Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-04-11
THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE.
Who viii BE the Leader of the Gone
Out-Of-PoWer Party?

Out-of-Power" Party?
The uncertainty attached to the choice Of
Q Republican standard-bearer to lead the
forlorn hope in the Presidential campaign
has had very depressing effect upon the
'gone-outparty," says the Albany Argus.
The faithful are in deep distress and anx-
iety to know who is going to lead them out
Of the wilderness. Three years have not
blunted their appetite or longing for the
fiesh-pots Of the federal Egypt, and as the
time draws near for another attempt to get
back to those fiesh-pots, they are in an un-
controllable state of nervousness. A large
number Of them banked heavily on the con
tingency of another bout by Mr.. Blaine, and
up to the PRONUNCIATION of the Florence
message they regarded his nomination as
certain. The message, however, leaves
them all at sea, or rather in tho desert,
without the slightest idea of where they
may find leader. With Mr.. Blaine out of
the way, candidates by the score have put
in claim for the succession, but none of
them appears to possess the confidence of
the distressed party. Each has a certain
local strength, which is not sufficient, ap-
parently, for National convention.
The Philadelphia Times has taken the
trouble to ascertain, as far as possible, the
Presidential preferences of Republicans in
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and
Minnesota, and presented recently the re-
suit of its investigation. Although such an
investigation lacks many elements of relia-
bility on account Of the incompleteness Of
the returns, yet it gives some general idea
of the state of the Republican mind in those
States on the Presidential candidate ques-
tion. The Times claims that the result
shows the experiences Of thoughtful men
among Republican electors resident in five
great States, or about three-eighths of the
total Republican vote of the country in 1854
The preferences are based upon the under
standing that Mr.. Blaine is not in the field
Mr.. Depew leads in this State, being the
choice or 4S4 wards and townships out Of
l. 100 heard from. For Blaine, declination
or no declination, 403 districts announce
their unalterable allegiance. Foraker and
Gresham are at the end of the list with only
four districts each. Pennsylvania expresses
some preference for Lincoln, but is strong
ly in favor of Sherman or Hawley. Ohio,
Of course, favors Sherman, but should Fora
ker attempt the Garfield strategy of 1884 at
the convention the Buckeye delegation
would quickly throw the great "funder'
overheard. Indiana is loyal to "Ben" Har-
rison and looks askance at tho Gresham
boom. Lincoln is ahead in Minnesota, with
Gresham close behind him. "Palsyr Fair
child has one vote.
1t may seem from this straw of Repub-
hcan sentiment that it is anybody's race at
the coming convention, and that there will
be more entries than, perhaps, have ever
been known before at a Republican Ma
tional convention. The following candi-
dates have already been put forward: De-
pew, Sherman, Harrison, Lincoln, Gresham,
Hawley, Allison, Sheridan, Childs, Evarts,
Hiscock, Phelps, Fairchild, Foraker, Conk-
ling, Morton, Cameron, Ingalls,, Alger, Por-
ter, Beaver, G. K. Davis, Rusk and Warner
Miller. Almost as many entries as for q
SIX days go-as-you-place race. 1t must not
be forgotten, however, that four of those
candidates have already declined to be con-
sidered as applicants for the empty honor
of the nomination They are Sheridan, De-
pew, Childs and Lincoln.
1t is very remarkable that the Tall Tower
organ, which is supposed to be the official
mouthpiece of Mr.. Blaine, should persist in
still booming him after his Florence mes
sage. Scarcely day passes without the
publication Of extracts from "Blaine-or-
bust' papers in the Tribune with significant
headings, such as, "Georgia is Enthusiastic
for Blaine,n "Must Have Blaine" "Blaine
or Nobody" etc. The chief Blaine organ
appears to take particular pleasure in try
ing to convince the convention beforehand
that Blaine is necessary for the party. Can
1t be that when the scrub race between the
nobodies who are to be entered for the
nomination is at it's height the sly favorite
will be suddenly brought forward and as
surances given that his coyness may be
overcomei 1t looks not unlike it. The
Democracy, strong in the wellfounded be-
lief of their popularity, care little whom
their opponents may put in the field.