Year: 1879

that Mr. Tilden wishes to appoint his own heir and
will not in any case give his support to either Mr.
Bayard Mr.. Thurman or any other conspicuous
democrat. As to policies Mr.. Tilden is supposed to
be willing to stand on Platform as good as the Con-
vention will accept. In rS7G he swallowed denun-
citation OF the Resumptien act and demand for its
repeal. and i'll 1850 he will lit is thought, he at least
equally complaisant.


BAYARD REPRESENTS
Mr. Bayard represents of course, sound currency,
and in addition prudent and conservative policy IN
general. On the currency question he is understood
to occupy position which is more absolutely safe
and sound than that OF most of the republicans He
is understood to hold that the government ought
not to issue the paper money of the country; that


the Legal Tender act ought to.be repealed or declared
uncon stitutional. and that the national banking
system, with such amendmentsas 1t may be found to
need from time to time. is the safest system this
country has ever had for the bill holders who.
being the great body Of aboring people. are the per-
>sons whom it is the duty,of government to make
absolutely secure.


The Eastern democrats here have made up their
sminds that they will not support in 1880 any candi-
sdate who stands infElton platform who is
personally committed to currency hcresies but they
hope that this question will be substantially "out of
spolitics" before next year.


THE OHIO IDEA.


The Western men, in their turn, profess a deter
animation not to surrenderthe "Ohio idea called
but they getting ready to modify it, and there is
va movement on foot which has for its object at
ance between the Western democratic party and the
.,greenbackers on platform of war on the national
banks and the issue of paper money only by the
government and in the shape of legal tender notes.
The Western democrats believe that if they can
solidate the greenback vote with their they
carry enough Western States. with the solid South
~. I>l.x1 W.,
and Connecticut. The greenbackers. some of whom
are shrewd men. are nobunwilling to make such an
alliance and to accept such PLATFORM They say
that it will be at least the entering of the small end
of the wedge.


'If we can destroy the nsHional banks" they say.
1--WE always demand larger issue of greenbacks
and the rest will with effort. What need is
the machinery of regular party organization to
dri We in the wedge"


Ehey confess that the gr eenback vote alone
complish but little. but they urge that consolida-
ton of the greenback and. democratic vote would
sweep many Western States which the republi-
cans.depend to carry their candidate in. and that
with-he solid South such. combination could carry
enough Western States to win the election. Hence
the shnswdest of their leaders ready to accept
democratic alliance on a platform of extinction
of the national banks go Cernment legal tenders the
only paper money and unlimited coinage of silver
With that to carry the country in 1880 will trust
to fortune and the logc.of events the rest they
say.


SOLID -soUTH.


It will be observed that insa these calculations q
solid democratic South is taken FOR granted But
there democratic politicians here who begin to
recognize the fact that the South is at least may
be next year. extremely uncertain political guam
tty They acknowledge privately that there is an
undoubted and growing tendency in the Southern
States to reorganization of parties and that ii such
a movement should once begin in any State it is
impossible to foreeli where it would end. They
confess that nothing but the low and b,undering
character of most of the administrations federal ap
pointments in the South and the continued hostile
attitude Of prominent republicans and their sweep
t. ing denunciations of tie South section and
people have kept the Southern States solidly in the
| democratic ranks.


SHERMAN has controlled the Southern appoint
1nents, said prondnent democrat the other day,
"and he has fixed them for himself. If he
T. time to have his own way democrats may hope
for solid South 1ssxt year, and in laying his
plans for the control of the Southern delegations in
the republican Connntion Sherman is really help
| ing u.s."


Here and there republican, however, begins to
the same thing. There is general opposi-
tion in that party to Mr.. Sherman a to
Mr.. Hayes that his labors to pave the way for
inaton watched with great deal of jealousy; it
is said that he aims TO the Southern delega
tions in the Convention for himself against Gen.
eral Grant any else and it is possible that if
some of the republican leaders should the
Western States endangered by coalition between
| the democratic and greenback vote. and Mr.. Sher
gaining control of the Southern delegations
the conventions, they may hold IL the part of good
policy to different course toward the South
in order to split il up and break up Mr. Sher.
mans plans and four five Southern States
! to the republican party next year. There is
doubt that this be done and with very little diff
Guilty if the attempt is made in time. Even General
Grant could carry halt dozen Southern States next
year it he would simply that he would recognize
an honest Southern republican party and turn out
| the carpet-baggers. bummers and incapabes who
still hold the federal offices down there Grants
policy in other respects has great fascination for
Southern men. and he is often very kindly men.
toned by them here.