National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1884-06-02
POLITICAL NOTES.

! 1oung ar. English and the ONO man named
! Wolac ought TO be investigating the laws of
the District Of Columbia bearing upon people
found with stolen goods in their possossion.-
| Boston Herald,
Senator Sabin says that il was never his
intention to hold the Craftsmanship of the
national committee after the national conven-
tion. At that time new chairman will
therefore be chosen.
! Business mon in various parts Of the coun-
! try are very properly endeavoring to influence
the nomination of President Arthur by the
| republican convention, and the movem ent is
not confined to republicans alone,-South
Boston Inquirer.
God romove tho day when tho advanta o.,
comforts, and things which make America SO
dear to tho hearts of the people shall BIO tax en-
from them. No tariff means low wages, scant
clothing, few comforts, poverty, ignorance,
aristocracy, monarchy.-Aurora (IA.) Blade.
Newspapers that recently were booming
Mr.. Blaine so vigorously, and that declared
so loudly that President Arthur was out of
the race, have changed their tune lately and
now claim that the contest is entirely between
Blaine aud Arthur. This is nearer the truth
than they have ever got before.-Philodcl-
phid NeWs.
Tho Philadelphia Press thinks that "Mr.
Blaine is the one republican who would be
reasonably sure of election without New
! York" This is the verest bosh. As goes
New York 80 will every other doubtful state,
including Indiana, go. Perhaps Blaine can
get elected without Massachusetts and Ohio
| Utica Observer.
Buffers boom makes no Roadway among
the democrats IN Virginia Tho editor of tho
Richmond Dispatch is reported as saying that
I'VE do not admit q possibility of Buffers
nomination. There is probably no other man
calling himself democrat for whom the
south would not gladly vote If nominated for
/ nrpgiHnnts hut
means to draw tho line at Butler"
The American people will not be satisii cd
| with nobody for president. Mediocrity
need not apply. Tho people arc not now in
condition or temper to be pleased with a
rattle or ticklod with straw" No little
man who is conspicuously unknown. who
| has been active all his life in doing and
achieving nothing, is to-day an available can
didate for either party.-IndiandpoHs Journal
Mr.. Flower has already inherited several
small, but moro or less thrifty, blooms" which
encourages him to hope that the grand old
reformer himself may decide to add codicil
to his political will. Ex-senator Barnum of
Connecticut, openly declares that he would
rather drive mules for Mr.. Flower thaa for
any other man In the country, excepting only
Mr.. Tilden. Mr.. Flowers chief anxiety Just
at present is lest the Sun should "knife" him
with portrait, and he shudders every time
he looks at Mr.. Holman.
1t is conceded by everybody, except strong
partisans of other candidates, that President
Arthur is making a sure gain of strength.
Every day brings overestimates of Blaine
strength. Representative Barrow, of Penn
| sylvania, says Blaine has only seventeen in
| that state now, and will have less after Don
Cameron arrives. He gives forty-three at
least for Mr.. Arthur. Representative Houk,
OF Tennessee, says there are only two Blaine
men in their delegation, instead of nine, as
l claimed and TINT Arthur wi hava tua
one and Edmunds Washington CORES.
pondent of Providence Journal
The doubt that overhangs tho subject is
purposely fostered by the intriguants who
are using Mr.. Tilden's name and popularity
for their own purposes 1t is game to
which no ought to put stop by frank and
unmistakable declaration of his purpose. The
national convention should take no stop in
tho dark. A complimentary nomination
would be an objectionable blunder. The
| chances of victory are not SO flattering that
the party can afford to take the risk of any
| errors. 1t is entitled to know what Mr.. Til
den means TO do, and IL is tho imperative duty
| of Mr.. Tildon to furnish that knowledge at
the earliest practicable moment.-BrOoklyn
Eagle,
There is growing sentiment in favor of
maintaining in the presidential chair the
man who has so faithfully guarded the inter-
ests Of the people without thought Of self
lhSJ pGO lLub ~ 10 uUG Ouly pTdCllCul lu-
dorsement Of the man, but desire for the
well-being of the country that lies in the
sentiment for the nomination of Mr.. Arth ur
to lead the republican party to victory in
the coming election. That this sentiment
will mako itself felt in the June convention
is foregone conclusion. There is moro salts
faction in an aggressive fight for good
administration than there is in defending the
record of q man, and ii can easily BIO seen
which is capable of doing the most service
Burlington HatCkeye
Some democrat ventures to express his
curiosity as to what rich man the republicans
will place at the head of their national COM
mittee whom Sabin retires. Their is u ton e
about questions Of this sort which it ia not at
all safe for democrats to indulge in. With h
millionaire five or six times over at the head
Of their own national committee possessing
a lively record for mule dealing, with prob
able candidate for president whose "bar'l'
has passed into proverb, with recent nomi-
nee for vice president whose leading qualif-
cations was his bank account, and with
numerous kindred instances in the way of
Ohio senator's &c, this kind of comment is
very Improbable for thom.-G Globe Democrat.
The New Orleans Picdyune 10 exposing the
rascalities of- tho recent elections in Louis
lana. One Of the tricks was that of sending
down q box containing 95S straight, una
dulterated ring votes" from Bayou Pigeon, a
place unknown to the oldest inhabitants OF
Iberia parish as voting precinct and sup
posed to have not more than twenty inhAbi
tants. This did not give quite votes enough,
and 80 the returning officer threw out the
returns from another polling place, because
he had heard that n row had tax On place hear
the poll. That place had given the candidate,
whom tho ring wished to defeat a large
majority. With that return rejected, and tho
fictitious return from Bayou Pigeon counted,
everything was satisfactory to the ring.
The Blaine men have nothing newer to
present than the antique deviee--usually the
precursor of defeat-of making in advance
tho most perposterous claims for their favor
lite. The reasonable superstition Is that Mr..
Blaine will have fewer votes on the first
ballot than even his most conservative friends
claim for him. The habit Of making exag-
Rerated estimates, which is now practiced by
his party with reference to the whole coun-
try, began in the several states, and has been
continuously and unsparingly exerc ised.
Votes in New York, in Pennsylvania, and
elsewhere are counted for Mr.. Blaine which
he will never receive And almost the
whole of that considerable body of dele
gates to whose selection tho district
system has been especially favorable,
men who do not commit themselves to
the support of any candidate, but are anxious
to act for the highest good of the party and
the country, Is set down in the Blaine column.
1t no more belongs there than it does in the
Arthur column, far less than il does in the