Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-08-20
SENATOR BLAIR,
OF New Hampshire, Chairman of the
Senate subcommittee, Tells of the
Strike Investigations and Politics.


A New York special of August 18th
10 the Louisville COurier-,JoarRdt saws:
Senator Blair, of New HAMPSHIRE. is
Chairman of the Senate sub COMMITTEES
on Education and Labor, which at pres
ent IS engaged in investigating the tele-
graphers' strike in this city. Both the
subjects which compose the title of the
committee have received Senator Blair's
careful attention for long time, and he
had done more, perhaps, than any other
member of the Senate to bring this ques-
tion before that body.
Meeting Senator Blair at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel this evening, / asked:
Senator, has the testimony brought be-
fore your committee by members of the
Telegraphers' Brotherhood, in your
opinion, sustained their action in
striking?''
Il do not know that it would be entirely
fair to answer that question. The testi-
mony so far has been from the tele-
graphers' standpoint entirely. 1t has,
however, as any one who has read the
testimony can see, been very strong, and
1t will require good deal of testimony to
cOunteract it,"
Chow much longer will the committee
he in SeSsiOn?v
THAT is hard to tell. We will expect
to listen to what the Western Union and
other telegraph people haze to say in a
few days, and should think the session
would probably last several weeks yet"
senator, what is the feeling in New
Hampshire in relation to the next Repub-
lican National COnvention?"
well, do not know how we'll author
lied am to speak for the people of that
State, but as far as my personal Observa-
tiOns go, | think there is very wide
spread feeling toward the nomination of
President Arthur"
Would you regard that as very
strong nomination on the part of the Re
publicans?"
''In many respects l think it would be.
l know that in New York State there is
still good deal of feeling against the
President. There are prominent Repub-
llcans who do not hesitate to say that he
could not get anything like a majority of
the New York delegates, to say nothing
of his carrying the State afterwards,
but President Arthur's services
to the party since the time
of his Inauguration ought not to be
underestimated. He has held aloof
from any factional troubles, and
the party has, under his administration,
grown into a harmonious condition, and
is now, | think, in excellent condition.
The President has shown his ability to sit
down on situation and a condition of
affairs in manner which makes his own
seeming passiyeness a very effective
weapon of attack. do not know what
the feeling may be in Ohio, which has
Senator Sherman to look after as a leader,
but | think that everywhere President
Arthur is the second choice of all the
people, and, in many cases. their first
choice"
''Will Mr.. Blaine be candidate before
the next cOnventiOn?"
81 think not. | know he does not want
to be. Mr.. Blaine is out of politics and
is finding congenial work in other lines of
life"
"WhO else is talked of except Arthur
as Presidential quantity in New Hamp-
shire?"
'There is some talk of Edmunds, some
of Logan and some of David Davis. al
though this is not serious"
"Why would not David Davis make
good candidate?'
81 know of no reason in the world. He
is good Republican, and in the last Con-
gress certainly rendered us very cOnsid-
cradle aid. He would certainly fill the
chair as well as any of his cOlIeagues.,
Senator whom do you regard as having
the best chance for the Democratic nOmi-
natiOn?'
''Well, that is pretty hard to say, but
think there is much more in the Tilden
movement than is generally supposed, and
| believe the mass of the party would
like to see him nominated. Whatever
may be Mr.. Tilden's physical condition,
his mind is just as bright as ever. His
enemies know this, and the result is that
every time his name is mentioned they 90
into Mysteries. | do not know of anv
man whom | would prefer to see the
Democrats select, and do not know anv
they are more likely to than S. J. Tilden."