South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1883-06-29
Letter from Washington.
From Our Regular Coyrsspo.deal.

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Politics seem TO DO warming up 10
correspond with the weather. There
10 much interest here in the Ohio sit.
ration, and to cay that the Republic
cans are exceedingly nervous but fain-
tly expresses their feelings Key .notes
for "a are being sounded IN all di.
rections. and the fine preliminary
work of that campaign, 50 far as the
candidates for nomination are con.
cerned, is being quietly done. George
Bliss, who has retired from the star
route cases with handsome pile in
fees, is still abont here and il is said
will alternate between Washington
and New York as tie lieutenant of
President Arthur in his fight for the
Republican nomination. When Bliss
was private secretary - Governor
Morgan. he was the chief magistrate
OF the State 10 oil iutents and pur.
roses, and it may be noticed that in
conventions, IN consultations and in
all other places Macgregor Bliss is
generally found NJ the head OF the IA
Bile, as it were. As the manipulator
of Arthur's campaign be is good
deal more likely 10 succeed than he
was at the head Of the star route trial.
He is just about tricky enough and
inscriptions enough to run Repub-
lican 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 anu to ignore the striies
OF the day, would dis.incline him from
the excessive labor entailed by fight
for the nomination. Don't let the 0.
thcr candidates make any such mis-
take. Arthur Is quie:, taciturn, self,
contained ,selt-caring man, undoubted-
ly, but there is u great deal OF human
nature in Arthur. He wasn't elected
President, and it would be n very
proud feather i'll his cap if, at the cx-
piratlon Of Il three years and half
administration, lie could be honored
by his party with nomination. That
OF itself would lie au intensely graft.
flying circumstance The election is
another thing. Itdoesn't follow that
IT nominated he would he elected
The chances are pretty strong the o.
ther way. But III matters now star.d
he has The inside of the pole in the
! race for the nomination. niaiuo is
considered out ot the way. Logan il
very ambitious but Dorsey says lie can
kill Logan oft. There is not % strong
man III the cabinet except Fol er, and
the Iatters' defeat last all dug the pi,
into which his presidential aspirations
necessarily fell. In the mex; Repub
lican convention there will be SIS del
egates. twill be necessary to sccurc,
for u nomination, 40. As things
look now, there is hardly any doubt
that Arthur will go into that couven-
ton with the solid South at his back,
and solid South means that mysteri.
Gus and significant number SOC
That leaves 104 only to be. obtained,
with New England. New York, New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and the bcund-
less West TO CLEAN from Let all the
ambitious Republican statesmen look
ont for Arthur.
On the Democratic side there is n
greater quantity of available timber.
and the probabilities cannot be so
closely narrowed down. The Repub-
lican organs arc indulging in consider.
able chatF about the possibility OF the
old ticket OF TIiden and Hendricks.
but they wonld not laugh 90 loud If
there really was a certainty OF TilLcn
being again in the field. To show
the real feeling among honest Repub
Leans | will quote the language of
we'll known Republican correspond.
ent in the Philadelphia Press, which
though Republican is, under its pres.
ent management. honest and ou,spo.
ken. Remember all that was urged
in favor of Mr.. Tnden when he wa.
elected beSore. lie is now older, but
he lie strongcr-an1 richer. In add.
ton 20 all that was said Of him dur
ing lis first campaign, comes that
vast sentiment which lodges in the
minds of Republicans as well as DEM
ocrats. Estimable rs Mr.. Hayes mas
be III his private character, it would
be supremest folly 10 argue, in the
light of the Louisiana frauds, that
there is not very general conviction
throughout the country that Tilden
was not unfairly dealt with and,
whether il is desirable 10 elect Re.
publican candidate ut the ncxt time
or not-vh.ch is no sense the cues
ton here-tbere Is no doubt that thou-
sands Of Republicans felt at toe last
election that il would be thcir dutv,
i'm case Tilden were rcDomind,ed. to
vote for him and give the old man
another change. | know l felt so.
and 1 heard very, very many pro.
nounccd Republicans, who had never
voted anything but the straight Re-
publican ticket, say the same thing.
PHONo.
We sometimes hear OF the science
of aeronautics. but, judging from sew
eral recent occurrences. it would ap.