Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-10-21
THE NEW YORK CONTEST.
Roscoe C0nkling Said % Have . Sur.
prise Reaaly-The Different Party Fac.
tiOnS.

Washington Special to Philadelphia Times.
A friend Of ex-senator Conkling says that the
Utica statesman is preparing for o brief season
on the political stage some time before the close
OF the present campaign In New York. The ex-
Senator believes in surprises and has kept very
quiet, awaiting the moment when all the envi-
ronments, SO to speak, are right for dramatic
effect The ex-senator, it appears, fastened his
return from Europe on account of some mat
ters Of detail in the preliminaries Of the cam
paign. He is said by those who have met him
very recently to be In entire accord with the
republican ticket and is quietly helping to
wards success. He is now contemplating some
outward and visible sign OF his approval of the
ticket. His friends in Oneida, instead OF
being the means of rolling up three or
four hundred democratic majority, as for
majority for the republican candidates. 1t is
claimed that the figures will be quite as high as
the majority for Garfield. While the ex-senator
is industriously at work gathering in his liberal
retaners, he is not insensibe to the interests of
his faithful political adherents who have chung
times he is ready to serve them in return for
their fidelity.
Win his political adversaries. Having con-
trlbuted to the Illustration oil Mr.. Arthurs as
pirations for the Presidential nomination at
me aa mot the
the same year. He is now relishing the public
surprise created by the Halstead-Chase letter.
<AS uCIWScu OOukllUS auu SENATOR EVarLS
there never has nor does there now exist any
serious cause for estrangement. Their differ
ences have been simply those of professional
premises on the side of the ex-senator.
There is a disposition on the part of some of
Inc managers in New York not to have much of
an aggressive campaign. very careful cam
vass OF the state by the republicans shows that
In the interior districts the republicans wilt not
only poll more than their average vote, but
That many democrats will be found in the re-
publican ranks. The present calculation is that
the republican ticket will come to Harlem river
with fully hfty thousand majority. Some favor.
able arrangements have also been made with
the refractory elements in the democratic ranks
polls. This is mentioned as an explanation OF
the exceptional quiet which prevails along the
republican line. 1t now appears that those that
are let OF the Arthur coterie OF wire,pullers in
ously with the dissatisfied faction OF the de-
mocracy, with every prospect of a fair deal in
event Of success. The Conkling contingents are
forces. which went down under such an over
whelming load Of opposition, are again in the
front. The Blaine forces, headed by Warner
count Of themselves Cornell, Fiatt and nd Nor or.
ton are also cheering their followers on in sup
port OF Davenport and success. Meanwhile Sem
ator Evarts is using his influence with the New
York merchants, commercial men and corpora
tons.
In order to give these formerly hostile ele-
ments certain necessary amount of cohesive
and to weld them into q solid mass for the work
OF the polls, 1t has been proposed to have two
great speeches, one by Senator Evarts and the
other by ex-senator Conkling. Both gentle
men are understood to be in the hands of the
party managers for the purpose indicated. 1t
is conceded that two speeches of the calibre OF
the gentlemen named would give the republic
atoms heard and felt from Montauk Point to
roaring Niagara.