The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1884-05-09
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 6, 1884
Now that the Republican State Con.
vpn,ions have all been held and the
delegates to Chicago announced, the
friends of the various candidates may
he seen pencil III hapd figuring away
as To votes on the first ballot, second
choice. &c, each one trying to nomi'
nate his favoiite. The Blaine men
figure largely on the delegates voting
as the sentiment Of the party was ex-
pressed in convention, and on this basis
claim a cl,ar maj ri'y on the first bal.
lot. The Arthur men on the contrary,
while admitting that he is in woeful
minority as far as instructed delegates
90, or the action of conventions would
indicate preferences, count largely on
the treason OF delegates to those wto
elected them, and the National Re
publican, the Administration organ, is
each day filed with delightful praise
of any aud all delegates who show a
disposition to prove false to the man
who elected them.
If the present theories of the Repub
licdn are correct, treason to friends
who elect, ingratitude to those who
place you in positions of trust, and a
surrender of all principle, constitute the
highest type of Republican manhood
In fact, it virtually glories in its own
shameful advocacy of delegates betray-
ing the trust reposed in them by their
| constituencies. Mr.. Arthur as an hon.
orable man should beg to be excused
from the praise of such sheet
70 the impartial observer, who is
| not interested either IN Blaine or Mr.
Arthur, it is apparent that neither car
be nominated with any hope of al
| election, as the br ach between theil
partisans i, too broad to admit of any
thing like union on either before tht
| November election. Democrats here
are apparently enjoying the fight ii
the Republican family, and are only
surprised that even the cohesive power
of public plunder could have KEPT
these wings together, or that the larg'
number of honest men in the Republi
can party had not ere this left it ant
allowed the plunderers TO entirely de
stroy each other.
Mr. Dorshiemer, of New York, mad,
a strong speech in the House in favo
of the Morrison bill lie declared tn
measure to be not only good but thu
best which the times permitted, ant
controverted the proposition that thu
price of labor was enhanced by the pro
tectiye tariff. Mr. Dorsheimer has a
strong and clear voice as any mem
Der ia the House. He generally speak
without notes, aud secures the closes
attention of every member present,
For the first time in many years thu
managers of the G. o. p. are in bat
fix as regards finances. While Con
gress is in session at least they will no
draw on the clerks, and the conse
quence is that Republican Hradquar
lers is without dollar in the treasury
The friends of the various candidates
refuse to contribute until after the Con
vention at Chicago, and until that tim'
both the National and CONCESSIONS
Committees are trying to keep up ap
pearauces on contributions from indi
yidual members, This goes hard with
the boys, as heretofore they looked t.
Others to furnish the means TO supply
The members and their friends with
necessary Sustenance. .
Thursdays State conventions closed
up the Republican preliminary cam
paign. The latest figuring by th'
friends of Mr.. Blaine sum the matte