The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-17

..nvvn orr nv aoME LEADING CONGRESS
a, vry--Ay ryvyrgsrIxo IsrERyIEw-oRAST's
xoNrYAr.oS TO BE FORCED.
rco,.s.ro,a,ace Cincinnati Commarcia'.I
w ,su,ycroy. February TO- bad tax
aay with one OF the Leading Democratic
. u'onSers Of the House OF Representatives:
= aid {" Has your party lost us grit, ana
AMI Won propose any more 10 SHOW your
teetbl" o,, cir wo have
-, ar;, ne we ever bad, and some OF
,besc DAYS we propose to show II: But wbeh
az. me do 60 we will do it in lrdicious man.
ner." ,r,r IN tho uouse
:. an lang silent and apparently SO stupid
mnon noIiticaf questions, when it Is well
, Ipo that vol, entertain the same opinions
that vol, so radically promulgated In Inc ex-
"WclI. we have been doing nothing, to
| am wbat tho Republicans were goirg 10 DO,
i'u, as we find they are going TO do nothing,
we have about resolved to take the inltla-
tive. and will make an aggressive strug'
GLE" hor;r.v
| nI do not know. but as soon as the rules
arc disposed Of. 1t will not be long, thlnk,
until YOU see political powder nashing I'D
the air. The Republicans have always won
by an aggressive campaign, while we nave
always lost by running on defensive one
we will turn the tables this time and see
how it works" ct.
what are you going to begin the fight
about Z"
Substantially upon the issues when we
advocated last session, wlth some genera,
notifications. yet their saiIeHI Poih'S WIZ
be about the same" -,
"Tben BY SO doing you thlnK you VIII
be more liable TO VIM"
Z" In the first place it is matter OF prin-
cinlc with us. and In the second place 1t is a
matter Of policy. As Il matter OF principle
and right, we believe that the Constitution
should be strictly enforced, and that local
self-goyernment must be left free from FED
eraI interference and domination. This we
will maintain and fight for. A matter OF
policy we will do so, because by so dong IL
Will arouse the ultra Radical elements OF the
| country and announce the campaign 10 De
fought upon that issue. Ii is the weakest
issue that the enemy can handle and the
strongest issue we can use. Then, again,
we are fixed in the belief that by revival
OF this issue, and bringing it again before
the people, that the Republicans VIII be It.
duced to nominate Grant As their Standard
bearer, and il that is The case, we can WIN
By hundred electoral yotes.'
"Thcn you want Grant nominated"
"Ido. Iwant him nominated. and like
wise majority Of the members Of my party
in the House do, for il Grant is the Repub-
lican nominee we can carry every southern
State, and Ohio, New York, Connecticut,
New Jersey, Indiana, Oregon, and Wlscon-
sin in the North"
! "Then see that your principal object Is
| TO force sectional and political issues in or
der TO strengthen Grants candidacy for the
Republican nomination?'
"No; do not want to put tin that way,
| FOR, a. | said a moment ago, it is first
principle with us, but II by fighting on a
deep.rOoted principle we can also bring
policy to play IN the game, then so much
the better for US"
care you giving your individual opinion.
or are you giving that OF large number OF
your southern members ~
81 am not speaking for myself By any
means. However, | am OF course not
speaking by authority of my party, but yet
know that the views have just expressed
are entertained by a large majority OF my
party colleagues"
"Can you name some Of the most proml-
nent who fyor this plan? :"
at may seem little indicate TO do so,
but as they have spoken OF it frequently
and forcibly think it would be well
enough for their names to be known, so
that they can 90 on record"
"Well, who are they 7"
Frank Ilurd, Joe Blackburn, Governor
Carlisle. Tucker, Generals Warner and
Ewing, Sam. Cox, Fernando Wood, and a
great many others, whom it is not necessary
TO mention; but you can see that all the
chief men OF our party favor this course"
"Is this a part OF the caucus pro-
gramme?"
mot at all 1t is only programme ar
ranged Dy private consultation and general
party talk"
"And you think it Will be carried out!"
81 do; and think the battle will begin
before the LIST Of April. We want to begin
it in time, So that it can hayefull effect upon
the Republican party before the Chicago
Convention meets"