Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-12-04

The Westiiche Post, of st. Louis
Mo-, of which Carl Schurz is an
editor, thinks that Grants re-elec.
tiou to a third term is impossible
Even as the opponent ofan infia-
zionist Democrat, it thinks that
he would be a weak candidate
saying:
ITO renominate him wi h the
design of keeping the hard money
cause above water, would be to tic
q milestone around its neck. Fol
no intelligent person can deceive
himself as to one thing: however
many hard money men there may
be, who, to save their cause, would
resort to the most extreme expe-
dient-that is, would vote fol
Grant-there are. on the other
hand, thousands whom no consld.
GRAFTON In the world could per-
suade TO such a step. And the
hard money cause would need
every vote In such fight"
We take the following from the
interview with Senator Ferry re-
ported In the New York Herald :
my views are now what they
were In the first session OF the
Forty-third Congress. and If you
will look up my speeches and my
work in committee you will fini
that instead Of being In favor OF
an infial ion Of the currency, / was
In favor Of limiting and fixing the
circulation. Let me explain .
When the bill to authorize an In
crease OF IA, 000, 900 Of greenbacks
was under discussion / advocated
making the paper currency of the
country uniform in its nature, in
stead Of distracting our financial
system with several kinds Of paper
money / wished at the same
time to limit the circulation for
ever toa maximum Of eight hun
dred millions and let the country
grow up to specie payments. AS
the law now stands the response
bility Of contracting the green
backs lies with the people them
selves. / was in favor Of putting
of a date for resumption as long as
possible. In fact / opposed any
date at all. l believed resump-
ton would be arrived at more
easily by the natural growth OF
trade and by encouraging the
prosperity Of the country. / OPP
posed the date, 1876, strenuously,
and only accepted 1879 as COM
promise to facilitate legislation and
quiet the agitation of the country
l worked to harmonic the many
conflicting opinions of the com
rnittee. l was its chairman. /
conceded some points and gained
Others"
A Detroit despatch to the Chi
cago Tribune says that within a
few days the friends of Governor
Hendricks have taken a series of
adroit steps which promise to &C.
cure for him the Michigan delega-
tion to the next Democratic Ma
tional Convention.
The Washington correspondent
efthe New York Times says it is
quite impossible to guess who is
aheau for the Speakership, and
there is a possibility that some
man not yet named may come into
the arena at the last moment and
carry off the prize.
Senators Christiancy, Cameron,
Mcmillan and Paddock, nominal
ly Independents, will all act with
the Republican party, Mr.. Booth
will be the only Senator who will
go into neither caucus.
If the "rag baby" was killed and
buried, its friends are bent upon re-
surrection and galvanizing into new
lite. We learn from the Sunday
Tribune of Philadelphia that a State
Central Club of legal tender men
has been formed in that city, which
has issued a circular and distributed
it throughout the State, calling for
the organization of ward, township
and borough clubs, and recommend
ing the holding of a State Conven-
tion for organization. The Tribune
says:
The chief objects Of these clubs
will be to disseminate information
on the money question, and the or
ganization, as a whole, will seek 'sto
influence existing parties or act i'm
dependently, as circumstances may
require We refer to the matter
thus particularly, for there is reason
to believe that it is destined to be a
formidable movement. We under
stand that Hon. +. w. Hughes, and
other leaders of the greenback De-
mocracy, and large number of Re-
publicans of the Henry 9. Cary
school, are acting in concert, and
have adopted the plan which ia said