The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-21

|
ular Endorsement of the 'sHdea"-Why
| Industries Are Depressed and Trade
| Langulslaes-Probab off Resunnp-
| taon.
WASHINGTON Oct. 2o--An interview with Rep.
| resentative Tom Ewing. of OHIO, Is published
to day, In reply to an inquiry II he thoughtthe
sad The dea Is pre preposerous The
ment is gathering force and volume every day
| The opposition TO resumption and bank money
IS 900. and gained eleven Congressmen In the
tBeptember and October elections. Does that LOOK
IKE sahslding 2. u,n, - ~ z,.,,,4 !. es.
s YassonRR naaerate yGa asnaso 1hs lsa h1o
Answer 1T was = Democratic gain 81 three
about one-half the plurality BY which we lost
| IT In 1875, when we had the last fullvote It
was not. however, an emphatic Endorsement OF
the Ohio idea,' the supporters Of which were,
| unfortunately. divided and hence. lost. several
Conaressmen and the Safe ticket. which, had
they been united, they would have won.,-
Q.-What influence do you think tho National
movement will have on the fortunes Of the old
parties ?
Al think and hope it will cause O recast of
resumpton res and bank money. Three-fourths
to the repeal Of the rosump ption scheme and the
substitution Of greenbacks for bank notes.
These are the foremost and vital questions Of
the day. No shuff1ing evasions Of the issues
will be tolerated by the people In either leaders
or platforms. Both parties must meet them
honestly and sauarely., Hence g'reonbnck and
anti resumption Republicans will come to us,
and bank money and forced resumption Demo-
Gratis will 90 to them. The National movement,
bmeracy o w soadP ae f to rs5q e on as t IF pars m
of the people in the West it will lose its grand
opportunity. The National party will then grow
will lose US the next Presidential election or give
at best a mere chance Of throwing the election
o.NWhat will follow this resumption, and
cline in vaIuables?
A.-Resumpuon can only be maintained by
the continued low price Of land. labor and pro-
ducts, and the continued poverty Of the masses
We are subject to q drain of not less than $780,
100000 each year to Europe. to pay interest. on
bonds and mortgages and expenses Of foreign
travel and OF foreign shipping This he's been
paid by us heretofore very largely In gold, eaus-
ing o constant drain Of our precious metals to
Europe: This drain must be- permanently
stopped before resumption can be established
The resumption law has for a time stopped the
of our homo market by impoverishing the
masses. and has, broken down wages to
pauper prices So that the values of our bread
stuffs and manufactures have fallen 50 low that
they are taken abroad In largely increased
quantities, while, our power to buy tea, coffee,
uxary IS vastly i so hat at hro1g
falling off Of imports and the Increase Of ex
ports the balance Of the, merchandise trade is
abroad to pay Indebtedness and expenditures
is nearly stopped. In short. / think the re-
sum mption scheme is bound to wait thereby a
renewal Of the drain of gold through an i'm
provement Of prices. or by the popular dis
content. which Will grow in force SO long as
hard times continue. -5
The Democratic Convention of St. Louis
An Unsatisfactory Result.
ST. LOUIS, Oct 20-The work Of nominating a
city ticket by each Of the three parties is over
and politicians are In as great dilemma as
they were previous to placing their candidates
in the field It proves now that the Democratic
primaries were in almost every ward conduct
ed by fraud and In some instances the ballot
boxes were changed. and other boxes stuffed
with a requisite number Of votes to elect the
desired candidates to the convention. In some
instances there were moro votes cast in certain
precincts than there wore voters in the ward,
These and other similar frauds were developed
by a. committee appointed by the Democratic
Central Committee, for the purpose OF investi-
eating these charges, and Who met last night.
The difficulty with the Republicans is, that their
convention was u little too harmonious and the
easy process through which their nominees
cal machine was too thoroughly oiled. In the
heat Of their excitement, and the desire that the
proceedings Of their convention would not be
characterized, like the oppOsitions, in a stormy
one, they made q bad selection in the person Of
A. J. Dyer for judge of tho Court of Criminal
Correction. Upon second thought the Con-
tral Committee met Saturday night, and re-
quested the withdrawal Of Mr.. Dyer.