The daily gazette., 1879-08-08
FIFTH EDITION.
From the n. X. Herald.
WHAT SENATOR WALLACE SAYS
OF THE TINES.

rom tue n. Z. Herald. ~
WHAT SENATOR WALLACE SAYS
OF THE TIMES.
"AOAE RULE AND TINANCE"--sENATOR
WALLACE, OF PENNSYLVANIA ON
THE ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGNS
WHO WILL Bn PRRsIDENT. ~ So 4
Senator W. q. Wallace, Of Pennsyl-
vania, sat In his rooms In the Gilsey
House yesterday when representative
OF the Herald called upon hun. The op-
pressive atmosphere bad not taken away
his appetite TOR Lat or, for be Sas inn
mersed In . mass ~ papers and hard 1t
work. He looked up a. thevisltof en-
tered, wheeled aside from the table and
entered earnestly iisto the conservation
OF which the following contains the e.
4 s0nce - -. .s..s s.e..s,., ~.
"Ohio ? / can't say I know much about
the condition. Of aAAirs in Ohio, just
now but I think the election there VII
depend very much on what takes place
in Maine, ,",said the Senator in answer 10
question. - tTss
both sldes are active, l suppose Pr
"Unusually 80. They are flooding the
otate with literature, ndthe contest will
be severe 0ne." nai arl1jA,
will be ?" JfFffI TIT
"Home rule and finance. Local gov
ernment is our aim, and it 10 really the
only living issue at present before the
people A government 'of the people by
the people Ii what we want and must
have. Elect. r. In their several districts
and localities must be free TO vote as they
like and must be relieved from the pres
.encs and &rce. Of federal sinAuence and
dictatiOn. Finance will take care of it,
self The country is now prosperous.
In another year It will be more 20. And
BY that time commerce will have 80 reg.
ulated the money question. that It will
have completely disappeared.-,
That 10, all The apparAnt diMcnltiSs Id
the way will have settled down into .
natural channel. Our time resembles in
. great measure that Of Jefferson and
Hamilton. In 1900 and 1901 Tie public
mind was filled with similar questions to
those now demanding solution at7 our
hands. II We ren,aln true ana steadfast
to that principle OF the nation for itssli
We must win, but wecannot in any other
way. ..
A man must be at liberty to vote the
way he wishes and must be free to talk
aloud TO his friend on election day or
what he considers his rights and privi-
leges without being afraid that . mar
shall or other federal officer will put his
hand on his shoulder and move him off
Local government, or, ~ it is sometimes
called, home rule IL what the country
wants and what we will give it. The
people have grown impatient at the in
| cessent thrustings of the federal arm in
to their local matters, and are determln
ed to destroy this advancing system o
Capitalization. Thy look with Q jeal-
Gus eye on the increasing influence o
massed capital, and are getting restiv'
at the influence Of huge monopolies."
"Then you think the application o
the home rule system will satisfactoril,
arrange all these difficulties.s
T do. The people will thea feel an,
ses they are governing themselves ani
not being governed by privileged CLASSES
They will understand their own need
in every section and quarter Of the cour
try and apply the proper remedy. Ii
any man 60 back to Jefferson and Han
ilt0n and read the arguments put..forwal
then by both and he will see and unde
stand by what Jefferson said what is no
the substantial ISSUE"
QUESTION NOT DEFINITELY ANswE
| I'd.
p..v!I",,, "Who Do s'. you think will bs the ne
az think he Will be democrat" I
"WhlCh of those now In the 6old wi
You support"
"Ths winning man"
"That is the general fesling?"
"Undoubtedly." - ~
"The whole party viii combine on th
man who shows most strength"
There IL no doubt It,"
"Who do You think that man will bef
"That is still In the future, think. :
Tho fall elections will have much to d
toward showing us the inclination of th
people. We must wait for them befor
We can estimate the entire power Of ar,
given man,
Chow ara you In Pennsylvania"
"Well, we're for the winner. N
Bayard ID we'll known to our people AN
so IL Mr.. Thurman, and 80 is Mr.. Hent
ricks."
i .What about Mr.. TildenP', ri
"Oh, We know Mr.. Tiiden very we
too. History can tell you how Ws stoo
on that SUBJECT In the critical hour"
"You have postponed the investiga
ton .into the supervising rexulati ons:''
"Yee, in consequence of the illness {
Senator Herman. We came here ~
sub-committes of the original commi,
tee appointed to investigate the BureA
Of Elechons;but We have been compslle
to adjourn. 49,
"Have you heard 1t runorsd that NJ
Davenport intended to rssign?"
"No; but II he has any such Idea - ths
II wall be only his commissionershtp. nc
the survis0rship. There is too muc
power In that Office to think Of giving
Monday last, and he was here all read
with his counsel; but we could not &
ON. We are all leaving to day to return
at the date named with rscuperatet