The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-08-14
PLnMR on POLITICS.

Kansas City Journal, 7th. Hon. p. B
Plumb, United States senator from Kan
sas, arrived In this city via. the Missouri
Pacific at 80 o'clock last evening, re-
turning home from Washington. After
the adjournment of cobgress he senator,
being chairman OF the commlltee on ex-
penditures, was detained IN Washington
several weeks finishing certain investi-
cations commenced before the session
closed, and arranging matters foE the
next session. Alter completing this
work he made several weeks visit to
North Carolina, and is now returning TO
his home in Emporia for the first time
since congress convened last December.
He looks unusually well and hearty, and
expresses himself as feeling entirely in
accordance with his appearance.
AJOurnal reporter met Senator Plumb
on the depot platform Immediately up
on his arrival and interviewed him brief
lv upon the political situation.
"The prospects could not we'll be more
flattering for Republican success than at
present" said he Ia response to an in
quiry. 1.-THE campaign has hardly open
ed yet, but in my judgment the condI-
lions are much more favorable for the
Republicans now than they were at the
same period in either of the last three
presidential campaigns. and if their
chances continue TO improve as the
campaign progresses as they
have during all previous
campaigs, It Is almost safe to say that
Cleveland will not carry a single Dorth-
ern state. In fact. 1t don't look now ~
though he will get the solid south, muct
less anything in the north"
sis this flattering condition due to the
superiority of the Republican candidates
or superiority Of party organization ?"
ITO both as well as TO the demoralizeC
and disorganized condition of the Dem
ocracy. They are fighting among them
selves all along the line and especially
in states which they must carry in Orde
to be successful. Their plstform Is bed
their candidates worse, and their party
organization in the doubtful states q
weak that they had just as we'll throw ul
the sponge. for they cannot hope TO car
~ even the strength that they did II
1880. Blaine Is bound to carry New
York, Indiana, California and Ohio, and
as 1 said before, If the campaign contin
ues as 1t has opened, he will carry ever.
northern state"
"Was there any political significanc
In your trip to North Carolina?"
Nothing of the sort. The trip wa
purely one of pleasure and sight seeing
went upon the inVit4tIon of Washing
ton friends who reside in that state an
had very pleasant time"
"What do you think of the politics
situation in Kansas ?"
81 know very little of the condition o
affairs in my own state, having bee
away for so long 1 shall be terrlbl
surprised, however. if Col. Martin dOC
: not redeem the state from BourbOnisI
|, by the old-fashioned forty or fifty thou
and majority"
3 "What figure will st. Johns pEesideI
d tial race cut in the campaign"
d "None at all, either in Kansas or ar
}. other state. The prohibition vote WI
not be as large this year in any of h
r states as it was two years ago. A LEAD
Y ing Indiana politician told me day
q two ago that there would not be to e.
q coed 1000 prohibition votes polled
i that state this year, and in Ohio, whe
l the temperance people have always pc
= ed from 10000 to $4,000 votes, it is |
most certain that the total vote cast
70 the prohibition ticket will not exec
Ie 5000"
Senator Plumb left on the Santa Fe
L. 10 o'clock for Emporis, and after spen
J. ing a short time home will return Ell
% aud assist in the campaign in Name.