Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-11-14
SAVING THE PARTY.
What Cameron said TO Grant-The
Latters Theory about the RepubII-
car Dfsnster.
Washington Correspondence of the Chicago

What Cameron said TO Grant-The
Letters Theory about the RepubII-
car Disaster.
Washington Correspondence of the Chicago
Times.
Senator Simon Cameron, the 81 Win
nebago Chief" of the Republican par
ty in Pennsylvania, az his political as.
sociates tAese delight to call him, turn
ed Up to-day in the ante-room of the
white house, to tell his tale of last
weeks great political disaster He
found the President in excellent hu-
NOR, and, as usual, a most wiling list
ener. Mr.. Cameron protested that it
was not dissatisfaction with the lead
ers Of the party IN that State, nor with
the legislation and principles of the Re-
publican organization, that had
caused the reverse, but that
hard times had everything to
do with it. "Why, Mr.. President"
said Dir. Cameron, four manufacturers
are doing little or nothing; our fur
naces are idle; the price of iron is low;
our factories are running on reduced
time, or not at all, and the fact is,
there are more people out of employ
ment IN our State of Pennsylvania,
than was ever known before. These
people" he continued, "blame the Re-
publican party for the state Of affairs,
whereas it is the result Of hard times
from the panic ct year ago. Many
of them believe, and / believe, that we
ought to have had more currency pro-
vided at the last session of Congress,
to meet the demands of business in
terests."
A WAY TO SAVE THE PARTY.
But he thought that the leaders of
the party, while they held possession
of all departments of the Government,
should at once take steps to insure a
Republican President and Congress in
the general election two years hence.
One of these steps, MIR. Cameron states,
though he does not say that he so in
formed the President, is to give Penn
sylvania representation in the Cabinet.
The failure of a Republican Con-
gress to make appropriation for the
Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia
was among the local reasons given by
Mr.. Cameron for loss of votes in the
Republican ranks.
GRANTS THEORY.
1t appears that the President lis
tened to Mr.. Cameron's apology for
the Radical defeat in Pennsylvania,
and then replied that while there
might be some local reasons for it, he
did not think that they applied to New
York and New Jersey and other States
that had reversed their political
record; and he informed Mr.. Cameron,
very plainly, that many of the leaders
of the Republican party are, In his
opinion, responsible for the turn IN the
political vote. The attacks made on
the Administration by Republicans IN
Congress; the neglect of the last ses-
sion to dispose Of the financial issue;
the Indifference to the Louisiana situa-
ton, though he had appealed for
definite action In a special message,
and other failures to meet the expecta-
tons of the country, had contributed
to the defeat.
Mr.. Cameron agreed that there had
been mistakes made by Congress, but
he thought they were not IN the main
responsible for the recent change. He
agreed with the President that the
third term nonsense had little to do
with it. Republican Pennsylvania was
the first to declare against it, and yet
they had lost the election; so there was
no room for regret over any neglect of
that issue. On the whole, Mr.. Cam
eron found the President keenly alive
to the present situation, and not so in
different over the elections as he had
been represented.