Year: 1878

| Mcdonald, of Indiana, who is at the


Fifth Avenue Hotel, was ask. yes


terday by a reporter of the Worto


for his opinion upon results Of the
| October elections in the Western
States and their probable efft e :


upon the fortunes of the political
parties. particularly the Greerback'


ers. In reply to question concern


ing Ohio. he said:


THE Democrats have not lost


any strength there, nor have The Re-


publicans gained anything. Al


though the aggregate vote is lighter


than in 1876, it is heavier than last


year. The National vote was drawn


mostly from the Democatic party.


In Indiana we have a substantial


Democratic victory. although the
| National vote was increased over
that of two year ago. Then the vote
was about $4,000; now it is about


5000. Two years ago the Green
back leaders sold out to the Repub-
lican party. A few days before
election day the Greenback candi-
date for Governor urged his supper.
ters to vote the Republican ticket,
and thus the Greenback vote actual
ly cast came mostly from our party.
Notwithstanding this, the Demo
cratic plurality over the Republican
vote was $500. This year it is about
$4,000. which indicates that the
Greenback vote came this year large
ly from the Republican party. We
have practical working majority in
the General Assembly and in our
delegation to Congress-"


"How is it that Orth, of Venezu-
lean notoriety, is returned?'


THAT could have been prevented
with the proper management. Our
candidate in that district is young,
bright fellow, but he was not we'll
known to the voters. # Mr.. Cof-
froth had run, or if Mr.. Manson had
not been on our ticket for Auditor
Of State so that he could have beeu
nominated for Congress. Orth would
have been handsomely defeated"





"Will Mr.. Voorhees, be elected to
the next Senate? Or is it likely
that Mr.. Hendricks will be in his
way?"


''Oh. no; Mr.. Hendricks will not
allow his name to be used. Mr..
voorhees, will, of course, be sent
back to the Senate We are all
united in that determination. Mr..
Voorhees, made an energetic aud
brilliant canvass, and he deserves
the reward Of an election


"Now. about the party strength
in the next Congress?''


"Well, in the next House there
will be at least one hundred and
seventy Democrats. which will give
US majority of not less than thirty
eight. In the Senate we will have
forty-two. perhaps forty-fve mem
bers, giving US majority of eight
or eleven. As the Senate now stands
there are thirty-nine Republicans,
thirty-six Democrats and one indie
pendent-Davis, OF Illinois"


"What about the future of this
Greenback party? Will it, do you
think, ever again basis of growth
and power sufficient to give it long
lease OF life and make it one of the
great parties of the future ?''


mo, 1 think that the Greenback
party has reached the eliminating
point ofits growth in the Northwest
at least. There will be a great many
men in the Northwest in favor of a
full currency and opposed to any
contraction. but no such party will
ever grow into a substantial living
power. This greenback sentiment
was an outgrowth Of the hard times,
and as times improve, as in all prob
ability they will, the popular mind
will settle down upon the old idea
of sound metallic system of money,
with convertible paper currency as
It's auxiliary. There is no practical
difficulty in the way of the resump-
tion act going into effect, aided as it
is by tie reconciliation of the sill
yer dollar. The difference at this
time between coin and paper is
merely nominal; and with silver coin
to aid in the redemption of such pa
per as be represented there cannot
be any run upon the Government
which was the great danger-if spe-
Gle resumption had TO be attained by
gold currency alone. 1 hold that
coin is money and paper is credit,
and that paper to be the equivalent
of coin in money value must be con.
vertible into it at the will of the hol-
der. We can use from 500, 100000
to $15O.000.00O of silver in this
country without embarrassment to
any interests. The silver dollar is
the most convenient of all money.
1t will pay the laborer for his work.
It is valuable as a metal even if it
were not stamped as a dollar by the
Government. The naner- credit for