The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-11-05

I NNoi"N w iilh VISIT TO THE CAPITAL
INSIDE HISTORY OF EoBERTsoS's APPOINT.
MINT.
By authority OF Governor Foster tho
announcement IS made that Blaine intends
10 DE the next candidatc OF the Republican
party Tor the presidency. Governor Foster
mas ADDED, with the earnestness Of con.
'icuon, that Blaine will be the candidate
and the next President. Referring to Fos-
! .cl recent VISIT to Washington, the cor
respondent OF the New York Sun says:
whether he came here or not for the
/ purpose OF starting the Blaine boom. he
mas succeeded IN doing IL, and no longer
uoeS lingering doubt exist reSucctinc
hI' Diaincs purposes. Mr. Foster has
nor Salo, but his friends and Mr.. Dlaine's
friends are saying it for him, that the ticket
Is 10 be Blaine and Foster, and that IL win
sweep inc country. Ii is not probable that
IN his delightful talk with the President.
as he characterized it, he made the
announcement so bluntly and boldly
as he did 10 q friend AZ the Riggs
House, but he undoubtedly hinted some
! thing OF the kind. The Blaine enthusiasm
Bubbles over, and Blaine is apparent in
/ every enthusiastic prognosis OF the iutpro
OF The party which Foster uttcrs. For IN
stance, when friend asked him the other
day II Blaine was going abroad. the Cover
nor placed both hands on the friends
shoulders and began: "Abroadl not
much. lie stays in America. WHY. man.
don't you know that Blaine is the strong
est man in these United States since
I Garfield died, and he's going to be
I the next President Of these United
States, and you Just remember what
/ l tell you. Why, man, just see how Blaine
stands. He made a tremendous personal
sacrifice for the defeat OF the third term.
! Then what a record he made aS Secretary
OF State when poor Garfield was sick. why,
he is by oil odds the strongest man in the
Republican ranks, and he is going 10 be
stronger three years fcOm now. Yes, two
and hall years from now. DO you
realize that in two and hall years the
next convention will mcct?v
/ That Is the way Governor Foster has
been talking while lie has been here. The
+ Governor is a very enthusiastic man. He
is known to be very close TO Blaine, and
while he is not regarded as the most dis
Greet man in his utternce that ever was,
yet it is thought hardly probable that he
would make such strong assertions unless
nc had some reason therefor.
But what does John Sherman think about
il? Mr.. sherman, during the recent can
yasS in Ohio, was disposed TO De CONVERSE
tiOnal. by the warmth Of \ cosy fire in
the chambers OF the country taycrns where
he stopped while on his stumping tour he
used to entertain friends an hour or so be-
fore bedtime. While they smoked and lis
tened he chatted. On one oiIlese evenings
the conversation turned on Blaine, and
there came cut little bit Of history. The
story that was told in that chamber was as
follows: When General Garfield sent III the
names Of some ten or twelve appointments
in New York state TO the Senate during
the special session last spring there was
great CONSERVATION among the Inlf-Breeds.
Ii looked to them as though the President
had forgotten that they made his nomina-
ton possible. The choice offices in New
York were distributed to the StalWart
/, friends Of Mr.. Conkling. The senior sem
ator had, in fact, seen the list, and had in
formed the President that the nominations
were satisfactory to him and would be TO
Mr.. Plat. The bounding Daggett WAS
Kept on the road between Albany
and New York, and all his fertility
I Of imagination was not sufficient to
concoct satisfactory assurances that all
would be right yet. At last Mr..
/ Blaine was appealed 10. He was told that
il looked as though the President was
going TO snub Blaine's friends, and that
something must be done at once. The
President had assured Mr.. COnkling that
all nominations for New York would be
shown to him before they were sent in, and
the lialf-Brecds had heard OF this. The
man whom they had elected to the Senate,
Mr. Plat, was not keeping his pledges.
He was completely dominated by Conk-
ling.
This was the story that Blaine heard, and
which he knew well enough without hear
ing it. lie went to the President on the
evening before the day on which Judge
RObertsOn's name was sent 10 the senate rs
collector OF the port Of New York. His
demand was plainly put. 1t was nothing
less than that Judge RobertSOn's name
should be sent to the Senate next day.
The President for long time de-
elincd. lie remembered the under
standing which he had with COnklng,
and. besides, he did not know what to do
with Collector Merritt. Blaine suggested
the list Of changes in Europe by which
Merritt could be taken care OF, and wille
the President did not quite like the Up
hing OF so many men out OF places in order
10 ret one other man in a place, still he
was ready to do this if there were not
other objections to such action. Al
last Blaine delivered his ultimntum.
lie said that the treatment OF ms
friends in New York placed him in q
most seriously embarrassing position. lie
could not suffer himself 20 be placed IN any
such light. IL the President could not IND
ii consistent with his ideas and plans to
nominate Judge Robertson on the next
day, Mr.. Blaine would be obliged 10 reire
from the Cabinet. This was at midnight,
and a few minutes later Mr.. Blaine went
home with the Presidents promise. Next
day Judge Robertson Was nominated.