Smyrna times., 1883-11-21
IT TIC -WyTWU ITWICS
Washington Letter.

NASHINGTON, November II. 1882
The President has shown himself n
careful student Of the election returns
put he has talked very little about the
results, except i'll Cabinet circles. He
said, i'll the course of a long converse.
ton on Friday with a gentleman who
represents an important bureau of the
Government, that he was very we'll
SatlsIed, except with Virginia. AS
Ior New York y continued the Presi-
dent, " consider that we NAV safety
count on that state in 1884. The one
thlhg L do regard rs settled is that the
| democratic nominee will not come
from east of the Alleghanies. New
1ork Is too uncertain, and Pennsvlya-
ma mas no Democrat who can carry
ms own State in Il Presidential contest
Butler never had any chance for the
PRESIDENTIAL nomination, even if he
mad been elected this time. The indi-
cations are that Ohio or Indiana will
furnish the democratic nominee and
the battle of the coming campaign will
VIII be fought over on the ground
where 1t was fiercest in 1880. Bv this
l mean that the bitterest of the fight
VIII be IN Indiana, Ohio, and New
YORK; 1t is generally accepted as a
Palpable moral of the elections that
NeW YORK will be the main battle
field one year hence
Now that the elections are ovar
hnal preparations for the Speakersbin
race are begun in earnest. All the
Candidates will be here this week
WIN tneir respective stats, and will
estaDIlsh headquarters at the leading /
HqVelS: !he idea that the following Of /
Mr; Cox is merely complimentary, and
mat MS votes are to be given to Mr.. |
carlisle, has been dissipated bv the |
declarations of his friends that thew
mean to stand by him as long as there
IS chance to elect. Indeed, Mr.. Gov
Is no longer considered short horse
by those who look the situation calmly
III the face, He has strong sunport
ana 1t looks as if there will be a deter.
mined effort in his behalf He has
friends among the Southern members
VINO are working faithfully for him.
ana he numbers strong hackers in the
INDIANA delegation, and some ardent
supporters among Ohio Democrats
On the other hand, Mr.. Randalps SIM
Porters run over the list of Democratic
congressman and name q majority for
him, while Mr.. Carlisle's friends read.
lily count names enough to elevate him
TO the Speakers chair, The Randall
men count confidently over one hun
1red votes for him, and comcede to
at the very outside. about
eighty or possibly eighty-five votes
Even with earnest opposition from Cox
IL is Claimed for Randall that he
would still be elected on the first or !
or second ballot, and the hulk of COx's
vote would be daW from Carlisle. The
workers for Carlisle count in their list
numerous names that are relied upon
Oy the Randall men. The several esti-
mates, when considered together. 90 to
show that if Randall, Carlisle and Cox.
III enter the contest in dead earnest
here is prospect of a triangular fight
nat VIII be very lively and interesting
md which may result in n protracteS3
'kirmish. But, withal, it seems that
VT; randall has made his calling sure, q
lhu ne pears the easy confidence of q h
nan VINO has the laurel within grasp.
your correspondent took occasion to
lscend to the clouds the other day, by
way OF the the temporary construction
'leVatoF IN the Washington Monument. =
: was trip of nine minutes from terra !
rama to the present apex of the monu-
aent, four hundred feet nearer
heaven. But one is apt to imagine
heir destination towards the nIace p
which Is mythical in the mind of Rob c
ngersoll, the passage of the elevator d
ENG shrouded in impenetrable dark tt
ess. With every up trip, the eleva- N
or bears nearly three ton of marble, o.
nd there is at present enough stone on it
ana to raise the shaft to a total height
four hundred and fifty feet. Erom
ne top the view is unequalled. NThe u
it& seeems spread in miniature be- p
cath you, while to the West. seeming W
Just beyond Georgetown, the view IS P
reeted BY Sugar Loaf Mountain. near ty
frederick, Maryland. To the South,
he winding course of the Potomac is
lalnly mapped out for about thirty I'll
niles, and, on the East, the height of n
ne monument will soon enable the
essels on Chesapeake bay to be easily
lStlnguished This orraat nile ~ ,,oo, L,