Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-02-25
Washington Letter.
From our Regular Correspondent
 WASHINGTON. Fab I7n 1000

WASHINGTON, Feb. I7th. ISss
 ED. CITIzEN:-Mr. Blaipe,s late. 4.
 Chairman Jones, of the National Ro
 publican Committee, announcing ina,
 his name would not go before the ma
 honsi nominating convention this year
 hss overshsdowed everything of a po,iti.
 cal nature at the National Capital this
 week since 1t WAS made public. if ia
 just as eagerly discussed ss it wa, tbs
 nrst day 1t wss printed, and opinions
 dltfer as widely upon what Its effacts
 are likely to be on the people and sT
 forwards on the nominating convsn,;cn
 The opinions for conyenlepce may ha
 put ID three classes:
 First, those who were opposed to
 blalne's nomination, but would vote for
 nm II he received the party nomina- tlon. They believe, or at least they sAy so, mat the letter removes Mir. Blaine entirely from the field, and that he couid nor consistently accept the nomination even II The convention should unAni- mously tender it to him.
 Second, those who acknowledpe tbe ntness of Mir. Blaine to be the nomi ,ee or The party. but who for personal req sons prefer some other mar. They be
 leVe, because 1t IS in accordance with thelr wishes, that the letter takes Mir. blalne out Of the race and leaves it opep to the best man. which of coure, ls their candidate.
 Third, those who believe that Mir. Blaine Is entitled to the highest honors that his party csn give him, on account or hls lie long work in its interest, to say nothing of giving him 8 chance to obtain what was lost in 1884 by Rn scci- dent. They say that MT. Blaine cannot prevent the republicans of the country from dominating and electing him to the Presidency, that the matter Is out of hls hands entirely, and that the letter will have no effect whatever except to make them more determined than ever to nominate him. This classification does not include the democrats. They all hope that Mir. Elaine will not be the candidate. They fear him on account of hIs powerful influence over the Irish Americans, more than any other man in the republican party. A democratic politician of national reputation WAS overheard to-day saying to a senator of the same party: ''BlRine is the only man we have got 10 look out for. If the repu ublicsns had put up any other man m 1884, Cleveland would have carried New York by fifty thousand majority instead of the beggarly eleven hundred that We pulled through with. Our policy from now on should be to prevent the nomination of Blaine" 1.-the old maxim, find out what your oppo. nents don't want you to do, and then do It, IS right, then the republican party should go right shesd and nOmInste Blaine, his letter notwIthstanding. But politics are not run by maxims, old or new, and who IS to be the nominee is becoming burning question.
 Whichever way the Blaine letter be | taken, it has succeeded in bringing Gen. | PhIl Sheridan we'll up in the front rank | Of eligible candidates for the Republican | nomination. He would make R strong | certain to be elected, and | what president he would make.
 The administration circus is to be put | on the rosd again for a short exhibition | tour of one week. The show IS to go | south, ss far down as Florida, on spe- cis tram which will lesve here ou Tues day, returning Saturday night. Whether | the special train will include the eele- brBted car with plate glsss sides ID which | the mensgerie was exhibited during the western tour last year, hss not been learned at this writing. This hurried | trip has been arranged to help the good cause of elsctiDg Cleveland delegates to the democratic nominating convention, some anti Cleveland mutteriugs having recently been heard n that section. The show will consist of the following stars: Mir. and Mrs. Cleveland, Mir. and Mrs. Whitney. and Col. and Mrs. Lamont The show will be accompanied by repre- sentatives of the Associated and United Press, whose duties will be to supply any enthrsissm that may be lacking IL he reception of the circus by the natives