, 1883-12-08

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WASHINGTON, November p. 1888
Ere tins ist,es Is ia type you VI pr h
ably have more ligh: on the question who
is 10 be the Speaker cf the House OF Rep
ressnta'iTss, and | viii therefore keep
near the shore and avoid predictions 1t
IA Impossible to tell whc is ahead al this
writing, several new elements hsve made
their appearance in the contest during
tie past week, and there IL yet time for
the appearance of other elements, and
the contest may be very much complica-
ted in unexpected ways before the first
Monday in December.
The Democrats are thoroughly imbued
with feeling of the importance of pru-
dence and caution. They desire TO avoid
the blunders which the Republicans are
so anxious they shall Commit. 1t must
BE- confessed their way is beset ~ dan
gers, but, on the other hand they lie
strong III able and tried leaders \ Par
lismentsry majority that can count such
men as Holman, Hurd, Barbour, Tucker,
Hewitt, Blackburn, Carlisle, Fo.lett,
Randall. Cox, Springer, Rosecrans and
many others, has little TO fear from a mi
uority whose leaders are such men As His
cock, Horr, and keifer.
Quite number of Democratic Senators
have arrived in the city and have secured
homes for the winter. have talked
with a number Of them and have learned
that there is a general and very earnest
wish that the Ohio Leeislsture sha.l re-
tarn Ex-senator ThurG.an to tho Senate.
The Democrats Of that body feel tho loss
Of his wise leadership, his Immense legal
learning, and acquaintance with atf,lrs.
The minority in the Senate is not lacking
in ability bu, i, has never before had a
leader who possessed in such an eminent
and acknowledged degree the power to
counsel, decide, combine, and control as
Alien G. Thurman. The Republicans
have no longer such leaders as Blaine,
Conkl:ng, aud Norton, and. if Ex-Sena-
tor THURMAN were returned to lis empty
chair there would b. as remarl able an in
tellectual Democratic preponierance III
the Senate as there is III the House
The Senate this winter viii contain
thirty members who have served also in
the House Of Representatives which is a
( large proportion when it is considered
there are only serenty-eigh. Senators in
all The B:aines have arrived ald occu-
py rented house oD Lafayette Sarare.
! Nr. B!aine's Lew house II will De remeG,-
bered has been rented to Mr.. Letter, of
/ Chicago. The difference between what
Mr- Blaine pays foc Il. house he lives in
ana tie one which he rerts 10 the sealtny
( Cnicagoan is equs! 70 the salary Of i Cab
irct officer or Justice Of the Soprerne
Court
! IL Is not dtiiealt even tl;S eaIIy in the
season To see dozen presidenusi posi-
bllities III Washington. Oue of the la,es..
arrivals Is Judge Holman, OF In1iana, who
! is here with his wife and two daughters.
! Ihey occupy rooms in the Hamilton
House, rather exclusive up-town hotel
There can be no doubt that things are
being fiIed" TO put Arthur regularly on
! the track Tor the Presi!sncy. He mas
but one real competitor at present Sher-
man, Grant, and Window are all of the
track. Logan and Edmunds are regard
ed as possibilities, but Blaine alone is
formidablJ and those who imagine that
his mind dweils serenely in polite histor-
ical literature and is effectually divorced
from Presidential aspirations knog not
The man.
There was an arrival in the city last
night George E. Spencer erst whilea car
pei bag Senator from Alabama came uu-
der the escort Of two Deputy Marshais.
He had been arrested in Nevada, and he
is wanted to testify in The case of another
ex- carpet bag Senator Wm. Pitt Kellogg,
now under indictment for completely in
the Star Route conspiracy. Thus, one
by one, the political missionaries cent out
10y the party of moral ideas to regenerate
the wicked south, are dodsing ,iIe law,
and the state pr,aoa. Dorsey. IA terson,
Kellogg, Spencer. TO such as,s and
men has tie grand old parry Come at last.