The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-24
! he Presidents Traducei A vie
sheet,

Nl1CtE,
DANA late Assistant Secretary of War,
tcs been, FOR some months. leading ed,tnr
of til2 Chicago Republican, a paper which
ae started to cut under the 7iHape ,of the
same city, IN iadlcalism. 1t has succeeded
only in being int,aitely yiler. Since the
suicide of PPrsToS k.SG--.o rid himself of
the aoilice-seelling harpies and lazaroni In
New York who, day and night dogged his
footsteps. ultimately driving him to dis
traction and the quiet grave of deep
waters--the vacancy in the Colleetorship
oC that port has been a source of violent
t0utrntion among numerous contestants.
Among the number Is This DANA. who
wrote President JoHSsoN directly. not
many days ago, strongly urging his own
namc for the position and putting himself
rs the only one named who would give
general satisfaction. The President fhiled
q see t., and forthwith as suddenly as the
coming up of fierce Nor wester, the
Chicago Republican has become one OF his
vilest praducers ana defamers. MACK.
tells the Commercial how DANA's begging
!tter got 'utl the newspapers:
he editor of tine Washing gu Rtbabiicoa
n conversation with the President. re-
maried rhat it was strange ~ him that
baUa SHOULD be so strong ia opposition and
50 venoniDus IN his denunciation of Mr..
3oHnsor. "Iou must be mistaken about
-haSr said the President: II never read
that paper. but Mr.. Dana is friend of
lnine, Il vi Endorses all have done about
reconstruction." To convince him to The
coetrPrv,an iu-tempered and yituperative
article nom the Chicago Repubiicda was
shown 70 His Excellency. That's strange"
SAID 7le freshmen. tapping one of the lutte
bells that according to Mr.. Seward have
wordertnl power over the fate of in
DIV .duQlS. \ messenger eutered the Exec
u5tve soperIm, and said, Mr.. johnson. ''lell
----tO send inc letter from Mr.. Diana
applying for the New York Collect0rshlp."
Ine mlssiYsl was produced, and resd. The
President smiled. Isn't that funny :" said
hr-and the next day the country was in
Io~meE by telegraph why the immaculate
Dana didn't ike the President.
THIS was mighty hard on poor DANA but
tFN there are other Pr idents than NJ.
IcoIN who enjoy good practical jokes.
''I a'"o A s, raw! awU!e"oiiA sre
On saturday last there was an anmat .d
pnitirHl contest for the eltetion of City
Aar'hal ot Lafayette, Indiana Last year
the PalicQl7 e.uied thRtlcity by about 500
mai"riR, ON saturlay they were beaten
os Zfuqlor'%tT u d ii a = u I'd
NNorH = Onc of the most significant
inqicatiol- of the waning stvength Of rad
iralsW, WITH which the eodntry has lat sly
ben G,Yored, j. a spceCh madea Few days
hSo BY Hon, Ell THAIsR in Connecticut.
MI. TuANhR has been a prominent leader IN
tht Republican party since It's organization.
Iir was Intimately CONNECTED with the
"hapras Emigrant AID soeie.y.r by which
that territory was largely assisted in the
formation of n Tree State Government.
STn.L ASorHkk of Illi-
nois' Import; the policy Of the President.
The G ,ieagO 2'aes says of him:
''Nentwetth Is Republican weather
cock: Dy watching him one can always tell
which way the wind sets. He is the best
Indicator IN rhe country ofmaiorlties In his
own district. Wherever he stands there Is
,he aajority--the winning side That he
ans gotten over the fence shows, not that
the Republican sheep ofChicagO win follow
idIn, but Tint they are already on the same
sioe.u He never IA the first sheep over, nor
the last; but he always goes with the mass
of the flock.