The Penn's Grove record., 1883-11-24
WASHINGTON LETTER.

Ndilatot ana bEVtuhS 4 Component PAR
of the government. The devious paths
Of a political career win lead many o;
them back TO the shades of a disagree.
able retirement, while others viii go on
until the cravings Of ambition shall be
satiated with a pest officer 81 a foreign
pission. In the House there will shine
with a good deal Of efulgence, the
AnaniaS of the Pampas, Mr.. Tom DC.
biltree, who has recently cut a larger
fguie IN the newspapers than any Tex
as man since the days Of the redoubt-
able sam Houston. In the Senate
there viii be another Tom, su~named
Bowen, the antipodes Of the Texan SIN
bad in many things, though ex~pertness
in the art Of prevarication may not be
one OF them. The latter Tom followed
the fortunes and mislortunes of war
into Arhansay, where le lifted his
mighty voice in behalf of a united peo-
pie and 4 seat upon the supreme Court
bench, NheIe he held tue scales of jus
tlce with.so steady . hand that the
people of Colorado sent Gown for him
to come on and look after their miniug
interests. The over Issue Of same Ar
kansa5 Slate bonds about the time that
Tom left taat n~eighborhood was said to
have been an indictment for his de-
parture; but Tom says il was a lie, and
| believe it is true. Toms career in
the State that has sent him to the Sem
ate has been attended with such a con-
slant succession of success Us to enable
him to count his dueats by millions,
which he knows how to utilize better
than any man in seven States, except
his 30-day predecessor. Tabor.
We shall also have IN the Senate, in
addition to the financial giants of past
Congresses, Mr.. Sabin, OF Minnesota,
a two millionaire, who msde his money
in booming logs and iudiciously per-
forming his part of the contract TO fur
nish supplies for the saltwater peniten
tiary. lie it was wl-1 floored the Win
dom, after the best mental material in
the state had been exhausted IN the
contest, though it should net be sad
that Mr.. Sabiu is wanting in the intel
leetual requisites of II good senator.
| He is a tlsyer fellow withaI: compan-
ionable, and accessible to a degree rare
ly met among wealthy public men. His
colleague, Mcmillan, has few of the
qualities that go for popularity, and all
Minnesota say that a tirst-rate judge
was spoiled when they made a Senator
of him. lie was really a borne Judge
%acquitting himself admirably upon the
bench in the callowness of twenty-five,
and making his way to the Supreme
Court without apparent effort. lie
manifested his slight acquaintance with
the political methods of those days by
turning Joe Wheelock ont Of the St.
Paul post office and putting his own
brother.in-law in the place. for which
he has since been pursued by Vince
locks newspaper, the Pioneer Press.
Roscoe Conklin9 comes to Washington
every now and then and while here usu
ally falls in with somebody to whom he
talks more or less freely. During bis
last visit, not many days ago, it is
stated that he made some savage re-
marks about the present administra-
ton. Among other things he is repor-
! ted as saying that ''this administration
has passed from a languid existence
into a comotose condition. The only
| sign of existence left is a feeble beating
of the pulse in the Department of JUS
tice." Mr.. Conkling especially blames
this administration for not making
some live issues for the republican par
ty to go upon in the next campaign.
There is probably only II republican
prominent enough to be nominated
who would have Conkling's support.
This is Grant. There has been a great
deal Of talk about Grant lately. A
number of republicans are looking to-
wards him, believing that he would be
the strongest mai they could name. A
republican Congressman from the west
a great admircr Of the President, CT IL
ed upon the latter recently for the pur
pose of finding out whethess he would
be a candidate for reelection. He talk
ed with the President two hours, and
when asked if he found out whether
Mr.. Arthur was q candidate or not, he
replied: II can't say | did. The best
| got out of it was an impression"
''Well what was your impression2"
''Aiy impression was that tht President
has not yet made UP his mind. He is
in a lesilating moud. lie sees, p oh
ably, no advantage in coming out and
saving: 1 would like to have the nom
nation think he is doubtful about
carrying New York without the aid of
Mr.. Conkling, and 5 long as he is
doubtful on that point his friends will
not get much satisfaction from him
touching his candidacy Among the
best informed polititians, however,
there is little doubt that Mr.. Arthur
wants the n%olnination and that he
woa,d like to replace Mr.. foleer in the
Treasury depaTtm ut with some fried
who wouid do more to aid him with
the machinery Of that department.
The candidates Cor Speaker of the
new House Of Representatives are open
ing headquarters at tile prominent ho-
tells and the contest begins to u up.
One curious feature is the calm certain