The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-02-27
FIRST EDITIO N
The Excitement Increasing-The
Prospects Of George H.
Stuart - Grant Inc0r-
rectly Reported.

The New York Times this morning prints the
following from Washington
Your Correspondent has General Grants
authority for stating that the words put lnLo
his mouth by the relator OF the McOlure con-
versatiOn yesterday are not correct In one or
two material respects. He Is not correctly
reported when he is made TO say al am not the
repIesen!a,ive OF political party: nnSugn oess
parry v0,sd ss living v To convince Si that because
such a man as George ID. stuart hao not pesn
prominently identified with the political ma
fore not proper person for Cabinet appoint.
ment. To this General Grant replied 'rne
same objection applies TO me. have
never been active In politics, but a party voted
for me, and DO not see why the party should
StuartD II is proper to add that the assume
tion that Mr.. Stuart Is General Grants seleo-
those who cross question him, and is not based
upon anything General Grant has said.
learn on the authority OF a gentleman VINO
Mcclure ci said:s"Weli, General, I don't Know
him" To which Grant replied. "Weli. SIR you
didn't know me three years ago."
These reports OF conversations are becoming
a nuisance. Nearly every person who is vain
enough TO relate one, does IL for the purpose OF
sehieving notorie'y sncn peoppie 1p,e promptly
iatives of the press and ezaggerate their mar
ratives by making themselves the central
figure of the scene, and looking at General
Giants utterances from their own standpoint
Instead OF his. A prominent Senator who
made this sensible and terse reply to q cor-
respondent who asked him what happened at
the MISUNDERSTANDING OF importance to
make public, and Il it was important 1t ought
not TO be made public"
The N. Y. Tribune has q correspondent in our
city, who speaks as follows OF the Philadel.
pnians who may be rendered Cabinet posi-
tion:-
good Republicans. believe he has never had
an office, but that is no reason why he should
not. Your humble correspondent has never
l~oa. ix,A ro I'M of hnfQ az otra
of an illustration) that Grant should give him
department, would his bitteres foe say that his
IDent Of the public service Mr.. Adolph <.
Borie is 2 retired member Of celebrated
phisdelpha arm o ear amassed Is 3 ms 81 fortune , In
years of his life. do not think he took much
Interest in politics before the war. but quietly
voted the old Wing ticket, and occasionally
down literally for Henry Clay and protection
Of 's the Union conspicuous aid He ga gave ems MS
money with unostentatious profusion. He was
think. Vice President. In seas season and out OF
season, in dark days and bright days. Mr.. Borie
has been S sne he amd OF
man-but why should that be debarring
There is still another gentleman whose name
OJlonel Mcclure did not mention, but to whom
General Grant is thought to have referred.
only one position In g. Cabinet that Mr..
Brewster would probably be offered, or would
accept, aud tnaL lB Jn0 Attorney '00nefalS0lp.
Unquestionably, no ablsr lawyer could be
selected, and no Republican more sincere. Mr..
Brewster is a man OF singular ability. He
has very little idea of politics, as politics are
nowadays, and could push who regi-
NJ ent OF men into office much easier than he
could himself His intellect Is imag in alive,
brilliant, excursiVe; yet with ali HIS briIlisncy
as an orator. he is in the Law as cold as Alaska
| and as exact as mathematics His opinions, as
| lawyer, are never affected by his feelings, and
| he has that rarest OF gifts-an absolutely I'M
| partial intellect. He Is one OF those men who
| "a
| hang their guilty friends. 1t is thought that
| Mr. Brewster may be Mr. Evarts' successor as
| think so, though assuredIy the Republican
| party would be thoroughly pleased with his
Cor gIessman o'Neill yesterday conversed
| with ihe President elect The New York Trt
| blHle's correspondent says of the former
| He went TO correct the impression which
Colon ell Mcclure tried to create yesterday, that
George H. Stuart was unknown TO the people
| General that for Mcclure to say 80 was arguing
| himself unknown. Mr. O'Neill spoke very
highly OF Mr. Stuart to General Grant. and said
| give more general satisfaction to the Republi-
cs party OF his State. General Grant listened
Mr. o'NeiIl said. Without committing Himself,
| however. that Mr. Stuart was the coming man
| from the keystone State.
The New York World has the foIlowing,-
Mr.. Frank Moore, OF New York. had an In
ttrview with General Grant to-day, and al
belief of Pepnsyivanians that George a.
Stuart, Of Philadelphia, had been selected:
the man. / have not made any offer OF such
| position to him, nor have thought OF
bim In any such SonpeetSn: ,6sa on Besides II had
such that he cannot even attend to his own
business, and could not. therefore; accept 9
lowed up this declaration with an eulogy as to
| Mr.. Stuart's abilities and his services during
the war. The Pennsylvanlans are quite at O
loss over this new and important piece OF in
formation.