, 1879-01-01
THE NEXT PRESIDENCY.
Talft with nm Anonymous Republican
"(tfnh&" SENATOR

ploHl!teu abt ~ name. ta1A: "liOW 10 you
regard tho next Presidential clccttoni''
"NothlnR can prevent a Solid South fnr tho
Democratic party. Tho Republicans witt havc
10 carry pretty mitch all the Northern States
except, VIC may say, IM1lana md New Jcrscy.
It Is very tight n. have the Impression.
however. that tho Republicans may Gct through"
"Whnt do yos attribute the apparent rcyou-
tior Ut last fail TOP.
scared when Maine and rart OF Vermont went
Communicate and Democratic. Everybody took
the panic, aud the Democratic party was beaten,
"a we'll as its smaller associate, The National
party.' think thai II Alainu had epne lscp,,b.
tcan the following elections would have result
Cd differently In tho larger States"
"Who will tc tho Republican candlt1atul'
N think that Grnnt will get It without much
s1oubi. 11c Will poll as Inany Republican votes
ms anybody in tho country. give moro character
and lustro to tho campaign, aud will got, be-
sides, considerable Democratic yo'c,-pcssonal
followlng.t
u ConklEne candidate for The prctidcncyr'
lio docsn't exactly know what lie wants.
He'd like Ia be President but IL atrald he can't.
lie doesn't want Blaine IL 10 elected. 1n tnct,
nc llas bccn doing nothing for eumc ti,no past.
think
",ytt, x,,,x'1, IF Is IN LOVE-"
~ don't k.ow,'' sn!,1 the scnntor, cyaslyc,y,
llas not he All tntcrcIting famlyi"
"llls wife Is Inust excellent woman, and Inns
.!a,ightcr Of e4uai Eoot'ncss who Is SCOT, to be
around Washington w!.o seems to iIaye 70 tIttlo
domestic 1ifo % ConkbQ, and should fa,,ey
tint llc was q hard man to get along with do
mcsiically. New Ynrk will be mainly inr Urant
for President next tltnc."
"1s not D!alnc dromtn!uE up popularity with
Eool deal ol adro|tncss: and str!nglng Ills men
out oil over tho eountryI"
ain the Senate he l,as but few followers.
that the Senate Ia divided between Btano and
CUnkl!nR: lnlno flaa nobody at Ills back III tho
New England lclcEatsoM unless II bo Hannibal
lEatnliu, except Ell 1toilns, of Euw Hampshire.
ns.isfn s , sssat s9ssa,y FIR oSa. eTsEc M IT, the S @
raao; when ChntEco was In the House OF Rep
rcsentartEcs. he relied on blaine, who was Of
tho sat,lc kidney, to take care Of his bills.
think tt!c h Nebraska alltl iowa men, aud perhaps
like. At tue samo tina nothing will cun,e OF
Houtll."
"Wllat !s tho reason Of tllati't
more than ans other pcreon except llayes. ho
y the bsrakct-up Of tho Republican purity Il, tl.
South. Congrcss had Maturcd Force bilt, H.
funded to renress ltiste Clubs nntl sueh agencies
as have restored the South tu the itcbc1s. Tho
President had promised to sign that bill. jim
BlatIe was curry iug fayor With t!iu lchels, all
ha had left thu Spenkcr's chair and ralno
on tho floor nnl helped Sam Randall bent tic
bill. Not long afterwarl lie undertook 10 curry
favor with tho Southern Republicans ngais aud
support Ut tlIot Rebel elemen! fur the llcpub-
lran Convention. or for Literal Kopnbiica,,
movement, to-cnlfed. In short, D1ntno las no
pr'nsolc l!s thought tho Republican purity
"lA not ,ysadtc'gt, of Now Hampshire, n
Blaine uanin
mo believe that ho was a Nrl.tow man
Originally. flo will 10 reelected, - he aays."
