New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-24
SENATOR BOOTH.

Why the California Iudependent Sena
tor 80 Heartily Supports Hayes AM
Wheeler.
Senator Booth, of California, arrived il
this oi,v Yesterday morning, and is stoppinf
Nth his brOther-in.law, Judge darlington
A ,youruol representative called upon thu
Senator last night for the purpose of ascer
tanning the Senator'S views on public affairs
Arriving at Judge Tsrkington's our repre-
sentative found the Senator the centre OF q
group Of friends, but was soon able to 90
tain an audience with the distinguished
gentleman.
Mr.. Booth said that the tender Of the
second place on the Independent ticket was
complete surprise to him, for while he en-
tertained very high regard for Mr. Cooper
personally, and esteemed 1t an honor to
have his name associated with that gentle
man, vet he had never expressed himself
as being in full accord with tho greenbAck
movement. He supposed that his nomns-
ton was made on account Of his having
been an advocate of the interconvertible
bond theory, and because of his election %
United States Senator by the Independent
party in California. The Independent party
In California was not to be COMPOUNDED
with the National Independent party. The
former was Q political necessity IN his State,
Organized to break up railroad monOpOlles,
and had no connection "a such with the T.
tional party; in fact was purely . local po-
E.ical organization.
The Senator further stated that he de-
clined the nomination at once, being con.
WINGED that the time had not yet arrived
for the possible success Of either his imam
cial theories or those of his greenback
friends. He handed the delegation that
waited upon him his letter Of defamation,
but they begged that they might be allowed
to withhold its publication until after the
first of JULY. As their communications
with him had been Of q very courteous and
pleasant nature, he assented, and suffered
them to take it away, without his retaining
a press copy, but he was ast0nisned to hn0
that up to this time they had neglected to
give it to the public. 1t placed him in the
or of being unable to determine the matter
within reasonable time.
Speaking of the issues of the present
campaign, Senator Booth sad that the gen.
eral result depended largely on the Indiana
and Ohio elections. One remarkable in
consistency in the Democratic party was
that while in the East the Democrats were
for hard money. the Democrats Of the West
construed the st. Louis platform ae de-
claring for soft money. His own Stase
California; would, like the rest, be IN
tuenoed BY the results of the October
elections The financial question, however,
did not aflict it badly, ~ it had always
been for hard money, using none other for
several years, and the success of the soft or
hard money doctrine was not an important
factor in the politics Of the Pacific slope.
Yet the fact must not be overlooked that
Mr.. Tilden had many friends There on
account of his hard money utter
aaoes. He telt sure, however. that Cali
fornia would 60 Republican because Of its
Union proclivisies. He was of opinion that
the financial question would not decide
the coming presidential election, and that
the greenback party could not carry State
ticket. He doubted even if chey had full
State ticket anywhere outside of Indiana.
In some States, % IN Tennessee, they had
no ticket. The Democratic reenbackere
would, by tho time the election took place,
cast their votes for Tilden and Hendricks.
On the other hand, the Republicans who
held to the greenback theory were class
Of reading men, and with their character.
istic Consciousness would probably stand
to their fragmentary ticket, and vote for
Cooper and Cary. They can not win, said
the Senator, but they will assert their
opinions. The green0ackers were we'll
spread over the continent, but not as an
element of strength outside Of Indiana,
and even there their doctrines paied be-
side the Importance OF the other issues OF
the campaign.
He believed that one great imminent dan
ger to the Republican party was this: That
the masses, suffering from the hard times
Of the past two years, may tall into the
erroneous belief that a change Of govern
ment is all that is needed to better their
condition, and would readily follow the d..
rection pointed out by the demsgogues OF
the Democratic party. Care should be
taken to disabuse the minds Of the people
of the impression that q government had
anything whatever to do with seasons Of
financial suffering among the people. In
reply to question, Mr.. Booth said that he
would take an active part in the campaign
for the election of Hayes and Wheeler. He
was anxious to get home to California, to
attend to his private affairs, a. we'll as to
aid in the success of the national Repu0-
licaa ticket in that State, but, if possible,
after short visit to his old home ut Terre
Hsute, he would deliver Q few speeches in
Indiana before his final departure for the
far West.-IudianapolisJ Journal.