The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-02-11
d NoTES.

The editor of the Chicago Tribune,
tWashburne organ writes.as fellows
from Washington to his paper:
"The most striking feature of the
political situation here now Is the
recognition On all sides of how much
depends upon one man, as manifest
in the apprehension on the one side,
and the decidedly wrought-up ex-
pectation on the other, of
WHAT BLAINE WILL DO.
Almost as common as whats the
news?' is becoming the query,
what is Blaine at now?' or What
will Blaine do next?' The Demo-
cratic caucuslng, of late so assiduou,ly
kept up. is, more Than to any other
cause, due 10 what Blaine did in rout-
ing the entire Democratic majority
in the Amnesty debate. They are
yet busy accounting for the disaster
that befell them from his attack sin
g~le-handed; and from their discom-
hted theOrizing over ii, perhaps down
TO the latest generation they will still
be explaining 1t, as the worshipers of
the First Napoleon do in accounting
for Waterloo, by s%olennly declaring
tffot ~ was tiit manu- VI lCotibN tlll
did 1t. In all their caucusing, too,
the object seems quite as much to
guard against what Blaine may do. as
1t is to discover the long-lost princi-
niles III tile great Democratic party.
He is the awful warning of the Dem
ocratic statesmen, the leaders among
whom are believed to quiet the raw
untamed in the Democratic infant
class by reminding them of what
Blaine did and what Blaine may do.
On the Republican side there IL
scarce a less eager expectancy as to
what Blasne is going to do. He
makes no contidants, but forms his
wi plans and these. il is felt, are
liable to prove quite as much a sur
prise to the Republicans as to the
Democrats. MOI, however, because
of any apprehension that he may
blunder. Instead, since the awaken
ing Of the country by the Amnesty
debate, there is an
ALMOST UNBppNDED CONFIDENCE
IN HIS POLITICAL sAGACITY.
\ Il n n
He looks surcharged with tremen-
douS energy, SO irresistibly
ihiBCfIiiS Iitn ittu ttt SttiiIl-DTttheS
couldn't slow him down to 300 revo-
lutions per minute. When there is
nothing to work it of, ii seems to
effel vesce in boyish exuberance of
spirits ; or he darts hither and thither
across the hall. up and down the
aisles, or through the lobby, with in
cessant activity. His habitual air is
that of Il man intent upon overtak-
inn fn- n,arrnur and 1r; .;.,, ., -.
such tremendous speed that nobody
would be surprised if he did it
Physically he is a splendid type of
manhood; of commanding stature /;
straight as a Maine pine; brOad-shoul-
dered and of MUSCULAR frame; a
tribe stout, but with step quick as a
boys, and every movement as free
and supple as that of n trained ath-
lete. He has a full, high forehead;
large, keen, observant eyes; nose
slightly aquiline, and of the sort that
adds to the look of push-aheaditive-
nessrthat is imprinted on his every
feature. His short-cropped beard.
which half conceals his lower face,
gives him an mir of military precis-
ion. In speech he is rapid. but dis
tinct in utterance, and clear-cut in
expressions; makes no apparent at
tempt at rhetorical graces, but is for
chile, pungent, and ut times stirring
ly eloquent, while always terse, and
pointed, and marvelously quick at
repartee, and, when most intense, IS
most master o himse,f, and thorough
ly self-poised. He does not seek &C.
casion TO speak; but, as often as he
takes the floor, letter-writing and
conversation cease, and everybody
listens; fori is expected he will say
something;-which expectation he has
thus far been very far from disap-
pointing. at this session.
The New York Herald puts the
following terse question:
"What has become of the brains
of the Democratic party? They have
a handsome majority in the House of
Representatives in this year of q
presidential election. They ought to
be conscious that the country is
watching them carefully to see by
what spirit they are animated. In
one matter they had a really great
opportunity to gain the confidence
and good will of the people of all
sections, but they have miserably
thrown it away"
sEx-Speaker Blaine is the only man
in the country who has the entire
Republican press of his state urging
his nomination for The ~esidpnp