The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-08-10
MEN OF NOTE
Boutwell,, Gorham, Conkling and
Page Bored for News With
Varying Success.

CHIcAGo,l Aug. 9.-Hon G. S. Boutwell,,
Geo. C. Gorham, Hon. Roscoe Conklng
and ex-CongTessnan Page of California,
being in the city a reporter set out to see
what of general interest could be
got out of the above-named gentlemen Mr..
Boutwell, was first seen and asked:
"What do you think of the Republican
prospects in Massachusetts, this falls
Il know very little about them, am sure.
| have paid little attention to politics re-
Gently, and must confess l ain rather rusty.
Then have been at home very little OF late,
having spent most of my time in Washing
ton"
Congressman Robinson and Ex-Gov. Tai
bott are being talked of among the Repub-
hcans for governor
Are theya Wen, should think the Re
publicans could go into campaign united
with either of them
1T seems to be taken for granted that But
Ter will be candidate for governor again
this fall"
''Oh, yes; everybody snppoSes he will
What is the general feeling toward Ar
thur, as far as You have observed itF'
He and MS administration seem to be
meeting with good deal of popular favor,
but really / have heard very little discussion
of politics, and as | said before, am a little
rusty. Now suppose You give the little in
formation. How is Illinois.'
The reporter outlined the situation to the
Massachusetts, inquirer as we'll as he could,
and Gov Boutwell, manifested sufficient in-
tereSt in the supposed contest between Logan
and Arthur in the state to ask, further, how
it was likely to come Oat. When told that
the general idea was that any man would
have,a sweet time trying to carry every con
gTeSsiOnal district, he aSsented to the proha-
bihty that such might be the case, but Ven
tured an opinion that if Logan were candi-
date it would be rather strange if he didn't
get the delegates at large. and to that extent
and in that sense carry the state. Having
said this much, the ex-governor and ex.secre-
tary once more relapsed into the rusty"
state and the interview was shortly after
wards brought to a clos.
Mr.. Gorham would not say nything about
presidential Possibilities, hutwas laxative on
Virginia politics With reference to that
state he said the coming election Eas an inn
portant one, because the Legislature elected
would choose Mahone's successor aud reds
tiyes He said:
The Readiusters sin win and control
both houses At present the Republicans
proper, independent of the Reaainsters,
have only two congressional diStricts--the
second and fourth-which give Republican
majorities. The majority in the Second,
however, Is always suppressed, so that really
they have only one Now, the apportion-
ment proposed at the last session by the Ma
hone men-and it will probably be revived at
the coming session-would give the Rcpubli-
cans five districts in which they will have
majority outside Of the ReadiusterS, assam
ing that the coloFe1 people continue to act
with the Republicans The house will have
from twenty-five To twenty-slx Readluster
majority, and the senate three OF four There
will be a close, hard fight for the senate, but
the ReadiuSters will carry 1T
Mr., Conkliug was seen Just as he had
boarded n car with his wife and a couple of
friends on his return home after visit to the
Yellowstone valley, on which subject the ex
senator was eloquent.
We have been making he replied, "a
flying trip to the Yellowstone country, which
has covered a period Of about two weeks,
The region known aS the Yellow
stone country is an enormous territory,
but we have visited that portion
which embraces the National Park The
country is beautiful Nature has presented
50 many varied features to admire that one
it lost in amazemeut But it is tho country
between Chicago and the kYellow
stone that impTesses me the most-the great
northwest 1t is fact. / have been west be-
fore, but never before did realize so fully its
extent and resources 1t is an empire that
has a grand future and it viii be the home of
a great people.
As soon as politics were preached the sena-
tor excused himself, saying that be was now
prarticing law and that elgrossed all his at
tention.
Elk Congressman Paige claimed that all
three Of the Pacific coast states would 20 Re
publican at the presidential election, that
the tariff question would do the business
He SAID Randall would be speaker of the
house. and that there would be no tariff leg
islation next winter. whether Randall was
speaker or not
Mr. Page said there seemed TO lie a strong
feeling in New York fsvoring Arthur's nomi-
nation He had conciliated all clements, and
if an eastern man was taken Arthur would
| surely be the man. If western man it would
be Senator Logan He had national repu-
| tation and would be strong with the people
He regarded the Democratic nomination as
| already made 1t must be Mcdonald He
was the strongest card for the Democrats to
7 play The Tilden talk he did not regard seri-
| otIsly sTheDemocratic party might do fool
! isfi things, but they were yet no SO demented
| as to nominate a corpse