The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-06-13
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Arthur His Own Man and Working His
Own Policy.
Unprecedented Activity in the Real Estate
Market at the National Capitai-New
Mansions to he Built

builder up of his party interests.
This is what Grant wholly failed to do
in 1876, and Mr.. Hayes made no attempt
to do in 1880. Mr.. Arthur has striven to &C
oomplish just that result. and he is succeed
ing. He is keeping clear of faction, and the
condition of the Republican party as work
ing political organization is increasing under
his leadership. Neither Mr.. Conkling, nor
Mir. Blaine. nor General Grant has gained any
zeal power over his action or his policy He
is more "his own man. than Garfield was,
and the tactional contests that fiourished and
spread during Garfeld's brief term have not
been continued. Mr. Arthur has no enemies
in bis party, because he will not quarrel with
anybody. and will not permit any one to
quarrel with him. When one remembers
he state of feeling at the time of Garfield's
death, and reflects how easily Mr.. Arthur
might have drifted into a state of political
belplessness and hopelessness. the wisdom of
bis course becomes evident There is no
state in which 1.-The Administration is felt
by the Republicans to be what is vulgarly
known as "a lead" There is
NO ANXIETY AMONG LEADERS
or voters for fear the President will do some
thing he ought not to do. In a year and
half the President has succeeded in placing
himself Alright before the country. de is
now in position to go forward more active
ly and positively in dealing with matters
that concern the future of the party to which
he belongs. / do not believe that he wants,
or expects. to be the candidate in 1884 He
wants, first, TO be sure that any candidate
who may be nomina ed will be elected; and
next, that the candidate shall be some one
who is not personally Objectionable to him.
The recently published reports Of an under
-
friends OF Garfield who have been hostile 10
him ought not TO surprise any one who re-
members that Mr.. Arthur put Mr. William Z.
Chandler in his Cabinet. Mr. Chandler be-
loDged absolutely to the Blaine faction of the
Republican party. When Mr.. Arthur made
him Secretary of the Navy, he demolished
the Blaine faction, and, however popular
Mr. blaine may be to dav in Pennsylvania
or the Wes'; he has to-day 10 org 4nizsd fol-
lowing. Mr.. Arthur does not intend that be
shall nave any. or that any other man shall
have any prior to the next Convention, ex-
cept lie mOn whom Mr. Arthur aad Mr..
Chandler with TO support. You will n0tics
that Mr. Chandler, the half bres d ciiisftain,
goes with The President on all his jpurne IS
ard EXCURSIONS and seems never ~ be sep
sratsd from him. In him Nc. Arnhur mas
p0hJjcal assistant n ith whom he can discuss
every pbase Of he political sitna i9n-ind
discuss politics 'hey 90. Mr.. u Jorge
Bhss is another wuo comes
very near % Mr. A-thnr H.
SEEMS to me To ha the same kind
of man that Mr.. Chandler is-tnurougnly
devoted to poitics, rich, succe .sfu, gifted
with ep agile mind and all energy thae Is -
most tireless. II is he who h4s snppla 4 ed
Mr.. Conkbng TO a great extent IN New 70 k
and 90 not believe il Will be possible, if
tie Republicans continue - retsin substau-
tiaI elements of power in New York for Mr.
n no Ean If ftata I nj I'D at.
Senate. George Bliss aud William E Chand-
Ter, vorKing through Chester A. Arthur ara
the two most influential politicians in this
country tO-day. They represent in them
solves the working politician, but how diff
| fereDt is the advice which they give to Mr..
Arthur from that which was given to Gen.
eTal Grant when he was President. Mr..
Arthur is not so great a man as President,
but in politics he is vastly wiser enc. The
appointment of Keim is exactly such an one
as General Grant would have made and,
having made it, would have stuck 10 it.
There is great, and indeed, an
UNPRECEDENTED ACTIVITY
| In the real estate market here. 1t has be-
come settled opinion among real estate
| men that the entire area in the northwestern
| part of the city now unoccupied IS to be
| covered with handsome houses during the
| next five or ten years. Money is coming in
from all parts of the country 10 purchase
| sites for dwellings in this locality. Local
spectators have aided in working up the
| existing "bocm," and some of them ara
| making large sums of money in very quick
| operations. Perhaps the most notable
transaction during the past month has been
| the sale and resale of large amount of land
| recently owned by the Columbian Univer-
sity, north of Boundary Street and west of
| Fourteenth street. This tract of lanh, which
was bought by General William Mex ee
! Of he 4 loss
was sold by him at an advance OF $4,000 TO
another buyer. who confidently expects 10
| make S1oe, 600 out of the transaction. II
seems probable that all the good property in
the northwestern part Of the city is to be
marked up soon to the neighoorhood of 81 a
| foot. Much Of it has been selling lately as
low as fifty cents foot. There is great
advance in property on New Hampshire
/ avenue, and Hon. B. Ally, who held large
| tract of land in that Deighborho0d, has
realized already.
| SPLENDID SUN MONEY
| by his Transactions there. The pest build
| ing sites on Massachusetts avenue are now
held es high as So a foot aud they are in de-
| mand even st that price. Hon. s. s Cox
| hiss bought house on Dupont Circle foy
| $50, CCQ which wss bought only sho-t time
| ago by the owner for $40 000 Don Cameron
| bought b. If square near by just before sail
ing for EGrope at sixty cents foot, Tor
4
/ comparatively short period. Hon. William
Walter Phelps, of New Jersey, has found an
investment Of $50 coo in land on Dupon,
! Circle a bishly profitable operation. He
| contempafes the construction OF hand
| some mansion on that Circle. Hon. r. L
| Hit, Of Illinois: who is q gentleman
| OF large wealth. has plans for 8
| TesideT &c in the same locality.
Dir. Frank Riggs, who has succeeded his late
| father as he head of the firm of Riggs & Co,
bankers, hes made plans for a costly resi-
| dence on Massachusetts avenue, between
| Thirteenth and Fourteenth strcess. The con-
| stfuctiOn OF the proposed casino on Connect
| cut avenue, which is now ASSURED, promises
| 10 add very largely 10 the value of property
| In the northwestern section of the ci-y, as II
| will prove very great attraction and con-
verience when it il completed. The success:
| of this enterprise has been assured by the
participation in it of such gentlemen as Mr.
| Liter end Robert Garrett, OF Baltimore. The
real estate fever is tending TO farms lying
outside the northwestern portion of the city
and they are being bought up at a rapid rate
| ~ outside capitalists. Some of the rea
| estate firms are making
BIG PROFITS ON THE TRANSACTIONS
now going on. Among the most notable are
| Fitch, Fox & Brown and Colonel Thomas J
| Fisher. who is so well known in Boston
where be resided Tor several years before
coming here. Several large business blocS'