The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-06-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D.. c.,
Lima 0S 1899


From Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D.. c.,
June Is, 1881
Politics seem to be warming up to
correspond with the weather. There
is much interest here in the Ohio
situation, and to soy that the Repub-
licans are exceedingly nervous but
family expresses their feelings. Key
notes for 'S4 are being founded in
all directions, and the fine prelimi
nary work of that campaign, SO far
as the candidates for nomination are
concerned, is being quietly DONE
George Bliss, who has retired from
the star route cases with handsome
pile in fees, is still about here and it
is said will alternate between Wash
ington and New York as the lieuten-
ant of President Arthur in his fight
for the Republican nomination.
When Bliss was private secretary to
Governor Morgan, he was the chief
magistrate Of the State to all intents
and purposes, and it may be noticed
that in conventions, in consultations
and in all other places Macgregor
Bliss is generally found at the head
Of the table, as it were. AS the ma
nipulator. of Arthur's campaign he
is a good deal more likely to succeed
than he was at the head of the sta,
route trial. He is just about tricky
enough and INSCRIPTIONS enough tc
run a Republican campaign in these
latter days of that once respectable
party.
1t is said that President Arthur's
natural disposition to avoid trouble
to live quietly and to ignore the
~strifes Of the day, would dis-incline
him from the excessive labor ~entaileo
by a fight for the nomination. Don't
let the other candidates make any
such mistake. Arthur is a quiet
taciturn, self-contained, self caring
man, undoubtedly, but there is s
great deal of human nature in Ar
thur. He wasn't elected President
and it would be a very proud feather
in his cap if, at the expiration of {
three years and a half administra
ton, he could be honored by his par
ty with a nomination. That of it
self would be an intensely gratifying
circumstance. The election is an
other thing. 1t doesn't follow thai
if nominated he would be elected
The chances are pretty strong the
other way. But as matters now
stand he has the inside of the pole
in the race for the nomination
Blaine is considered out of the way
Logan is very ambitious but Dorsey
says he can kill. Logan off. Their,
is not a strong man in the cabine'
except Folger, and the latters de
feat last fall dug the pit into which
his presidential aspirations necessa
rily fell. In the next Republican
convention there will be 81S dele
gates. It will be necessary to Sc
cure, for a nomination, 410. A.
things look now, there is hardly an
doubt that Arthur will go into tha'
convention with the solid South a
his back, and a solid South means
that mysterious and significant mum
Der BOG. That leaves 104 only TO b,
obtained, with New England, New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania ant
the boundless West to CLEAN from
Let all the ambitious Republican
statesmen look out for Arthur.
On the Democratic side there is
greater quantity of available timber
and the probabilities cannot be ST
closely narrowed down. The Repub
lican organs are indulging in consid
cradle chaff about the possibility O
the old ticket of Tilden and Hen
bricks, but they would not laugh s.
loud if there really WINS a certaint,
} of Tilden being again in the field
To show the real feeling among hon
est Republicans I will quote the Ian
guage Of a well-known R%epublica:
correspondent in the Philadelphi
Press, which though Republican il
under its present management, hon
{ est and outspoken: Remember a.
that was urged in favor Of MI. ii,
den when he vas elected before
He is now older, but he is stronge
land richer. In addition to all this
was said of him during his first can
paign, comes that vast sentime1
which lodges in the minds of Reput
licans as well as Democrats. Est
mable as Mr.. Hayes may be in his pr
vate character, it would be supren
est folly to argue, in the light of tn
Louisiana frauds, that there is nc
a very general conviction through
7 out the country that Tilden was nc
unfairly dealt with and, whether
is desirable to elect a Republica
candidate at the next time or not
which is no n the question her
there is no doubt that thousand
and thousands of Republicans fe.
at the last election that it would b
! their duty, in case Tilden were IT
nominated, to vote for him and Civ
the old man another chance. Ikno
: 1 felt SO, and 1 heard very, yer
3 many pronounced Republicans, VIII
, had never voted anything but tt
straight Republican ticket, say tt
same thing. PHoNo.
:: The Anzetger, the German Repu1
lican organ of Northern Ohio, say