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In the [[United States presidential election, 1884|1884 presidential election]], President Arthur found insufficient support for his re-election campaign, and faced a formidable challenge from Blaine.<ref>''The Downfall of George F. Edmunds'', p. 130.</ref> Reformers, including future president [[Theodore Roosevelt]], pushed again to nominate Edmunds. However, the Vermont senator had no intention of seeking the presidency, stating to Hoar in a conversation at some point:<ref name=edmundsdownfallp.130>''The Downfall of George F. Edmunds'', p. 130.</ref>

In the [[United States presidential election, 1884|1884 presidential election]], President Arthur found insufficient support for his re-election campaign, and faced a formidable challenge from Blaine.<ref>''The Downfall of George F. Edmunds'', p. 130.</ref> Reformers, including future president [[Theodore Roosevelt]], pushed again to nominate Edmunds. However, the Vermont senator had no intention of seeking the presidency, stating to Hoar in a conversation at some point:<ref name=edmundsdownfallp.130>''The Downfall of George F. Edmunds'', p. 130.</ref>

{{cquote|If I know myself I have no desire to be  president . . . I  would  say  so  in  a  public  letter  but  I  suppose  the  chances of my nomination are so slight that it might seem ridiculous to decline.|||Edmunds in a conversation with Hoar}}

{{cquote|If I know myself I have no desire to be  president . . . I  would  say  so  in  a  public  letter  but  I  suppose  the  chances of my nomination are so slight that it might seem ridiculous to decline.|||Edmunds in a conversation with Hoar, 1884}}

The Republican National Convention ultimately nominated Half-Breed Blaine and former Stalwart [[John A. Logan]] of [[Illinois]] to head the party ticket. With both factions appeased, the majority of Republicans on both sides actively organized the GOP campaign.<ref name=johnloganbiop.186>Jones, James Pickett (1982). [https://books.google.com/books/about/John_A_Logan.html?id=IpkCCUxeyW8C ''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois''], p. 186.</ref>

The Republican National Convention ultimately nominated Half-Breed Blaine and former Stalwart [[John A. Logan]] of [[Illinois]] to head the party ticket. With both factions appeased, the majority of Republicans on both sides actively organized the GOP campaign.<ref name=johnloganbiop.186>Jones, James Pickett (1982). [https://books.google.com/books/about/John_A_Logan.html?id=IpkCCUxeyW8C ''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois''], p. 186.</ref>

Not all Half-Breeds supported the ticket; Sen. Edmunds, who believed a true Half-Breed must support civil service reform and thus distrusted Blaine,<ref name=levipmorton/> declined to give the pair any support throughout the campaign. He viewd his Maine colleague as a mere selfish opportunist and refused to support, writing:<ref name=edmundsdownfallp.130/>

Not all Half-Breeds supported the ticket; Sen. Edmunds, who believed a true Half-Breed must support civil service reform and thus distrusted Blaine,<ref name=levipmorton/> declined to give the pair any support throughout the campaign. He viewd his Maine colleague as a mere selfish opportunist and refused to support, writing:<ref name=edmundsdownfallp.130/>

{{cquote|It is my deliberate opinion that Senator Blaine acts as the attorney of Jay Gould. Whenever Mr. Thurman and I have settled upon legislation to bring the Pacific Railroad to terms of equity with the government, up has jumped Mr. James G. Blaine musket in hand, from behind the breastworks of Jay Gould’s lobby to fire in our faces.}}

{{cquote|It is my deliberate opinion that Senator Blaine acts as the attorney of Jay Gould. Whenever <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Allen G. Thurman]]] and I have settled upon legislation to bring the Pacific Railroad to terms of equity with the government, up has jumped Mr. James G. Blaine musket in hand, from behind the breastworks of Jay Gould’s lobby to fire in our faces.|||Edmunds, 1884}}

Stalwart leader Conkling, who by this time retired from political life, still maintained his personal disdain for Blaine to such an extent that even Logan's presence on the ticket did not prompt him to campaign for the pair.<ref>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', p. 196.</ref> When asked to bolster Blaine, he bluntly responded:

Stalwart leader Conkling, who by this time retired from political life, still maintained his personal disdain for Blaine to such an extent that even Logan's presence on the ticket did not prompt him to campaign for the pair.<ref>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', p. 196.</ref> When asked to bolster Blaine, he bluntly responded: