Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-07
POLITICS.
Gen. Grant Meets Another Cues
toner.
AN INTERVIEW WITH HANCOCK.
His Views Regarding the Opinions of
the Ex-President.
DEMOCRATIC soUABBLE IN NEW YORK.
Letters from General Hancock to Colonel
Blanton Duncan.
A REPUBLICAN, RALLY IN INDIANA.
Result of the Elections in Georgia and
Delaware.
4 REPUBLICAN RALLY IN INDIANA.
Result of the Elections in Georgia and
Delaware.
ESPECIAL BY TELEGRAPH TO The REcoRD-usIos.l

CHICAGO, October CHA representative
of the Int, Ocean interviewed General Grant
to-day, who says the main portion of the
Cincinnati Gazette's report Of his interview
with DIR. Fowler is correct. 1t was, however,
somewhat more severe on Hancock in some
particulars than the actual talk was-not
more incorrect, however, than might be ex-
pected when it is remembered that DR.. Fow-
Ter took no notes. The corrections General
Grant makes are chiefly unimportant. Thus,
he says 100000 was the amount of the
Louisiana levee bonds, and that he did not
know that Reyerdy Johnson's fee was to be
quarter of million Of dollars, but had heard
it stated He said the statement of DR..
Fowler concerning the result in Chicago was
substantially what he said. Il believed"
said he, that l could break up the solid
South and bring about a state of affairs
where the two great parties would
be national parties. l also thought
nv visits abroad and my study
of questions of commerce and trade
would enable me to materially advance the
interests of this country i'll a commercial
sense. Particularly did think this the case
with Mexico, which country raises all The
tropical products that we use in the United
States, and is ready to take in exchange our
own products while in the case of many
other nations of whom we buy we are unable
to give anything in exchange except sterling
exchange"
AN INTERVIEW WITH HANCOCK.
NEW YORK, October 6th.--A Telegram re-
porter to-day interviewed General Hancock
in reference to the recent opinions expressed
by General Grant. He said " My knowl-
edge of what General Grant has actually said
is confined to what may be called hearsay
evidence have read what has been attri-
buted to him as his utterances in the news
papers. Now shall take pains to ascertain
from an authoritative source just what Gen.
eral Grant said about me-"
Will you apply to him personally for In
formation ?"
"That would be the best course to pursue,
suppose. 1 mean to get at the truth"
IF you find that the ex-President has
really made assertions derogatory to your
character, will you make reply?"
Yes, if necessary"
"Then am to understand that if General
Grant has assailed your character, as he is re-
ported to have done, you will make gen.
| eral denial"
:" will certainly deny everything untrue.
| After l have sifted the matter to the bottom,
and decide to reply, 1 will prepare careful
| and comprehensive statement for publica-
| tion."
"How long will be required for you to hear
personally from General Grant in the mat
| ter p
81 cannot say, but shall lose no more
time than can help in getting at the bottom
of the matter"
"What reason have you for doubling that
General Grant attacked your character ?"
8 In the first place, he lacked good grounds
upon which to attack me, and in the second
place he is an old soldier and graduate of
West Point, and as such he could not, it
seems to me, so far overstep the bounds of
truth and gentlemanly propriety as to at
tempt to injure me, even in private CONVEX
sation.n
Cannot you authorize me to make formal
reply to Grant in your behalf to-day ~
mo, sir. As / have already told you, l
must know just what kind of reply is needed
before l make any statement in detail. 1t
would be unjust both to Grant and myself for
me to come before the public with formal
proclamation at this moment"
But, General. do you not think delays
are dangerous"
Not always There is proper time and
proper manner in which to do thing. If
| find that Grant has wrongfully assailed me.
the public will not be long kept in ignorance
Of my side of the question but | shall not
make undue haste in the matter. This is all
have to say at present"
By this time the boat had reached the land
ing on the New York side, and the interview
ended.
COLONEL BLANToN DUNCAN AND HANCOCK.
New York, October 6th-Colonel Blanton
Duncan furnished the Herald two letters
from General Hancock, which he says were
never before shown anybody or published.
The first letter is dated October 20, 1879, and
is as follows:
My Dear Colonel : received to-day your favor of
the 25th, and was much interes ed in your resume
of the workings OF the political caldron. | have
| always been of the opinion, and am SO still, that
until the Democratic party has disposed Of the
question as to whether they would nominate 1ilden
as sequence of past events, it was folly, inside OF
that organization, to advance other candidates, If
their availability for the future was question of
Importance or interest. have 30 part in any pro-
gramme looking to the future. My name comes up
through friends and foes, possibly, yet know Of
no machinery in the interest of my nomination.
seem in pubic opinion to be put forth
as the exponent of certain political possibilities,
and would be better pleased if allowed to pursue
the even tenor of my way untouched by political
excitement / do not wish TO be considered a
chronic candidate, for know what that means when
the end comes; so my friends had better let the
matter rest if not let it drift The next election
| ia to be monientous one. What may come out of
it, good or bad, do not know; but l am certain
that cannot assist in leading to good result
certainly than by following the quiet course have
ALWAYS endeavored to pursue. If / come in question
in politics it will have to be from the States and
peopIe not from me. am, very truly, yours,
WINFIELD s. HANCOCK.
The letter was marked Confidential"
OCTOBER 2s, 1879.
Colonel Blanton Duncan-My Dear Sir: For
some time - and myself have been talking over
plan to elect General Hancock President Of the
United States. Our plan is that you write to Gen.
eral Hancock and if he responds with the right
views on financial and labor questions, that then
decide to c., a National Convention nominate Han
cock for President and some ex-Confederate for
yce-President, and it will force the Democrats to
meet and nominate the same ticket. Your plan of
calling both the Democrat and National Greenback
Conventions for the same day will not work, and
will give large amount of party an excuse to
say it was political trade, while my plan is one
that large majority of our party viii indorse. /
hope you will agree on the plan, and have con-
ference with General Hancock on the subject.
The above was received from prominent
Greenbacker, and by Colonel Duncan for
warded, with recommendation to General
Hancock not to make any reply to it. He,
however, wrote to Colonel Duncan as follows :
[coNfIpESTIAL.l
NOVEMBER I, 1879.
My Dear Colonel Your note has been received.
do mt occtlpv the ucsition of political canii-