The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1879-10-15

Interview in New York Tribunel.
Speaking Of the Democratic schemes, Nh
Halstead said:
''They mean to capture Cincinnati as the,
did New York. If they could run Tweet
machine here and in half dozen of the mort
important towns ON the lake shore and in thu
interior, they could get grip on the State
Ohio and New York. with the Solid South cal
control the country. The Democratic leaders
are especially strenuous about the supervisor;
law. You know the history of the committee
they sent here to pervert facts and manufac
ture testi mony to sustain Humans charges
The memorialists had their orders by circular
All this clamor about Supervisors means that
the Democrats claim that one ward under the
control of criminals shall control the whole
city and carry whole State for the Solo
Southern purpose, whatever it is. If they
can't succeed the Democrats are setting up a
preteXt and cultivating ii day by day, to enable
their Congress to throw out the vote of Repub-
lican States where supervisors are employed.
Congress is to elect the next President. The
whole extra session should be read by this
lamp. They are preparing to change the rules
SO as to make the House revolutionary COM
mittee. Hunton's bill about counting electoral
votes absolutely refers tae Presidential election
to Congress in terms almost as plain as any
that can be produced. OF course, this is with
purpose. Democrats claim both houses of
Congress, and say, You counted your man in,
now we will count our man in, and so they
will"
''Then you don't believe there is any chance
of securing Republican President next year?'
mo; the Democrats will use Congress (pross
vided they can secure the House, and they al
ready have the organization) so as to leave the
Republicans the alternative of submitting to a
technical legality-manufactured to order by
the Confederate Brigadier caucus-or accept
ing civil war. The only chance of saving the
country from the completion of Confederate
rule over the whole United States is for the
Republicans to elect the next House. That
will block the game, but we shall lose the next
Presidency"
sit seems to NE that the very apprehension
you express lies at the bottom of the Grant
movement. People say that the Confederate
Democracy in Congress would not dare count
Grant out if he should be elected"
THAT is a mistake. Grant would be no
more obstacle than John Smith. The Grant
enthusiasm does well as matter of personal
compliment to a great soldier returning from
abroad, where he has been highly honored; ;
but when the Republicans get down seriously
to the business of selecting candidate they
will hesitate about offering the country no 9TH
er escape from Confederate rule than a third
term of Grant, with the promise of a fourth
and so on down the broad road the Republi-
cans have travelled. To nominate Grant
cratic charge of threatened change in our
form of government and make it momentous
matter The second sober thought will come
in good time, and the thing that now seems
certain will be found impossible. The COM
mon sense of the country will be against the
third term, with all it implies. The Republic
can leaders cannot afford to abdicate now and
forever in favor of Grant. Not one Of them,
with possibly the exception of Conkling, would
have the dignity of a ward politician if he
should again be president. They would be
submerged and never emerge from the flood,
and Blaine would not be bigger and better
than fly ON bulls horn, and he is a man of
great stature as he stands. The Republican
party would be ripped up by third term NOM
ination. 1t is the one way to do the party
to DEATH Besides, Grant would be counted
out the same as any other man. He is only a
simple citizen. He would have to submit to
the Congress of the United States, now the
creature of Confederate committeeman this
very degradation can be traced to Grants ad-
ministration. Still, he is expected to serve as
a scarecrow to overpower the rebels by moral
and physical fright. This is neither Republi-
cansm nor manliness 1t is childishness and
mischievous. Grants reception is all right,
and is no more than he deserves 1 am glad
to see him get his fill of glory; but it don't fol-
low that this country must be tied up in a rag
and presented to him as little testimonial of
our affectionate helplessness.