The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-05-24
ABOUT THE NEXT PRESI.
DENCY.

Any Number OF Rivals In the Field
.--GrRntsHOE DesIrOus OF Becoming
President--.But Would Not Peel at
Liberty 70 Decline. ..
A Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial writes that some
days ago, Judge Cartier, Of Ohio, paid
a visit to Gen. Grant, for the purpose OF
sounding him on thesubiect of the next
Presidency.
"He announced to the General that
the time had arrived when he must
make his decision whether he was will.
ing to be a candidate tor the Presidency
of the United States, on the Republican
ticket, or not. He told General Grant
that 1t would not do for him to continue
in his padlocked condition any longer;
that the people were looking about for
the ''cominE man." and that If he was
going to come, it was time that he was
coming along. He told him that he
wanted to know explicitly, first, wheth-
er he would be u candidate for the
Presidency; aud, If SO, secondly, wheth-
er he would have any objection to hav-
ing Benjamin F. Wade upon the same
ticket as candidate for the Vice Presi-
dency.
1t was noticed that General Grant
gave his traditional cigar an extra twirl
in his mouth, and remarked that he
was obliged to say that those were
rather plain and direct questions. Cart
ter did not hesitate to indorse that
proposition, and continued to press the
question. General Grant, after a min
ute's deliberRtion, said that he really
did not feel desirous of becoming Pres
ident of the United States; that he had
been honored and trusted in degree
that was surprise to himself; and yet
he felt that If the people called upon
him to become candidate for the Pres
idency of the party that had been for
the war for the preservation of the
Union, he could not feel that he was at
liberty to decline; and that as a matter
of course, he could have nothing what
eyer to say, in such case, as to the
second person on the ticket; that, as
also the first place on the ticket, was a
matter for the wisdom of, the people to
determine; and he certainly could have
no objection to the Hon. B. F. Wade, of
Ohio. All Of which was taken by the
Ben. Wade party, represented in this
interview by the Chief Justice Cartier,
to mean in so many words, that Gen.
Grant was, and would be candidate
for the Presidency. This result has in
party, but they are full of life, and can
not be said to have abandoned the field.
The general appearances seem to be
that Grant and Wade will be the ticket.
II a military man is given the first
place, some civilian must have the
second place; and what more fit could
be suggested than to continue Mr..
Wade in the chair of the Senate2-
though he happens to be the poorest
presiding officer that ever o cupied that
position.
The case of Chief Justice Chase is
managed by the Hon. Richard Parsons,
of Cleveland, city which seems to
have extraordinary fecundity in pro-
ducing the lieutenRnts of great men, in
political matters. While it Is conceded
that Governor Chase is much the largest
man whose name has yet been mem
toned in connection with the Presi-
dency-and that with his eminent abil-
ity and good sense he would be of the
greatest service to his country, employ
ed in the office of its Chief Magistrate
still, 1t is the opinion of the calculators
that there Is but little chance for him to
succeed. He must at any rate get his
strength from other States than Ohio.
In the matter of the Ben. Wade move
ment, / should nave mentioned that
the Gubernatorial question of Ohio is
intimately involved. General Schenclk
has been persistently urged to accept
the nomination for Governor, for the
purpose of making it stepping stone
to his election to the Senate. Schenck
says, of course, it is of no use to go out
of the House and make this fight for
Governor with view of becoming Sem
ator, for it is impossible to beat Ben.
Wade. The answer is, that Ben. Wade
must be got out of his way, and will be,
either as President or Vice President of
the United States, and this is the oppoI-
tunity to take possession of his Sena-
torial shoes.
But Grant, Chase and Wade by no
means include all the Ohio candidates
for the Presidency. Secretary Stanton
is getting the pigeon-holes of the war
Office in order, and a brilliant biogra-
ply, claiming for him about all the
credit of the successful issue of the war,
is already in manuscript, ready for
issue as a campaign document. There
Is not great deal said about Stanton
in this connection, but those who are
enabled to penetrate to mysteries of the
tary himself keeps up a painful thing
ing on the subject. Then Senator Sher-
man and Ex-Governor Dennison have
both been mentioned in connection
with the highest office in the gift of the
people, and it is not believed that either
gentleman would feel any more at lib.
erty to decline the honor than General
Grant does; and it Is presumed that
they would have an equally modest es-
innate of their own abilities. And
somehow there is an idea that II John
Sherman Is not a candidate for the
Presidency, his brother Cump. ought to
H. I, al, r,fTy nE,In III
Presidential possibilities, real or i'm
aginary, now in hand.
Indiana, unfortunate State, has but
two candidates, and 1t does not seem
unlikely that they will divide the
State between them and make sure
that neither of them has any chance.
Governor Morton's name has been
mentioned in this connection for some
time, and his remarkable executive
ability displayed during the war, hav-
ing been recognized throughout the
country, gives him legitimate prom
inence in the matter.
Mr.. Colfax is really earnestly at work
for the Presidency, and his lecturing
tour up and down the country, rehears-
ing his experience in crossing the Con-
tinent, Is intended to put him on the
way to the White House. He is as
distinctly on an electioneering jaunt as
General Scott was when he made that
circuitous voyage in Kentucky, while
Il candidate for the Presidency, for the
purpose OF locating a military hospital.
Colfax has seen a great many people
has shaken hands with large number
of gushing ward politicians; has been
applauded for his patriotic lecture by
the common schools; has been muster
ed into service by the Fenians, and has
stood under the green, waving flag OF
Ireland, and the star.spangled banner
of his country, until the young man
Is worked into condition Of hilarity;
and he sees written in the glittering
future his own name, as that of the an
ointed individual upon whom fell the
mantle OF Abraham.
Major General o. o. Howard is duly
recorded as the candidate for the Young
Mems Christian Association, the United
States Sanitary Commission, and the
Freedmen's Bureau; but the old poll
ticians who have had an insight into
the workings of these things for good
many wears, do not appreciate very