The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-11-27
IngevSoli on the ssresidcntiai
OutlCck -.

IVleWeu Uy tHe NuiCbSO liEueo, Win
, the following result;
, ReporSer-Wbo do you thiak will
t be the candidate for P~residentin the
| next campaign
Colonel Iagersoll-Oath the Rcprb-
lican side either Grant or Blaine.
!. Reporter-ln the light OF present
events, which Il seems most hkely
to win the prizcf
, Colonel In~gersoll--If Grant
wants il, / should thihk that he
could nav it. / regard him as the
greatest soldier the Engiiah-speak'
Jag people ever produced. Person
ally, | would like to see Blaine sue
ceed.
Reportcr-If your views'are cor
rectly reported in a recent interview
IL Judge you do not hold as high en-
'opinion of Grant as some men do as
a statesman?
Col. Ingersoll-There is a mis-
take in that interview. They pnj
in there thatI was for Grant for
next President, which | said.
have never said that | was for
Grant for the Presidency in 1880;
not that | have any feeling against
Gen. Grant, but my preference, as L
said before, is for Blaine.
Reporter-Your views in regard
to Mr.. Blaine, your admiration and
friendship for him, have not chang
ed since 1876, l presume?
Col. Ingersoll-No; like him
, frst.rate. think he would make
An excellent President, and would
do as much as any m%an'could do to
, harmonic the different sections of
/ the country.
Reporter-You say the Republi-
: can candidates are Blaine and Grant
Don't you think Sherman stands an
eoual chance with them to secure
the nomination?
: Col. Ingersoll-I do not In the
frat nlace he is from Ohio, and l
= think the people have probably
: enough of that State for q few years
to come. IN the second place, his
brother is General of the army, and
E 7 doubt whether the American peo-
2 nile would be willing to give the
! Presidency and g~eneralship of the
, army to the same famik, coming
from the same State, and at the
t same time.
3 Reporter-In your opinion, who
!, are the Democrats likely to bring
forward? ,
Col. Ingersoll-- Well, most OF
their candidates have recently pas
d sed away. | suppose Mr.. Tilden is
out of the race, and that Mr.. Thur
man is in a like position, and think
there is no hope of their being heard
r from again What the Democracy
? need to-day for candidate is a man
/ who was utterly opposed to war
but never said so. If some snch
man could be found he would, in
: nv judgement, make q formidable
: onponent for any nan the Republl-
: cans could nominate.
g Rcnorter--How is Mr.. Bayard?
Col. Ingersoll-Mr. Bayard IS q
g good man and an exceedingly cor
" rect man. He has never done any.
thing great enough to make him
popular, nor bad enough to become
notorious; besides his State is toler
e ably certain to vote the Democratic
ticket. So ! see no reason for his
nomination.
: Reporter-FIow about Hendricks:
. Col Inqersoll-I think, in-ordcl
: to save Indiana, they VIII have h
nominate Hendricks, on n end o
: the ticket, and Hendricks, ] think
understands the situation wei
enough not to take the little end,
Reporter-What do you think o
, the proposed combination of a New
| York manandan Indiana man?
g Colonel Ingersoll-Ncw York has
= furnished too many defeated candi'
$ dates. and, in my opinion the DE.
l mocracy will not take a man from
, that State. The quarrels in New
: York will make it necessary to TAKE
Y an outside. man, The man that
p New York would present would
have to be the choice Of Tammany,
and the choice Of I'ammany
. is not the choice Of the people Of
this country. My opinion is that
! the Democracy could come nearer
5 electing David Davis than any Other
man in the United States. He is an
1 honest a and everybody knows
I, that the country would be safe
while he was President, but Judge
9 Davis is in this peculiar position
Heis hardly Democratic enough to
get the nomination, and may be a
little too Democratic to get the
: votes; but he is a good man, and
q like him.