The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-03-25
THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
The Gubernatorial Race In Nav York
the Most Absorbing Political
Event.
Protest Against Higgins Presented
by Civil Service Commissioners
to Secretary Manning.
NEW YORK,s NEXT GOVERNOR.
Speculation in Regard to the Candidates
Special to the sentine.

Special TO the 5entinei.
WASHINGTON, March 24.-I met q New
Yorker to day. a man not in politics, yet
who keeps his eyes open to see what is going
on in political circles. 1 asked him what he
thought OF the gubernatorial race in his
State this fall, Said he:
"Just now the situation is mixed in both
parties. OF course Governor Hill would
like to succeed himself, but he having sue
ceeded to the Governorship from the Lieu
tenant Governorship is in an analogous
position TO Vics President who becomes
President. None OF these latter
has ever succeeded himself. or even
been nominated. This rule, if.I may call it
rule, will not hold good in the cases Of Lieu
tenant Governors who become Governors,
but 1t is undoubted that such succession
does not always help man. This is the
case with Governor Hill. He is not a
cislly popular, and he has by certain acts
impaired what popularity he had. am in
clined to think that the nomination lies be-
tween Hill and one of the Cabinet Of
fcers from New York, most likely Mr.. Man
ming. Tsmmany would prefer Mr.. Whitney.
Which one OF them runs, il either, will be
settled by the President
asked.
There are several Republicans who would
like the race. Chief among them is Levi p.
Morton, who wants satisfaction for the
drubbing that Mr. Evarts gave hime in the
Ssnstorial race. But" and here my in
formant smiled queer smile, "but would
not be surprised to see Ex President
Arthur make the race. Ii he sheuld make
it, and should be elected by a handsome ma
jority, it will nominate him for the Presi-
dency in 1883 to 9 certainty. Such result
would be boom for the ex President v hich
would have lasting and convincing
effect upon his party. They would
then belieys that If they had nomi-
mated him last year that he would have car
ried his own State and been elected. This
conviction would nominate him in 1888.
1t therefore behooves the Democrats. in
view OF this contingency, to nomi-
note the stronrest man they've got. They
should do this anyway. for the result IN
New York this fall will be very important
in its bearing upon the success of the admin.
istration."
This man, IS said, is q political observer
rather than politician, and his views are
entirely free from prejudice. He evidently
thinks that the two parties will put forward
their strongest men and greatest effort:
toward success in the Presidents State
Certainly Arthur and Manning, or Arthur
and Whitney, or Evarts aud either of the
Secretaries, would make a desperate cam
psign.
Said he again: 81 hear, too, now and then
a faint voice In favor OF running young Seth
Low, the reform Mayor of Brooklyn, for
Governor. If he had bsen q little more
pronounced for Blaine last year he might be
run, but as il is he will not be. The Repub
licans are too sore to tolerate mugwumps OF
those who sympsthizs with them yet. Th
time may come when they will, but not nov
when they rule Ex-Governor Cornell and
Johnny Davenport out of their primaries. "