New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-24

REPUBLICAN PARTY IN 1884.
lsr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBUSE.l
WASHINGTON, Nov. 23-Washngton is unusually
quiet for the tenth day before the opening Of q
session of Congress. There is no Speaker to elect
and there are no other contests of the kind that
usually bring the members early on the ground.
Secretaries are mostly up in their private rooms
working their reports. and the President spends
much Of his time out at the Soldiers.
Home writing his message which promises 20 be
long but may not prove TO be any more sensational
than the last one.
By the Presidents request the various reports
wi hheld until they go out to tho country
with the message, instead Of beng published from
time to time The custom The new way may
be the decorous, but 1t threatens TO stun the
intellect # the country by stimuli aneous descent
OF Department reports, which, it Is to be feared,
will not get the attention they might otherwise
receive. But a certain fondness for formality and
reserve of this sort has been apparent IN the Ad-
minstraton from th- first. Just now il helps TO
create sonnet ing like an official and political
vacuum here in Wasbiu gton.
Few members of either House are in the city.
and q number of thO-e who come are here simply on
business for day or two. some of them spend
good portion of their time in explaining how they
happened not to be reelected-which may account
for the fact that 50 many stay away. One Of the
defeated members took a mournful view of the
country condition. in talking with friend. just
look at il =" said he. "They opposed me because
voted for the River and Harbor bill. and in the
very next district with on Ina ginary line be-
tween they opposed and defeated -- because
he voted against it, charging that the railroads had
bought him up to vote against the improvement Of
the water ways OF the country. THINK of the pub
llc mind beng so unstable-such striking down
on all sides" aud be shook his head with real sad
ness.
The tone of comment among the stalwarts is in
clned TO bitterness. One of them admitted to-day
that the people were against the Administration. Civ
ing as for il the Injustice of the newspapers
The newspapers can't do a more popular thing" ne
said than 10 attack the Administration. The
people are with the newspapers because newspapers
have made them So"
On all sides the question is asked, "What will the
President do ~ On this point there seems TO be no
knowledge anywhere and il Is doubtful, 10 say the
least whether the Presidena has himself decided
upon a party policy for the future. There can be
no doubt that his next friends IN NewIOr< want TO
see the guillotlle set up there, and it Il naturally
suspected that John j. O'Briens presence
here to-day is for the purpose Of urging
the President 10 make removals. But Mr..
OBrien said this evening he had not even called
on the Presid Mt yer. He had come down for a few
days' re axatlon and TO attend the Garfield fair
| A number of Stalwarts, usu lily wei informed
say that they do not believe that Pears)n, Roberts
son and such men will BE- turned out of office or
that there vii. be any policy Of removals. Another
politician ID close sympathy with the Adminlssra-
tIou sald; The danger seems 10 he that the Pres-
dent will yield 10 too grea; pressure on the one side
| for the lacS of support the other. His friends
IN New-York want clean sweep; and
| those who are opposed 10 him would
| IL tlya ayai in tba nm
he would injure himself. Now if he knows that he
won't get proper credit from his opponents for re-
| sisting the pressure of his friends, human nature
may assert itself and he may do reckless things"
| A well known New-YOrk politician VINO hero
a day or two ago said: "No one knows yet what
| the President will do. But meantims there is one
! thing which can be done. The Republican senator's
can lei the President understand that the policy
that has divided the party in two States has gone
on long enough, aud that they do not
| propose hereafter to accept everything
| be does as necessarily final. As for the future ot
the party can only say that believe it viii reora
| ganlze itself by natural methOds-not ia any ir-
regular way not by any independent movements
such as that in Pennsy sylvania, which regard the
greatest fiascO in politics for long tlmecast-
ing only 40 600 votes for Stewart and probably noe
over 1900 or 10,0 900 for PattsOn-but by ordinary
methods. expect that what Is called the Garfield
element Of the party-thOugh do not believe
| in taking any such name-wiu control ID
| for long time TO number OF
| the sO-caled Stalwarts wIl under these circum-
stances, probably drift into the Democratic party
whose ticket they usually vote when they can't
d ct4te the Republican Nominations | don't be-
lieve the StalwaTts will ever control another con.
vention in the State of New-York. They have been
so overw helmngly beaten that IN some Of the
country districts know they say already that they
will stand aside aud make no attempt to take
charge Of the party machinery.
"Oue thing is not generally understood about the
New-YOrk eeciion. 1t is mistake TO suppose that
many of the party workers on the Garfield side
voted and worked for Cleveland, or failed to voto
! for Foger. My observation was that the workers
on both sides of the party supported Foger. know
! that III my town every Republican who had said
he should vote for Cleveland was finally persuaded
| To V ote for Folger, with one exception. But the
| men who voted for Cleveland were the men who
never take part party contests-1eVer try 70 run
a primary they had not proc aimed themselves aN
| came to me polls with Cleveland tickets III their
| p0chets, took the Republican ballots without OBJ
| lection, threw away the State ticket and suost1-
! tnted tLe Democratic State ticket. Ii tho
| pocket vote that gave Cleveland his immense ma
| jority"
| TO-DAY, both men occupying prominent odclal po-
| sitioIs were asked what they Thought OF the par
tvs prospects III 1854. one said he believed 10
| would Oe the Southern question that would save
the party after althe disgust aroused by the iraad
| and bulldOzing practised by the southern Demo
Gratis ts eAempilhed at the recent election IN Chal-
| mers's district a"d IN South Carolina respectively.
Add to this the strength the party ould get al the
| North from the tarlIf issue-On which the Demo-
| crats would heIge OF codrse-aDd the party could
pull through provided the present facilonal bter-
n-.s could be Il layed. The other said there was no
bope tor the arty IN 1854, In his OPINION. If the
Administration continued It's present policy, unless
! the Democrats committed some gigantic folly and
| tuQh elled the business Interests OF the country
| 80 .nnnnri OF Tie X publican ticket