, 1876-04-19
NATIONAL POLITICS.

gtoss. md we are aure OF succesH. Yours ro-
speetfuly, ". Il. IL.
: NATIONAL POLITICS.
SECRETARY eRlsToW.
EETEEvlEw WITH THE D1sTtHdulsHED NEETucKlAS
At HIS HOME IN LoU1syILIE-
Correspondence Nfto }ors Herald.
Lou1sy11 LIZ, n.y., April l4.--As tho air Of tho
Wcst has OF iato been filled with Fumors grow
ting ont OF tile fnct Of Secretary Dgistows visit TO
hts homo in this city, tho moro prominent ot
which wilt DO alluded to in tho sequel, your re-
porter sought tho object Of them at tho Gait
House to-day, With a view at aecortnintug their
truthfulucss aud Of obtaining such intorma-
ton from tue distinguished foo OF tho Whisky
ring as llo might cLoosn to impart concerning
tue important political questions Of tho hour.
"I Ilavo called. alr. Secretary" said tho re-
porter, "toaaa whether tlero IL any trnlh In tho
report that you arc going out Of onico Z"
Tho Secretary smiled. THAT is littlo nua-
biguous.' he replied. III you moan to Inquire
whether hsyo rcgignod "-----
Yes, sir. that is IT,"
4" have tl0t,"
"Thcre is q report In Washington tl,at you
hayo."
"l'hore arc many reporters In Washington"
he observed. and thon added: +" OF course, q
man Cart expect to hold office nlways. or know
that expect aud hope to 60 out the 4th Of noss
Ma.al."
Then your viAit to Kentucky las no political
Significance -
II certainly thought it t,cd not until my mr.
rival here. thonght CANA to look aftor 0omo
! private business; to phsa wesk nluong my owl
| people. mud generally to GOT away from tho tur-
| mol Ut buAlIcss mud rcnt myself, 500 by tl,n
pApcre, however, that thero il q mystery, and
that Elaye Interior plans"
"What ahuut tho Cincinnati coufcrencoa"
"Thero was no conference"
ibid you not Stay oyor III Cincinnati. where
you wero met by afr. WAtterson. who, III cotn-
pany with alr. 1instead and alr. Riehard Smith,
| passed the evening with you Z"
THO Secretary laughcd. '.Do they say that :"
lso suid Being told that they did. he continued:
obliged sne to lio oycr in Cincinnati. ! saw
neither alr. Hnlstead nor Mr. Wnttorron. Since
my arrival here Mr. WAtterson tells NO that he
| waa In Clncinnatit In company with Mr.. 1tRIto.
ulnu on private business. They lcft Cincinnati
| two hou.s before BOT there"
"Ihcn there Is no truth in tho rumot that tho
Courier-Joarnat ii going to como out for nEis-
II do not know what tie Courier.Jouy74al Ia
/ going to do. but think it pretty safe to say
that il isn't for Br;Etow. 1t haa dccared that it
| Is nos over and over again. It lis Democratic
| paper, pledged to support rho Ut. Louis nomt
| tson and frioudy treatment, TINT ls. Wheu have
been assaiicd In my private character. 1t AnH not
hasteucd to believe me thief iu advance Of tho
proof, hut has dlHcrad1tca chnrgca ngaiuHt me
is IL to be set down to its fnirncss. and TO tho
fact that Sir. Watteraon aud aIr. llallo'uau nre
my t,egIbora, who know ING, and could not DO
| induced 10 lilo about me-.
| "Thon hll these tales aFo fslho7"
| ''Ab4olnlely So"
| Sr. Dsi.tow spoke pleasantly upon general
| topics, but WAS reticcnt an to tho p1esIdcutia
! question. IIo BETRAYED no anxiety or uneaei-
ness, seeming to think sl!ghtlugly OF tho novo.
nent IN A!s iAvpr.
BoAE sAEEwp c1PHgRIEo.
To khs Editor of TIE chleaao tribune:
| LINCOLN, ILL.,, April live ol,Herye that souo
arc already preparing rlatea intending 10 'show
tho probable results Ut tho work TO be done ut
| Cincinnati. The tin,o for that character Of
| figuring, we think, has not arrived, All tho cal
culattons that oan bo nauo nro ueccssayiIy baHed
hugely Oil speculation, -~lnoat OF 1t 1ltre gu:sa-
iug. Many OF tho States llayo not held conyes4-
,tions mt! nome that l.ayo tlone Bo. senu uutn.
stuctnd delegates. Tables tnnlo from nfosna.
tion turnieicd by others nso ofteu ba7ed upou
li,l!o moro tlan tho individual preference Of q
fuw individuals. and DO not reflect ,Ao views ol
State, or even u county. Az au example. VIC
refer 10 Il statement iu Thu 1H1uuNx Ut apr,
l2, based upon information given by somo per
nou. "tl.at sus lsspub1ica,s OF Logan Count,
| ~Ao AoA ~ oAbS611 H*tAt~Sf ~
,nan." We agfeo tAAt Cutom is populsr,n Logan
-deserycd!y vo,-and Republicans hore wouIt
support him chcertulty, oven enthusiastically
Wo do him tho jus!lce to eay that. as tie part,
nomsnco for Governor, ha would receive tno ful
!, party vote ut tho county, and might o1cee4 1t
little, but "a bstwecu Cuilom and Wnshburns
any person who VII! taEo tho trouble to talk will
our rcople vii! soon learn TINT they arc not TO,
Culom almost to mau. WaAhlu1uo IL very non
ular IN Logan, aud hundreds prefer him to au,
peraou.
Tho +" elaborate computations. OF rather spcop
latto,ls" OF the Now York Tribune, and ll4o l,r
uses (also epeeulnt!ve) Furnished by tho Wash
ington correspondent Of Tug UM1cAdo TRIBUNE;
may ba based upon information fat from sc,i
able. Indeed. they only profess to 10 state
tuents Of whst Tho friends OF tho eoYssa
Presidential candidates clailu for their 70
specsiyo fayorltes on tho hrst ballot
| Your correspondent shows that tho friend
| Of Sir, ulaIne claim for him, Gu Arst ballot, HJ
/ voter. lie. however, Wits tho matter, and yield
hlul, ACCORDING to prosellt Indications, 95u yotes
| lu both OSCILLATIONS 6eyela! 6t&tes aIo cOuute
that nso by 10 nesnu certain to 10 for hin. W
tllnk not moro than two uF three OF ths forme
ElAyu HtKtca can 10 roIled upon fur D1Rfno. No
IL Illinois, or Mluneaotu, or KsnEAs, or Cafifut
mis-, or all tho Territories, Ut all likely To be vol
Id for hul
|. Ihe fslcoda Of Morton cain for him ali th