, 1877-03-11

BLAINE.
HE FINDS DISCRETION THE BETTER PART.
| Special Dlspatca to TIE Tribune.
| WAsH1SGToN, D. c., March l0.-There is a
good deal Of interest manifested III the probable
position OF the eloquent Illinois leader, Robert
! Ingersou, on the political situation. New York
papers to-day are full of advertising gags, which
| state that in lecture which Ingersou will de-
| liver in New York next Wednesday On the
political situation he will arraign the Hayes
! Administration. Blaine's name in these ad-
| yertisements is connected with Ingersoll'a
| position. Whatever may have been Blaine's
| intention when he made his first speech, he
assures his friends with the greatest positive
ness now that he has no intention Of oppos-
ing the Admiuistration-never had. II Blaine
did contemplate placing himself in the forward
ranks as the leader Of opposition to Hayes POI
Icy before that policy had been defined, the
unanimous voice Of the press in every section Of
the country and the
FLOOD OF TELEGRApu1c PROTESTS
aud warnings Of his personal friends hare
forced him to the conclusion that any such In
tentfon, II entertained, was grave political
mistake. At any rate Blaine now is seeking
every opportunity to create the impression that
he is not opposed to the Administration, and
wishes it especially to be known that he
voted and labored for the confirmation
Of both Sherman and Evarts, and was last night
in social conference with the latter. II Blaine,
through pique or ambition, really contemplated
leading the opposition faction, he has abandoned
the notion for the present, as there was no re-
sponse from the country, and as the following
Of which his fact1oil i" as uiade up haa raaial
diminished in thus last few days, that he would
soon be left In minority OF one.
L
10 the Editor oT The Tribune
CHICAGO, March 10.-1n your special Wash
ington correspondence Of last evening, the pub
liz is informed that q AL the rumors connect
ing Senator Blaine with any movement to de-
feat the confirmation Of the Cabinet are de-
clared BY his friends to be purely sensational
and groun1ess. He is quite In favor Of letting
Mr.. Hayes have his own way in selecting his
advisers On Wednesday last your Washington
correspondent stated that 1.-THE Senators who
areconspicuous in iuaugurating this opposition,
at the very threshold OF the new Administra-
tiou, are Blaine, and Cameron, Of PENNSYLVANIA
aud they propose to stand against Hayes
for what Blaine calls the little remnant Of the
Republican party between the Potomac and the
Rio Granae,n aud the Associated Press report
Of the same date says: ''When the Senate vent
appointments there was quite lively scene in
the Chamber. Under the rule Of the Senate
single objection to the present consideration OF
any nomination sends it to the appropriate COM
mittcc, and when the very hrst one, that OF
Eyarts to be Secretary Of State, was announced,
Mr.. Blaine movcd It's reference to the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations"
Your correspondent, 1t is true, may have
been In error in his deductions Of Wednesday
evening, but as to the truth OF the Associated
Press report Of the action Of the Senate IN the
matter. OF referring there can be no possible
question, as all Washington dispatches and re-
ports Of that date confirm the Associated Press
report. This reference OF the Presidents Cabi-
Ia arfn in thn