Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-07-13


onciled-The Tariff a Side Issue-Hia
Preferences Among the Candidates.
Special Telegram to the Globe.I
CHICAGO, July 12.--Gen. w. S. RoseI
Grams, member of congress from Califor-
mia, was in the city to-day on his way to
Washington. The general talked freely of
the political situation. Upon the probable
issues in the presidential campaign, he
said:
"The fight will be made chiefly upon
the assumption that the Democrats are the
friends of the poor man, the producers.
against the Republicans, as the represen-
tatives of corporations and capital. We
must secure an equitable distribution of
the profits. Heretofore the butt end has
gone to capital. We must accomplish this
in peacable way. If something is not
done riots will occur all over the land.
The smaller capitalists, who are inclined
to sympathize::with the productive classes,
would be compelled to ally themselves
with the larger, and the result would be
the slaughter of the entire producing eIe-
ment. The issue is very clearly drawn, and
upon it the Democrats must take a
decided stand if they would succeed
"Will not the tariff question enter in?''
"The discussion of the tariff at this tirae
would merely be war of words and
would accomplish no good. The whole
matter has just been canvassed in con-
gress, and revision of the tariff provis-
ions has been made. We said the bill was
wrong, and the Republicans said it was
right, and We must wait the result. The
new order of things went into effect July
L, and the time will be too limited to de-
eide whether it is meritorious or not.''
''What do you think of the declarations
of the Ohio Democrats upon the tariff"
''Their platform is an ideal expression
of Democratic principles. 1t declares for
tariff for revenue and such incidental
protection as the prosperity of our indus
tries may deem necessary. Three-fourths
of the Democrats are in favor of such
legislation as will insure the we'll
being of the largest number
of productive industries. Capital is able
to take care of itself; the government
must look after the interests of the labor
err
"Who is the most prominent candidate
for the speakership?"
"The speaker must be selected from a
section of the country far away from the
center of capital. That would make an
eastern man ineligible. The successful
man will come from the west. Among
those most prominently mentioned are
William Springer, of Illinois, and William
R. Cobb, of Indiana. They are both ac-
ceptable. Mr.. Springer, when he has been
called temporarily to the chair, has shown
himself to be thorough parliamentarian
and to possess the ability to decide judi
ciously and rapidly in an emergency. He
is an amiable man and bears no malice
toward any one"
''Who is favored by the California Dem
ocrats for the presidency"
'Californians want man who will guar
antee a forcible, independent, administra-
ton and he must not come from a center of
capital.
THAT would bar out Mr.. Tilden?''
''We don't want Tilden; we want new
and a progressive man. He is too old
any way, duu QOuDI IL l0 WOuIu accept q
nomination."
'Justi ce Field, of your state, has been
spoken Of"
California doesn't want Mr.. Field, be-
cause he is too well known there. He is
thought to be too intimately associated
with railroads and the money power"
would Mcdonald be acceptable?"
"He is very fayorably spoken of, and 1
think there is no reasonable objection to
his nomination.
"If Judge Hoadly carries Ohio, will
he not be prominent candidate?"
sob, no. We want a man of national
reputation. Hoadly is very new, and
comparatively little is known of him out
side of his own state"
"Will California GO Demooratic?"
"The state is securely fixed in the Dem
ocratic column, and can be as safely relied
upon as Mississippi. Horace Page told
ne the other:.day that California is bound
to go Democratic, and when such a man
comedies it, there is some foundation for