Year: 1875

WHY THE DEMOCRATS HOPE TO WIN.
~ov. TsypEN TIE COMING MAN-oHI0 LOST BUT


PKNNsYLvANIA TO BIZ sAvED-A REFORM CAM


PAIGN WITH THE TWO GREAr MIDDLE STATES


THE sAsE OF orERATIONs-THE SOUTH IN THE


NATIONAL CONVENTION.


tysoN ruE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBuSEl


PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 21.-A veteran Demo
cratic politician long in public life, and recoshiIeo
throughout the country power In his party e1-
pressed sope frank views the Presidential ouooA
In conversation the other day am not at liberty 10


ve his name his opinions will be found on that &C
interesting to those who are studying tne
political horizon because he spoke with perfect
and did not like man conscious OF being the suoec' Vi
interview think all the time how his talk woua reao
IN print Opening the conversation, he said


"Ths confounded currency question potners Us
greatly. I . hard-money man, as you khow-no
eenuine time Democrat can be anything eise-ahu
zee with great alarm that party West OF the Ale
rhenies IA running wild after the "more money de-
uson thought we could put up barrier at the Ohio
line and was amazed that the nfatiOnist succeeded In
capturing the Erie Convention. We believed We couid
hold them under there, and send them homo toleraoy
sad by attacking the banks in our platform, and de-
cang against either contraction expansion, but they
outnumbered BY nearly two to one Now
In all the North We have only New-York, Few-Jersey,
Maryland and the England States In the East and
txo or three Northwestern States TO depend do
not speak of the Pacific Coast States because there no
controversy there Everybody that coast Is for hard
money shall try to hold the South, which ought to
Be m for specie because the prices Of its staples cotton
end tobacco fixed gold IN the markets OF Europe
and cheap paper would not add one cent to their
value. II the South stands firm We can control the
National Convention next year and keep imitation out OF
the platform not. fear lost, unless Allen Is
Leaten In Ohio.


"Do you mean to say that you would be glad to see
Allen defeatedp


"Between you and me, yes, though q Democrat 1t
would sound like for to In public The
Ohio Democrats got into this trouble with their
dirty rag money resolutions. Before their Convention
met we were on the high road to victory We only needed
. platform Of three words-honesty and economy-to
have elected President next year. when In step
Gov. Allen, Pendleton. Ewing, and Cary. and they
mako such Of the whole business that nobody can
predict the result lot OF unatcs, the whole OF them
While playing for the big stake OF the Pres
hency and held the big trumps they hazard the loss OF
ihe game win few petty Offices in Ohio They ought
10 lose and believe that every sensible Democrat hopes
they will"


THE VANTAGE GPoUND OF THE FIGHT.


"But Aliens defeat in Ohio will be followed by Per
shings defeat in Pennsylvania, and losing the two great
central States you lose the chief vantage ground Id the
Presidential fight"


"wait moment, and will show you the plan OF the
campaign and let you into the secret OF our strategy We
lose Ohio but save Pennsylvania Howl By sinking
Che currency question Immediately after the Ohio





three weeks that follow on the reform issue.
Pershing the ring-smasher, and Piolet, the honest
hayseed Granger make the best team for such race ever
brought ont We will show up the corruption OF the
Treasury Ring in Harrisburg and the Pilgrim Ring in
Philadelphia With the help of stay athome Republicans.
disgused with the who running their party and
with the temperance diversion carry the State by
o small majority. Our attitude here after the loss OF
Ohio will prevent the inhatiOnists from taking any new
courage from victory. 1t will be reform triumph
pure and simple. We shall carry NewYOrk on substan-
TALLY the There Gov Tilden's accomplished
assault on the Canal thieves here, Judge Pershng's
promised assault on the Treasury thieves"
"what do you intend to do with the financial question
In the National Convention in this programme sue
eeedsr


ave shall not follow the New.York platform too
closely hope 1t will be absurd for us to have no ideas
on such an important question different from those put
out by Republicans We must in for specie pay
nents but must at the same time attack the Natonm
banks They the only obstacle in the way OF re-
sumption. The Erie platform hits them hard' put
thu resolution attacking them has force when tackled
IN In n demand for more irredeemable Government
paper Our National financial plank should be, Green
backs redeemable IN Coin-No Bank Monopoly cru
sade against the National banks would be much more
popular than Jacksons attack the United States
Bank because every voter has National bank almost at
bis door, and knows how profitable the monopoly OF
drawing double interest has BEEN"


0oy TILDEN THE STRONGEST CANDIDATE.
"what have you to say about candidates. J Who Ia
likely to be the Democratic nOmneef"


We'll have seen politicians from nearly all parts Of
Iho country at Saratoga and Long Branch during the
GUNNER. and in New-York within the past few weeks,
and can discover indications of decided set in the
current opinion IN the direction Of particular can
didste Among those talked about by the newspa-
pers Gov Tden is however much the strongest III the
Convention were TO be held this Fall, would back hm
against the field But there nine months to wait yet
And good many things may happen In that time There
are plenty Of strong points in the Governors favor but
the strongest Of all that he happens to be just now the
only prominent man In the party who is identified
with the work Of genuine reform. We must go into tile
Presidential fight reform party and we want for our
candidate man who has done something worih prasing
toward remedytng the evils that have grown up under
Republican rule"


"Pennsylvania suppose, win present no candidae'


"Probably not. The Democratic party in Pennsyl-
anis is run by cheap lot Of small politicians Except
Sam Randall there is not Of national reputation in
shs whole crowd II Randall the speakership next
Winter he might well enter the lists Of Presidential can
ddates but have positive knowledge that he has not
the slightest notion Of doing Wallace the new Penn
syIvania Senator is shrewd party manager bur he has
no weight away from home, and will rank only among
the secondate in the Senate There no Presiden
tal timber him. Pershing, If he wins the Governor
ship will still be too to rally force in the
Convention unless he should get the eyes OF the country
ON him by some act his administration after he took
his seat That's possibility not to be overlooked"


"Tell me what you think of the other men who are
Galsed OF as candidates"


SWELL there's Senator Bayard-a clearheaded upright
Of the best type but not available
He comes from south Of Mason and Dxons line. We
must not line candidate Anybody from
halfway Southern State like Delaware or Maryland
would be suspected Of tendency toward BourbOnism
which would be fatal year ago Senator Thurman was