Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-18
AN ANIMATED SKELETON.

Opinion of the Recent Canvoss-The Con-
dttt0n of the South.
Washington Special, Nov. a.
Mr.. Stevens sat IN his invalid-chair, that
he moved to and fro easily as he talked to q
group of friends who surrounded him. His
bright black eyes looked as clear out from
beneath the soft black hat that he wears in
and out of doors as at any time during his
life. Indeed, it may be said that he is
ENJOYING ROBUST HEALTH,
although he has had, during his absence
from Washington, his customary narrow
escape from death. He has been too sick
and Disguised to take any part in the cam
paisn in his State, but he is now ready to
perform his duty as a member
of the House. He was in very cheerful and
philosophical mood tonight, and talked in q
soft, quaint, tone of voice thet suggested a
woman's. His contempt for the policy of
the Democratic party and the bungling of
its leaders was expressed in dry, passionIess
manner, as if nothing better could have been
expected.
would have been Hancock and David Davis.
If such ticket had been nominated, and the
Democratic executive committee abolished,
there might have been some chance. No
change could be made unless one could act
ually promise better things. If the Demo-
cratic party conceded in advance that the
country was as prosperous as
it could be, then it at once conceded
that the Republicans ought to win. The
whole Democratic canvass had been a mad
rush for the hog trough. There had been
no principle involved in the cam paign, and,
from the manner in which the canvass had
been conducted, failure was to be expected.
MIR. Stephens said it is not true that
TIE SOUTH
is at present growing In prosperity. In his
State there had been most enormous depre-
citation in all kinds of property values. There
had been steady decline in the material
welfare of his State for number of years.
He thought that the present condition of
affairs might be likened to an old wound;
the gangrene had sloughed of, land new gran
ulations are forming. Probably the
latter part of this generation would see
great wealth and prosperity through the
South. They would hardly come before that
time, in his judgment. From now on he was
certain of one thing about the South: The
result of the last election has destroyed in
its people it's all-sbsorbing interest in poll
tics. Henceforth he was certain that the
South would be
CONTENT WITH ANY GOVERNMENT
that the North should see fit to give it, al
ways provided it imposed on them no sort
of oppression. He said that what was need
ed, especially in the South, was manufactor-
les. Small ones we're being started in this
State, but as yet not much capital had been
Invested there. It was not
true that Mr.. Robert Toombs had invested
5000, 1000 IN cotton mill, as had been stated
in some of the Northern papers. Mr..
Stephens anticipates very quiet session of
Congress. He says most emphatically that
there will be no trouble about the count this
time. He thinks it would be very foolish
policy to do anything to bring about an
extra session of Congress.
EXTRA SESSIONS,
unless called for most extraordinary reasons.
are injurious to the party In the majority.
He had too high an opinion of Gen. Gar
fields line of policy to believe that he would
call an extra session unless absolutely forced
to do it and he had too high an estimate
of the Republic party's manage
ment to suppose that it would
desire an extra session. The Republicans
had claimed throughout the canvass that
what the business interests of the country
needed was rest frem political strife, and an
extra session would be very poor nantes
tation of the honesty of their declarations.
He said that outside of regular appropria-
ton bills. possibly some suc1 hill az Rea
notifications, might be passed. He doubt
ed whether anything in the way of financial
legislation would be done. He would try
to secure action on his metric coinage bill.