The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-11-20
eOvERNOR ROBINSON SPEAKS.
1ho causo Of tio DI.a..er IN xew Yorl..
!nterielc uiM Me Me,o York World.

ghterie,e teith The Ne,e York World.
"There was never candidate who ran
with so many influences ageiust him
who came SO near being elected. Ifyon,
went to know what consider the frat
cause of the defeat OF the party in this
election you must go back TO 1877, when
John Kelly entered into an alliance with
the corrupt Canal Ring in opposition to
the reforms that had been Initiated BY
the Democratic party. From that time
TO the present we have been beaten. Kel-
~ in that year went into the convention
pledged to the interests of that ring, and
he has remained in alliance with them
ever since"
elias tstalwarlipm, the waving of the
bloody shirt as it is called, hurt you In
this canvass?"
"Yes,p replied the Governor; "but
with an air ofresignation, when one Is
ont ia o hard shower he does not mind q
few stray drops, come from what quarter
they may still, there is no denying that
this appeal to the passions of the people
has had It's effect in New York as In
other States. 1t is the Republican trump
card, which so far they have never failed
10 play with success. This cry of q aolid
ssouth and the necessity of solid
North to meet 1t, all we'll informed men,
whose business Il is to watch public of.
fairs, know to be the sheerest nonsense !;
but the masses of the people loyal. to
the very core are easily alarmed by any
appeal to their patriotism, and there can
be no doubt that many votes have been
secured for Mr.. Cornell by this appeal by
the false assertion that national issue
was involved ia this election; or in
other words that the Presidential contest
of next year depended upon this result
How do you account for Mr.. Kelly's
vote. GovernorY"
~ presume that one cause which
helped on thatvote was the junketing tour
which he made through The State and
the false assertion that he was the regu-
lar nominee; and stood chance Of being
elected lGavernor. He never entertained
the e1ightest hope of such result him.
sa'f, but he, continuously asserted it in
his speeches, and tho<, who were adyo.
eating his cause did the same, so thai
many people, honest themselves a,d
slow to suspect his honesty and tTicke ry
in othera, were really deluded into cat-
ing their votes for him, WHO, had thjy
been aware that by SO doing they were
assisting to elect o Republican, would
never have done it." Ma
>"Were rot your vetoes, Governor, di-
rected against certain special interests,
and did not these combine against you In
the late election ?n
"All,n said the Governor, very en-
phatically, Fall those without exception
who desired to plumber the public have
been opposing me IN the late canvass.
The records of the canvass will show
that conciuaivsly. Since i have been
Governor of this State have vetoed many
bills the object of which, or lat any rate
the effect of which, would have been to
take money out of the pockets Of the
people uniustly, and of course the pro-
notera of all these wicked schemes have
rather proud of such opposition, and can
for..a. As I said of the outset the causes
Of my defeat are many and various, and
tais doubtless is one of the chief of them
| | am neither disheartenel nor disap.
pointed at the result When T accepted
this nomination Ithought>it not unlikely
| might lose the fight, but did moi
shrink from the contest, for I thought
wasin better position to accept defeat
than almost any other. man who could be
nominated" 72Ssa li UirH se
l"What are your plans for tho future
Govsfnor?" - IS
ITO go home md attend to my bust.
ness, which has been sadly neglected oi
late and assure you that I go with
| great tgladness. I don'twish my friends
TO think that personally, regret tho re.
| cult of the recent election, for do not
On the contrary, so far as my own ccm.
| fort goes, am rather glad to be relieved
from the troubles and annoyances OF of.
fetal life. The only regret that J. have
| is on account of the party; but if the rest
Of the State ticket is elected the party
has not suffered defeat. At any rate
| don't thiuk that this election should be
considered as decisive of the result next
year. There were many different issues,
some of them purely personal, some. OF
which l have mentioned and others OF
which need not speak OF, which
largely determined this result, but
wiiioh viii in uii probability pc elm.
mated from the contest next year. Cur
/ adversaries have, of course, insisted that
the nationelissues of next year was large
| ly dependent on this election; 1t was
polite for them, as politics 90, TO do CO.
and by. this cry and the Haunting Of the
| "bloody shirt they doubtless obtained
votes; but had not Mr.. Kelly bolted
| from the Syracuse nomination. no sane
| man iIl view OF the asceriained result can
doubt that the entire State ticket Of the
Democracy would gtsve been elected
! This is proof enough that the fight was
| purely local one and confined to State
issues entirely, and I have little doubt
| that witha candidate acceptable not tc
any section of the party, bntt to ali of the
party, we can carry the State I'M $780,"
That lesdg me 70 ask, Governor, ii
you arc in favor of the nomination a
Mr.. Tilden again for the Presidency2D
"That question I don't care to answei
just now. 1t is not the proper time, mol
ia my opinion of sufficient importance
about tito carry any weight. Mr.. Tilder
is warm friend cf mine, end if nomina
| ted he would have my aunnGrt. "a vnnlG
any other candidate who might be choser
| by the National. Convention; bnt as *
the policy of nominating Mr. Tilden ]
really have no opinion 70 express. orr
way or the other.n Gs sSrS ts3s
"What do you thick of MIR. csyhrd al
o candidate?n it'e
"a noble and pure man, without /
stain On his esehtcheon. Il only hope 10
his own sake, that he may not be nonii
mated, for they would ebuBa him untntYci
fully. Hs would not escape ralnninv
and his previous record would not aySi
him. The torrent of yituperation Rbnld
be let loose on him rs soon as ne received
the nomination.
What do you think of the ticke
named by Mr.. Mcdonald, of Indiana, Ii
this mornings Word ~
"Hendficks and Potter 2p I should