The Princeton union., 1879-11-19
SUNSET COX.

What He Kno,cs AOoMt Uncle sammy
Whom 7fe Considers EVtscerated bU khe
NetU Yorh; Electi0,,-The Chances of Bay
ard, Hendricks and Hancock BrteNu
Considered.
In an interview with Boston reporter
Sunset Cox said:
II suppose you want to know what signi-
fcance the New York election has on the
struggle for 1880. It means the evisceyation
OF Tldentsm. We want pure politics or
none at all. We are tired of being bought,
sold and traded at the shambles. Tilden
operates only by mercenary means. He won't
give any money to kill anybody, but only to
help himself, and he has become go suspic-
ious that he will hardly consent to give Pei
ton any. Those Immediately around him
have not got his confidence. The campaign
was entirely one of impersonality. It was
not for this man or for that, but deliberately
against Tilden. We said we'll support any
body but Tilden. It was time to revolt.
We are insurgents, open insurgents, and we
fought Tilden through Robinson. We wanted
to purge on, selves of the hydra.
Ben. Hill says this year was year of pur-
cation, and 1t is. We have administered
strong purgative in New York, and it has
abundantly acted. Tilden is dead, as far as
next year is concerned. He did his best to
get control of all the maohinery-got ap-
pointed his commissioners and the like; but
we have elected the board of aldermen, and
SO stopped that. Bayard said this morning
in an interview that no one outside the State
can understand New York politics. Bayard
understands them understands them thor
ough!y. He only said that to escape an ex-
preston of opinion on the question"
~
for the nomination?'' -a
here in the East. should think he was
class of men in New York will vote for him,
and some portions of the South; but the
West is opposed to him, and he has not an
imposing following except where his
finance is not understood. Hendricks
has some show. he had q good vote
at st. Louis. He received the votes
of the New York city delegation. In GER
tain contingencies Hancock will be the man.
have received letters from all parts of the
South and West, urging me to go and talk
over matters with Kelly and arrange the can
didate. There is, you see, no following for
Tilden. Why, we shall get into line in New
York next year, and carry the State by 25.-
600, no matter who is the nominee; and Til
den and his followers had better Join, for we
will win whether or no. see that certain
politicians in Washington are angry about
the bolt in New York, but it is absurd. Til
den to-day has no following in the United
States Congress. He had Barnum. mer-
cenary; but he is gone. For that matter, no
more has Bayard any particular following,
for he was often in minority in his party
in many things last session. If his record is
looked up, though, he was right about the
rider to the appropriation bill. We fought
these together.
II think I've heard, or read, that there was
some talk of reading you out of the party
for your stand in the New ork election
'Yes; they have said called me Judas
and other pet names of Significance but you
can't throw the hickories out of the woods.
Even Randall came over to Brooklyn and
denounced Reilly and myself, when it was
Reilly own vote that elected Randall to the
speakership. don't see as shall lose my
place in the party. am all right in my dis
trict. Ny district is with me, and am with
my district all good politicians are;'' and
the speaker allowed the regular sunset smile
to play softly round the corners of his mouth.
~ see you publish an interview with Kelly
this morning. 1t is very good and true to
him. have known him since I sat with
him in Congress, twenty. three years ago.
He was then big-headed Irishman, and I
was almost . boy. Our friendship has been
quite'a romance. You described him aocu-
rately. He has an indomitable will. He is
man utterly incorruptible, and of intense
purpose in politics, and when We get the
party wrenohed back into its place
tits q pity you can not come here and
wrench the Massachusetts Democrats
ittle.''
"Oh, they don't know anything here.
They never did. They 60 in for the greatest
good for the. fewest number. The rest of
the country elects, and then Massachusetts,
comes in and claims all the Offices. Some
of these old men call themselves sregulars.'
Though they have no followers, they are
regulars regularly whipped on every oc-
casion; but they'll all be in time next year.
If I had been here in Massachusetts don't
know how would have voted. don't say
would have opposed Butler, for they say
he had the support Of the working classes. I
see no made statement the other day about
the redistribution of Congressional seats,
hut he was not correct. I am chairman of
the committee, and the return of the census