Daily globe., 1883-06-04
IN IMPORT4Nr ADMISSION.

IN IMPORTANT & DMISSION.
Mr.. Edwards Pierrepont was attorney
general under Grant. When it became
desirable to have change in that position
he was made minister to England. His
last exploit and appearance in politics was
as q delegate to the Chicago convention of
1880, where he faithfully served as a pri-
yate in the ranks of the 306. Mr.. Pierre
pont is now iourneying to the Pacific
coast, and en- route tarried long enough in
Chicago to be interviewed by a reporter. Mr..
Pierrepont was one of the government coun-
sci in the case of Surratt, who was guilty
of completely in the assassination of Pres
ident Lincoln. He cited the cases of Sur
ratt and of Guiteau as parallels to the as
sassins of Lord Cavendish and Secretary
Burke,and expressed the belief that lyman
and Sheridan, who are now in this coun-
try, should be promptly surrendered to the
English government by the president of
the United States whenever demand is
made for them, under the terms of the
treaty, which provides that murder or an
assault with intent to murder is extradita-
part of the interview was, however, upon
American politics, and upon the topic of
the presidential election the gentleman is
quoted as follows:
''There is growing feeling among Republi-
cans, which no one can explain, of renewed ex-
pectatiOn of Republican success. NY exDa1la-
ton of it is that it arises chiefly from the evident
split among Democrats on the question of tariff.
which is becoming wider every day. Instance
the change Of front in the New York World for
merly an ultra free-trade journal, now mich
moro moderate. AS regards New York, of
course the last election test. The state
is really very close. The presidential issue. ara
not yet formulated. When they are, and the
people understand them, then New York will
vote for that side which it believes will bring
the larger prosperity to the country. The tariff
question especially is not yet formulated, and [
C not think 1t will be before the next national
convention. AS l stand, though, favor a GER
tain amount of protection; still l do not believe
IN protecting everything in every state in the
Union. Some modification is needed, and was
glad to see the action of the last congress- One
thing of which L am convinced is this: that no
war issues will enter into the coming campaign
Such a vast number of voters will cast their
ballots in November, 1884, who were not even
conceived when the war began, or else had not
come to the country, that such issues would cut
no fgure.o
These views are interesting, coming
from representative man, though shaded
by strong partisan bias. 1t will turn
out to the disappointment of Mr.. Pierre
pont and all who think with him, that the
tariff question will not split the Demo
cratic party, but on the other hand, that
party will be found the champion of the
policy which is wlsest and best
for his country. The admission that no
war issues will enter into the coming
campaign is an important one, but in
stead of forming the basis for renewed ex-
peot2tion of Republican success, the effect
must be quite the contrary. If this is not
apparent now to those who look at the pol
itical future more or less specifically, as
time goes on, it will become evi lent that
the people cannot be massed together in one
prePonderating organization, which under
the pTeteXt of concluding the responsible
ties growing out of the war, has
by hook and by crook main
tanned power and committed untold
enormities upon the civil service in the
name of war l5sues and a dishonest as
sumption of patriotic intentions. The
people themselves have long been restive
under the grinding policy of the bosses,
and it is something to find the politicians
beginning to admit that they cannot lon
ger maintain themselves upon it. It must
be apparent to all thoughtful men that the
very issues which hitherto have impaired
strength to the Republican party will now
prove Its weakness and bring upon it Just
recompense for its long continued abuse of
power. When the issues of the presidential
campaign are formulated,t to use Mr.. Pierre
points expression, the people will vote
for that side which they believe will bring
the larger prosperity to the country. It is
apparent enough now that the chief issue
that the Republican party will present will
be simply cohesion for the sake of plum
der, and it hardly needs the gift of proph-
ecy to forecast the swift and sweeping
rebuke that will remove the spoilsmen and
restore to the country government policy
coming from the people, and for the
people to be enforced by the people,
Against this the selfshness, the intrigues.
the hollow devices of the spoils party can
not triumph.
TNI.s