Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-04-14
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applied to the NeSt Prudential Elec-
ton.
Fort Wayne Correspondence N. Y. World
At the outset of the interview Mr..
Hendricks recalls the days of his novitiate
in politics election to Congress during
the free soil excitement of 1851, his previous
services in the legislature in Indiana, and
his appointment as commissioner of the
general land Office in the summer of 1856.
Coming down to later years, he says:
"Very great progress in restoring the
proper equilibrium that the constitution
aims to create has been made since the
Democrats obtained control of the House of
Representatives in 1874. There was, of
course, during the eight years of General
Grants administration condition of per-
feet partisan harmony between the legislative
and executive branches of tho government,
and, consequently, there was no advance
made during that time either in admins
trative reform or in restraining the tendency
to Capitalization. The economy which the
Democratic House of Representatives has
forced upon the administration of the pub
lie service can not be truly questioned, and
should be very positively approved by the
people. The reduction of expenditures has
been very great despite of the serried oppo-
sition of Republican congressman.
81 think that since the Democrats have
had control Of the House the tendency has
been to restore the untrammeled machinery
of the constitution as the motive power in
federal authority. The struggle that the
House is making to secure free and fair
elections by the repeal of the law which
has been used to control the jury power of
the federal courts in many localities, I
heartily approve, and hope that Congress
will stand by it's purpose until these obnox-
ious laws repealed. The cry from the
Republicans that it is revolutionary Oh the
part OF the Democrats is so entirely false
that it will hardly deceive any one who is ac-
quainted with Republican meth DDS in the
past. I think that the scheme and proceed
ings by which Mr.. Hayes was made Presi-
dent of the United States, and Mr.. Wheeler
the Vice President, without any actual cleo
ton in their favor, were wrong, not to
candidates or a party exactly, but to the
States and to the whole people. A fair count
of the actual electoral votes would have re-
resulted otherwise than it was decided, and
it would have been the expression of the
States through the electors at large, and of
the voters through the electors of districts,
and of the large popular majority of the
people as whole body"
Mr.. Hendricks holds that there is no
| sufficient reason for division among true
| Democrats, and that the differences upon
| financial questions are less threatening than
| they appeared at one time He says:
"It is now plain that the lenders of the
Republican party intend to strain the coun-
| try to its utmost tension in order to revive
sectional hostility and create hatred between
| the North and the South, and so to hold
their political power in the North. When
that purpose is thoroughly understood, and
especially in the younger generations of
voters, and the dangers which it threatens
are appreciated by the whole people, a
patriotic union sentiment will develop itself
that must prove sufficient to overthrow the
authors of what I must denominate wicked
scheme. The existence of the war was
made the pretext on every possible occasion
to promote Capitalization and the Repub
lican party during the last few years has
sought the same end, and still seeks it
under the pretext of controll-
ing what they denominate disturbing
elements. They are pleased to say that fol
such purpose what they euphonistically call
a Strong government is necessity; but
what are known to history under the phrase
of strong governments have never been IA
vorable to popular liberty or rights
Mr.. Hendricks would say but little con-
corning the Potter committee, and still less
about Tilden. When told that it had been
said that he intended to come out boldly for
ssUncle Sammy" he replied:
ssThat is not 80. My attention has been
called to that before, and have written let
| ter to friend at Washington to say that this
statement is unqualifedly false. have not
talked with any one about Mr.. Tlden, but
also, that have said in the letter-which
may or may not have been published that
did not feel under any obligations to again
accept second place upon the ticket. was
beaten in tho last convention, and 1 accepted
my defeat, and became candidate for an
Office did not desire. don't think that
am called upon to do this again"
In bringing the interview to close, he
said:
ssThe success of the Democratic party in
| 1880 will mean restoration of the legiti-
mate authority and the practices of the gov
eminent which we're so we'll illustrated in
Jackson's administration; and believe not
only that a greater public confidence in the
stability of our public installations will be
the result, but alao that the public quiet will
be restored and made permanent, and busi-
ness and individual prosperity will naturally
and as a consequence follow. We can not
have confidence and that public harmony
| which is favorable to business and individual
prosperity so long as the Republican party
is able to keep itself in power by revolution
AIRY appeals to sectional animosities. Public
prosperity, in part, at least, depends upon
friendly as well as upon commercial relations
between all the sections"