The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-11-15

hearty greeting that told OF the warm
cordially that won her friends in the |
white house and wherever she is
known,
In answer TO question relative to the
political excitement now and that of the
canvass which preceded Mr.. Folks
election, she said: $50 many wears
have elapsed since that iniportan.
event that the facts have almost faded
from my memory, and then, too, being
the wife of one of the parties most in
terested, the excitement was kept far
away from me. You are aware ut that
time our homo was in Columbia, Ten
nessee, a small village, and we had no
railroads and no Geographic system"
"What were the questions then agi-
tated; do you now remomber"
ooh, yes; the question then, as now,
was largely about the tariff. In that
particular the two canV8sses forty years
apart are very similar. Then, another
point OF similarity ] remember was
| that without the vote of Now York Mr..
Polk could not have been elected, and
we were naturally very anxious to hear
| from that state. The ticket was Polk
and Dallas and battle cry was Polk,
Dallas and Texas"
"Texas?"
ayes, the acquisition of Texas was
another issue OF the canvass. OF course
there were some opposed to it-there is
always somebody opposed to every
thing. There was never another can
vass, save perhaps that Immediately
preceding the war, that equalled it in
ferVor."
"Was there more excitement than at
the present time"
"Well all the information | have OF
the present canvass is what | CLEAN
from the newspapers and from
what my friends tell me, and
Judge that tho feeling now is as
calm May morning to the turbulent,
restless storm of excitement in those
days. Every district had its political
:, military company of organized troops
+ which, if seen now, would alarm the
, people to the very verge of madness
4 Since the candidacy of Mr.. Buchanan
. the canvass has always been too one
Y sided to create any excitement, excep
when Mr.. Tilden and Mr.. Hendricks
were candidates, and perhaps now.
> "You soc, my increasing age has TONED
down my ardor in such matters, though
G | always take an interest, deep inter
l. est, in state and national affairs.
4 NEW YORK HAS TO BE CARRIED.
~ "Even then 1t was necessary to tn
+ success Of the ticket to carry New York
o Pennsylvania was secured by the nom
II ination of Mr.. George NJ. Dallas 70
l. vice president, and he carried his ow
state. regard the acquisition of Texa
and the results following the Mexica
war-that is, the adding Of Californi
st and New Mexico in the territory of tn
10 United States--as among the most In
portant events in the history of thi
u country, and that fact is becoming MOI
d and more apparent. The country wf
% advanced by these acquisitions, and hI
ID ever since reaped benefit from them"
"Was the tariff the leading question
that canyassW
"rhat was one of the questions; a Ia
n iff for revenue only was what u
rs Democrats desired, while the Whil
n contended that the higher the tariff Il
a cheaper tho goods. Another questio
,o concerning United States banks, whiC
~ IL was desired to dispense with in fay,
of state banks"
GLOW did Mr.. Polk receive tho new
4. of his eloction?"
"There being neither railroad nor t.
10 egraph, naturally the news was N
re flashed TO us nor known all over ii
union as soon a. would now be the cas-
The news was received here at Mas
vile at night, and party of irient
of took buggies and drove to Columbia,
a, distance of forty miles, and arrive
. there about . O'clock in the mornin
,nr Mr.. Polk was at home when he receiv,
VI the intelligence, and there was aftt
ward grand demonstration; of cours
not at that hour, as II was so late"