The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1881-01-22

politician VINO Wiile nOC unlrledlV
to Senator Whyte, is friendly with
the managers. He doubtless expresses
the feelings OF many of the Senator's
sympathizers in laying at the door of
the Governor a part of the blame for
the defeat of Senator Whyte, but he
does not exactly give their views as
to their part in the approaching cam
paign. Some of the opponents of the
managers are now. as ever. willing to
take up the cudgel against them.
The strange thing about the situation
is that no one can tell what Governor
Hamilton proposes to do. No one
knows what his plans are, and, if
the truth must be told, he probably
does not knew what they are himself.
He seldom thinks that the time for
action has arrived until it has passed,
and all opportunities for a victory
are irretrievably lost. He may haye
learned by experience, and in this
probability the only hope of his sup
perters rests. 1t is TIE impression
among his followers that he intends
to make a vigorous contest for the
State comptrollership. The electiNa
to this office of one of his synpaN
thizers would give him what hsmost
desires-the control in the BOard of
Public Works. This weUid enable
him to name the president of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, beside
other Offices worth having. But the
question that the Hamilton men are
asking themselves is, "How are we
going to do it ?" Where to begin
and how to go to work after the be-
ginning has been made is what puz
zles them.
Senator Whyte in conversation a
short time ago conceded the truth of
the assertion made by Mr.. Hamil-
toms opponents, that the latter had
it in his power to secure his nOmina-
ton to the Senate, had he chosen to
do so. But he does not propose to
quarrel with the Governor on that
account, and has not the remotest
idea of antagonizing him. He har-
bors no resentments against him or
against others for what they did or
did not do in the senatorial cam
paign. He admitted further that it
was a fact not to be controyerted,
that he had nothing to gain by tax
ing part in the approaching cam
paign, yet his mind was not fully
made up about it; and while he
would not say that he would take a
hand in the struggle for the State
comDtrollership, he was not prepared
to assert the contrary. He thought
that it might be possible for the
Governor'S opponents to underrate
his strength in the counties, and his
following may be larger than some
anticipate. He was of the opinion
that the opposition to the Governor
would make a fight in the city so as
to secure the eighteen delegates in
the next Legislature. ofg
There is considerable activity in
the managers camp, where prepara.
tions are being made to meet the
enemy, and the standing notice at
the portals, "Recruits Wanted"
sometimes serves its purpose in at
tracing a deserter from the opposi.
ton. A good reward is offered to
such recruits as are worth having, ia
the shape of offices to be awarded at
some future time. The importance
of the offices promised is graded ac-
cording to the rank of the deserter.
For private the reward is clerk
ship, or some less valuable gift, for
seat in the Legislature,
and afterwards more lucrative
Office +; for a colonel, 1t is a seat in
Congress or a judgeship; and there is
no saying what price they set upon
a general. They refuse the fellow
ship of none, and are willing to re
ceiye to their bosom their most in
veterate epemy if he swears alley
lance to them hereafter. This is their
mode of warfare, and they say that
their experience is that it has proved
a complete success. Every one of
their leaders is believer in the trite
saying that "more flies can be caugh
with honey than with vinegar" and
some of them are veterans in its
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From the N. Y. Tribune.