The daily gazette., 1880-07-06
THIRD EDITION
From the N. Y. World.
Bay0rd on the Campaigns.

- A<tsH W. ~ Wv WV
HE EXPECTS A VICTORY WHICH WILL
MAKE An END OF FALSE SECTIONAL
ISSUES
WILMINGTON, July 3.-Senator Bay
ard was asked this evening to give me
his views regarding the issues involved
In the pending campaign. He very
5 pleasantly said:
a do not think this is proper times
General Hancock has not yet spoken
and the country is filled with the en-
thusiastic plaudits of the Democracy at
the ratification meetings held every
where. do not think that we need to
20 beyondthat at present. As you will
see by reading my speech Of last night,
I prefer to confine myself at present to
an Endorsement of the men who are
our standard bearers. General Han
cock is, in my opinion, the exemplar of
regular limited government, as his
opponent represents an irregular and
unlimited government. Hancock has
placed himself by his acts on a very
high plane above criticism and there
are no flaws in his armor. Wherever
he has been tried he has proved true.
This the people know and they have
confidence in his continuance in athe
path of duty and in his devotion to
those principles which have made bis
name known and honored throughout
the land"
"Do you think, Senator, that the
condition of the country is such that
the people will comprehend the differ
ence of character in the two candid ates
and show their appreciation by conf
ding their interes5s to the man of
unstained name?"
81 do. Time has brought to the
people OF this country the use of their
cooler judgments. They are tired OF
false issues, partisan political warfare
and, above all, of party whose entire
principle represent the abstract idea
of force. This contest is one for reunion
and nothing more. In the person of
Hancock they have representative Of
that principle"
"You think then that Hancock will
be elected?"
81 do. l receive letters every day,
and have since the nomination. ex-
pressing not only approval of the nom
inees but the conviction of complete
triumph. Many of these letters come
W llO tiOtu AAiOhho III @NOW YIN WV
were my supporters for the nomination,
and their assurances of the success of
the ticket are equally strong. They
put his majority in New York a. $4,000.
New Jersey is martial State. She
sent many soldiers to the war, and will
battle for reunion at the ballot-box as
she did for the Union at the point OF
the sword. think too that Hancock
xrrtfl Dc, rLn .tet
; Sf that State cannot but be proud of
4 his military fame and his unspotted
civil record. She too will, think, JOIN
those who fight for reunion. Even here
N my own city Colonel Mccullough, Jan
officer in the Union army, since the wal
q connected closely with the Republicans,
said, and heard it with pleasure, 81
cannot go back on Hancock"
"You said General Hancock had not
yet spoken. Do you mean that nothing
should be done before bis formal accept
ance?"
"No not at all. 1 mean simply that
the people will know and feel that his
utterances are his own, dictated not by
policy but by the same manly, true anu
brave heart which enunclated the senti-
ments expressed by the man who de-
clared that there was nothing higher
than The civil law. That is what |
mean, thatIat present we are ratlfying
the action OF convention. When the
campaign opens up we need to discuss
issues. We will do So"
"Who will make good Chairman of
the Executive Committee?"
"That is difficult question to answer.
We have great many men who would
NIL that position with ability and zeal.
l have seen, however, in Senator
Wallace, of Pennsylvania, especially
while acting as Chairman of the Senate
caucus, all those qualities which would
make him invaluable in that position.
Energetic, Jealous, of fine executive
ability, he would efficiently aid us, and
l should be pleased to see him at the
head OF that committee"
Your father was, see from a spe ech
Of his made in 1868, a strong supporter
OF General Hancock"
Yes, and Twas glad to see it br ought
before the people. Whatever doubt ]
might have bad of my own judgment
would be instantly dissipate with that
preference before me expressed in te rms
so strong and so eloquent 1t is an oeca-
sion of happiness to bc enabled to aid IN
carrying his wishes into effect and at the
same time advance what / believe the
best interests of my country"