The Portland daily press., 1884-07-16

What the Hon. Edward Wilson Has 60
Say on the subject-TabuIntOr, Chase
Accused of Trickery.

augusta Correspondence of the Boston Journal)
A Journal reporter met Hon. Edmund Will
son of Thomaston and talked over with him
the action of the convention. The nomination
OF Cleveland, he said, was settled in advance
OF the meeting of the convention, and the
questions before the delegates were as to who
should receive the second place and what form
the platform should take.
"Wbat do you think will be the course OF
Butler and Tammany?" was asked.
"Oh, don't know. You know Butler came
to Chicago the nominee of two parties, and
foolishly expected to capture the nomination
of the cid party, and when he went away he
was a very disappointed man. His vanity and
old age think have little unbalanced him.
He is man OF excellent ability, but utterly
lacking in principle in politics, taking every
thing he can get from whatever source it
comes.
"You think he calculated to have his name
presented to the convention?"
eyes, his name was only held back when
of States was called for effect, but he
saw the chances against him were too strong,
and his name never was presented. Then he
began to look around for a way out, and pre-
scented his platform as an entering wedge to
give him chance to bolt. He may turn mp
as a candidate for Governor and support Cleve-
land 10 win Democratic aid, but Massachusetts,
is sick Of him. talked with several dele
gates from that State, aud all said they were
awfully sick Of him. Butler hurt himself
when he tried to form combination with
Bayard, and he also killed Bayard's chances"
DO you think Hendricks can win tho
soldier vote as we'll as Gen. Villas would?"
"Oh, no, Hendricks is passe but Villas didn'E
want it. He was net able to take It, aud il he
had been defeated it would have greatly in
1ured his future prospects"
York;" '''' w"
could"
ibid you hear anything of what the Inde-
pendent Republican will do?"
They are going to vote for Cleveland. I
heard Of lots Of them all over the country who
are going to vote for Cleveland
Was there much opposition to your being
on the National Committee again?"
They fought me like the devil Charles
Chase was at the head of it. He went to Chi
eago wanting to be Chairman, wanting to be
on the National Committee, and also wanting
to be on the Committee of Notification. Pay
son Tucker might have been Chairman II he
had wanted it. Chase voted for me for tho
National Committee, and voted for Brown,
and threw blank votes. His intention was
when they got to six votes for Brown to have
him withdraw in favor of Chase, but the order
was not given quick enough. Chase has hurt
himself. IL he had stood up aud said he
wanted it, he would probably have gotten it,
but he told hundred people he was for me-"
How much of fight will your party mako
in Maine?"
81 don't know. The committee don't meet
till the 9th. There will be a good deal Of
money wanted elsewhere, aud 1 don't know
what we shall decide to do"
"Do you believe the Republicans will carry
any Of the Southern Statei?"
Il don't believe they will carry State south
OF Mason and Dixon's line l talked with
delegates from all parts of the South, and that
was their opinion. Virginia, West Virginia
and North Carolina are called doubtful, bat
don't believe they win carry either of them"