The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-16
POLITICAL.
SENATOR MCDONALD.
Nils Opinion Nf the Effects of the Recent
EHecflOus-The Currency Question
Those CypEaer Dispatches and the
Democratic EFarty.


Those CypEaer dispatches and tine
Democratic Fairly.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 14.-Senator Mcdonald. of
Indiana. is in the city, He was nsked to-day
what he thought of the election in Ohio. He re-
piled; I know very little about he canyass thof IN
cannot speak positively as to the meaning of
the result. I do not. however, think that it In
dicatea. any particular loss to the Democratic
party"
1.-THE election demonstrated clear ly what we
had claimed previously. Indiana is a Demo-
cratic State and can be safely recorded so In all
political calculations. The large vote cast by
publieana I than from the Demoeratic party.
"Do you think the result Of the election kills
what is known as tho Ohio idea IN finance li p
II do not regard the elections as killing that
idea exactly. It will die out as the times i'm
prove and finally pass away"
nannt ArH the }s Of p party in the re-
Very good indeed: there is no doubt about
that. There Is not the slightest foundation for
Republicans, to hope that they will control the
will you elect the next President?"
We have every prospect OF doing so. We are
presidential election. The Democrats will be-
the dominant party in 1881 in the executive MS
well as the legislative branch of the govern
DO you think the lnancia! question will enter
into the presidential campaign|
No; do not. That issue will gradually drop
out of politics. Before that campaign is fairly
opened the nnacal question will have virtually
What do you mean by virtually settled it.
self p"
Now that the silver dollar has been restored
tion Of specie payments will not cause that
shock that many supposed 1t would we may
look for next spring to open fair r de degree Of I
the country. There will then be no attempt at
the next session to repeal tho resumption act;
There may be an attempt made to repeal it. |
vi,
The House should pass the bill passed by the
SENATE at the last session to pt ovlde Tor Tecev-
ing legal tender notes for four per cent bonds.
The bill making legal tender notes receivable
Tor TO. customs duties should as9 be passed Then
IN there can't be any great run on the treas
ury, Legal tender notes will be of equal ,valu g
with gold and there vii be little inclination to
present them for redemption again. law
passed at the last session prevents the retire
ment of the greenback currency. These causes
will tend to, give. our currency q reasonable
Have you paid much attention to the cypher
disRatches published M in the Ir,1mnefn ood
what do you think of them?"
i do not think they wlll haye any effect what
They may hurt Mr. Tilden, unless he explains
th9kn satisfactorily. The question. however. Ia
not who tried to buy the presidency. but for
which party was the majority Of votes cast in
the presidential election There are no two
minds IN the country which are not satisfied
that the Democrats carried that election"
New Hampshire Prohibition Convention
NASHUA, N: e., Oct. 15-The Probibitory State
Convention here to. day nominated A. D. Ken
dali. Of West. Swansy. for Governor. and David
HeAld Josiah NJ. Fletcher and Ira Sweet fo1
railroad commissioners.
a series of resolutions were accepted do.
nouncing strongly the liquor traffic, claiming
that the prohibition. principles are of more and
higher importance than the issues now before the
people, and calling on 'emperan2e men to unite
with them In the fight for the destruction Of The
evil.