The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-01
From the New York Sun. Radical.
2 HE PRE- IDENCY
oFFICE.HOLDERs' CANDIDATE
For President,
u g FL ESS 8. CIR A N r .
THE PRESENT-TAKER,
Relations Of Useless s. whom the
other OHiceabOiders want 10 Re-
nominate along with Him.


Relations Of Useless s. whom the
other OfisCesbOiderSy want 10 Re.
nominate along with Him.
I. Jesse Root Grant. Presidents IA
ther, Postmaster at Covington, Ky.
II. Orvil L. Grant, Presidents broth
Ell, partner with the Collector of the
Port at Chicago; expects something
very good after the next election.
III. Frederick T. Dent, Presidents
father-in law Claimant of Lands at
Carondelet, Mo.-euchred by Wilson,
late Commissioner of the Land Office !;
has not yet got the lands, but hopes to
get them after the next election.
w! Rev. NJ. j. Cramer, Presidents
brother-in-law, Minister to Denmark !;
ought to be made Minister to Berlin
without waiting for the Presidential
election.
V Abel Rathbone Corbin, President s
brother-in law, negotiator of gold and
real estate speculations with James Fisk
Jr., and Jay Gould; has not made much
yet, but hopes to after the next election.
vi. Bre, ct Brig Gen. f. t. Dent,
Presidents brother-in-law, Chief Usher
at the Executive Mansion.
VII Judge Louis Dent, Presidents s
brother>ifnaw, Counsel for Claimants
before the President. Fees estimated at
$4,000 year; expects to make more
| after the heXt elt ction.
VIII.eGeorge W. Dent, President s
brother-in-law, Appraiser of Customs
San Francisco
IX John Dent, Presidents brother
in,law, only Indian Trader for New
Mexico under Indian Bureau; place
worth 100000 a year,
X. Alex. Sharpe, Presidents broth
er in law, Marshal of the District O
Columbia.
XI. james F. Casey, President.
brother in n-law, Collector of the Port o
New Orleans; place worth $4,000 {
year.
I XII. James Longstreet, President
brother-in laws cousin, Surveyor of thu
Port of New Orleans.
XIII. Silas Hudson, Presidents owl
cousin, Minister to Gurtemala.
XIV Nat. A. Patton, Presdent''
brother-in- laws third cousin, Collecto
of the Port of Galveston, Texas
XIV. Orlando H. Ross, President
own cousin, Clerk in the Third Audi
tors office Washington; hopes forsome
thing much better after the next elec
ton
XVI. DIR. Addison Dent, President
brother-in-law third cousin, Clerk il
the Registers Office, Treasury Depart
ment, Washington; trusts his merits wi
be better appreciated alter the next cleo
F ton.
, XVII. John Simpson, President
own cousin, Second Lieutenant, Fourt
Artillery; promotion hoped for afte
March 4, 1872.
XVIII. Geo. B. johnson, President
second cousin, Assessor of Intern.
! Revenue, Third District, Ohio; bette
things longed for.
XIX. B. L. Winans, Presidents cou.
in's husband, Postmaster of Newpor
KY, ready for higher place.
Xxx. Miss E. A. Magruder, President
: brother-in-law's second cousin, Clerk
Gen. Spinner's office, Treasury Depar
: ment.'
y XXI. Oliver w. Root, President
! mothers granddaughter, Assistant Di
. trict Attorney, Covington, Ky; woul
q not refuse to be District Attorney aft
! the next election.
o :XXII. Al W. Casey, President
! brother-in- laws own brother, Apprais,
; of Customs, New Orleans; good plat
. and wants to keep it.
n XXIII. Peter Casey, Presidents brot
: erin laws own brother, Postmaster
v Vicksburg, Miss. Not as good pla'
. : as he would like after 1872.
XXIV. George Griffith, President
y cousins son, First Lieutenant Sixteent
: Infantry.
h XIV. Charles Bent, Whiteside, I'll
~ nois, Assistant Assessor of Intern
II Revenue. Not relation at all, but a
;, pointed by Useless, in the belief that
was man and brother.in laws cousi
, and named Dent. AS a second cla
q fraud Bent is entitled to belong to Il
- family.
i XXVI. William McKennan, father-i
law of the Presidents own cousin,
h S. Circuit Judge for the Western Di
# trict of Pennsylvania.
XVII. Columbus Delano, President
third cousin, Secretary of the Interior
Would be willing to be Secretary of Il
Treasury, since he can't be U. S. Sen
'f tor from Ohio.
q XVIII. Frederick Dent Grant, Pre-
k ident's son, Second Lieutenant, Four
L Cavalry. Going out on the Pacific RAJ
r, road, but not yet gone.
D. xxx. c. A. Ford, Presidents oW
a. cousin, Assessor of Internal Revenue
'e ST. Louis Expects to be Collector (
W the district in 1878.
n XXX Ulysses Grant White, cousi
h to Mrs Grant, Second Lieutenant Fourt
IS Cavalry. Wants to 60 TO Europe, an
J will probably have no difficulty in ge
/: ting permission,
,e XXXL Jno. j. Grant,a grand nephe
'e of old Jesse, of New York Wouldn
'e mind being Collector.
1,t XXXII. Isaac Lynde, father of IL
le wife of the Presidents brother -in-la,
Major in the United States Army.
XXXIII. Thomas Sharpe, cousin
the r, Presidents brother-in law, Fir
I. Lieutenant of Company F. First Unite
20 States Infantry.
c XXXIV. James S. Wadsworth, sc
: of the sister of the mother of the Pre-
v ident's wife. Was appointed Marsh
,, of New York, but rejected by the Sci
!. ate on account Of his bad character
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