Show Ii aD S THE STRUGGLE of the stalwarts Bfe = S gan in Chicago on Wednesday after 1 S I I 5 noon and will be continued today 1 I j It is Lot at all improbable that before i the sun goes down the next president of the United States will be designated I ii desig-nated We sincerely hope it will be i I ii otherwise for a republican administration I f adminis-tration of twenty years duration ia along I f a-long enough reign of ofScial fraud f S and corruption But it i cannot be j 5 denied that the chances aro about S evenly distributed between the two great parties Tbe success of cither S S S i will depend as much upon the man it nominates as upon its actual strength of numbers today If the man nominated for president by the repnblicans shall be one possessing I the personal qualifications of ability S i i L honesty integrity and a pure moral character it will be difficult fer S tbo democrats to defeat him S and especially if they shall nominate S i J a man loss able and wanting in honesty S = = hon-esty faithfulness or uprightness oft of-t personal deportment There is no S S danger of the democrats neglecting these important considerations in S S 1 the selection of a standardbearer j for they realize the narrowness of tbe S contest and understand that no t t points must be lost Republicans areS are-S F lees cautious or are wanting in a cotS cot-S I rect appreciation of tbe situation I i With them everything is i done by the 1 machine Grant is a machine cant can-t 1 didate Blaine ditto and Sherman S I S T likewise The character of the meu It and their fitness for the position are i taken lee into consideration than R 1 theIr promises to reward friends andS and-S managers in the event of their election i elec-tion What tbe democrats have most tt t j to fear is that the Chicago convention Svj r I today will discard the machine i t i candidates and take up a better andS and-S a purer man It now seems likely t r that this will be done Blaine evidently r evi-dently has the inside track in the 1 organization of the convention as a S I u temporary chairman in his interest has been chosen and it is understood S that tbe unit rule which would cornS corn-S t pel some delegates to voto against f I their convictions and preferences will S f r bo abolished and of course Elaines i I 1 interest SB thereby he will got twenty three votes from New York come S j from Pennsylvania and other states i I f which would ctherwhe have gone to I Grant But while the Maine senator < 1 I has gained EO much he is yet short of S f the number votes to nominate him S and he can draw from nona of the J others to make up the deficiency He S II < is lariatsd and can reach nothing S I 1 S s j 1CJeyond the Ifmit of his rope The siraation is similar with Grant and I Ii I Sherman their 4 t only ropes aro shorter than those of Blaine 44 i j I Sherman has the additional tzr drawback tobis chances of eucces S r Uhat the present occupant of the f tJ I White House is from Ohio and the S convention would hardly regard it as fair to give the offico to one state S 4 twice in succession Then a new I i man will be taken and who he is is r i 5 the great conundrum for the solution of which we will all anxiously awaitS await-S i 3 tt f Stbo news from Chicago this afternoon S A month ago E B Wasbburne S i f might have bean picked upon as the i t probable nominee but today he mayas A I > may-as well be set asidQ as one without I d i I hope He has thrown away his S excellent chances by his persistent f I and almost offensive clinging to Grant l t I f q L i co v end his rejection of tbo complimentary compli-mentary support tendered him here and there throughout the country I Grant being slaughtered the Grant candidates must perish with him General Garfield is a formidable dark horse II and were it not for the fact that he like Sherman cornea from tho same elate as Haye his nomination might bo regarded as next to certain But we look jipon Senator Edmunds of Vermont as occupying the best position in the field It being found impossible fcto nominaW Blaine the entire New England delegation would take Ed munds as second choice and Grant being dropped his supporters would go over to the Maine senator in preference pref-erence te any other Of course everything every-thing is mere speculation but unles3 something shall spring to the surface not now capable of being seen we expect to announce on Friday morning morn-ing that the Chicago convention has decided that the republicans will fight the coming battle under the banner of George F Ed mends If this shall prove tbe conclusion con-clusion of the convention the democrats demo-crats will have a hard contest on their hands Ho is young active able possessing all the qualification for the office and what will be of great importance in the coming campaign cam-paign be will not have to defend his personal character from assault |