Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-12
THE NEXT PRESIDENT.

should have the unanimous sanction and sup
port of the charitable public.
THE NEXT PRESIDENT.
Vtetcs IF VIM. Chandler-A Republican
Victory Certain, and Senator Blaine the
Probable Candidate.
New York Tribune, Feb. 81
The Hon. VIM. E. Chandler, of New
Hampshire, was encountered one day last
week at the Fifth Avenue hotel by a Tribune
reporter. He talked freely on current poll
tics; and the following is brief summary
of the more interesting parts of the CONVEX
sation:
"What do you think of the outlook for the
Presidential campaign" WAS asked.
at is promising, and steadily improving
every day." Mr.. Chandler replied. "The
wiser Democratic leaders have hoped to hold
raging Northern public sentiment as they
did at the extra session of Congress, but the
devils broke loose in Maine, and the country
has had there more dangerous exhibition
of the real temper of confederate Democracy
than the performances of the extra session.
The North now understands truly that the
Democratic party, controlling House and
Senate, refusing to pass law for the order
ly counting of the electoral vote, and taking
as an excuse the legal and honest DECLARE
ton made by an electoral commits
sion, which they forced into existence,
of the election of Hayes and
Wheeler, intends to steal the next Presi-
dency, and to declare elected and to iu-
augurate their candidate (who will be a
fighting man if Tilden is cowardly enough
to be got rid off, whatever may be the actual
result of the votes of the States. They will
have contests and duplicate returns enough
to form pretexes, and they will push on
toward success regardless of appearances and
consequences. That is what the Maine
usurpation meant; and it only failed by rea
son of the independence and courage of the
Maine judiciary, who did not sneakingly
justify usurpation, as Judges Gushing,
Ladd, and Isaac w. Smith did the counting
out of Matt Head and the New Hampshire
Senate steal OF 1857
'But if the Democracy are so desperately
bent on ravishing the Presidency, how do
you expect Republican victory?'
"Simply by arousing the North to the
real danger, and securing victory so great
that even rebel Democrats in Congress will
not dare to attempt TO reverse it. Rallying
the North, We can carry every Northern
State; and when it becomes evident sixty
days before election that we are to do this
We may also carry Florida, Louisiana, South
Carolina, Virginia and tennessee, some or
all of them. Murders of Republicans and
also false counting, now the favorite South
ern method, will measurably diminish when
it is seen that they are to be of no avail"
"Do you really think New Jersey, Connec-
ticut, Indiana and New York can be carried
Republican,"
"The first two undoubtedly and with ease,
if the Republicans do their duty. Indiana
is doubtful, but think can be won. New
York is doubtful only by reason of the
enormous Democratic city vote which Tilden
and Tweed in 1868 fraudulently increased
many thousands, and which Tilden with new
Tweeds will corruptly swell in 1880. But I
take it for granted that the present New York
legislature will adopt the district system of
choosing electors. If they do the election of
Republican President is a foregone con-
clusion; the Democracy must give up the
fight, and the turmoil, danger, expense, and
anxiety of doubtful Presidential campaign
will be all avoided. I think the system
should be adopted without a moments hest
tatlOn or delay.
"What do you think of Senator Blaine's
popularity in the various sections as COM
pared with 1862"
sit has increased in many parts of the
country, while do not think it has dimin-
ished anywhere. There has been an appar-
ent movement for Grant in some of the
Western States which in 1876 were for
Blaine; but it is subsiding, and the same
Western enthusiasm which gave Blaine his
force at Cincinnati is reasserting itself, and,
1 believe, will roll into the Chicago conven-
| ton with greater volume than before; if it
does, nothing can defeat his nomination.
He is stronger in New England than in 1876;
in New York will show increased strength,
while in Pennsylvania the popular enthusi-
asm for him is complete and graft
flying as it ls spontaneous 1t
may be again partially smothered, but not 80
successfully as it was in 1876. The men
| who crushed it then have reaped q bitter
harvest Of humiliation; they will not try it
SO vigorously again"
'Do you think that Mr.. Blaine is the
strongest candidate that can be nominated?'
IL do, indeed. don't think the party can
afford to throw away the positive advan-
tages to be gained by nominating him. He
is the first and enthusiastic choice of about
all the Republicans who 80 earnestly sup
ported him at Cincinnati"