Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-04-20
Possible Presidential Candidate.

tA'iA's aNtt'i 81 AfoaAaIA d1lTLat
do not remember-and I remember alas
the Washington politics Of half "a century
SO entire @ lull in public feeling aud such an
absence OF Presidential plotting The tariff
has been disposed OF, for the present at least /.
civil service is about to receive q fair trial .
the internal revenue taxes have been reduced
and there is no genuine interest in any other
questions Of political importance The Ad-
mlnistratlon, moving with great caution re-
ceives the qulescence of a large majority OF
the people, and the occasional swapping and
snarling Of the disgruntled produces no more
effect than the yelpiugs OF a terrier does on
an elephant The sense Of expectancy gen
orally prevalent the year before the Presiden-
tlal nominations is wanting, and even the &C
tive office holders here seem lnzilv indiffer-
ent a. If willing that the people should Sc
lect their leader There are. however. prom
lnent men who have their followers and we
hear from those followers an occasional
boom. A glance at these talked of candi-
dates may not be without interest
William b. Allison, the senior senator from
Iowa, has troops Of friends at the northwest
with which he has been prominently identi
ned, although his long service il Congress
has given him a national reputation He has
served eight years IN the House and ten
years IN the Senate, serving on the most i'm
portRnt committees but his career has been
useful rather than brilliant for while he is
the possessor of q large stock Of sterling
ability, be never INDUCES in ostentatious dis
play.
Chester 4. Arthur may be mentioned. for
many impartial and intelligent men regard
his administration Of affairs as emnently
successful So malignant however. is the
opposition to him IN New York. that it would
be hardly possible for him to receive d nom
lnatiou. Certainly he has taken no steps
toward obtaining it.
james g. Blaine's friends assert that he
has Withdrawn from public life, and that he
will for some years TO come concentrate him
self upon his book, which will show his mar
yeious richness Of recollection and fertility Of
thought. Even Mr.. Blaine's political oppo-
nents pay tribute 10 his uniform courtesy
and TO his grasp Of intellect, which seizes ev
cry subject presented 10 it in all its details
and passes 1t into the minds Of his hearers or
readers by a train Of irresistible reasoning
leading TO the conclusion he wishes to estab-
lish
Roscoe Conking may be considered as hav-
ing disappeared, like figure from the screen
OF magie-lantern, yet the great wheel of
politics Is always revolving. and Mr. Conk
ing, as an intellectual political gladiator. has
few equals and no superior on this continent
His cynical contempt for maudlin humanita-
rians, for the selfish sentimentalism of pseudo
retormers, and for the interviewing journal
lists, will meanwhile secure for him constant
notices from the press.
George !. EdmuEds does not want 10 be
President but he is the first choice of thous.
ands Of the best men in the Republican par
~. Incorruptiby honest, and the foe of all
shams and machine-workers, he is the leader
OF the Senate, where he subjects the argu-
ments Of his adversaries 10 the crucible Of q
IOupal pnalvEie mil
dlsposes Of them. Indifferent to newspaper
praise, be has the esteem Of his political
friends, and the respect Of his political oppo-
nents.
Benjamin Harrison Of Indiana received
some votes at the last Chicago nominating
convention, and has many warm and devoted
friends
Joseph L. Hawley of Connecticut is men.
toned by those who think that the next Re
publican candidate for President should be
some soldier. He was brave and humane in
the field, be is an experienced organizer and
director, and he would make an excellent
Chief Magistrate
Robert L. Lincoln Of Illinois is the choice
OF that class of Republicans who live on the
hope that by some political CONFUSION thev
are TO receive the alliance of half Of the
whites and all Of the blacks at the South.
Mr.. Lincoln Is most estimAble gentleman.
WHO mas ulhplhyed great modesty and much
executive ability since he has been Secretary
OF War. 1t would be poetical, too to elect
him for term after his father had been pre-
vented, 10y the assassin, from serving out
bis eight years.
John A. Logan has done a great deal for
the soldiers since he has been in the Senate,
and some of the soldiers are already at work
in his behalf If they can secure his nomin-
auon, they will dash into the political con
test as calamity as Logan's old division did
when they used to move forward in their
lead marches to glory, when the hoarse rat
Ting OF the drums was echoed by the groans
d those who fell Logan as President
would revive the stern orders of Gen Jack
son, who used to make the politicians move
lively.
John L. Miller Of California is also receiv-
ng soldiers boon, but be can hardly as
oire to the first place on the ticket.
John Sherman Of Ohio was so treacherous-
y treated at the last Chicago convention.
where he was slaughtered by those who
vent there pledged TO vote for his nomina.
ION, that he viii hardly enter the ring again.
General Sherman is in politics an ''un-
'noWn quantity, with a spotless character.
ound and loyal at heart and earnest in his
declarations that he doesn't want TO be Presi-
lent When the convention meets next wear
be- will have retired from active service, and
{ Is not impossible that Citizen Sherman Of
81. Louis may receive the nomination. II he
loes' be Will not decline it, and his chance Of
'eing elected will be good, no matter who
nay be nominated against him.
William Window, who was voted for firs,