, 1877-10-04


! that it Is n great fa'1asr to holl that II atats
Convention has no business to exprcssitscl uron
| national matters. Moreover. except onco every
four years, when there Is \ Convention to nomf-
| nate President, the only way In which the
views Of national party upon c,trTcnt qttes-
t'ons md c1tttng Issues ran be known Is t,y the
t1cclasaton Of its loca! organizations. Ai1
lie carving ont, .t lii - own iitcieton Of % grs.
era Instructions which llo has received from the
party, and carrying out Of tho patriotic and
Independent sentiment Of the country, It seemed
s Ssi'na sn fns Snas xe sou R'fs &
derived from cordially approving Ills course.
IN other words, Il the Republican marty says
that tho lau1 which Mr.. Ilases offers to tue
South u ouy bis Individual rauI, aud TINT their
ofer to tho South ia the continued offer OF the
hayonct, as was largely indicated By spccchsof
MF. Lyman rrcmaln, which did not hear, but
ays tGs u tser zeqsa seR af It
"Mr. Curtis, do sou consider the idea Of
Cirfl.SerTiec reform a. sufficient In ttac,t to
base tic Republican party tt,on In the future.
e. az Hae II, II es, 1.s4 Srgs a.ks arc '
ut j. very important question Of domestic
administrator, undoubtedly" was tho reply;
"but # is hardIy 10 be described ~ in tho
broa'lcst sense measure Of great political
policy that PARTIES are constituted. The power
of the o!flcelnlling clnss, however, Under the
present extended System of patronage, u such
t!at in any dominant party, With tho feeling
That now exlsts IN this cuuntry, there would al
ways 10 Al, imminent threatening Of trouble on
that question; nntl | think, therefore, That u
Should be o cardinal point Of administrator"
"Do you thnk TINT the course adopted by
Is likely to injure the prospects Of tho RcpuS-
lean partyi'
mo man who has large acquaintance In va.
eht fous ps1s Pr, q the e1lr sri for sn Ss;n
10 II vital question. ami tl!nt not only tho attf-
tndc io which tic Republican party las tecn
placct], but the r.sslton snkrn by the Cunrcn-
t.uti L. an altitude TINT certainly threatens tho
which VIC ought to hare hal with us. There arc
two classcs WHO eg'npath!zc with the action
tAat ] took ut lsocliester-Kcpubicans wlIo
and who sincerely support tie policy q tho I'D:
m!nistratlon ami tiaeu the class, Which Is a very
large one. Of Independent voters, intelligent
m,rl,. wo would prefer. think, e get With tho
gcicraI policy of the President should BE- seen
10 b. thu Es,llcv Of The party; and Of conrse
that lody Ut men will be moro III less alienatcd
By the course tnkcn by Lie convcnton.''
which the majority Of tug Contention repre-
kcnteil was manufactured sentiment, md that
this Convention lll not really represent the
ysws Of majority Of tns Republicans Of tue
What have observed IN tho nemtpapcrs,
think, was very evident In the Co.lvettion-an1
!. was symbolic somewhat OF the sIt.latlon-tllat
hc hearty applause o. Mr. Hayes ean,c rathc
lie Convention itscli. / thlak tllat may be con-
silercl a fa!r expression Of opinion; teca,1ss
that wAs chance, medley gathering, while the
Convention wa. In gTcat part very carefully
constructed ia tho nntt-IIayee interest"
"Do you think, then, that Mr. Hayes is gain
!. Ul, nnqnesilonably. think there Is, with
9, dtifcFonre, the same popular confidence tn Mr.
Lron ' asrd To- 70 ea II ~ te psn eop!e u "i 81
that think there - 10 doubt whatever. And
the misfortune of tho controlling Influences Of
such Convention Ms that at Rochester Is that
ty dont ns,reye so1 enough the tendency
'Wbnt does SIT: Conkllng mean where he
asks In his speech, 'Wlo aro these 1ncu who In
newspapers an,l elsewhere arc cracking whip
nysr thc epm'Risami w q ay1g s ,s,oo
science and courfctlonsi'"
II presume ho refers to certain articles In
which exercised tho right of public writer, as
le docs that Of pah!fe sneaker, IN recommend.
adopted by tic Convention. The argument
was, from pnrty point of yicw, that VIC could
sccurc the largest vote by showing that we MI.
dcavors-wheh thu Administration was mixing
10 carry out our wistcs a. expressed fn previous
pIatfnr,ns. The nomination Of Mr. ltaycs was
MI Indication that The Republican party was re.
EOiIly III Ls4E Cuuf6Ch u1Gn WHICH "
ha,! cnterc,i think + was that faci that ~
cured lila election. aud wsntch to deepen that
desire nn.l strengthen that feeling, because
belcvel It to be tho true eourac for tho party to
"iow do you meet the question which tns
hccn frequently asktd, as to whcru any warrunt
can be found III tue Constitution for Mr. 1Iuycs'
order forh!.tilng oflfreholders taking an active
part IN Iullittcai nifaIrst'
~ haya seen the assertion constantly made
that It WIS unconstitutional, hut 1l,ayc not seen
0r heard anything to support tho assertion.
Tag rresttlent l'as the power OF removal; and
this orgallizesl participation in politics ncec.sa-
rilv inrnparitAies tic officers for the prugnr uts-
chargo " their. o!il'1al duties, IL ii perfeetly
eotHpetent for him TO Say that such partIcipa
for their removal. There !. nothing uncunstt.
ttitfDnnl In that. Tile l'rcsitnt might saw tint
u any nlan gut drunk tatttual1y IT would be
dcetnetl eatse Of Fclluvnl. md It would bu no
cet drunk IN The hours Ut his business; tHca.,as
the President wolll very properly rrply that II
waa Il bnblt which necessarily .ttterior4tetl Ills
efllcic'ry, Thu PURPOSE of the Presidents
ern the tcnure Of ut!isc, NJ Republican conycs-
lions layc nov fur years declared. say, thcre-
fore. that tho President IL not only taking per
frrtIy constitutional co1rsc, hut t,e Is taking
f'Ise 70 IT, .s ias Republican party as ntru'ted
"One more question. alr. Curtts: VIII you
support tho .sErt nominated At Kuchcstcr1f
Ion must cxclIse .nr from answering thnt
question. atn editor of paper lnyscIf, and
shall say In 1t whateycr | i,aye to lay on that
subject, ~ OCCASION scryus.''
MISCELLANEOUS.
COLORADO.
DENVER, COL, Oct. 3.-Iteturns from ycstcr-
days. election In this state are very tarly and
inragso. btonc, for Judge Of the Supreme