Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-02-02

Our Washington special recently. con.
tanned a dish of interesting gossin IN
regard to a political programme sai6
10 have been evolved from the fertile
oraln OF that lively octogenarian. Simon
cameron. This programme sends Sec
rotary Lincoln to England es the sue
cessor of Lowell, makes Hartranft the
successor of Lincoln in the War Office.
retlres Bradley from the Supreme bench
Tor the benefit of Brewster, and puts {" a
Western Republican" whoever that
may be, in Brewsters shoes. The OBJ
lect OF these changes is. according to
AN intimate friend" of the venerable
SIMON. Ito prepare the way for the
nom nation of Lincoln for the Presiden-
CIV in 1884" While it is hardly neces-
sary to attach much, if any. credit to
the aforesaid gossip. the candidacy of
Llncoln-as the situation now stands
is quite within the range of possibil-
ties, and even of probabilities. When
ms appointment to a seat in Garfield s
Caolnet was first rumored the Republic
an pointed out his availability, and in
tlmated that if the feud between Stall
warts and anti-Stalwarts continued un-
til 1884, and Lincoln maintained "a
wise and mastery inactivity" mean
while. the Republican National Con-
vention might agree to disagree with
him as a compromise nominee. His
chances are better now than they were
then, for the two factions are further
apart now than two years ago, and the
prospect of thorough reconciliation and
reunion within the next two wears is ex-
RaPnln0lV Ixyhi
War he has committed no very bad
plumbers, and what is of more import
ance to him. has taken no part in the
family tight. Let us briefly examine
what may be called his ''stock in
trade" First, and by long odds fore
most, he is the son of his father; and
his father has the highest seat in the
Republican pantheon. This, of course,
gives him a claim upon Republican
sympathies and support which can not
consistently be repudiated. The fact
that he is UNNECESSARILY the inferior of
his father, except in the education de-
rived from books, counts for nothing
in the case. Then as Garfield's Cabinet
otficer-the only one left-he has a
rather shadowy claim upon the friends
of the late President, while his share in
"whooping up" the third term business
and his retention by Arthur entities him
to warm place in the Stalwart heart.
Finally, he is a negative character.
with no record worth mentioning and a
fine talent for cOncealing his DEFICIENCIES
by keeping his mouth shut.
Cne or two Republican papers of
some prominence are, we observe. NAM
ing Lincoln in connection with the Vice
residential nomination but he is, we
think, much too shrewd to sell his ticket
In the political lottery for that price
Notwithstanding what Guiteau has done
to enhance the value Of the tail of the
kite. He sees that combination of
circumstances may assign him the first
place, and is therefore likely to decline
the second with thanks unless convinc-
ed by events as yet undeveloped that it
is half a loaf or no bread" Two
years agowe thought and said that Lin
CONS prospects were frightened by
Logan we'll known and active friend
ship for him, but now Logan himself is
bitten by the Presidential tarantula and
is dancing merrily to that same old tune.
Hence he is not SO much for Lincoln as
he was, and will not hesitate to put sp d.
CT III Ills proueSeS pOlltlcal dumping IL
by so doing he can help himself. Still, if
Logan finds the coveted prize beyond
his reach-and from present appear
ances his legs are very much to short
lie will "boost" Lincoln rather than
anybody else, and his boosting would be
by no means ineffective in a close race.
Altogether Lincoln has more than an
average chance for the nomination if he
behaves with discretion until the con-
vention meets, and the Republican
quarrel then remains unsettled If old
Cameron has concocted the plan attrib-
uted to him, it is evident he thinks the
wind may blow from the same quarter
in 1884 it did in 1860, and is trimming
his weather-beaten sails to catch it.
He was paid for his work in 1860 by the
Secretaryship of War. which he utilized
In such way as to necessitate his dis
missal after very brief term of service
Such deep interest in the son indicates
that the ancient "boss" of Pennsylvania
has forgiven the father the 'grand
bounce" so justly administered twenty
one years agO.-St. Louis Republican.