River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-05-25
Blaine's Bearings.
HE WOULD GO TO CONGRESS.


WASHINGTON, May 20.-The friends of
ex-Secretary Blaine do not conceal the
fact that he is DESTROYS to again get in
to public life by the way of the house
of representatives. Under the recent
reapportionment Maine loses mem
Der. AS yet the state has not been re-
districted, and it will not be before the
time for holding the confessional cleo
tons in September next. This is be-
cause the legislature adjourned before
congress passed the reapportionment
bill and as the Governor was elected by
fusion of the greenbackers and dem
ocrats he will not call the legislature
together, because he thinks the fusion
lists will have better chance to elect
their congressional delegation at large
than by districts. This will be the
method of election, without redstrict-
ing. If Mr.. Blaine makes up his mind
to stand for congress, he will not have
his old district as a stamping ground.
but will have to be voted for by the
people at large. There is some risk,
because Maine is not now the safe re-
publican state that it once was. Should
he make the race and fail, it would be
fatal to his presidential success. Still,
as Blaine has no other loop-hole left
for re-entry into public life, it is be-
lieved he will take the chance. Should
he succeed, he would no doubt be elect
ed speaker if the republicans carried
the next house, and even if they did
not, he would be the leader of the mi
nority.
CoNKLING TOO.
Senator Conkling, also according to
the observation and belief of many of
his old toadies, is meditating the de-
sign to run for congress from the Utica
or Oneida district, which he represent
ed fifteen years ago, at the next con-
test. / saw one of the henchmen to-
day, who remarked that he believed
Conkling had gone crazy. "Why,"
said l, my information is that ne has
been as mild as a sucking dove, and
obliges everybody whom he formerly
spitted like snipes?"
"Pshawp exclaimed my informant,
che is just as rampant as he ever was,
and you can spend the most disagree
able hour and half with him, if you
happen to be his friend, that you ever
have in your life. He upbraids every
body, assails the course OF events, re-
CARDS himself as defrauded, duped and
sold out"
But it seems TO be fact, curiouslv
enough, that a similar movement has
been inaugurated by the New York
stalwarts to persuade Mr.. Conkling to
go back to the house from his old dis
ftriot in New York. An enthusiastic
stalwart from that district informed
your correspondent that if Mr.. Conk-
ling would accept the nomination he
would be returned without opposition
and almost by reclamation. 1t would
be curious outcome if the strange
vicissitudes of fortune which have
marked the recent political history of
Conklipg and Blaine if the shifting cur
rent of events should bring these great
political gladiators face to face for a
final struggle for ascendancy once more
in the same arena which witnessed the
beginning of the quarrel.
A BIT OF SENATORIAL FUN.
The action Of the Senate Committee
ON Women Suffrage Saturday, in
agreeing to ask the Senate to adopt a
joint resolution providing Sixteenth
Amendment-to give the right of
suffrage to women-ought not to be