The Portland daily press., 1884-03-20
Edmunds in New Y ork.

Ffom the New York Evening PVst)
Every attentive observer of the current of politi
cal opinion in this State must have become i'm
pressed with the holowness of the several 'booms"
supposed to be gathering force and headway In
favor of this or that candidate for the Presidency
The belief is generally held that the
boomers Will boom each other out of water when
the convention meets, If not before and that the
exigencies of the party will force a nomination
which shall commend itself to the good sense and
cpnservative temper of the c immunity. The un-
IN this state running In favor of Senator
Edmunds OF Vermont, is the expressi'n N OF this
common hope and belief. IL can tr1ily be said to
have found any outward expression; it is represent
ed by no organization yet is is met everywhere as
force, latent but distinct and calling for uent on
on all sorts of occasions. II does proceed from
personal IN gneti-m" any mere than from or gan
lied effort nevertheless it exists. Nobody has
taken any pains to promote it and nobody is likely
to- yet 1t is all the more potent by reason of the
fact that nobody in particular appears to have any
interest In It,
The latent strength which Mr.. Edmunds evident
ly has in New York proceeds from the belief that
the independent vote would be given to the Repub-
lican ticket with eheerfulness and substantial una
nimity if he were nominated. Not that Mr.. Ed
nul as is himself an independent, that designa-
tlon Il commonly applied. Personally he Is ss in
Gepende1t as need be. perhaps a triie more 40.
ron ically he is partisan of the most pronounced
type. lie not only the best interests of the
country bound up ia the Republican party. but he
would ot arraDg 1t otherwise il he could. He ID
not identified with reform If any sort unless
watching all providers around the Treasury and
blocking their games with punctuality can be called
SUCH. The friends of civil service reform have re-
ceived some Ii tie encouragement at hIs hands but
not enough to be worth remembering. He has new
er been tner special helper, but prob ably always
their wellwsher. As regards the tai If there is no
reason 20 suppose that Mr.. Edmunds views differ
essentially from those Of his colleague, Senator
Nevertheless, the Independent element which
cuts so large figure in New York politics could be
counted upon to support Mr.. Edmunds heartily, be-
cause they perceive in him SAFE strong clean
wel-poised man who does his own thinking and
follows his own convictions. 1t is believed that a
man thus equipped may be trusted not merely with
he interests Of REFORM but with all other interests
OF national import Rnce II s nelLhe- for nor
gainst Mr. Edmunds that he Is without ambition;
that he would rather remain in the Senate than
take he seat of the chief Executive; that the secu-
SION OF his study infinitely preferable to the buf-
tetlngs OF the Viii House. His reluctance to be
exposed 10 four years o. pulling ami hauling mis-
celianeous hand-shaking. and the many worrying
perfume ory duties OF American President is
known t be uuteignei and almost invincible For
man OF such enper tment ooum'' of the politi-
cal rt is impossible; but this fact of itself adds
very much to th lateu force in his favor which
SO early discerned in this State. and with which
the managers of all the Dooms will have to reckon
at Chicago.