The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-01-11
A RICH INTERVIEW.
nov JONES, OF NEVADA, views
TIE SITUATION.

Not Pledged to Grant for Third
Term--A Lively Description Of tho
South as Seen Through Northern
Sp ectacles.
("Gah" in the Cincinnati E,Yuirer.]
"Senator, do you regret that
General Grant signed tho veto of
the Initiation bill following your
gold speech in the Senate?"
"I believe that at that time he
thought he had done the great act
of his life. I admit" said the Sena~
tor, "that I applauded Grants act
heartily and spoke in favor of that
step. T think now that he and I
made tremendous mistake. When
1 advocated specie and speedy re-
sumption l was only in the vcstibule
of later convictions which have
made me believe in nothing but the
money of intelligence"
''Are the people OH the Pacific
side rather well disposed toward
the Republican party and Grant for
President?"
"Thero is no doubt" said Senator
Jones, "that General Grant is
enormously tho favorite among the
people at large. He is my friend,
and [ have a. strong admiration for
his good, strong traits of charac-
ter. At tho same time 1 do not
know whether enough votes might
not be cast against him among
Republicans to beat him. It is
probable that he conld be elected,
but there is risk in it. confess
myself that it gives me little re-
sentiment to have people say that
nobody but Grant can run this
great country. When 1 hear that
said I feel like exclaiming, well,
we'll see if there ain't We will
just have it ruined for fun by
another mani"
"Then you are not certain in
your mind that Grant is your first
choices"
81 have not made up my mind at
all yet. There is no person who
thinks more of Grant than T do.
If we were in a very bad condition
Threatened by socialism, with
great railroad strikes, with inse-
curity, insubordination and rebellion
in some one section, I think the
people would almost unanimously
cry out for Grant, believing that in
his superb poise, his intelligent
insensibility at the proper time, and
strong, physical way Of facing dis
order, he would be nnequalled as O
magistrate. Yet it seems to me
that we are in no such straits.
Ours is q country seeking for i'm
telligence, for mildness, for the
government of thought"
"You are not much of Blaine
man, I believer"
"No, have no political respect
for him. I prefer Conkling to any
other public man in the Republican
party that is named for President.
He has the added lustre of victory
just now. Able at any time, he has
fought his point out and is recog-
nized as victorious leader"
EDMUNDs AND FISH.
Senator, why cannot the Re-
publican party go wholly outside of
the persons discussed and nominate
some such man as George F. Ed
munds?"
''There is no objection to Ed
munds at all. L doubt, however, if
he has the warmth of disposition
ut my rate, whether he would
satisfy the wants of temperament of
tho purity"
"Well, here is Hamilton Fish, of
New York, who has as much in
fuence in this State among quiet
people as anybody; how would he
do7"
sThat st'';kes me as first class
suggestion. In my judgment he
could carry the majority of the
electoral votes more readily than
any other person I could name.
Everybody who wants General
Grant would vote for him, and
those who do not want Grant would
find Fish happy alternative. I
should see him nominated in the
confidence that he could carry the