Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-06-13
The Politicians and Gen. Grant.

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The following is from The Netu York Her.
aid of the Sth, and throws some light on
the Cooper Institute demonstration, In
which the question of Negro Suffrage was
given special prominence. The Radicals
used the reputation of General GRANT to
get up large demonstrationlto further
their designs on the President:
The corridors of the Astor House and
room No. 20 presented a motley assortment
OF the city politicians OF, all stripes ana
sizes. On room No. 20 notice was posted
showing portion of that hive had swarmed
to another apartment, the notice inviting
!. assessors to meet at the other room up
stairs. A loose procession of these, and the
Custom House officials and ward politicians,
passed up and down, orstood IN little kYrts
In the corridors. There were Draper uen
and Darling men, Wakeman men and Kelly
men. Occasionally the representatives OF
Tammany and her satellites were seen, Dut
looked upon with lowering eyes by the
disciples Of Chase, who were in the major
ity for the occasion. The drollest express
sions could be heard among the rival repre-
sentatipes otathe factions, as they scowled
upon each other. Quo asked Z who this
Committee o@asl 1SinG this thing in
charge ?p 9r rAnokl Beredr "it was a
sparrowgrassf c0JiiA lee s. selttconstituted,
and that it had sprung, up. nobody knew
where, A jovial looking Tammany sa-
chem, laughingly pointed out the big war
riors of the Black Republican host, ,land ex-
planned their droll hurry and rivalry
aThere goes Grinnell," said he; "he is
engineering this thing for Draper to keep
Sim in the Custom House" little throng
collected before, the parlor door to look at
4" Engineer Grinnell," talking in this
strain -" Who is the other white
haired old felow?" .Oh, that is Scripture
Dick Daniel S. Dickinson)." "Where Is
Grant," ale has gone out riding" "Who
has cot him?" "Rufus f. Andrews and a
LOT OF radicals" ATS damn shame that this
thing should fall into the clutches of these
radicals. They imagine all this fuss Is for
them and Draper and the rotten shoddy
fellows of the Custom Housed" "Will Dra-
per be kept IN, do you Think" 'There goes
Dudley Field-and Opdyke." .siIere is
Greeley-where is Weed?n "Heis in Wash
ington." "Big thing for the radicals" "Wiil
they pass niger suffrage resolution to-
hight?" "They have got it all cooked and
pfimed. They are going to scare Andy
johnson with their meeting tonight at the
Cooper Institute.n n '.Did YOU see the Dar-
ling resolutions at the Twenty-third street
meeting last night?" "WakeRiah got ahead
there, but Draper has got General Grant
''Psbaw! Old Preston King has got that
Custom House in his breeches pocket, and
all the prize money Draper has made won't
keep him in three months" .
Eisimpossible to describe the disgust and
chagrin of the Seward men at the ring
which the radicals had made around Grant.
They squeezed III man here and there, and
got even a respectable delegation at the
dinner table, but it was too plain that the
affair was arranged all on one side, and very
bitter Jealousy was manifested against the
faction which was m6nopolizing the nero
of the war for the defense of their office in
the Custom House. -