National Republican., 1888-04-20
GRESHAM FOR PRESIDENT.
EN-Congressman Lynch Thinks Hin
the Most Available Man.

the MOST ANHilhbl' Wan.
Ex-Congrcssman John Il. Lynch, Of Mis-.
sissippi who Is at present in this city. was
met by REPUBLICAN, reporter few days
since
"Who Is the chuico of the Mississippi
delegation for the presidential Nomination.
was asked HIM
"Scnator sherman Is the first choice Of It
majority of the delegates llr said, "and
thiul, he will hr the second choice Of the
others. There are several members Of the
delegation, myself among the number, whl
will support Judge Gresham as long II, his
name remains before the convcnt'on,'
"What are your reasons FOR supporting
the judgcs'
'Bccnilsu believe he is the strongest AMI
most available man the Republicans eau
nominate. All of the different elements
and factions Of the party would unite upuu
him, Hud his election, III my opinion. would
be AN assured fact. lie is popular north,
east, aud west. He Is strong with the CN-
soldiers, and with the solid business men nf
the country he is an especial favorite. II L.
is possible for us To carry New York nt all
we ran carry II with Gresham. Tie has no
friends to reward and no enemies TO punish
His record Is good and his hands are clean,
hence he will need no defense from any one.
mined, but he Is neither reckless nor stub
born. lie does what lie believe TO be right
| whether 1t he popular or not. lie Is u nat
ural born leader, hence he makes, rather
| than follows public sentiment. He Is In
| harmony with the dominant sentiment Of
| the party upon the public questions aud Is
sues Of the day, and finally. 50 far us the
colored people are concerned, | personally
know that they have not n stronger nor n
a. fripnl "a world
| Of Judge Gresham"
But will not the candidacy Of Cen llarr-
| SON prevent the nomination of Judge
Gresham, both Of them being from the same
state?"
at may, but don't think So My infor-
nation is that the contest between the
friends of Harrison and Gresham IN Indiana
| is not acrimonious but friendly and amica.
| bic, aud that the supporters of Gen. liarri-
SON will support Judge Gresham whenever
| they find that Gen Harrison cannot he nOIni-
| mated, but that Gresham cam
"llow does Senator Allison stand with
| southern licpublicans?'
"Nery we'll. Senator Allison is looked
upon as one of the safe men in the Rcpubli-
| can party. If nominated think he can and
will he elected. may he mistaken, OF
course but my opinion is that If western
man is nominated il will he one Of three
men --Grcsham, Sherman, Or Alison
"Justicc Millers name has also been men.
| toned in connection with the nomination.
| How does his name strike southern Rcpubli,
| cansy"
The nomination of Justice Miller. or any
| one Of the justices of the supreme Court
| that concurred in the decision declaring the
| civil law unconstitutional, would bC Il fatal
| mistake. While am pronounced Rcpuh
| lican In national politics and can never be-
induced TO affiliate with the Democratic
| party, ye, my own sclf-rcspect would never
| allow me to raise my voice or east my vote
| To elevate to the presidency ur to any other
! office any one of the justices Of the Supreme
| Court that cOncurred in that unwisl, unfor
tunate, and mischicvoils decision. ] think
this is the sentiment of the colored people
| throughout the entire country"
But don't you believe that the justices
| Of the supreme Court We're honest aud sin
| ccIc IN their decisiou:'
THAT may be, but Colored men can not,
| and white Republicans should not, support
any man for high and responsible oilic,
who is capable OF placing such mischicvou'
construction on the constitution rs amended
The constitutionality Of the civil rights bill
| was supported and defended by every Re
publican lawyer in the forty third COngrcs;
| except Senator Carpenter. In fact, the bill
| was framed and supported by some of tho
| very men that framed the three last amend
| ments to the constitution. and, therefore
| knew the intent and purposes Of those
| amendmcnts-.such men, for instance, IL
Edmunds, Conkling, Logan, lIoar, FIRE
| linehuyscn, Butler, Garfield, and many
others whose names are too numerous tt
| mention, hllt who, as constitutional lawyers
| were and are among the best and ablest lha
| this country has ever produced, the Justice
| of the Supreme Court not excepted,