Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-01-15
THEY STILL LIVE.
What a Prominent Greenbacker Says of the
Future Of HIS Party.

l IWCteFo VI AtS AUGCUs
Washington Special to Cincinnati Enquirer.
Col. Lee Crandall, the enthusiastic secretary
of the National Greenback executive commit
Etee, was busily at work in his room at the Me-
| tropolitan when your correspondent entered on
a still hunt for news.
"see here, said the Colonel, after the usual
salutations, and pointing to a pile of letters
| lying open upon his table: II believe get at
Territory in the Union.'' The temptation to
| talk politics was irresistible. Here was the
fountain-head of information relative to the
plans. Intentions and opinions of the Ma
tional Greenbackers, with piles of inside po-
litical knowledge lying loose about him.
tively).
eyes" replied the colonel, enthusiastically.
Letters from Greenbackers all over the coun-
try"
Isn't the Greenback party dead yet, and re-
| sumption actually accomplished:'
''Not a bit of it,
'What are you going to fight for?"
| 20, there is plenty to fight for-more money,
! for one thing; the repeal of the National bank
act for another, free coinage of silver for a
third. Oh, there is plenty to fight for
"Tell me-do the Nationals in Ohio intend to
take a hand in the State fight next fall?''
"Of course they do.
s'Will they unite with the Democrats? ?"
"That depends upon whom the Democrats
nominate for Governor"
"Do the Nationals want the Democrats to
nominate Thurman?''
"No, indeed
"Will they support Thurman if he is nom.
inated?"
mo, do not think they will.''
''Why nut?"
sWeil, will tell you. We like Thurman
personally, and we recognize his great ability
Hoi 10 o1oa Of I,a firSf <ofo ~
country to-day. In the Senate he has no su.
perior, and, Of course, he would make first
class Governor; but on the financial question
we do not feel quite sure of him-not sure OF
him. / mean, in the sense that we feel sure Of
old Greenbackers like Ewing in Ohio and Kelley
in Pennsylvania He is too new convert, and
we feel that he is too much Of a politician tc
tie to on an issue like ours.'
"What will the Ohio Nationals do if Thur
man is nominated"
s"They will be forced to nominate an indie
"But wouldn't that result in giving the State
to the Republicans"
every likely
.Do you think Thurman would accept the
nomination."
mo, do not.''
SIS he working for anybody else that yor
know of"
"Well, I cannot say that know he is work
ing for anybody else; but have strong reason.
for believing that he desires the Democrats tt
nominate Gen. Rice"
would the Nationals support Rice?''
"No; they would not. Gen. Rice is thor
ough gentleman and an able man, but he is not
fully in accord with our ideas, and would not
| | suit our voters
Would the Nationals support any Demo
cratic nominee, provided, of course, that the
Democrats should nominate the right man?'
Certainly they would, and be glad to. The
Nationals desire to work with the Democrats il
they can, but we cannot desert our principles y
who of the Ohio Democrats who have beer
mentioned for the Governorship would the Ma.
tionals support?'
'.They would certainly support Gen. Ewing
If the Democrats should nominate him, the
Nationals would undoubtedly indorse the nom.
nation, and vote for him to man."
Gould he win the fght?''
4 IF the Democrats nominate him, think he
can. He certainly could win if any man
could"
Would he be stronger candidate than
/ Thurman?'
Eyes; because there is strong opposition to
Thurman in his own party, and the Nationals
would not support him. They would support
Ewing, and there would be no serious opposi.
tlon to him among the Democrats if he re-
ceived the regular nomination"
i 'Whom do you think the Republicans will
nominate?'
Secretary Sherman is their strongest man.
and he would take the nomination if his party
| insisted
''Will they insist?"
II think SO; but it is too early, of course, to
do anything more than guess on that subject -
Gould Sherman carry the State against
Thurman"
II think SO, because, as said, the Nationals
would not support Thurman, and it will re-
quire the united strength of the Democrats and
Nationals to defeat any strong Republican in
| Ohio next fall"