Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-27
AsOUTHERN SENATOR'S VIEWS.
Labor Troubles and Tariff Revision
McDOnaId's Boom for President.


Neoo York Special to PAjla. Press, July "a.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, one of the
ablest of the Democratic Senators, who is
famed for his eloquence and his skill as a
debater has arrived here. To-day he
said to the Press correspondent:
'|The telegraphers of the country are
striking for better pay and shorter hours
of labor. This strike is exceptional in
many particulars, and it does not make
text for discourse upon the contests that
so frequently occur in this country be-
tween labor and capital. Why is it that
strikes are of such frequent occurrence in
the United States? Matters seem to move
along smoothly enough with rare
exceptions in other lands, but here labor
troubles are constantly arising. For a
periOd.Of four, five or ten years, business
in this country fiourishes, the manufac-
turers have all the work that they can do,
the merchants are busy, all is hustle and
life. Then there comes pause.
Trade slackens, business is dull, manu-
featuring ceases and men are thrown out
of work. The reason assigned for this
change is that mysterious thing called
Oyer-prOductiOn. In the United States are
fifty millions of people, a people indus
triOus, energetic, inventive, owning I'M
proved machinery, dwelling in land
rich in all natural resources for manufaC-
millions of people, with the advantages
that they possess, should supply three
hundred millions with a great portion of
the necessities and the luXuries of life,
yet the laws of the United States say we
shall only supply fifty millions of people.
Oyer-production is the fault of our tariff
system, and labor troubles are the result
of oYer-produetlon.
Il presume that you mean that the pro-
is trade
labor troubles in the United States?"
eyes, primarily; although there are
other cOntributOry causes. l favor the
adjustment of tariff necessary to supply
revenue in such a manner as will give
protection to our industries, but l do not
approve of such a system as now pre-
vails.'
"Do you advise an attempt to change
the new tariff at the next session of Con-
gress before the revision of last winter
has been tested%
eyes, | think there should be a further
revision as soon as possible. The tariff
law of last session was a revision in name,
not in fact. Already the Treasury Off
cials are quibbling over the inaccuracies
and the Inconsistencies of the statute. Mr..
sherman SAYS the duties on wool should
be increased, so he must favor a revision.
MIR. Morrill, is of the same mind, so he,
presume, will favor further revision.
From political standpoint the Democrats
might as well begin the tariff agitation at
the next session as to. postpone it. The
tariff will be the main issue in the next
Presidential campaign, and the Demo-
cratic party might as well take firm and
decided stand on the question immedi-
ately."
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES.
Speaking of Presidential candidates,
Senator Morgan said:
Il have found that Mr.. Mcdonald. of
Indiana, is a great tavOrite among the
voters of the Southern States. His course
has always been Il consistent one and his
Democracy is unquestiOned. What we
need is a man who is possessed of sound
doctrines and honest convictions of duty,
and who will live up to his convictions.
This is undoubtedly the case with Mr..
Mcdonald. He is good, safe man to be
nominated and is popular, | believe, not
only at the South, but also in the West"
"Have you heard Senator Bayard's
name mentiOned"'
ooh, yes, but not so generally as that
of Mr.. Mcdonald. | have always had a
very firm conviction that Senator Bayard
would one day be President OF the United
States. His craftsmanship and his con-
spicuous ability lead me to this inference.
But the present is not the time to bring
him forward. fernapS III is DeJUef so, 1Of
he can lilly be spared just now from the
.deliberation in the Senate. The difference
between HIM and Mr.. Mcdonald is simply
this: At present candidate has to be
popular with the masses, an idol of the
hour, so to speak, and Mr.. Mcdonald pos
sesses that element of popularity which
draws the masses of the people to him.
The history of his early life is well known,
and the people honor him for it. The
Democratic party has yet to gather to its
fold the more conservative element which
will be ready to recognize signal ability
in a candidate. Then Senator Bayard
will be nominated and triumphantly
elected"
s'Does the cry Of the old ticket meet
with much favor at the Southw
Il do not think the South looks with
much favor on any such plan as the NOM
ination of Tilden and Hendricks. Now
and then some one speaks favOrably of 1t;
but the truth is, Mr.. Tilden is not favor
tie with the people of that section of the
country. OF course, there are men who
think that he should be given the nOmina-
tion as a recompense for 1876, but such
people are In the minority. The majority
believe that the time has passed for his
candidacy, and that he is now too old and
too feeble to be made the standard-beafer
of the party. This is in particular the
idea of the young men of the South, who
regard Mr.. Tilden as passe, so to speak"