who declines tho empty
honor. New York City is more
pronounced. The corporation in
fluence of Mr.. Depew secures him
343 out of sO6 precincts, the re-
mainder being badly divided be-
tween Blaine, Sherman and Hiscock.
For second choice in the State Mr..
Depew leads with BIG, out of 1, 112
townships canvassed, the remaining
sentiment being divided Sherman
and Lincoln have each some follow
ing, but not enough to secure del
egation.
In Ohio Sherman has the State,
but on second choice it is mixed
in opinion between Lincoln, For
aker and Harrison. Out of 1,O75
townships canvassed, only one man
has the favor of as many as 253.
That man, Foraker, is, of course,
out of the question as a serious
choice, unless the Republican party
considers any sort of a scarecrow
good enough to hang bloody shirt
upon.
Indiana does not seem to be rea-
Isonably decided in her views. Out
of total of 1852 canvassed town
ships Harrison has 69s, Sherman
302 and Gresham 105, with the re-
maindcr divided between Blaine,
t. =
Lincoln and Depew. For second
choice a small plurality of Hoosiers
want Sherman, but he has only
about 352 townships out Of ,475 in
in his favor.
Minnesota is badly mixed. Lin
eoln is the farorite in the proportion
of 401 out of 962 canvassed precincts;
Gresham has 211, Sherman III, and
no other man more than 100. No
second choice exists. Lincoln has
152 out of 600 townships, and Gres-
ham only 122, while the Allison
sentiment shows itself in 1O1 pre-
cincts. Sherman has no following
IS second choice.
Pennsylvania has no settled pref
erence. Blaine's withdrawal has
left the subjects of the iron and coal
trusts without any one ultra enough
in his ideas to meet their demands,
Reports were received by the Times
from 1,266 wards and townships.
Lincoln had 355; Sherman, 254;
Hawley, 1Os; Depew, 81; Harrison,
So, and Gresham, 54. Neither AL.
lison, Foraker, nor any other posi-
bility, had a following to exceed 80.
To sum up, it will be seen that
there is an utter absence of crystal
lized party sensiment. No strong
voice rises spontaneously for any
one man, as the voice of the Repub-
lican party called upon Lincoln in
1864, and as that of the united De-
mocracy calls upon Cleveland now.
In no State does any single indiyid-
ual have even a majority of the as
certained preferences of the people
in his favor.
The once great Republican party
is begging for a leader.
1t is true that but five States were
eanvassed by the Times, bnt they
represent the pivotal points of the
nation. One hundred and eleven
electoral votes are involved. Sixty
of these were Republican in 1884
and fifty-one were Democratic.
The Republicans, to elect their
man in November, must make gains.
That they cannot hope to do SO is
manifest. With the empire State at
sea it is impossible to unite upon
nominee without wrangle. The
nearer its national convention ape
proaches the more mnddled things.
will become.
The Democratic party has every
reason to be satisfied with the situa-
ton, for it assures another term in
which to make those needed reforms