The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-07-10
IN indiana.
MIR. OALKINs TAILS CO HIS
CHANCES TARIFF TO BE
THE GREAT IE5lE.

THE GREAT Ie6uE.
William ii. Cabins us,,. h @ corn
in Indiana before he bets,ln., u st tas-
man. Out door life ard ~ nty of
generous exercise h,vrsi sd him a
fine specimen of lhyS:y. i.2nhood,
He is perhaps forty yeas ID, and so
far has been successful a. 4, farmer.
lawyer and meub, OF 90 ktess. He
lives at Laporte, in lleuo. .uru part
of the state, in ona u: tie ounties
bordering on Lake M,chiS. md is
now nearing his fourth I'M in the
national legislature. II Is cpular in
the hoosier state, which he served well
both in peace and war S.)aN jng of
his chance of being elected governor,
he said:
Indiana is very doubtful state.
The margin il small either way, but
L believe 1t is slightly against us; yet
with thorough CANVASS we can win.
The tariff is the strong issue with us
and as our local contest will practical
ly hinge upon national questions we
have fair chance of success. Now
that we are November state, state
issues are of minor Importance"
| w LII bLlC uOLlludIlOu VI I16nQTlCKS
OF Mcdonald for the presidency by
| the democracy discourage you 2"
by no means. Neither of them
| other democratic candidate. The
lines are so sharply drawn in our
state that the personal standing of a
man has very little TO do with the
complexion of the hallot-box, if he is
good citizen"
HENDRICKS TO NOMINATE MCDONALD.
Have Hendricks and Mcdonald
compromised their differences ?"
Eyes; the trouble between them has
been fixed up and Governor Hen
cricks viii present McDonald's name
in the Chicago convention. 1t is TO be
a sort of democratic love-feast for In
DIANA"
"Does the nomination of Blaine
help your chances Of election ?"
Yes. Blaine is popular out west.
Our state has always been for him. /
believe it was in 1876 when we~pre-
sented Morton. In 1880 our delegates
supported him and would have done
so this year but for our local candi-
dates. Yes, the nomination of Blaine
will give us an old-time canvass and
this always helps In our section. We
shall begin eally this year and it will
be a hot fight from the start"
DIR. Pierce is an Indiana democrat
and has been here trying to do little
missionary work for the old ticket.
He complains that he has found it up
hill business. He is brother-in-law
of Governor Hendsicks and is credit
ed with representing his views and
wishes. His solicitude for nominating
Tilden is very great. He says: "The
old ticket should be nominated; with
it we are safe; without it we are at
sea. Cleveland won't do. Our peo-
pie don't know him. We want man
of national character. We have got a
hard fight to carry Indiana, but with
a good presidential ticket we can elect
Colonel Gray governor and all our
state ticket"
TILDEN AND THE BUSINESS IN
TERESTS.
John w. Bookwalter, of Ohio, ex-
democratic candidate for governor,
who is here preparing to go to Eu-
rope to establish agencies for the sale
OF his machinery, says: ''Tilden is
the ideal of the democratic party and
if he would consent to run would be
elected to rebuke the wrong commit
ted in 1876. The fraud issue would
then overshadow all others. Thur
man may be candidate and have
strong following at Chicago. If he
should be named and then elected the
country would have president to be
proud Of" Mr.. Brookwalter was
careful about speaking of other candi-
dates and went off on business inter-
ests, of which he is master. He
said: Business out west is very dull.
In my own city (Springfeld), which
has deservedly the reputation of being
one of the most active and enterpris-
ing cities in the country. Local trade
is the dullest that has been known
for perhaps twenty years, and am
told that in other sections trade is In
a correspondingly backward state. In
deed in the present industrial condi-
ton little else could be expected. The
exports of farmers produce have so
largely fallen off and the price has so
greatly declined that the purchasing
ability of that large class has been great
ly restricted. Not only this, but they
have become large borrowers of
money, and the effect has been tight
ening of the money market. This as
pect of the case has not received the
attention from fnanciers that it de-
| serves"
THE OHIO CANDIDATES.
Colonel w. p. Thompson, a good
democrat and secretary of the Stand
ard oil company, besides being one of
the brightest politicians in Ohio,
spoke his mind freely but rapidly as
he halted moment in discussing rail-
road matters with Mr.. Calvin Brice.
Governor Hoadly," said he, ''has
some following in the Ohio dele
cation, but L doubt whether he will
be very positive unless he shows
good deal of strength outside. He is,
| perhaps, stronger away than at home.
Bayard would not be strong in the
west. People believe that be does
not represent the best type of political
reformers. Cleveland would be a pop
ular candidate for us. If he can fix
up his own state and be presented by
it with any degree of unanimity he
will wln."
"Win Mr.. Payne be a candidatew
ale will not. Four years ago he
might, but now he has been elected
to the senate. He will find his ambi-
ton filled by term of service there"
| How about Senator Thurmanf"
"He is getting well on in years.
People are this year looking for q
younger man, like Cleveland"
"WiIl revenue reform be the vital
issue of the campaign 7"
mo, sir. We cannot carry Ohio,
or, in fact, any doubtful state upon
that issue.