New-York tribune., 1888-03-25
CHANCES AT LARGE AFFAIRS.
BRIEF CHATS AND SUGGESTIONS ON POLL
TICS AND BUSINESS.

and tbs ma, most IN krd about Is the one who has
wihdrawn himself from The struggle tor a nom'hS
ton BY his party IN letter, the sincerity OF "h'on
is no here seriously challenged Although sA
weeks have passed since Mr.. Blsines lctie was pun
Iishrd his name 10 even more frequently heard than
previously In groups wher- men the pol tical
proba fities II has been developed In the chat ana
gossip In public resor's that Mr. Blaine has been
poor correspondent VIII l. N Europe, and thai MS
communications TO his friends have oeeh ie" a'u
scanty While q few OF his closest friends were
spprised Of the fact thai he Intended to write his
now famous letter, only the man to whom II was sent
tn.w its con,cnts With the missIve Chairman
'Jonot received particular Instructions binding him
TO secrecy until he letter placed In the hands OF
the As ociaicd Press. Mr.. Jones was requested 10
have tho manuscript put In type TO read and revise
the proofs himself, and then to give 1t out-an OF
which was done directed The faet that mr
Blaine has not written home concerning his own In
tentons has led many of his old followers and friends
to stop writing him. aud as It to take thr bit
between their tee h." Among iheso old rch"s
there is the belief thai Mr.. Blaine is the man who can
most surely carry the Repubi an party to success
and some OF them declare their intention to nom-
mate him In spite Of his letter.
It was while talking Of business matter in the
office Of s. B. Ellins. yesterday. that remark was
made which Indicated hai even IN 1884 Mr.. Blaine
had b, come disgusted with p1li'ical struggle ana
strife. The conversation among number OF men
had drifted from . business proposition to politics.
when Of them said "Well. let's get hacB to
business. It is important and lasting than
pol tics.' To which Mr. Elkns replied "That Is
what Mr.. Blaine used to say In 1884. He was
always wanting drop politics and discuss business
Once he said to me politics passes away business
sbides'"
Ono of the "husilers5 Of the Pacific Coast is
20 Con Franc ciccn ygh
for many years a newspaper corlesl oDdent In In
diana, but has for long time had charge OF the
wabash interests on tho Other side OF the Continent
He has been IN NewYorh for ten days In connection
with q land and railroad enterprise, of which he is
the protector, Oakland. lie talks In sanguine
way after this style " You hear of Chicago OF st.
Louis of Kansas City and of smaller but equally
ambitious towns as the future rivas OF New-York as
tu iress centres Let tell you hat while Now
York will never have rival San Francisco wiz %. DO
her So Tn to he T ,Sc Sf 70 Coast Wien hs n N"
Canal T. built OF which now think there T. greater
pro- Use than any Shgr san aprseo Bay
viii become the safe ding place for the hoets that
win ply between the shore Of the nation r. III ia he he
ships of the world Rapid as the growth o. The h,
grow ten tImes more rapidly when once there is inter
oceanic and IN ha v DAY y SeICh Es
vii 10 ploud because the metropolis will be In
no sense rival"
In chatting about real estate in California Colonel
Woodland said that while there have been senseless
booms and wild speculatons. they have only served
to illus rate the fact that there IS genuine, sub
stan IA and character to real estate invest
menis In the State His observation OF the rise OF
values at Oakland, which has been one of the phe-
nomena cities OF the country has been such to lead
him to believe that the grow OF California has only
Just begun "Farning lands around Oakland.
within two and three miles OF the centre, are Still
leing opened up for town settlement he says
and lots selling al good prices to persons VINO
buy them for the ora ion OF homes farm prop
erty commands from $500 TO 81 900 an acre IT can
be farmcd proHab al the lower figure when par
ceIled out In lot anil sold for building urposes
ercn role G t Or railroad lines by VIII ch
the ouy ne iory ound Oakland can be nroHsh, %
into Ostr conimun ca Ion, ana as these arc pulit
the entire territory WI bcome more aid more Sal-
ic OAKLAND, you know, lies lust &C oss inc pay
om San Francisco, and is the real residence portion
Of thai ciiy.D
James B. Montgomery. of Oregon, was one Of the
most jealous of the supporters Of Mr. Blaine on the
Pacific Coast 1884, both for the nomination and the
election He formerly a newspaper man In Piits'
burg who went out to the Coast In search OF iort
une and found II by the construction OF the Will
amettc Val cy Railroad in Oregon and It's sale 10
the Nor hern Pac fc Company. Io has invested IN
real estate around Portland and made money so rap
idly that he is now counted the CroeSus OF that
growing state His hobby Just a present Is the
bu ldi z of steamships TO take lumber ON bis tim
ber land In Oregon San Francisco where he is able
to dispose of II at a profit Of 81 thousand lhe
lumber is Into southern california, "hcro inc
land and building boom is al such heghI tha' even
sri nter Of pine is considered vslus ble Mr. Mont
romery is a Hortd, heavy-set man, with yellow whi'
kerr, and shortened lcs hch elures him TO use
a cri.ch. This lamen was the result OF ralifoan
his way @ ashinst n he o the title of some of
hi properly has been submit ed TO legal a. IRA 0n
egon wh ch fave been upend us but TO- WI ch DO
70 che st SSsre h. DID u YEARS ago.
In talking on the loading question of the Prcsi
Dental year Mt Montgonc cry said Blaine 1 the
man, OF course. lie viii BE- nominated. am certain
Nothing can stop his noniina n hui his own art on
II he should write letter refusing to accept nom
lnsfion II rendered him, that night prevent his nom
nation. but be Will not wite such letter. ] sa"
Mt Jones In Pitt burg the other day, and he said
that Mr. Blaine had written his last letter and would
write no more lie will be on the water when the
Convention meets on the 10th of juno IN"
Is all the delegate, VII want to J W. | nm "
New-lor1 an alr ost ulalIious exp s,loh oi Tiii i
vote ia New.Yorh City, which VIII ma h elec lon
stiiity Nr Blaine shoi rea Is be In cor ld,ra.
ton th.nh hs PEI + IN ta t|r u 1r b %'" GiS.
their voie. in such an event Ion General Hclson A.
M-le., whose splendid re- Ord A. soldier ana man
would commend him eseIy"here"
Ex-senator Warner Miller remarked the other day
that at different TINS he had had opportunity IL
study the iron making problem In this co"niry. 10
spcakng about the new Iron helds OF Alabama ann
tennessee he said $50 long we make less Iron
than We consume the itou fields viii und0um'
edly prosper We imported considerable iron las
year. | cannot give sou the exact figures. but 1t
was a considerable amount. possibly onr-hh o. one
sixth a. much rs we pfodu ed The making of Iron
can 60 developing INT tnai margin Is taken up
presum,ng the consumption this year to be the same
last year II tho consumption n ,nld fall off.
then the real test of the iron feds VIII be maze
ln Penn-y ylvan the product when turnel nut OF hr
furna Is tlgh al the door II tho factories ma
proceed 10 uIanuaciuIe 1t into articles Of demand
Ths Is tho gieA feature Of the PcDusy van
prOduct. The ron g0e- iish from he fui mace Into
the rul ling nils, he steel mill and So on, II MY
be a long while he ore there ans condition which
will mahe a test between Pennsylvania and Alabama