New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-11-21


or GRANT.
{" don't care 20 be quoted on the subject" said
Senator Carpenter of Wisconsin, yesterday, after a
talk on the dangers Of the next electoral count.
" because have already said enough in the papers
You know my views / believe that the Demo-
Gratis mean TO throw out the returns from
ono or more Republican States and de-
clare their candidate elected They will find
a pretext for this course or make one. IN
fortunately there presidents enough for assum-
ing the right of one House OF both Houses TO pre-
vent the counting of return by a majority vote.
You ask what would be the result. If they should.
find some pretext Of plausi bic character, on which
there might fairly be a difference of honest judg-
ment we should have to acquiesce II their action
should be grossly unjust and manifest
defiance of the Will of the people expressed at
the election there would be fight. Civil war
would inevitably ensue. The whole danger comes
from our bad system of eecting a President. i his
il the only free country where the people are not
allowed to choose their chief magistrate"
"Wi any further efforts be made this Winter by
the Republicans to pass law regulating the cleo
toral count"
"Yes. but they viii be fruitless The Democrats
will allow no law of the kind to PASS Ne shall put
them record as opposing the adoption OF tar
nOn-partisan legislation governing the count, but
that all We can do"
by SO doing YOU viii tangle MP some Democratic
Senators with their old records nun Der or them
made speeches three years ago against the present
system OF dealing with the returns and In favor OF
some new legislation"
Yes and we shall get the question plainly be-
fore the country in the next campaign
Senator Carpenter was n aked what he expected In
the way Of general legislation from the approaching
session of Congress. He replied
Nothing OF any value TO the country. The ses-
sion Will be an angry and noisy One-a continual
row without any profit"
"Will the Democrats venture to revive the issues
of last session.
." You would say not from the way they have been
bea en- on them at the Fall elections but you can
never tell what oily they will commit. They car
RED this years elections for by their perform
ances last session. aud they VIII probably do some
thing this W inter- 20 help rs next year"
Senator Carpenter Is a strong Grant man. lie be-
leyes Grant will be nominated ana elected. Il have
been in favor of hi, nomination In 1850 ever since
he went out of office IN 1877" he sad.
" VINO Ii your second choice" he was asked.
81 have none. Ii Grant Will not Iun | shall be
in favor OF the who has the best chance OF car
rying New-lork.
=" DO you feel certain that Grant can carry New
York 7"
4" have not the least doubt of it,"
Do you take any stock III the reported present
boom IN the sOulhr
There may be something in it, Ii the Southern
people are convinced mat Republican Is going to
event they will prefer Grant 10 anybody
else. They are a military people By nature
and they prefer a military man TO CIVILIAN. Then
they Respect Grant because, while he was firm In
enforcing the laws. he always treated them justly
/ do not think, however, that there will be a d.
VISION IN the south next wear; still we cannot tell
what few months viii bring forth III politics"