Daily Republican., 1879-11-22
SENATOR CARPENTER,
A Talk with Kim GoEcerRfng the
Dangers OF the Electoral Count.

81 don't care to bs quoted Oh the sub
jsct," said Senator Carpenter, of Wis
oonsin, yesterday, to Tribune" re-
porter, after talk on the dangers Of
the next electoral count, "because |
have already said enough in the pa
pers. You know my views. believe
that the Democrats mean to thrown out
the returns from one or more Republi-
can States aud declare their candidate
elected. They will lind a pret-xt for
this course or make one. Unfortu-
nately there sre precedents enough
or assuming the right of one House or
both Houses to prevent the counting d
return by majority vote.
You ask what would be the result.
If they should find some pretext of a
plausible character, on which there
might fairly be difference of honest
Judgment, we should have to acquiesce;
th.ir action should be grossly unius.
and manifest defiance of the will Of
the people expressed at the election,
there would be fight. Civil war
would inevitably ensue. The whole
| hanger comes from our bad system Of
electiug President. This is the only
free country where the people are not
'tloFed to choose their chief ,lagis-
trate."
"Will any further efforts be made
this winter by the Repu blicans to pas
= law regulating the electoral oount2''
"Yes, but they will be fruitless. The
Democrats will allow no law of the
Kind to pass. We shall put them on
| record as opposing the adoption of fair
nonn- partisan legislation governing the
court, bat this is all we can do"
by so doing You will tangle up
some Democratic Senator'S with their
old records. A number OF them made
| speeches three years ago against the
present system of dealing with the re
turns, and in favor of some new legis-
lation."
eyes, and we shall get the question
| plainly before the country in the next
campaign"
Senator Carpenter asked what he ex-
pected in the way of general legislation
nom the approaching session Of Con-
,ress. He replied:
"Nothing of any value to the coun-
try. The session will be an angry and
noisy one---a continual row without any
profit
"Will the Democrats venture to re-
vive the issues of last session."
"You would Say, not from the way
hey have been beaten on them at the
fall elections, but yon can never tell
what folly they will commit. They
carried this years elections for US by
their performances last session, and
will probably do something this winter
to help us.next year"
Senator Carpenter is q strong Grant
man. He believes Grant will be nomi-
mated and elected. 81 have been in
favor OF his nomination in 1880 ever
since hs went out of Office in 1871" he
said.
"Who is your second choice ?" he
was asked.
81 have none. If Grant will not run
| shall be in favor Of the man who has
the best chance of carrying New York"
10 Noti ttftt tCi VAIL ludt OIaAb CdA
carry New York -
81 have not the least doubt of it,"
600 you take any stock in the re-
ported present boom in the South ?"
"rher- luay be soms thing in it. If
the Southern people are convinced that
q Republican is going to be elected
President u"st year il any event, they
will prefer Grant to anybody else.
They ar military people by nature,
and they .rfer military man to
civilian. Then they respect Grant be-
cause Will" he was firm in enforcing
the avs, ht always treated them just
ly. l do not think, however, that
there Will te a division in the South
next year; still we cannot tell what
few months will bring forth in politics."
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