Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-11-18


NEW YoRK, November IA, 1885.
II friends OF the late presidentisl candidate o.
the republicans In New York can b depended
upon, neither he nor themselves consider Mr..
Blaine removed ffom the theater Of politics.
The stalwarts found comfort In that belief last
year even In the midst OF their party's defeat
Now that New York has elected Q democratic
governor by ten times the plurality by which
Blaine lost New York, Mr.. Blaine's friends
stronger than his party In New York. even with
Oneida county and other stalwart stronyholds
in line for the state ticket while they were
against Blaine last year.
on Mr. sl1 Msss,n friends that he SS.ys
politics In Virginia, and disclalm responsibility
for the late republican disaster there, as they
republican sentiment TO Blsine's leadership By
the logic Of I'VE told You 90" both as TO New
this %ous The n.
In Virginia was directed by influences un-
friendly to Blaine's nomination last year, when
ton. In N New YORK this year NJ Biains s's Wss
courteously snubbed through friends who
wanted him to speak for the state ticket II
was urged that his presence In New York would
offend the mugwumps already for Davenport,
ana might also irritate the stalwarts TO Wig.
or0us repetition OF the knifng process OF last
rHR RACE IN 1883.
Mr.. Blaine experiences no annoyance accord.
Ing to his friends. from the fact that he was
Shared out" of the New York canvass, and that
Damon and Pythias with Cen Malone, thai
would have summoned him to take part In the
canvass in Virginia They profess to consider
no serious opponent except Senator John sher.
man, whom they identity With republican de-
sas In a. both New RErs and Virginia Is be sook
states. Senator Shermane canvass Cor the
presidency is not quite % well mapped out Is IL
Blaine's friends. While it does not follow that
MI. Blaine's candidacy for the republican NOM
ination is determined upon, Il e certain that
they may have to abandon IL after some eaeo.
tions which will occur In the two years that are
tions of the two national parties. s s'-''A
Should Blaine and Sherman be the leading
candidates for the republican nomination, they
ords as to the questions Of sound currency,
which Shermans friends contend he estab-
lished. and which Blaine advocated. Both are
protectionists. These questions have furnished
the republicans their pleas for public faith IN
the republican party. Both Sherman aud
spicuous in the agitation q to the negro in
southern politics, and both have been con-
as%ne3 Sy popular verdict in v.sEnis ct
testants for New York's business element" to
whose influence In choosing presidential cam
counsels of both political parties there are other
considerations.
MR.. SHERMAN IN OHIO.
Mr.. Sherman has an "eye to the windvard"
always. An Ohio democratic member OF Con-
gress lately said that while he had "hoped for
the best" he never had any faith in democratic
Sherman wanted Ohio he got it. Mr.. sherman
south when he went to Virginia. Probably he
had little hope of republican success In vir-
ginia, as probably. Gen: Malone and Mr.. Wise
4 yx0C n 6xr1f oil to- &c. - n
spair. But Malone and Wise represented the
republican organization which will direct the
of delegates 2 the
were absent and looking askant, Sherman was
In Virginia to relieve defeat with the glamour
defeat in Virginia with Malone and Wise,
after securing success in Ohio tor himself He
contended in Virginia for protection-the issue
the only issue that gives the republican party
fighting chance in the south even In the |
next ten years: Now, see what sherman
MahOne's expatriation-that Is, OF his voluntar- |
y leaving the state and more so as to John WISE
organization. Wise made q wonderful can.
vass-wonderful in energy and fertility, with |
mistakes, according to severe Judgment, that
Both have families and both have interests in
Virginia, and both are identified with the
man, they are in possession OF the Virginia re-
publican organization, and there are signs
enough here In the personal associations of Sena-
tor Malone that he has no especial enmity from
the"busness interests of MI. Sherman's friends.
Reaching out from Virginia towards the south,
Sherman may make friends In republican con.
ventions as the only possible republican candi-
date for the President that ventured to 60 south
save GovernOr-elect Foraker. Blaine has am |
pie time to catch up on this southern record of |
Sherman. And meanwhile both have abun-
dant time during Q national and state demo /
Graf administration In New York to lay plans /
as to the New York delegation in the next ma /
tional republican convention, and the contest /
promises to be lively throughout.