New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-09-07

press of Brazil and other less distinguished
visitors have given him, there Will ne
| scarcely any contest at all.
Correspondent-Buth how does 1t lock 10
you in Indiana, Mr.. President!
The President (talking in the same rapid
| veiu)-All the reports that l have received
| are very favorable 1t looks to me as II
| We'll carry Indiana
| drawal Of Orth, under charges of corrup-
ton. injured the prospects of the party. Mr..
| President!
| The President (smiling)-No, think it
! has greatly helped them. 1t shows that
| the Republican party will not run candl.
date who even bears the semblance of
wrong. Mr.. Orth is very good man, but
a. soon as his apparent shortcomings be-
| came known, the party withdrew him from
| the ticket.
The President pronounced the words
| apparent shortcomings" with marked
| emphasis, as though he was by no means
convinced of the truth of the charges
| against our ex-minister to Vienna.
Correspondent-You take different view
of the withdrawal of Mr.. Orth from the
Democratic papers.
The President-I am sure the course of
| the Republican party in this matter con
trasts very favorsbly with that of the DEM
| ocrats. We have withdrawn a guberns
corial candidate charged with having helred
| fraudulent claimants, but will they with
draw their presidential candidate in the
| face of the far more serious charges made
against him!
The President smiled rather r~'iciously
at this sally as though it would be no bad
ioke to see Mr.. Tilden Withdrawn from the
Democratic ticket as Mr.. Orth had been
withdrawn from the Republican.
CorrespOndent-YOu allude to the charges
against Mr.. Tilden regarding hi income,
Mr.. President.
direct charge of perjury against Mr.. Tilden.
Now, l would not go so far as to make
charge of perjury; but here are the facts
Mr.. .Tilden makes one affidavit as to his in.
come. to the effect that it was Ouly seven
thousand and odd hundred dollars, and
| then he swears that in the same ye>- he re-
ceived one fee amounting alone to $50, 900.
The President paus ed in his rapid delivery
of this argument, smiled and shook his
head, as it to say, "This is queer business
Id like to know how he can get out Of it."
Correspondence think there is no prob
| ability that Mr.. Tilden's name will be with
| drawn.
The President-Well, that certainly
| shows that the Republican party is more
| ecrupulous about the strict honor and in
tegrity Of it's candida than the Demo
| cratic.
Correspondent-ThenI understand you,
| Mr.. President, as ssy.ng that if the Re-
l.publicsns carry Indiana Hayes will be
| elected
The President-Yes, that's what meant
| to say. / suppose We have no chance in
| me; It of the Southern States, b. auss the
Democratic intimidation at the polls will
| prevent the negro from voting, and we can
not have a fair election. But is we can
| check this intimidation we have good
| chance of carryiug North Carolina, South
| Carolina. West Vlrg sia and Maryland.
| Correspondent-Then you do not, like
most Republic ',s, think that louisiana
and Florida may be won for Hayes and
| Wheeler,
The President-No; l don't despair of
| Hayes carrying Louisiana and Florida if
we have fair election, although l think
they are more doubtful.
| Correspondent-But will not the battle
| be really fought iu the State of New York.
as most Democrats and Republicans agree,
| The President tanswering quickly. as if
anxious to remove an erroneous imprea-
| South Carolina and Louisiana we can af-
| ford to lose both New York and Indiana as
| we'll as Connecticut. l have not the figures
| at hand, aud am not sure, but think so.
| Correspondent-Then you think it pos
sible that the Republican party may be de
feated in New York!
The President (rapidly aud almost i'm
pulsively as before)-Oh. don't think go.
| l think we'll cary all these three States,
| New York, Connecticut and Indiana, which
are considered the pivotal States in the
| campaign.
Correspondent What do you think of
the nomination of Horatio Sey mour by the
Democrats at Saratoga!
The Preeident-I think the nomination of
Seymour shows that the Democrat, are not
| con tident of succe7s in New York, for il
they were they cei tsiuly would not have
forced it upon man who had positively
decliued.
Corresrondent-But now that the nomi.
| nation has been made, how does the Ont3st
in New York look to you, Mr.. President
Has the nomination of Mr.. Seymour secured
the Empire Stats - Mr.. Tilden?
The President-I think the move of nom
iuating him is very shrewd one, for there
is no doubt that he is by far the ablest and
the most popular of the Democrate, but
even Seymour don't help them, think.
Corres spondent-Do you think that many
who vote for Seymour won't vote for Til
den, Mr. President!
This was evidently a puzzle which Presi.
dent Grant did not feel inclined to solve
ruptly exclaimed-"l think we'll carry the
State, SIR"
Correspondent that you think is
| equivalent to Hayes election!
The President-Yes, then there is no
doubt of his elC ction. OF course, if we car
| ry New York we can afford to lose several
| Of the Southern States which have men.
toned to you-probably three out of the
| six.
Correspondent the result of the
| canvass thus far, in your opinion, yindl-
Gated the wisdom Of Hayes nomination at
Cincinnati!
The t-Undoubtedly; Hayes is a
| man perfectly pure in his recOrd-sO pure
that it is impossible to bring even single
| charge against him. This can certainly not
be said of Mr.. Tilden, against whom
charges are constantly being made:
Here the correspondent, seeing that the
conversation had pretty we'll exhausted the
field of politics. returned to the original
charge at the beginning of the interview.
| But fearing that the word Sioux" might
| again be misunderstood or overheard by the
President, he put the question in this form:
"How do you view the present aspect Of the
Iudian war, Mr.. President"
The President-I think our troops won't
be able to do much now until the cold
| weather.
Correspondent-Mo people regard the
J whole cam paign as q failure.
The President-I think the whole wal
will be over next spring, and by that time
the Sioux will have surrendered. You see,
the cold weather will put them to great
stress to find sustenance, and then they
won't be able TO do anything with their
ponies, and will gladly come in and surren'
der to be saved from starvation.
Correspondent-Was not Clusters mas
sacre disgraceful defeat of our troops!
The President with an expression OF
manifest and keenly felt regret)-I regard
Clusters massacre as sacrifice of troops,
brought on by Custer himself, that was