Who Is Morrill,, u Vermont. in fuyoe otf''
~ think he l. n favor, Of Ednlunds. .'rl'cro
arc several Senators wllo look fAvorably On
Edml1nds fur the Presidency. 1 a,a not sure
t1at II; Anthony L. not one Of them. Justin Mur-
lencs IN all Eduuuts' positions. .irdvc.i,
Elmunds 10 one Of the inost lust and acct,nl-
pfsfIc.l med tn public lille. llo Is at t!lnes can-
vis!a! ln ILLS habits. but always arquits himself
n,auly Republican II, tho party"
IL tt uut pronabio TINT Blaine, in Its anxiety
to beat Grant, Will work for Waslburur or Aomu
Of those Numerically known men vino nppcar to
bc sk!Eting tho caccs OF tho nomination."
" lle comes from the State OF MnInc, nt,tl. OF
eoars, Dla,ne would CATER a little to min. The
fact Ii TINT Grant includes tho wllulo Of what is
II, the rest Of those fellows, ul. rrcat deal
uorc No pcrton IN tho iist can afford to have
possible for :lr. 1lnycs TO tuke the otIlvc. uIui
upheld hinl IN his position. think Con.
t.rans has l1a1 superb education In
Europc, and will como taca hero better
ever wAs before, mud not .iigposed 10 r.
member friends or enemies uro tIlnn s Fesncrt-
ablc. We certainly havc nObolY In public hfc
that can pretend to hs nttainn,ents. Mr.. Sew
ar.i was our Foreign. Secretary lnforc lie knc,y
much Ut iofctgn ia1lds nut hc ,nade part OF tlle
trip usapt ID making Ut tho Gloss 0f hla llfv
tfrant Is only ~ years Vi aGc. and, II he lives tn
bis fatlltrs agc, will iaYe a good part ot gen.
sres at tho h ecnto o iii ths ssy rsca
,l,pMts OF tho world, And II known to almost
every prominent man of hls time. think that
tho moro his ulprits arc dlscussed tho stronger
i.e will come out u,,d ils fcuber viii it's o.
Merita appear"
KuEAsfAN AND THURMAN.
"Ias John Sherman Presidential nspIfs'
VT has occurred to me-" sal,l tho Senator,
help bhcr1nan yet tl.e nomination. At tbs .ats,c
tane that wnusd only abtalsn,Iizc Republican
Convention aga'n. That II mnc reason VII,
Wsahourne has llp s4uw. THU party Is t0o
positive. aud 1t has haa tu, Mtsch cxDcrtc,,cu
with Hayes 10 make my trials Ut fellnws who
arc only backed w ty the guerrilla styiu u
ucwspapcsa. No tN1ra ncridtnts."
"WIo y moEr likely 10 he tho Democratic
ilotn!Hce fllan anv other persont"
''Just now II looks Ike Tom Bsyard very
much. 1lc has thrown OIL Ills lIstlcsis,esa, anil
apncars to hnya gs,uu tntO thu campaign. /
dplft think, however, that l,o u tie equal, Il,
rsspeet Of ls!towsh'o, ta'cntt Or exper.ncc, u
Thar!uan. Thurman Is highly regarded by bis
associates IN tho eonntc. 1ho old fellow MAY
have lI't!o delnagoxcry ABOUT him, hut hts
grain IL goosl. lie has plenty Of youth IN HIN,
tu, ali ran lake his lrauI mud pI9y his corner Ut
cards wi.h anybudy. !!u bus managed ttu bat
tses Of hts party IN the 6enatr without tnctr-
ring aly hostility for being liseuurtcuus. This
old fellow has tlv clsucMt Ut ctEtainty On lis
side, ard you cau always depend on h,l, either
as an opponent oE friend"
MATTHEW'S.
HWhut kind OF u reputation ha4 Stanley s{at-
thcWs iu the hcnntct"
"Iio came tneso with some feeling aealn,t
him on account Ut Ills anomalous relations 10
Hayes, Garfield, mil The party. think that
10 haA triumphe.i, and got Rcncral Eooi
opinion irona his iriuw. Senators BY the ruai
good natusu that IL tn him. lie seems to ho
ambitious by dts and starts, with lazy periods
10 betwecn.f
"WAat do you think OF Dlaiue's Committee
to investigate The Soutla"
"lt has como 10 Just about the end 1t de-
served, ss one Ut Dl4Ine's dcylres to keep I'D
suiue following sua prominence tur bI!lselL.
This Senators, a. q rule, shvunk QWnY fruIn 1t,