Year: 1874

l~,,4 haa undoubtedly lnJuiou h'S f'''N..


80 outsido of Boston. 1t is uncertain ar YET No Vo
oornes,Iv his claims will be pressed the present
year. n,.


rRospECrs OF JUDGE HoAR AND DR.. LoRiNG'


Tho Hon Geo F. Hoar is proposed as candidate
In several of the country journals OF the state ]"
% not "a vet ascertained that be viii consent 10 so
before tho Convention. There are rumors OF some
Dissatisfaction existing in his district, which wiz
make his reelection to Congress diihcult; put IL is
not probable that these will operate so lar as 10
driye him out of the field in advance. lie would be
the best man in the State TO hold personal contest
with Butler. il Butler proposes to make anoihei
campaign Aside from this, il is not easy to see WY
the Republicans should desire to remove so aoio anu
influential a man from the House of REPRESENTATIVES
ut Washington The same remark may DO Intu. "'
reoards the Hon Henry J.. Fierce OF the hiu D's-
tr;ct whom some interests here desire W p'"s io'
ward AGAINST Butler. Mr. Pierce has no oisposi.ion
A. Iaave Congress- in which he is useful, and before
the ncriod arrives for holding the State Convention
Il will be evident that Butler can be beaten without
the Aid of either Mr. Hoar or Mr. Pierce.


DIR Ioring is probably to be named among the
candidates at present. 1t is difficult to see where
his strength is to come from in the Convention The
cpposition to Gen. Butler will not accept him. and II
Bntler is able to nominate anybody, Of course he
will nominate himself There has been indeed no
place for DIR. LoTing in Massachusetts, politics SINCE
Gen. Butler came upon the stage. The latter Is so
much more earnest. more vigorous, more poio ana
moro magnetic that it is idle to talk Of nyalry De-
tween the meu. DIR. Loring has been the author
Of uncounted orations of late years and this Winter
I've has delivered Two really able set speeches in the
Legislature; bnt in all his legislative life he has APP
reared to lack either the confidence OF the courage
to meet an adversary IN debate and if he ever had
any of the fighting quality in him. he has parted
with il since he became member of the Republican
party There is better opening for him on
middle ground between the warning factions OF the
Republican party than there in the ranks Of either
uf these bclligerents


Gov Talbot has therefore the best prospects of any
Republican candidate il Butler is not in the field
and the situation will not be very materially
changed. "a far may now judge, If the latter
does enter it. The only danger apparent is IN some
possible mistake of action regards the liquor legis
lation of the State radical change in which has
been made by the repeal of the State Constabulary
law The Governor is asked by portion of the
Temperance men to veto this bl Such course
would be suicidal on his paIt; and, on the other
hand. to sign it may somewhat injure him. though
the latter is by far the polite course 1here
nothing o the strength of the Governor as q candi
date however to close the Office against competition
and there is not unlikely to be an active canvass
in favor of Mr.. Sanford, Mr.. Rice, and Mr. Hoar.


SENATORIAL CONTEST FOR TIE LONG TERM.


The Senatorshp for the long term in succession to
Mr. Washburn is perhaps more important question
than that of eecting Governor Its result is aI-
parently uncertain rs was in the beginning that
of the late protracted effort to fill Mr.. Summers va
cancy. Mr.. Dawes will certainly be candidate
again; 80 probably will Judge Hoar, and so, with
out nuch doubt, will be Senator Washburn 1t was
assumed that the latter was elected merely to fill
gap in the representation nd not to be in the way of
anybody else when the six years term came before
the Legislature. Those who accepted this view
counted without their host One of the earliest acts
of Senator Washburn effort to show his fit.
for the place by his speech on the finances of
the country. That speech is accepted here as at
least able treatment of the subject either of
his Republican competitors was capable of furnish
ing. There no reason thus far apparent to expect
an accession of strength to Mr.. Dawes or Judge
HOar n the next Legislature. The same causes that
prevented either of them from being elected in the
present body likely again to operate. There will
therefore be "a balance of power party among the
Republicans and il is hardly TO be supposed that
Senator Washburn will not be In position to be-
again an alternative candidate, if he should
not assume a more formidable attitude earlier.


1t should he borne in mind too, that there is a
large number of Republicans in Massachusetts who
desire to abler man in the Senatorship than
either of the gentlemen mentioned. The loosening
of party ties here is greater with each month. II
will not be at all surprising to find an effort in the
Republican ranks to elect men to the Legislature
who will vote for Charles Francis Adams for SEN
ator. There is an excellent opportunity for the
Democrats TO gain strength in this way. if they
show ordinary sagacity Let them nominate good
men. who are pledged TO vote for Mr. Adams, and
there will be of towns in which Republicans
viii bolt from caucus nominee committed to
either Dawes or Hoar and elect the opposing candi-
date. Mr.. Dawes can only make his peace with the
anti-Butler men by Iepudiating Butler. 1t is not
easy TO see that he is likely to do
this now than he in April. Judge
Hoar is not popular man in any
section of the State, and will be bit
terly opposed by the Butler faction, and not ac-
oepted by the Western Republicans if the contest
between him and Mr. Dawes is renewed. The lat
ter would prefer Mr. Adams, who has more strength
in the Western portion of the State than has yet
been made apparent. 1t is in the power of those
men who desire reform in public life more than they
desire party success and who aspire to see Massa-
chusetts again take leading position in the United
States Senate to elect Mr. Adams. If they do not
mako the best of their opportunity there will be
another similar struggle to that we have just passed
through in the Legislature. and Mr.. Washbun is
more likely than anybody else TO be again the victor
in il.


CANDIDATES FOR MR.. HooPER's PLACE IN THE HOUSE


The Democrats hope 10 elect at least one member
of Congress of their party to the House of Rep
resentatives this year from Massachusetts, in place
of the Hon. Samuel Hooper and assist in placing
Cen Banks again in his former seat, and perhaps to
accomplish something in one two of the other
districts of the State Mr.. Hooper, it is assumed,
will not be again candidate the strife for his