Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-11-23
An Interview with the Vice Prest.
dent.
HIS VIEWS on THE ISSUES OF THE DAY THE
THIRD TERN. INFLATIoN. EIC

| HIS VIEWS on TIE ISSUES OF THE DAY THE
| THIRD TERM, ISFLATIoN, ETC.
ON saturday last. correspondent o. the
Baltimore Sun called upon the Vice Presi-
dent at his room in the Capitol. and had a
| long interview. From the report in thai
paper We make the following extracts =
| The Vice President appeared TO be deeply
| interested in the results OF the late elections
and in the political prospects Of the pres.
| identisl campaign next year. He then re-
minded your correspondent OF a converse.
lion last spring, soon after the adtournmeu,
/ OF the special session of the Senate He
said =" told you how il would be. Don
you think L am little Of q prophet In DO
litical matters. The liberals IA We been com
lIg back all summer, and they will ali be
oack-that Is those worth having-before the
be-" e' mo-
TO the suggestion that he might be nresent
the Nice-President replied, well, / don't
Fnow about that. would like to be. bui
you know a person in my condition cannot
make engagements far ahead. Still i fee
now as IL would attend a good many con.
ventions yet. L feel strong; the doctors saw
am getting better, and believe SO myself
They say viii be able 20 go north on Mon.
day. We will see. But about the elections
i always thought that the results which
brought In a democratic House would prove
transient, believe told you So" Being aS
sured in the affirmative, he continued. Nov
you see was right. tell You the democrats
Will have TO improve great deal before the
people VIII trust them with the government.
Now bear that in mind when YOU get the re-
suits OF the electionsjust year from now A
Here the Nice-President halted i'm his
speech. He seemed 10 be lost ia meditation.
"oNLY THINKING"
his eyes rested dreamily upon the glowing
embers OF the crate before him. His face
wore an expression OF anxiety. Alter a mo
inert he recalled himself, aud turning re
marked: Il was only thinking. A Thought
struck me. A year does not seem long. does
lG In some peoples lives IL is very long IL
seems eternity. Perhaps that may be my
experience, but feel well enough row. But
remember what have told you. There is
one thing, the people never will put a demo
THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE
II he ever had in any way any connection
with the rebellion. The northern dem ocrats
were worse than the southern. TIE sou thern
people may have been misiirected by their
leaGers and have bsen driven into an mex
cusable attack upon the very life of the gov
eminent. They risked their lives and sacri-
feed their means in defense of their priu-
clples, and you might say their firesideS, but
the northern democrats did not have that
even to pardon their sins. They were in
trlguine In every way to bring fire and cevas-
t2tion 10 the north. They had no respect for
their own families let alone their honor, IN
the democrats ever expect to have a chance
as long as this generation lasts, they will
nave to nominate war democrat il there
are any suitable left In that party. After
this crop Of candidates dies out, the people
VIII take up other subjects, but now they
have more confidence in Union republican
tnan a rebellious democrat. Remember.
there are many good men among the demo
Gratis, but they have way OF keeping these
Ia the background. don't believe IN always
harpfng on the war. ] telie We we are taught
TO forgive our enemies. i believe in that,
but think they should be put on their good
behavior q while. suppose they will spend
al their time investigating this winter and
smelling about 10 find something wrong " IN
the republican party. II VIII BE- interesting
to watch them.
THIRD TERM
Your correspondent. seeing the disposition
OF the Vice President TO continue his CONVEX
sation, made an allusion TO the third term
talk IN the newspapers. The Vice President
replied that he was little shy on that sub
ject, as he had been good deal misrepre-
scented about that. He said:-~I have every
confidence in President Grant. We have
beeh represented in the news papers as being
ON unfriendly terms. L never thought SO.
The President has his views. and 1 have
mine. l think his third term letter expressed
everything. 1t might be dangerous under
some circumstances TO make a change OF
Pre- ident, no matter how many terms he has
had. Take Lincoln, foI instance. Ii he had
lived, and the war had been raging al the
end Of bis second term, il would have been
dangerous thing TO make a change, because
he had his hand in, and was familiar with
every phase OF the contest, and means al
hand to put IL down. Under other circum
stances have nothing 10 say, only ] believe
in frequent char ges, say every four years, IA
persons in Office
ROTATION IN OFFICE.
"lf had my way would sub stitute new
men i'm the place of at least one third of the
present office holders, as believe at least
thst number have lost their usefulness 10 the
republican party. L think something like
this should be done before the next conven-
ton meets"
HEALTH AND HIS WORK.
Suddenly turning the subject he spoke of
his health. He said that perhaps he had
been imprudent in over-exerting himself
but that he felt SO much better aud stronger
al summer that he thought there wo2!d be
work so that he might thereafter take rest
and q wait his time to pass away like all the
rest OF mortals. He said that in New York
by him was assured OF entire recovery from
the effects Of his attack Of paralysis. The
physician, he said, pronounced some alarm
ing symptoms of disease OF the spine, and re-
commenced the treatment TO which Mr..
sumner had been subjected, which was the
application of hot irons to the back in the
region OF the spine. After undergoing this
les previously applied, he felt stronger and
better, and said that he thought he would az
least be able to preside at the opening of the
Senate, and perhaps through most OF the
STRUGGLING WITH AGONY.
be observed, in this connection, that he
had had long struggle with intense agony
IN his spine before he yielded; tina. he thought
he had brought every power OF endurance 70
bear; that no one CO.. I'D ever imagine the
suHering ne mad battled against, aud only
yielded when utterly exhausted; that he was
so utterly Frustrated that he did not think ii
possible TO revive. He said that at no time
was he without q clear perception of every
thing that was going on that the only strk-
ing sensation he had Independent OF MS suf
fering was that ofexcessive fatigue. Hesaii
that he accounted for that i'm the exertiol he
was compelled to make TO preserve the mas
terry Of his will over his physical suffering
He felt that If this should yield he would lose
his reason, as the agony he endur ed was be-
yond expression.
IN THE FRENCH ASSEMBLY yesterday all
the amendments to the electoral bill which
were agreed to on the sth and 9Th instants
were rejected. The Right Centre have re-
solved TO oppose all amendments offered by
the Left and Left Centre, with q view TO
modifying the vote by which the scrutin d.
reimbursement was adopted rs the method of
voting. The press bill was discussed In COM
mittee, Ministers Buffet and Dufaure being
present. IL Is thought the election for the
portion of the Senate to be chosen by the As
cay n v vuill ho cot for