Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-12-29
ARTHUR'S SUCCESSOR.
The Presidential Outlook for 1884
From the New York Tribune.

The Presidential Outlook for 1884.
From the New York Tribune.
WAsHINaToN, December 26.-The
winter is to be dali one politically,
to all appearances. This is to be
prominently a business session, with
plenty to do and little time to do it
In; and the signs are wanting yet
that the President intends to adopt
the energetic" policy which his par
ty friends are urging upon him.
Under these circumstances you
would not expect to hear much talk
about the Presidency, and there is
not great deal. Yet the excep-
tional nature of the results il Nov
embcr and the debate they started
in the Republican press as to VIII t
the country must do to be saved
from Democratic president in 1885
has had the effect of bringing out
much more Presidential gossip than
would have been heard if the Nov
ember elections had presented nor
NAL showing of losses and gains on
one side and the other.
There is vast deal of discussion
as to the future of the party, the
most noticeable feature of which is
that most of the statesmen are very
much at sea. One thing that is heard
on all sides is that the elections, and,
above all, the condition of the party
in New York and Pennsylvania, de
mand the retirement of most of the
prominent Presidential candidates,
and the nomination of some new
man who has had no connection with
the party controversies in those
States, and so would not be obiec-
tionable to either faction. While
stalwarts admit that this will rule
out President Arthur, they declare
that they have good reason for be-
heving that he never had any inten>
ton of being candidate.
It seems to be universally unders
stood that Mr.. Blaine has not for
long time had any idea of allowing
his name to be used, in spite of the
formation of Blaine clubs only the
other day in Pennsylvania; and his
friends know that he is taking a
much keener interest in his business
affairs, the arrangement of his new
home, and his collection of rare
engrayings, than in contemporary
politics.
The talk about nomiIsting Gen.
eral Sherman that has been floating
about in the newspapers has not
been altogether idle. Prominent
Republicans have expressed the
opinion that, Judging from the
present outlook, his nomination
might be a strong one. Their argn-
ment is that the people would have
thorough confidence in his indie
pendence and honesty, and that his
brilliant war record might give
chance for another Harrison 'hur-
rah" campaign, while the fact that
he had never taken any part in pol>
itics would bar any objection on
fractional grounds. By the time the
nominating convention convenes he
will have settled down into private
citizen of st. Louis. He will not be
sixty four, the age at which he would
be retired by the new law, until
February s, 1884, and so, if he
should possibly be the next Presi
dent, would enter on his duties a
few weeks after he had reached six
ty-fve
There is more talk, however, of
having Harrison campaign with
the genuine article is, Ser ator
Harrison as the nominee. 1t is,
perhaps, interesting to know that, in
spite of his Blaine recos.., Stalwarts
speak of him as an acceptable candi,
date tt them; as man who has
taken no part in party disputes and
yet has not kept out because he was
weak or timid. He seems to be
generally regarded as g. man of
ability and strong character, who
would make an independent Presi-
dent. His Indiana friends believe
that he will be very prominent
candidate if he continues to make no
effort to get the nomination. This he
isslikely to do, as he is said to have
reached point where he is no longer
willing to be talked to ON the SUBJ
ject.
Senator Allison and Senator VIM
dom are also subjects of a good deal
of this, desultory speculation. They
occupy about the same place in the
party, so far as factional questions
are concerned, and both are men Of
ability, In fact the Presidential Cos
sip runs to Senators as usual, in spite
of the fact that no one has ever step
ped from Senator's chair into the
White House.
Secretary Lincolns nomination
too, has been seriously discussed by
some people who are wise in politics
Those who favor it believe that hi,
name would have great strength il
the South where the negroes would
) go through fire and blood to vote fol
Abraham Lincoln's son; and so, by {
full vote, might turn the scale il
Virginia, North Carolina and Ten
nessee. He was a member O.
{ CART eds Cabinet and has beer
continued in Arthur's. He il
the son of one murdered Pres
ident and the friend O.
another A well>known New York
politician said the other day: "This
feeling that you saw, especially ir
the country, while Garfield was
suffering and dying, has settled into
a permanent political force. It is al
emotion, sentiment; but when il
moves If will move in one bodv- anr