The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-08-13
vIRGiNtA poLIrr0s.
Hon. John $. yyise Interviewed. Comments
81 ON pemcesatic Nomination.

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Hon. John $. wiss Interviewed comme,,ta
ON Demeesatic Nomination.
. The Hon. John S. Wise, the Iscpnb-
lican neminee for Governor of Vir-
ginia, has been in Atlanta, Ca, for
several days on professional business !.
a correspondent of the New York
Itnses interviewed MIR. Wise at the
himbalt House Thursday, and teIe-
graphs as follows:
Mr.. Wise was found seated nv an
open window in his suite of rooms i'm
the second story ofthe hotel, enioying
The luxury of an Atlanta breeze. MIS-.
WISE said: 81 want to be elected. To
tell yonthe truth, it is the only office
l ever really did want. L ran for Con
gress once and was beaten. fran again
and was elected. L didu't care q flo
about the result in either race-com.
paratively speaking, | mean. But /
am in this fight with my whole soul.
and mean to win if cam"
| "Are you running as Readiuster,
backed by Republicansp -
mo, sir; am the nominee of the
Republicans and Of nobody else. We
VIII have square fight between Dem
ocrats and Republicans, this time"
| What is heissue in the campaign p"
1--WE are going TO make it hot for
the Democrats ON several lines. They
nave got us all In trouble ever our
State debt again. The Readiuster
party rose up and gained control of
Virginia because it represented the
popular idea on tho debt question.
we enacted such laws as would have
settled the question fairly and finally,
ana would have saved the people from
the unjust burdens which the Funders
were trying to impose on them. All
was moving along beautifully when in
came a Democratic Legislature and
forced ON us lot of statutes to CO.
operate with those we had already
passed. They had come over to our
platform on the debt question, and
were trying to rob us Of the glory of
Its successful solution. They have
made pretty mess of it. 1t was on
the legislation Of this Democratic Leg
islature that the Supreme Court of the
United States msde its recent decision
declaring the coupons of our bonds
receivable for taxes"
"How will the success Of your party
aliect this question after this decision
OF the Supreme Court?"
I'VE will simply repeal this latter
legislation and let Readjuster legisla-
tlon stand. | think that alone will
settle the debt question to the satisfnc-
tlon OF the people, and i'm way that
VIII stand the test of the Courts"
what other issues will you raise ?n
:, The partisanship and corruption of
the Democratic Legislature. They
turned out seventeen members without
the shedow of law or justice in order to
OBTAIN tWo-thirds majority and rem
DER the Governor powerlcss. They
seated ono man who was not even q
contestant. They passed bill design
ea 1or the perpetration of the bolpcst
election frauds. They robbed the
Governor of every prerogative he had
relative TO elections, aud saddled on
us the worst returning board ever
trumped up in this country. They
9ldn.t get it quite ready for the Presi-
dental election, but it got in its work
IN some baretaccd frauds in our local
elections last spring. We will find
enough to make the Democrats answer
for" " -
Are the Democrats in Virginia
united?"
"They are worse divided now than
L ever knew them to be. There are
Jealonsies among their leaders and
factions among their Masses"
"Ho" do they like the national adj
ministration
"Prcsident Cleveland has made sad
havoc among them. AT first they
aoused him for not makiug appoint
ments, and now they abuse him for
tnose he has made. He has struck
some bad material in Virginia, and the
real active element in his party there
is sadly disaffected. l don't know O
man amoug all the Presidential ap-
polntments in Virginia who reprcsc nts
the best and most valuable element i'm
the Democratic party Of the State. The
people are sick OF this business"
"Are the Rcadjuslcrs and Rcpub.i-
cans welded into one partv?"
"Thcy are. We will carry the bulk
OF old Readju,ters, and the Republi
cans are solidly with u.s."
"What about the ncgroes?''
"Ihey never were as solidly Repub-
lican as they are now. There are not
200 Democrats among the 1913, 900
negro voters in Virginia, and thev
can't buy and bnlldoze more than
5000 Of them" ''"
~ YOU tiililk you Will De clcCtcQH'
VI do; l am not clatcd, but | firmly
believe that will be elected. There
are l2o. 1000 negro voters and 100000
white voters in Virginia. / will get
l2O.O0O negro votes and between sc, 900
and 10000 white votes. The Demo
Gratis carried Virginia for Cleveland bv
only about 1000 votes, and they are
much more solid on national than
State Issues"
'It is stated that you intend to make
thorough canvass Of the State"
III am going all over it. Next Mon
day | will make my first speech ct
Newbern, and from that time till the |
day of election / will be at work. I |
am going into every county in the |
State, and all through every one of |
them. l would like to have the Demo. |
cratic nominee go along with me, bnt
| doubt if there is another man in |
Virginia who can stand the programme |
| have laid out. | am going to speak,
every day, and twice day ono week
IN August. When l beat Parson
Massey for Congress at large, travel
ed TDIN) n,ilna on1 Yoo1o