New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-08-22
POLITICAL NEWS.
PEpIrR1JcANs IN CALIFORNIA.


SENATOR JOHN F. MILLER on THE SITUATION IN
THAT sTATE-TTIE CHINESE QUESTION AN ALL
IMPORTANT ISSUE.
Senator John +. Miller, Of California, has been
at the Fifth Avenue Hotel for some time past
awaiting the return of his family from
Europe. A TRIBUNE reporter cOnvcrsed with him
the other day for some hours but chiefly on per-
sona recOllectons of the war; the reporter not nav
ing seen HIM since the day i'll 1853 when
al Liberty GAP Tennessee, he was shot through
the left eye and taken from the field more dead
than alive He recovered, however, with the loss
of eyc-sight in the injured eye. The other was
threatened as late rs 1875, when the phy siclahS
told him The injured eve-ball must be removed
entirely. In the operation the nusket pan WAS
found imbcdded near the left temple, and II. TOO,
was removed. 1t proved to be large callDre In
field rifle bal in as perfect shape when discharged
from the rife and is still preserved rs Ah e'iuchco
OF the Generals narrow escape.
Othcr topics than war "reminiscences were, how
ever, touched upon.
How do you like President Arthur 2 was asked.
My intercourse with him has been very pleas,
ant indeed. lie has not always done maj asA'u
him. but aid not disposed TO quarrel win "A lio'-
dent on tha account. j THINK Gcnelal A'h'r ID d
very thorough and able mau
You mean is politician. ,;c
Not enurcly though il 10 no mean quaillca-
ton to be a thorough ponticlan l 90 nos KNOW
that It is best that President should be good
politician, for he Is then apt TO be too partisan"
"Nnat do you think of his veto vi the River ana
Harbor bill T.
inat was an action not calculated to
injure him much in public estimation In any
part of the country, Tor, III the
States which needed ana wanted improvements Hls
opposition, having been overcome VIII soon pe lor
gotten and forgiven. In this and Otntf Siatcs
which opposed tue bill his veto Won him many
stancn trends. so he has pleased many. offended
few and still has the money TO- eApend ana paufon-
age under the bIll 10 dispense" 80
NV ell, coming nearer home. how do you Ike MS
veto OF the Chinese blIlf"
Not 50 well /; but 800 larm has been done pOnl-
cally, think. In my : ate"
Can the Republicans carry 1t I"
1t viii be Il very c,ose contest, but | think We
can carry II II we nominate good lleAet
General StOncman, the Democratic candidate i9r
Governor, Is "a good man and strong candidate. Ho
is popular man aud au old soldier. / nave le-
peatedy VIII ten home that We must nominate Inc
best men. We arc not IN the best position on the
Chinese question: but We are ba.,er OH on tha1 IMAM
the Democrats are We are III position TO say
tina. We made the effort 10 cXcIu tie ChInese' ana
succeeded partly IN spite Oi the strong opposition OF
our parry in the East, while the Democrats as
we point oAt, maze no effort oi any sort
wien they were IN power. Senator faIlcy'
tne last Democratic Senator from our
state, made no move at. all. He probably
could nos have succeeded, but Inc didn't even Try.
All That has Oten accomplished, though IL WAS not
all that the peopio dcmalaed has been zone ny thc
kepubIcans.'
ION, the 4li-mportant one IN this issue, as it was
"Did the Morey letter forgery greatly affect the
vote IN 1850 =
Fully six OF seven thousand votes"
The correction on denial OF Its genmnencSs was
not received IN time r
- IL WAS received, but nobody would DelleVe thAO
50 bold a foIg ~ could Do committed. 1hdt was
fuc trouble