, 1884-03-30
LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, March "a. lSS


From our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON, March "a, 1884.
The Blooms are daily growing in
volume, and there is no better field for
studying the various growths than at tins
national political centre. OF course, no
indications are as yet sufficiently strong to
indicate who will be the coming nominees,
but some significant straws are, however,
bobbing and waving to show from what
quarter the Republican breeze is strongest.
Strangely enough, these significant straws
favor more positively han ever, within
the last few days, the Plumed Knight
from Maine, who has announced that he
is retired from the uncertain way of
politics, and whom the people will have
to call from his quiet desk, where he is
writing the history he helped to make, if
they want him, even as Cincinnatus was
called from his farm to save Rome. The
most serious question which has troubled
the minds of the friends of Mr.. Blaine
has been whether he could secure the
support of MIR. Conkling in the event of
his entering the presidential field. Mr..
Bedford, more iamiliarly known as the Red
Headed Ranger of the Rockies. who is
quoted as authority upon the political
views of Roscoe Conkling, has announced
this week that if Blaine is nominated Mr..
Conkling will earnestly support him,
though of course the %lattcr's preferences
Grant. Thus it is that the Blaine blaze
is breaking out from most unexpected
quarters-a sort of spontaneous combus-
ton affair-until many of the other aspir-
ants begin to think that evidently the way
to be a candidate is not to be a candidate.
This activity in the Blaine camp has
been balanced by the not Il little going to
and fro between Washington and Gram
Grey park. EX-Speaker Randall is one of
those who have visited and conferred with
Mr.. Tilden, summoned there, it is thought,
by the age himself, There is more sur
mise than knowledge about the purport of
these conferences, but it is pretty well
settled that Mr.. Tilden has consistently
refused to declare any preference among
the presidential asplrants IN his party. 1t
would seem from the talk at the capitol
and about town that the New Workers
kind word for Randall in his list of good
candidates has helped hat leaders,
chances, and judging from the expressions
of local sentiment Randall is nearly ms
popular among pennsylvania democrats as
Blame Is among the republicans OF that
state and he Will most probably go before
the convention as a "tavorite SON
lhe boomso OF the other candidates here
are beng carefully nursed. The warrior
statesman with the resonant voice OF a
iog-whistle' VINO Is at once the pride and
fear oil ms iellow-republlcans IN the
united states senate Is still IN the front
ranks. Ills aspirations nave had an alarm
ing effect upon his mail, for he now gets
from one hundred to three hundred let
'ers every morning ana an answer OF
some sort must DC to every letter
Ihls Is a larger mail than Is received at
the Whlte mousse or by any other pubic
man IN Washington Three clerks, and
hVe dollars a day on the average Tor post
age are required Tor this correspondence.
Inc people OF the United States have
evidently got the idea That John Logan Is
a very good haturcd man. n 1t must be
admitted that he needs the SIX dollars per
uiem private secretary winch the Senate
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