, 1880-02-08

man Was AFRAID Mr- Conkling would mafa Il.
eit!2rG &c 70 prevent New York going Democsraoto s 40
| the Presidency. The ghosts Of / rth.. 70 lot
Gornell begin to haunt the Secretary IT 1ila tha
treasury, and the Senator is calIpti nno, " tae
lay them. Who the parties were Who opon ~. 70
Sented, or pretended to represent Yr ranEe
ing IN this negotiation, it would be integala2 tl2.
| EK-CoSGREsSMAN RAHEy. -:
! Special Dispatch to The Chicago 1tsoun..
| BOSTON, Mass, Feb. 7.-Ex-Coneresem..
Ralney, OF South Carolina, was one of 49,
guests of the Massachusetts Club to-day ". sus
made significant speech Oh Southern eaass ,,.ta
ment on the Presidential question. Il w.
thought be would free his mind, and report.
| ers were excluded, but the SundaY Co,tr;s-
will print his speech. He claimed that K.
| Republicans Of the South are earnest ~ ~
true, and if in the past they have from want ~ ~
experience appeared not true and not firr, =. ~
their convictions, they have now made Nv
their minds that, whatever the RepubI;can,
Of the North shall do at Chicago. the no.
they nominate will be the candidate G Of 4;fa ~
southern states. Qnife number Of the Rs. H.
Grant as a candidate. for the Presldencrs. nv.
The speaker said he had written to sorna !;
the most prominent politicians to AZ 1 tSa pb
reason why. they should be in farorr ,1r
Of Gen. Grant-a 1nan who, when he Want
into power, found Republican Congress tIs =
Northern States Republican,. When he wene ert
outof power there was not a single Republieans
State in the South, Congress WIS Democr,t;oa
and the Northern States divided. He nar
mitted the State Of Mississippi to 20 out IT
the hands Of the Republicans; he crushed
one fell swoop. Gen. Grant, had be dones shs his
duty, would have made it apparent to ths
people of the South that he intended h do
his utmost to keep the Republican party n.
tact in the South. Under his Administrator
the Democratic party came into power, stand.
men, and claiming to be the dictators Of tba
country. These men made up their minds
that what they. could not gain By f1shtino
they would gain by legislation. It Is nots
majority rule In the South. 1t is the minority
WHO are in power because they hare the eda-
all the machinery of the Government ii fbeir
hands, They have the Judges on their sids.
and therefore control the Courts, and the RI,
publicans have by this means been defrauded
in the Southern States. They are not hoK-
ever, discouraged, but are firm and deter.
decide upon as the fittest candidate for Tia
Presidency. "But," said the speaker. @yop
will find that we will not be able to eiYeln tba
South single Electoral vote, not even tbatof
Florida, in the election that IS to be held neyt
fall. You will find that the Democrats VIII
carry every Southern State. You may have
a majority of the votes, but the Demo
will count you out"
CONGREsSMAS RRAGG'S VIEWS on
THE POLITICAL SITUATION.
At the fremont House last evening waa
Congressman Edward S. Bragg, Of the Fifth
Wisconsin District who was en- 1pnts to
Washington. 4 few days aso he came home
to attend to some extremely urgent private
business. Last evening Gen. Bragg vas
under the protecting wing OF the Hon; Penn
e. Smith, and TRIBUNE reporter found but
little difficulty in getting up q conversation
with him, though Nlr. Bragg Is little In
c1lned to talk on political subjects In
as to Republicans. The Democrat holds
sway, aud Gen. Bragg can only seq through
the eyes Of his party. Blu: he IS honest in r.
sistIng all Southern War claims. ~ am
d bills before US I Of % ali iasnable I q iis nas
aginable kinds. Some of them are QueeL,
outlandish. Buta precious few OF them wilt
be recommended by the Committee however,
md and. those that will be recommended will
aHow about getting the National Denot
cratic Convention held in Chicsgo2' asked,
Il vas astonished that I heard no taik
about it in Washington,-astonfshe 0thfnk
hat your people were doing. nothing on the
1oor loo Of the House to get it here, especially
3assing T interest in E getting ing E the .conysntion
1eld In Chicago. / an for Chicago,
Republican or no Republican Contention.
What difference does it make to me-
whether I as q delegate sit In chair thai
vas previously occupied BY Republican y
asg x%in neopsteS eeRasS' nd Dsme'Es ns s s RS:
way to commence proselyting. It IS wonder
% me that those who shon1d have done 70
ave not commenced their efforts earlier.
Things are in training now to bring an -
ault on the National Committees As
,est to bring the the result about ,.
Don't you think all the members M q @ tne
u favor Of Chicago % III.
II should think that the members tIona ta
northwestern States would favor Chicago
houid think. too, that the Southern shtes
eonld favor this locality, as the facilities ,iei fof
g soa on tRe $ seat6. Si';rbs liz thing lin 4 ssa5ss =:
he Convention to, Chicago ha
zen H. scarcely Sa1's y preached in il ogv ny h 5o
his will be the. only, chance to 9 se99
'hicago,, the greatest city. on earth am
would be Something OF an enterprise
, get the Convention here and get these peg
le to come. think there is encouragement 1Ns'.
n now sf ho% a ens G9chGe end5 m ee a Nsr o
tate. Ohio will pull for Cincinnati mn
PENNSYLVANIA for PHILADELPHIA" ,~,,