The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1880-12-10
Senatorial Aspiran,s.

Washington Correspondence N. Y. Tribune
The Maine SenatorshIp seems to lie be-
tween Mr.. Frye and Mr.. Hale, with chance
Of Mr.. Reed as third candidate, and pos
sibility, In case of o prolonged struggle, that
Mr.. HamRn will be returned, In spite Of his
partial A. sIination to be o candidate. Mr..
Frye OIL Mr.. Reed are both estopped by the
dang of leaving their districts to the
char n Of another Congressional election In
the sent state Of Maine politics, and with
SO row Republican margin in the House
tb. 1t single vote can be safely spared.
III Ahp3 Mr.. Hale does not succeed 1t is sug-
Co. he may look for . place In the new
@ tthf,t, but this suggestion Ii met by the
faa at he once declined the Postmaster
&c !, ,lship because his health would not
pery him foreman in Washington during
the m Z, hot summers. There has also been
a sugte. ton that the Vice President with
Lincor might himself make . good Cabinet
officer W. h Garfield. Mr.. Edmunds, OF Yer
mont, anu General Burnside, Of Rhode ISL
and, have already been reelected, and Mr..
Dawes, Of Massachusetts,, will probably be
his own successor. General Hawley will
take Mr.. Eaton's place from Connecticut,
and the change from case-hardened, mar
row-minded Bourbon Democrat to vigorous
Republican statesman will be one by which
the entire country will profit.
The question OF who who will be Mr.. Ker-
mans successor can be more probably dis
cussed In New York than in Washington.
The talk here centers chiefly upon Levi p.
Morton, Chauncey M. DePew and Richard
@. Platt, with some mention OF Richard
Crowley. The influences which opposed
Grant last spring are said to centering on
DePew, while the Conkling strength Is hest
Eating between Morton and Plat. Mr..
Conkling himself is understood to have
made no sign. In New Jersey the candi-
daies most spoken Of are Mr.. Robson and
Mr.. Potts. In Pennsylvania the Senatorship
Is plainly In the hands Of Galnsha A. Grow,
unless the Cameron element Is training RI
val candidate In obscurity, to bring out AFTER
the Legislature meets. Mr.. Grow has the
popular current with him, and sixty mem
bers Of the Legislature, It Ii said, have writ
ten to him pledging their support. The Ohio
Senstorship, made vacant by General Gar
fields resignation, or rather declination, of
the place to which he was appointed last
winter attracts much attention. It lies be-
tween Secretary Sherman and Governor Fos-
ter, all other candidates being mere nebu-
.lous possibilities. Sherman has the advan-
tage Of his great national reputation and the
feeling that the State cannot afford to lose
this opportunity of securing his services as
her representative. Foster has much greater
popul Nity, and b besides 20 situated that he
can bring his personal Influence directly to
bear In the contest. We're Sherman a. cor
daily liked - he Is thoroughly respected
there would be no contest 1t all.
In Indians the names Of General Ben Har-
rison, John G. New and Congressman Orth
and Browne ara all actively canvassed, and
Il is rumored that certain railroad manager
whose political activities have hitherto been
confined TO his own city, II thinking OF TAX
ing : hand In the contest. Governor Porter
refuses 10 be candidate, and shrcwd Indi-
anians say that General Harrison will be
taken out Of the contest and into the Cabi-
net. Mr.. CamerOn's Wisconsin aest d coy
eted by Mr.. Keyes, the chairman Of the Re-
publican State Committee, and Ia n likely
70 get n, unless there b some such rebellion
In the party q resulted In the election Of
Cameron six years ago. Nutterin@ and open
threats begin TO be heard from . certain por-
ton Of the press Of the State. Among the
men mentioned ~ possible opponents Of
Reyes are Governor Smith, Congressman
Williams, ex-senator Howe and ex-Congress-
men Washburne and Sawyer. In Minnesota
Senator Mcmillan II candidate for re-elec-
ton and II opposed by Congressman Dunnel
and Washburnc. whether Mr.. Paddock, Of
Nebraska, will be his own successor or the
seat will be gained BY ex-senator Hitchcock
u question upon which Washington gos-
zip throws no light. Mr.. Fair seems to have
captured the Nevada seat which Senator
Sharon occupied ct rare intervals when II
suited his convenience. California has Mr..
Booths place TO fill. He Is candidate for
reelection, but viii probably encounter
strong opposition. Ex-senator SARGENT and
ex-Congressman Bidwell are zspirants.
The Southern seats to be filed this winter
are those Of Bsyard, OF Delaware, WHITE, Of
Maryland, Hereford, Of West Virginia,
Jones, Of Florida, Bailey, Of Tenneasee.
Nancy, Of Texas, and Cockrell, Of Missouri.
BayArd and JONES' are saidto have free Aeld.
The rest win have plenty Of opposition. |
Bailey has little chance, II any. Iaxey's
prospects are not hattering, and HsreloFd's
good luck Che b Democratic
caspet-baeger from California; b likely to
fall him.