Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-25
SENATOR LAMAR.

SENATOR LAMAR.
Hayss' Policy, the Southern Elections, the
Greenback Cause, aud tire Presidency
Under Rsciete.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Senator Lamar, of Mississippi, was in the
city yesterday en- route from his home to
Washington. A quiet, thoughtful, pleasant
voiced gentleman of perhaps sixty years he
| IS, with hair and whiskers tinged with gray.
but with no other marks of age. He would
never be taken by stranger for a Statesman
of three epochs in American history or a
| hero in three wars for mastery in politics.
He is to-day entitled to rank among the fore
most of the Southern leaders, and the man
| whose cool Judgment is more relied upon
than any of the others in the settlement of
questions of the restoration of perfect peace
| and prosperity in the South.
AN Enquirer reporter met the Senator last
night, and interviewed him on few of the
questions OF the hour, first asking him how
| ne regarded the policy of President Hayes,
and, more especially, his reported conversion
TO the stalwart doctrine of the bloody-shrt
Republicans
| 81 see in the papers, said he, "certain
1 T..
which an inference has been drawn of the
kind to which you alIude. 1 doubt if he has
gone any further than to express disappoint-
ment and disapprobation of certain exao
gersted reports of proceedings in two South
ern States, which have been reported to him
by Republican officials and defeated aspir-
ants. But he has not yet, so far as I can
see, indicated any purpose to change his
policy which has SO much improved the
condition OF Southern society, including
both races, and tended to restore amity be-
tween the sections. / do not believe, with
the evidence before me, that he Intends by
| military force or executive interference, to
control elections in the Southern States. He
ID bound by the most solemn pledges before
the country not to uphold by force those
| governments which were established in the
South under bayonet rule. In the recent
elections. whether in the triumph of Demo
GRAFT OF Republican, there has been nothing
to show popular disapproval Of that policy
but every thing to show that it meets the
sanction and support of all States. He will
find nothing occurring in the South to JUS
tify any abandonment of that policy or de-
parture from it. Pretexts may be found,
but they will be pure pretexts and nothing
else.''
"How were the elections in the South?''
"In my State they were as peaceably as
any election in the world could possibly be-
Not human being was molested or made
afraid. AS general thing, in consequence
OF the fever, the people did not largely turn
out to the election. There was but little
organization of the Democratic party in the
State or rather none at all. The opposition
was much better organized in the first and
i n OH nfe
dates were unable to make public canvass
and the people went to the polls of their own
notion
"Did the Greenback party show much
strength?''
81 think not.''
sDid not Davis, in the second district, re-
ceive heavy vote?"
General Davis is much stronger in that
district than the Greenback party. He is a
popular and able man, and received q large
vote on account of his popularity
"What are the prospects of the Greenbacls
| party in the South?''
''Well, as to that, so long as the right Of
the people of the South to self-goyernmen;
is made an issue in national politics the peo-
| pie of the South will not, and, in my opinion
ought not, to allow any question as to cur
rency to divide them. The South is more
solid in favor of self-preseryation than
| divided as to national policies.''
Chow did the Republicans vote in Missis-
sippi?"
SIN my district they voted solid for the
Greenbackers' candidates, officials and ALL
"Do you mean tsaist ia federal officers
voted thai 'vay2"
81 do.''
"Will the South be likely to ask a repre-
sentative on the NaVlbnal Democratic ticket
in 1892"
81 do not think the Southern people cher
lsh any aspirations for the control of the
FEDERAL government or its honors and patron
age. They will support ticket without a
Southern man upon it just as cleerfully and
cordially as with one. It will depend en-
tlrely upon what the party deems best to do
IN order to accomplish success, but South
ern man will not be needed on the ticket to
give 1t strength in the South
sDo you think that if the Republicans
were to put Southern man upon their ticket
1t would bring to that party any consider
able support in the South?'
'Not the least, with the present purposes
and organization of that party
"As Democratic candidate for the Presi-
dency, which would the South prefer, Thur
man or Hendricks?"
"The South is impressed with deep sense
of gratitude to both of these gentlemen. and
would support with enthusiasm and con.
6dence which ever the National Democracy
should determine it most expedient to nom.
inate.''
''Mr. Bayard, of Delaware, is spoken Of
more generally by the Eastern Democracy
than any other man. Would he be az an.
Enthusiastically supported by the Southern
people as either Hendricks or Thurman. i
nominated by the convention?''
"He would be. No man in the nation Is
more honored and beloved in the South thar
Mr.. Bayard.'' s--'
/ Gas to the Vice-Presidency. It is often
said that Southern man will get that
1 sOf course the South would feel doc,
sense of gratitude at the recognition of eiths,
Governor Hampton or Senator Gordon q
Senator Ransom, by placing one of them or
the national ticket, but still it will not b.
demanded by them or regarded as essent,a
to secure the cooperation and support ol
the Southern States.'
| Senator Lamar started to Washinoto,
last night. He was accompanied by hi
family.
/ A Conspicuous Ass.
! Faribault Democrat
/ O. G, Brandt Of Brown county, who made
such conspicuous ass of himself last winter
by claiming to have accepted fifty dollar
bride from the opponents of the Merrill school
L book hill failed nj "a Alao&jnn h~ M ;ortr nj