Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-05-22
MARSHALL'SPLAIN TALK.


MdAO1ALLO or lain ldLA.
SOME LETTERS HE HAS RECEIVED.
Urged to Accept the Congressional Nomina-
tion, But He Has Not Yet said What
He VIII Do-His Opinion of Cam
eron ana His Methods.
Pittsburgh Dispatch to the Times.
Thomas NJ. Marshall was interviewed
to night. ~ have received some peculiar
letters since my nomination." said Mr..
Marshall, laughing as he spoke and point
ing to pile OF opened correspondence on
a chair by his side. 81 have also received
some very complimentary letters. George
Lear has written me a very kind letter."
General Lear's letter was one that
showed that he felt warm interest in Mr..
Marshall and hoped he would accept.
Among the most important letters re.
ceived by Mr.. Marshall was one from
James McNIanes, of Philadelphia. Nc
Names said that he had heard reports
that Marshall intended to decline and he
hoped such was not the case. He left the
whole matter to Marshall and relieved him
from any promises or implied promises of
acceptance. Mr.. Marshall continued:
"And now as to my promises to accept
the nomination. want you to say for
me that never made any promise to ac-
cept to any living man. have not writ
ten any declinatiOn to any one and conse-
quently it is not in Philadelphia or any
where else. No one knows what my in
tentions are except myself, although some
of my friends stOutly insist that I have
made up my mind to decline.
He Never said he Would run.
~ felt as though ought not to refuse
without duo consideration. never told
Cameron, McManes or any one that
would run, but, ON the contrary, l told
them l would not. The Cameron people
have been telling around that was slated
for the place for two days before the con-
vention. 1t is a confounded lie and
want you to say SO. My name was not
spoken of beforehand and no one ever
| came to suggest it to me before the con-
| ventiOn. Cameron never knew anything
about it until Rutan told him l was nomi-
mated, after it was over. lie was at his
house at the time. Cameron knows this
and knows he had nothing to do with it.
That man Cameron said some things at
| Harrisburg that show what he is.
He went to McManes and said to him Il
would not interfere with you, Mac, On the
judgeship if could help it, but my word
is out to Rawle.' Now that is a pretty
thing for him to say. It almost imperils
the whole ticket. What an argument it
would be to 60 on the stump with!
AS to Wolfe, never thought much Of
him as reformer. The Independent
the Republican party q vast amount of
trouble, bu: such men as Wolfe are not
the ones to lead it. I believe did more
| to defeat Wolfe for lieutenant governor
than any other one man. lie would have
taken the place and Cameron had prom
iscd it to him. l notified Cameron that
would not have it so if could help it and
would make such fight against it in the
convention as would force him to yield.
Cameron was rs stubborn as mule up to
Tuesday night before tho convention, and
| said that Wolfe must be nominated. Then
had talk with Davies, and we agreed
to combine on Brown and Davies and
make fight, aided by McManes, if Came
eron forced Wolfe On tho ticket. Late on
Tuesday night he yielded to Davies, and
Wolfe was left in the cold.
The Only Talk OF Marshall's Name.
''The only talk there was about my
name was before Beaver was nominated.
| l was offered the attorney generalship
under Beaver, but refused it, as l did 4
brigadier generalship that Edwin NJ. STAN
ton once prOf1ered me, because l did not
want either place. think that Beaver is a
man who is not understood. Cameron will
not be able to manage him as easily as he
thinks he will. Beaver is q shrewd, keen
Methodist preacher, Christian association
sort of politician, and just as soon as he is
elected governor and gets in Harrisburg ne
| will look out for himself. He is ambitious
and when he gets a chance to kick away
Camercn's traces he will do it and start in
business for himself. Rawle will lose
votes in Allegheny county and in Phila-
delphia too very heavily. If the Inde-
pendent convention nOminates good
ticket they can give tho Cameron ticket
trouble"
"How can the Independents make up a
strong ticket ?" was asked.
"They can do it easily" replied Mr..
Marshall. "Let them nominate George
Lear for governor. He is a good man
and would make a strong run. Daniel
Agnew would make an excellent candidate
for supreme judge. He is old, it is true,
but has a grand record. He is a decided
ant. and six Or seven years of
the bench of Agnew arc worth more to
the state than twenty years of almost any
other man. Lee, of the oil regions, would
be 4 good man for lieutenant governor
Some good business man from tho middle
of the state can be found for secretary of
internal affairs, and some man from
Luzerne or up in that section for congress-
man. at-large.'
MORE TALK FHtOM MARSHALL.