a political raft.
He holds the horse until another rider is found. People do not
wish death to suggest nominees for the presidency. I do not believe
it will be possible for Mr. Arthur, no matter how well he acts, to
overcome this feeling. The people like a new man. There is some
excitement in the campaign, and besides they can have the luxury
of believing that the new man is a great man.

_Question_. Do you not think Arthur has grown and is a greater
man than when he was elected?

_Answer_. Arthur was placed in very trying circumstances, and, I
think, behaved with great discretion. But he was Vice-President,
and that is a vice that people will not pardon.

_Question_. How do you regard the situation in Ohio?

_Answer_. I hear that the Republicans are attacking Hoadly, saying
that he is an Infidel. I know nothing about Mr. Hoadly's theological
sentiments, but he certainly has the right to have and express his
own views. If the Republicans of Ohio have made up their minds to
disfranchise the Liberals, the sooner they are beaten the better.
Why should the Republican party be so particular about religious
belief? Was Lincoln an orthodox Christian? Were the founders of
the party--the men who gave it heart and brain--conspicuous for
piety? Were the abolitionists all believers in the inspiration of
the Bible? Is Judge Hoadly to be attacked because he exercises
the liberty that he gives to others? Has not the Republican party
trouble enough with the spirituous to let the spiritual alone? If
the religious issue is made, I hope that the party making it will
be defeated. I know nothing about the effect of the recent decision
of the Supreme Court of Ohio. It is a very curious decision and
seems to avoid the Constitution with neatness and despatch. The
decision seems to rest on the difference between the words tax and
license--_I. e._, between allowing a man to sell whiskey for a tax
of one hundred dollars or giving him a license to sell whiskey and
charging him one hundred dollars. In this, the difference is in
the law instead of the money. So far all the prohibitory legislation
on the liquor question has been a failure. Beer is victorious,
and Gambrinus now has Olympus all to himself. On his side is the
"bail"--

_Question_. But who will win?

_Answer_. The present indications are favorable to Judge Hoadly.
It is an off year. The Ohio leaders on one side are not in perfect
harmony. The Germans