The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1884-05-04
PRESIDENTIAL TALK, !
SOME SOUTHWEST SENTIMENT.
Interviews with Leading Democrats-Seve.
raj Favcri,es, but All for the Candidate thn,
will Win.

pounded the same questions. Below
give you the result OF these interviews:
Mr.. GEORGE W. WARDS VIEWS.
l. win you attend the May Convention /?
/ viii II my business will allow it. Cir
cult Court will be in session at that time.
2. What sort Of body Will lt be as 10
numbers and PERSONALLY
have no doubt that every delegate will
attend, unless prevented by unavoidable
circumstances. The personnel Of the Demo
cratic party Of Virginia presents always
fine appearance.
s. Will IL declare for Carlisle tariff or
adhere to the Lynchhurg platform
| think Il will stand to the Lynchburg
platform. There is doubt IN the minds
OF many II MorriSou'S horizontal reduction
win accomplish what IL proposes to do.
This section Is opposed TO the present in-
ternal-reverGe system, and do not under
stand that Morrison and the advocates Of
his bill so stand.
4. Who will the Convention favor for
the presidencvy
have no doubt that il win have the wis
doui TO send its delegates unrestricted. 1
think the delegates that the Convention
viii send viii have the ability and dlScre-
ton 10 act for that which is best for the
State.
3. WIN it send four or six delegates?
The law has passed rcapportioning the
State into ten congressional districts;
therefore think the delegates will be pro-
portionallv sen. from each, and the dele
gates at large win be four.
G. Do YOU think the delegates should be
inStfuctrdy
Answered above.
:. What sort Of tarif-platform, in your
opinion, should Ice adopted by the National
Convention?
think this has been plainly set forth in
every platform Of the Democratic party
since the DAYS OF Jefferson, and has never
been departed from. except when Greeley
was accepted by the Democracy as Il can
didate TO defeat the ultra radicaliSm OF the
Republican party, which was reeking in
corruption and deiying the Constitution
in order 10 retain pelf, place, and power.
Then it was referred 10 congressional dis
trIcts for decision.
s. Whom do YOU personally favor for
the presidency:
Hon. Roswell p. Flower.
9. Does your tavorite seem TO be favor
ite in your section:
He has not been so prominently before
the people a. many others who have been
aspiring to the presidency, but with those
who have studied his views upon public
matters. and especially his recent pub
lished views on the tariff, be is looked to
As the man. II nominated he would be a
strong man with the masses.
HON. ABRAN FULKERsON TALKS.
l. will not.
.. think it will be a representative
Convention.
8. Ii ii is wise it will decline to endorse
the Morrison bill.
4. do not think they will instruct the
delegates; nor DO think they should.
5. | think they should send four, and
allow each district under the recent APP
portiOnment representation.
6. Answered above.
:. / think the OhiO-Nirginia and Penn
Sylvania platform will be adopted.
$. First. Samuel j. Randall. Second.
Roswell L. Flower. Third. Samuel j.
Tilden.
9. think they ought to be.
GENERAL ARTHUR c. CUMMINGS,
l. expect TO attend the May Conven-
ton.
9. 1t will doubtless be we'll attended by
representative men OF the party.
3. II would be very iniudiciouS not to |
adhere to the principles laid down in the !
tariff plank OF the Lynchburg platform. |
The Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and |
Lynchburg platforms are the same in sub !
stance. and my opinion is the party cam
not succeed upon any other as l under |
stand them.
4. have no means of forming an Opin-
ion as TO who the Convention will favor |
for the presidency.
NJ bol, L.
send SIX delegates at large TO Chicago, and |
they will not be instructed.
G. | think the National Convention
should favor tariff limited TO the neceSsi- !
ties Of the Government economically adj
ministered;
7. (Which would neccSsitate, at the pro-
per time, reform Of the present tariff but
when reformed it should be so adjusted as
TO give incidental protection to the pro-
ductiVe industries and labors of the cOun-
try, and to distribute as equally as possible
the burden OF taxation.
S. As al present advised, it occurs to me
that the candidate for President should be
taken from the West, though am not now
sufficiently informed 10 commit myself to
any particular individual. Payne with a
good eastern man behind him would make
a good race, and there is no better man
in the party than Thurman.
Q. do not think the Democrats OF this
section are welded TO any particular indi-
vidual, but are prepared to give their
hearty support to any good and true man
who may be selected by the Convention.
CoNNALLY F. TRIGG's OPINION.
|. Yes.
3. | am Of opinion that The Convention
will be largely attended by representative
men. There will be full delegation from
this county. and, think. from the South
west generally.
2. Ii the tariff were the sole issue In the
coming canvass the people OF this section
would. in my opinion, by a large majority
favor reform in this direction, and as ono
means leading 10 this would accept the
Morrison bill. | believe that they favor
tariff for revenue only, and are not therefore
for protection i'm the strict sense OF the
term. Not being able to determine what
effect the agitation OF the tariff VIII have
upon the Democratic party in other sec
tions OF the country. the opinion Is very
general here that it ought not to be dis
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