Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-11-05

Ths assuggsc Anesa.
Secretary Blaine has been beard
from on the Cabinet situation. He
says II 10 to be Grant from top to
bottom. It 10 not dificult, in cast
ing the political horoscope for the
next four years, to fancy Blaine as
respects Arthur In the identical at.
titude Conkling occupied to the
administration Of Garfield, with
the difference that the astute Sec
rotary Of State will be tolerably
certain not to do anything so pet.
tish and foolish - resigning from
the Senate, should he again get
into that body, with the sage view
OF QUITTING or his nose TO spite bis
face. Very many Of the ablest
men in the Republican party, like
George William Curtis. say that
Conkling has never shown himself
to possess . single element OF
statesmanship. However that
may BE-, he has certainly not dis
played great tact or ingenuity as 3
politician. Only the dissemination
Of 0Arfield-a rcumstance either
.Providential or accidental-saved
Conkling from . complete discom-
ature. He had certainly placed
himself In the most defenceless pc.
alton in which any public man of
note In American affairs ever
found himself. It is quite evident
that he was not aware OF the base.
ness Of his own partizAns. His be.
trayal ct Albany was one OF the
most ignobls episodes ever record
Cd In politics, and sho wed how es-
ssntially meroenary the Republic
ans OF the Empire State are.
When Mr.. Buchanan, q Democrat.
10 President, threw the whole
weight Of his administration
against Senator Douglas, the
Democracy of Illinois rallied
around the "Little Giant" like q
stone wall. They despissd patron
age, and stood by the man of their
choice, even though his opponent
was no less person than Abraham
Lincoln. With the degenerate
Republicans OF New York, how
ever, "Wood Pulp" Miller sufficed
to overthrow man in whom,
time and again, the Republicans
had professed unbounded conf.
dence. Mr.. Blaine understands
his party far better than Mr.. Conk.
hing did. He will make no mis-.
takes Of surrender. While it may
be doubted whether either Blaine
or Conkiing ia a Statesman, and
while Conkling has shown him
self to be even a poor politician,
Blaine is perhaps the most con-
summAte leader ever developed on
this continent, with the single ex.
osption Of Henry Clay. Nobody
can point to any distinctive meas.
IRE Of which Blaine can claim the
paternity. In that respect, and in
captivating eloauence, he was far
inferior to the Mill Boy OF
the 6lashes, but there has
been no public man In our history
who has pushed himself to such
great heights by tact and the sub.
sic knack Of the born politician as
has Blaine. Nobody knows why
he IL 20 strong, and yet he has a
hold on the Republican masses
never possessed by any other man.
He 10 strong In the Republican
strongholds. By rights he ought
TO have been the Republican nom.
ines In 1879 and again In 1880. A
Psnnsylvanian, devotedly loved by
the Republican masses Of his ma.
tive State, the Cameron machine
Wa able to make Hayes the Re.
publican nominee in 1879; and
and Blaine himself was obliged to
make Garfield the nominee, In
1850. In order to defeat Grant and
the Camerons. On both of these
occasions the vote OF his native
State would have made him the
Republican nominee by over
whelming odds. It is neverthe less
true that while the Camerons
were able to withhold Pennsyl.
veuia's vote from Blaine on both
the occasions named, the rank and
Ale Of the Republican party of
Pennsylvania were for Blaine two
- one against the whole field of
candldates. Blaine's publication
81 his letter Of acceptance as Sec.
Rotary Of State to Garfield is a
plain proclamation of the fact that
he 10 In the field for President in
1884. It was intended as o rally
ing CRY to the friends Of Garfield,
and it will plainly have that eff
feet. When be next appears in
the Prudential arena he will be
the Blaine Of old plus the myriad
friends which disaster nebly borne
he's made for Garfield. Certainly
. pretty fight IL looming up ahead.
0fAnt, Conkling and Arthur are