Blaine's Popularity

The Toledo Blade, whose weekly edition has subscribers in every state in the country, recently called upon every republican voter among its readers to send his own choice for president and vice president by answering the following questions : 1. Who is your first choice for the next republican eandidate for the presidency ? 2. Who is your second choice ? 3. Who is your choice for vice president? The appeal for replies was made through the editorial columns of the Blade, no blanks being sent out. In response the paper received 21,390 replies, of which we give the first five names in each case. First Choice- Blaine, 11,010; Sherman, 6,684; Lincoln, 2,237; Allison, 384; Edmunds, 117. Second Choice - Sherman, 7,633 ; Blaine, 3,473; Lincoln, 2,531; Allison, 1,154; Edmunds, 356. Choice for Vice President - Lincoln, 7,396; Depew, 1,256; Harrison, 1,114; Sherman, 983 ; Allison, 937. In the New England states Blaine as firgt choice had 104, Sherman, 46, Lincoln, 20, and Edmunds, 19. In New York Blaine was the first choice of 468, Sberman of 131, Lincoln of 72, Depew of 14, Hawley of 13, and Conkling of 6. In the middle states together Blaine was first choice of 1,458, Sherman of 355, and Lincoln of 185. In the southern states Blaine had 2,280, Sherman, 1,800, and Lincoln, 583. In the western states east of the Mississippi Blaine had 3,768, Sherman, 2,911, and Lincoln, 724. In the states west of the Mississippi Blaine had 2,918, Sherman, 1,389 and Lincoln, 656. The Michigan vote was as follows : Blaine 778 Col. Ingersoll 4 Sherman 306 Cutcheon 4 Lincoln 106 Gen. Sheridan -3 Aleer 9 Foraker 3 Edmunds 8 Hawley 2 As choice for vice president Alger stood fourth, having 32 votes. Blaine led in every state and territory except Rhode Island, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, Kentucky and Wyoming. In Rhode Island Senator Sherman had 3 and Gen. Sherman, 1 ; in South Carolina Sherman, 10, Blaine, 8 ; in Georgia Blaine and Sherman each 12 ; in Louisiana Sherman, 6, Blaine, 4; in Kentucky Sherman, 254, Blaine, 160; in Wyoming Blaine and Sherman each 6. In Ohio Blaine had 1,114 and Sherman, 1,042.