The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-04-18

tive politicians of that stripe ara busIly
.atiWork in talking of his prospects.
. The other Senators who are talked Of;
or who rettalkinE OF themselves, are
all, of course, within the Republican
partyI Benz Wade Is, without doubt,
ithehimost prominent andu popular.
Should he succeed; as he probably will,
In being reelected 70 the Senate aiyeRr
from next winter, or, rather, If the
election this fall giveafhitn the Degis-
lature, then he may loom up in b for=
m1daplec, proportions. Fessepden, of
MaineS Is the next lrl1an-ini some re-
speets. perhaps, more prominently 80
than lYade.,o Mr.. Fessendep smRynIbe
Secretary, Of State, but Is hardly likely
to receive the Republican nomination
as President. YRtesi of fIllinois, Is talk
ed of aigbod deald he isia strong man,
because Of his personal popularity
Morton, OF Indiana, Is being quietly
talked of. II brought before the conn.
try, in any such prominent way, 1t will
be found that q bitter Radical opposi-
ton from his own State viii lie evoked.
Trumbnll indnlges quiet hopes, as does
Cameron, while Pomeroy,, of Kansas,
thinks his chances for. the Vice PEesi-
dency as little the best OF any,, His
friends, Of course, are for an, Eastern
man. az "a '-,-,T5',i7,,- =
I Sherman and Sprague. are the Chase
managers, and that movement obtains
Jay Cookies support, as well as q, large
PROPORTION Of the national banks in
No one talks Gen. Grant now. nov ERiS Every
one acknowledges that he :wonld be,
elected, run by whatever party he
might be. It Is believed that he viii
choose to retain his present life posi-
tion, and not subject himself to an or
deal as Presidential nomination.
J Among Generals talkediof as availa-
,ble,i there Is no man eVincing and pre-.
serving a more steady and seryiceRble,
Popularity than George n. Thomas
sold Steady, /" as he Is affectionately
'called-the hero OF Chickamauga and
NASHVILLE. But his being Southern
born is' against him, for 1t viii be dltti.
the Northern people to vote for imam
born south of Mason and Dixon's line,
: Aln the House Of Representatives there
are but three men whose names are
connected with the next nominations.
These arethose ofthe Speaker, Schuyler
ColfaxJ' Gen. Benjamin F. Butler and
John a. Logan. The latter Is talked
of as soldier nominee for the Vice
Presidency. Butler expects, pro-.
uaulYS 70 Come up on q move,
ment against Grant, whose nom
,ination would probably result in effect
ing a party split. Colfax's friends
really think he Is to be the man. The
difficulty of deciding among the SOL
diers is what, in their view, Will bring
up. the. Indianian. The favorite con-
junction Is to take him in connection
with o. o. Howard, who is also ''sweat-
ing down" for run on the Presidential
Among the most curious on dis is
one that Horace Greeley has some
hopes of winning the, great prize. He
thinks that by the time the ball opens,
time, (which makes all things even,"
viii have vindicated his sagacity in
sustaining his ideas OF ofssuniVersali snf-
fage and universal amnesty, !" and 30
recommend him as the statesman par
eEeetLelce, There Is little doubt that
the philosopher has gotten ''this. bee in
his bonnet" J" and that the use of the ed
ttorial columns of the Tribune solelylas
a setting for Mr.. Greeley,s pen is one
of the means of working this up. For
merly the Tribune sought ,editorially
for the use of the ahlest pens to advance
Its ideas: now the aim of its editorial
infringement seems to be to show only
that Mr.. Greeley is Its ablest writer.