Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1871-12-14
BEN. WADE INTERVIEWED.
What He Thinks Of the Past, the Pres
ent, and te Future Of Our Political
Condition.

What He Thinks of the Past, the Pres
ent, and te Future Of Our Political
Condition.
/ From the N. Y. Herald, Nov. 16.
| Learning last evening that Mr..
Benjamin F. Wade, ex Senator from
| Ohio and ex-Vice-President of the
I United States, was stopping at the
Astor House, reporter of the Her.
aid was Immediately dispatched to
that point for the purpose of an
interview" The following conver
sation ensued between, the honor
able gentleman and the Herald rep
resentative:
Reporter-You are aware, Sena-
tor, that Mr.. Colfax has declined to
be candidate for the vice-presiden-
cy again, and as at the last conven-
tion there were many in the party
who were anxious for your nomina.
ton to that position, may / ask,
would you accept if it were rendered
by the next Republican Presidential
Convention?
Senator-On that point / would
prefer not to talk much. l have al
ways served the country as faithful
ly as Icould in every capacity to
which l was called. 1 do not
think there is any large party clam
oring for my nomination, and there
fore / do not wish to decline or ac-
cept in advance what has not been
rendered to me, and which 1 do not
believe will be rendered to me. AL
though 1 have retired from public
life. read the papers fully and keep
myself posted on current political
events. My health is good, and,
while I aspire to nothing in the way
of Office, 1 would not decline to
serve my country whenever it need
ed my services, whether the position
were agreeable to me or not.
Reporter-As you are just from
Washington, Senator, presume you
can foreshadow something with ref
erence to the formation of congress
sional committees. Will they be
likely to favor a high tariff?
Senator-Undoubtedly they will.
There is popular impression with
you in the East that tariffs are un-
popular in the West. They are not.
When we have placed ourselves
there squarely in favor of tariff, at
Just those times we have received
our greatest majorities, although the
Chicago Tribune and a few leaders
have opposed US in it. 1 am in IA
vor of such an arrangement of the
tariff as will enable US to pay of at
least fifty millions per annum, and
as much more as we can without be-
ing too burdensome. The Republi-
,an party to-day is stronger in the
West than it ever was, and this is
because it is in favor of a tariff and
the national integrity.
Reporter-Will President Grant
De renominated2.
Senator-Certainly he will. He
never was as strong as he is to-day,
md, 1 think, he will be elected to a
second term by as large proper
,ionate majority as President Mon
zoe after the war of 1912. Then
,he country approved his course and
sought quietude, and was not will
ng to risk a change, and 50 it is
low with Grant. The country wish
IS to be quiet, is not willing to risk
! change, will move along in its
present beaten channels, pay its
iebts, and emerge from all of our
with its power undimin-
shed and its credit abroad the best
If any nation in the world.
Reporter-Do you believe there
will be any change In the Cabinet
'efore the coming presidential cleo
ion?
Senator-I do not know positive
= anything about it. / believe Mr..
fish would be glad to retire; but L
hink the Presidents anxiety for
i'm to remain will be paramount.
saw the President but a short
ime, and did not converse with him
N this subject. There were but
ew Congressman in Washington,
nd as all of the hotels were being
epaired l could hardly find place
D sleep, and was glad to get away
Ihen my business was finished.