The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1882-11-04
BLUE REPUBL1CANs.


presence of company the Republican
Cfficehdlders here profess the utmost
confidence in the party success, but
in private many of them admit that
all the signs indicate that the day OF
judgment is not remote. Some OF
them think, or think they think,
that there is not going to be much
of a shower, and that an umbrella
will afford them all the protection
they need, but after all there is a
good deal of quiet rebuilding by
Republican officials who are satisfied
that the end e near. Some of the
most confident-talking officeholders
have good supply of life-preservers
in their sleeping-rooms, or are spend
ding their odd hours in the con
struction of life boats in the privacy
of their back yards. Many who
cling tenaciously to the idea that
the Republicans
MUST CARRY THE NEXT PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION,
base their hopes on the expectation
that the Democrats will get control
Of the next House Of Representa-
tives, and will "cut up rough" to
such an extent as to annihilate their
chances Of success in, any northern
state two years hence. An Illinois
treasury official said to-day that he
believed the party was doomed. For
years the ground had been gradually
cut out from under it. Good luck
or bad Democratic management had
rescued it once or twice from immi-
nent peril, but that sort of thing
could not 60 on indefinitely, and he
was inclined to think it had gone on
about as long as it could. He ex-
pected the Democrats to get the
House this fall, and
THE PRESIDENCY IN 1884.
He had just received letter from an
Illinois Congressman and candi-
date for reelection, who said: "My
prospects look little blue. To tell
the plain truth, they look very blue.
The Prohibitionists are making an
active canvass, and the Prohibition
candidate will get good man Re
publican votes" and very much the
same tale comes from all parts of the
country, some giving enc cause and
some another, but all producing the
same effect. One of the most prom
inent Indiana Republican officials
here admits in private that there is
no hope whatever in his State. 1t is
evident to all that the chances are
decidedly against the New York Re
publicans, and
THE ADMINISTRATION RECOGNIZES IT.
That Malone is not so sure Of
Virginia as was supposed is shown
by the sending Of an extra $4,000
into his State last week. A gentle
man who has been in politics good
deal, and who is pretty intimate with
western politicians, said regarding an
office he was seeking, that he didn't
expect if he got it that he could keep
it much more than two years-that
is not after the expiration Of Gen.
Arthur's presidency. There is every
indication that the cold guard is
leading tile Republican party to just
such defeat as it experienced in
1874, and from which, under half
breed President, it had barely recov-
cred when strange fate threw the
reins of power into the hands of the
Stalwarts again last year.
In the various departments of the
Government are a great many intel
ligent men and shrewd politicians.
An experience of ten or twelve years
or longer has enabled them to
READ THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES
with accuracy. Whether it is on
account of the elections which have
been held, or the prospects in those
States where they are to take place,
or from independent reflection Incl
dent thereto, and a variety of other
considerations relating to the polit-
ical situation, the opinion extensive
lys prevails. and is expressed in a
variety of ways that with the pres
ent administration most of them will
go out of office.
One can hear men who have lived
on the country for half score or
more of years say what they intend
to do when the change arrives; and
it is a most noticeable thing how al
most universal is the admission that
it would have been better with them
had they been
PUSHED FROM THEIR SEATS YEARS AGO.
Few of the thousands Of mere de-
partment clerks have saved any
thing. They will virtually begin the
world again and late in life, their
years in one sense having been lost
while they have drawn and spent
their salaries at the seat OF Govern
ment
In a number Of ways it is manifest
how absolutely the idea has worked
into the minds Of the department
clerks and subordinates of every
grade that changs is coming; that
their term in less than three years
will be up, and that they had better
be preparing to
DECIDE WHAT THEY WILL DO.
The fight Of wild geese does not
more accurately denote the season
! than do the impressions prevailing in