Daily Republican., 1879-11-29
r P..EsIDENrIAL CHIr.CHAE
What Vice President wheeler aud
General Hooker Of Mississtppi 4
have to say Aboat the Presi.
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General Hooker Of Nississtppi
have to say About the Presi.
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The Washington correspondent Of the
New York tribune" in yesterdays
letter gives some Of the ideas of Con-
srrssmen in regard to the Presidency.
He says it is the impression of Vice
President Wheeler and General Hooker,
f Mississippi, that there will be little
general legislation during the coming
session Of Coz & 'ess, which will BIZ occu-
pied chiefly by planning for the Presi.
dental. campaign.
Mr.. Whseler thinks that the nomi-
nation of General Grant for the Presi-
dency would bs an advantage to the
Democrats, as it would enable them to
unite in opposition to third term; he
THINKS, however, that Grant would be
-l-cted if nominated. Ex-Copgressman
Parsons, Of 0 ,io, believes that Grant
can have the nomination If he wishes
it, but is not confident he could be elsc-
ted.
General Hooker when interrogated BY
the correspondent says:
~ don't think the question of re-
pealing the Election laws will be made
as prominent this winter as 1t was last
session. There are graver questions at
stake in the coming Presidential elec-
zion, which will overshadow it,"
"What are these qaestions?" the re-
porter asked.
"They all centre in one: Whether
We shall maintain the government un-
der the constitutional limitations of
the fathers, or allow it to become
strong centralized power, disregarding
the rights of tho States and the Just
balance and distribution of functions
and authority. That l regard as the
great issue between political parties"
"Will not the need of making appro-
priations for the Marshals bring up
again the fight of last session ?"
81 should hardly think it will. No
one objects to paying the Marshals for
all services not of q political character.
And, as said before, the matter of the
r-peal of the Federal election laws will
b, less conspicuous, now that the strug-
gle in which thst was only a minor
feature has fairly begun and is clearly
Understood"
General Hooker's q1estiorer could
not understand how the Democratic
party could consistently abandon its
specific attack upon the election laws.
to strike about in the air at some phau-
tom of centralized despotism, but he
could get nothing more definite on this
point, so he asked:
"What are you going to do in the
way of general Legislation this wintera''
"Vety little, fear. At the begin
ming of the extra session last spring, l
urged the wisdom Of going ahead with
legislation then, before We got so near
to the Presidential campaign as to make
it impossible to do any business without
reference to its bearing on the nomina-
tions or the election. l predicted that
the session would last three months,
but most Of the members supposed it
would end in two weeks. So it drif,ed
along without accomplishing anything
in the way Of general business outside
of the appropriation bills. Now We
shall find, apprshend, that,the whole
winter will be devoted to President
making.
"Havs you Mississippisns settled
upon any candidats to support in the
National Con vsntion 7"
"Not yet. Our people talk good
deal about Thurman, Hendricks and
Hancock. 1t is possible that the intel.
lectual power and fne bearing of
Judge Field may bring him promin-
emily onward. But | have an appoint
ment. and must say good morning, "and
the Congressman extended the one
hand which he brought out Of the rebel
serv oe, and abruptly closed the CON-
versation in time 10 escape a question
as to why he had omitted Tilden from
his list of candidates., and another as
to the probability of the South giving
Hancock hearty support.
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