, 1883-05-19
FOR PRESIDENT.
SOME or TIE REPUBLICANS wHon "r.l-
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cFFICE
Writing from Warrington to the Boston
Journal, Major Ben Perley Poors nys:
I do not renember-and ! remember,
alas, the Washington politics Of half .
centary-so SC entire = lull 10 public feeling,
and such an absence of presidential plot.
Jlng. The tariff has been disposed Of,
for the present at least; civil service u
about 10 receive fair trial the internal
revenRe taxes. have been reduced and
there is no genuine interest in any other
question of political importance. The
administration, moving with great eau
ton, receives the quiescence of large
majority Of the people. and the occasional
mapping and growing of the disgruutled
produces no more effect than the yelpins
Of a terrier dog On an elephant The
sense oi expectancy generally prevalent
the year before the presidential nomius-
.ions Is wanting, and even the active
office holders are lazily indifferent, -
If willing that the people should select
their leader There are, however, promi
nent men who have them follower, and
We hear from those followers an occasional
;.boom 4 glance at these talked Of
candidates may not be without interest
William B. Allison. the senior Senator
from Iowa, has troops Of followers at the
Northwest with which he has bsen
prominently identified, although his long
service in Congress has given him .
national reputation. He has served eight
years in the House and ten years in the
Senate, serving on the most important
Committees, but his career has been use-
ful rather than brilliant, for while he u
the pcssessar Of large stock of sterling
ability, he never indulges in ostentatious
display.
Chester A Arthur may be mentioned,
for many impartial and intelligent men
regard his administration of afairs -
eminently successful So naligant, how
ever, is the opposition to him in New
York that it would be hardly possible for
him to receive the nomination. Certainly
he has taken nc steps toward obtaining it
James q. Blalne's friends assert tia,
he has Withdrawn from public life
and that he will for some years to come
concentrate himself upon his book, which
sill show the -ichness Of his recollection
Ard fertility of thought. Even Mr.
Blsine's political opponents pay tribute
to his u"iform Courtesy, and to his grasp
of intellect which SEXES every subject
presented 10 it in all its details and passes
It into the minds of his hearers or readers
BY tram of irresistible reasoning leading
to the conclusion which he wishes to
establish
Roscoe Conkling may be considered ~
naving disappeared like figure from the
screen of magic lantern, yet the grsa.
wheel of politics is always revolving, and
Mr. Conkling, as an intellectual political
gladiator, has few equals and no superior
IN this continent His cynical contempt
Tor maudiin humanitsrisns, for the sel6eh
seutimentalism of pseudo reformers, and
Tor The interviewing journalist will mean
Shilc secure HIM constant notices from
the press. Georpe +. Edmunds does not
want Ia be President, but he Is the first
choice uf thousands Of the best men in
he Republican party. Incorruptibly
honest, and the foe of ali shAms and
machine workers, he ia the leader Of the
Senate, wh.re he subjects the arguments
Jf h.s a3versaries to the crucible CT Q
i"g;cal analysis, ard With cutting ssrossm
d,spo,es If them Ind ferent to newspa-
per praise, he has the esteem OF his politi-
cal friends a,iJ the respect Of his political
opponeats.
Ronj min Harrison Of Indiana received
some rnies at the last Chicago nominating
convention. ani has many warm and de.
voted friends.
Joseph X Hawley "f Connecticut Il
men.ioi.,d hy those who think that the
mex, II PUBLICAN candidate for Presideni
should he some soldier He Vas brave
and humane in the field, he IS an eIperi-
encel organizer and director, and he
wouid make an excellent chief magistrate
Robert T. Lincoln nf Illinois u the
choice of that class of Republicans who
1--we on the hope that by some political
commission they are to receive rhs alliance
of la,i If the whites and all of he blacks
at the South. Mr.. Lincoln 10 . most
estmable gentleman, who has displayed
great Dcdesty and considerable executive
ability since he has been Secretary of
War. IL would be poetical, too, to elect
hin for term after his father had been
prevent d, by the assassin, from serving
out his eight years.
John A Logan has done q great deal
Tor the soldiers since he has been in the
Senate, and some Of the soldiers are
already at work in his behalf. If they
can secure his nomination, they will dash
into the contest rs gallan,ly as Logan's
old division did when they used to move
forward in their dead marches to glory,
when the hcarse rafting of the drums
was echoed by the groans of those who
fell. Lngan as President would revive
he stern orders Of General Jackson, Who
Used To make the politicians move lively.
John F. Miller of California Is also
receiving a soldiers ''boom," but he can
hardly aspire tc the first place on the
t.cket.
John Sherman OF Ohio Was 30 treache.-
ou-ly treated at the last Chicago conven-
tiou, where he was slaughtered BY those
who went there pledged to vote for his