The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-11-16
MIR. spRIHGER,s VIEWS.

Congressman Springer, of this state, Is "a
Washington, making preparations to resume
his committee investigation next Monday o.
the charges against Minister Seward VINO has
returned from China to meet the committce
He was interviewed by a Chicago IfmeS cor
respondent who reports him rs expressing
views rs follows;
! Mr.. Springer attributes the result OF the late
election to want OF unity on the part OF green
hackers ana democrats If the elements of the
opposition to the republican party had been
united, there would have been very large
democratic majority in the next congress
"Thc lesson Of these elections says he, us
that with IA divided opposition, the republicans
must succeed in the election ct president IN
! 1880. With united opposition, thrce-iourth:
of the states will be carried by the democrats.
attribute the result of the elections TO the cX
IRENE measures taken by the national party in
advocating unlimited initiation and fiat money
That has been too heavy load tor democrats
to carry, and has given the rcsumptlonists
vantage ground before the country. II those
who are in favor Of fiat money insist upon that
idea it can only secure success to the republi.
can party, and make IL Impossible LOT lhe
democrats to succeed"
As to the presidential election, the democrats
must nominate Il man for president who can
carry Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. These three
states, the solid south and Oregon, will cast
1875 electoral votes, 10 more than majority IN
the electoral college. We can not rely on New
York, Connecticut and New Jersey. The old
combination that secured Tilden's nomination
is broken. The combined opposition in Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois will have a majority in
each state, OF 1900 in Ohio, 550OOin Indiana,
and at least $4,000 IN Illinois, as shown by the
fall election. This is the natural division OF
politics in the C0Hntry-south and west united
"a combination that subservcrs both local In
terests and general welfare. The united oppo-
sltion would have carried more than three
northern states. The vote of Maine with a
united opposition, would have been against the
republican party. They would not have elect
ed single congressman in Main if the oppo-
sltion had been united. So far as its being a
victory for the republican party, figures will
show that that party is in the minority more
than million votes in the nation
As to the sold south, Mr.. Springer said 1t
simply meant that the southern people have
been allowed to elect their own officers. 1t is
simply the result of carpetbag rule 1t Is natu.
raj that the people of the south should vote
against the party that sustained it, So far rs
their elections are concerned, they have been
as pcaccable and fair as those in the northern
states, and more so than in Philadelphia, where
the mob, rs usual, was in full possession of the
city; and in Massachusetts,, where working
men have been ovcrpowered by their employ
ers, and voted against their own candidates IN
large numbers. 1t will require more bull-dos
ing to carry Massachusetts against Butler than
has been exercised by the democrats over the
negroes in the south since the war closed
Mr.. Springer may be right about carrying
OHIO, Indiana and Illinois for the democrats
in 1880 but it is worth considering whether
with the right candidate, the democrats wouldn'
be good deal safer in the certainty of carrying
New ork Connecticut and New Jersey, beside:
standing on better democratic ground