The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-06-30
ENGLISH'S WEAKNESS
What Mr.. John G. New SAYS
About It.
HE BELIEVES INDIANA SURE FOR
THE REPUBLICANS.

WASHINGTON june 29.-The Hon John c.
New OF Indianapolis, is now in this city. In
response to inquiries, he said last evening that
Indiana would surely be carried by the Re-
publlcans. He remarked that at times during
the Cincinnati convention he had feared the
Democrats would select ticket which would
givet he Republicans considerable trouble in his
State. Now his anxiety had all disappeared
Mcdonald would have carried the State"
said he, "by 10000 majority, and Hendricks
by 10000, bat the treatment which Hendricks
received and the selection of English, have
secured the State to us beyond doubt" He
referred to the notorious soft-money views of
Landers, the nomination of the Democrats for
Governor, and compared them with the hard
money sentiments of English. He could not
see how these two men could stand for the
same party in one State. 81 do not believe"
said he, :" that English will say that he voted
for Landers when the latter ran for Congress. ;"
Mr.. New then remarked that, while Mr.. Eng
lish was man of ability and a hard worker
the party would be grievously disappointed if
1t expected that he would use his wealth in
the campaign He had known him for many
years, and he would never suspect him of any
such iberality toward party or an individual
There had been indications since the conven-
ton that Hendricks and Mcdonald had, fol
the sake OF appearances, in half-hearted way
agreed with English tn be friends but no one
acquainted with the condition of the Demo-
cratlc party In that State could believe that
anything but surface friendship had been
secured by this theatrical exhibition.
Referring to the two national tickets Mr..
New declared that in Indiana the contest
would be between the the volunteer soldier
who offered his services and life to his country
out Of patriotism, and who ceased to rely upon
the government for support as soon as the
war was ended, and a man who had chosen the
army as profession, who had been educated
at Government expense, and who had made
his living out of the Government in times of
peace. The man who had worked his way up
from the tow-path would inevitably defeat the
man who had been coddled in the arms of the
from his early youth. He would not be under
stood, however, as saying that Hancocks rec.
ord In the regular army was not as satisfactory
as that OF the majority of regular army officers.
But the thousands of men in Indiana" he
continued, "who volunteered to serve in the
war OF the rebellion, naturally sympathize
with the man who entered the army as thew
dld, and who left it when they did. They
have no affection for the regular army, for
when the volunteers and regulars came in con-
tact the former were never favorably impressed
by the latter" In conclusion, he said that,
although he had advocated the nomination of
ex-President Grant at Chicago, and believed
that he would have carried Indiana, he now
believed that the Republican party could have
nominated no man who would poll SO large a
vote IN Indiana as Gen. Garfield, especially as
regular army officer, without the shadow of
civil record, had been set up against him.
Inc democratic ticket could not secure sin
gle vote outside of the party lines in that
State, and the Republican ticket undoubtedly
would. In his opinion, the prospects in Indi-
ana for the Republican party had never been
so bright since 1864, and Democrats must look
In other directions for comfort.