The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-12-05
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wAsHINGroS CRY, Nov. 27, 1888.

wAsHINGToS CITY, Nov. %, 1888.
To the Editor of The Morristown Gazette:
Ere this letter is in type you viii
probably have more light on tn
question who is to be the Speaker
of the House of Representatives
and | will therefore keep near th,
shore and avoid predictions. 1t il
impossible to tell who is ahead a
this writing. Several new element,
have made their appearance in the
contest during the past week, aaf
there is yet time for the appearance
of other elements, and the contest
may be very much complicated in
unexpected ways before the first
Monday in December.
The Democrats are thoroughly
imbued with a feeling of the i'm
portance of prudence and caution
They desire to avoid the blunders
which the Republicans are so anx-
ious they shall commit. 1t must be
confessed their way is beset by
dangers, but, on the other hand
they are strong in able and tried
leaders. A parliamentary majority
that can count such men as Ran
dali, Holman, Hurd, Barbour, Tuck
er, Hewitt, Blackburn, Carlisle, Fol
lett, Cox, Spinger and many others,
has little to fear from a minority
whose leaders are such men as His
cock. Horr, and Keifer.
Quite a number of Democratic
Senators haye arrived in the city
and have secured homes for the
winter. have talked with a num-
Der of them and have learned that
there is a general and very earnest
wish that the Ohio legislature shall
return Ex-senator Thurman to the
Senate. The Democrats of that
body feel the loss of his wise leader
ship, his immense legal learning,
and acquaintance with affairs. The
minority in the Senate is not lack
ing in ability but it has never be-
fore had leader who possessed in
such an eminent and acknowledged
degree the power to counsel, de-
eide, combine, and control as Allen
q. Thurman. The Republicans no
longer have such leaders as Blaine,
Conkling, and Morton, and if Ex-
Senator Thurman were returned to
his empty chair their would be as
remarkable an intellectual Demo
cratic preponderance in the Senate
rs there Is In the House.
+ The Senate this winter will con-
tain thirty members who have serv-
ed also in the House of Representa-
tives, which is a large proportion
when it is considered there are only
seventy eight Senators in all.
The Blaines have arrived and oc-
cupy a rented house on Lafayette
Square. Mr.. Blaine's new house it
will be remembered, has been rent
ed to Mr.. Letter of Chicago. The
difference between what Mr.. Blaine
pays for the house he lives in and
the one which he rents to the
wealthy Chicagoan is equal to the
salary of a Cabinet officer or a JUS
tice of the Supreme Court.
1t is not difficult even this early
in the season to see a dozen Presi-
Dental possibilities in Washington.
One of the latest arrivals is Judge
Holman Of Indiana, who is here
with his wife and two daughters.
They occupy rooms in the Hamil-
ton House, rather exclusive up
town hotel.
There can be no doubt that"things
are being fixed to put Arthur reg
ularly on the track for the Presi-
dency. He has but one real com
petitor at present. Sherman, Grant,
and Window are all off the track.
Logan and Edmunds are regarded
as possibilities, but Blaine alone is
formidable, and those who imagine
that his mind dwelis serenely in po-
litical- historical literature and il
effectually divorced from presiden-
tial aspirations know not the man.
There was an arrival in the city
last night. Geo. e. Spencer, erst-
while carpet-bag Senator from
Alabama, came under an escort of
two Deputy Marshalls He had
been arrested in Nevada, and be is
wanted to testify in the case of an
other ex-carpet-bag Senator, VIM.
Pitt Kellogg, now under indictment
for completely in the Star Route
conspiracy. Thus, one by one, the
political missionarys, sent out by
the-party-ofmorai ideas to regener-
ate the wicked South, are dodging
the law, and the State prison. Dor
sey, Patterson, Kellogg, Spencer !!
To such uses and men has the grand
old party come atlast-