New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-06-15
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.


mended--Presidential specuiatiens--
Greeley, Groesbeck, Hoffman and
Sumner-Whar Senators Say-General
Logan Can't Think of a Candidate
The Thames Embankment in New
York.
Especial Correspondence of the Republican,
New YORK, June TO-.
The fight over the Texas Pacific railroad
did not terminate in the Senate and House,
but it has been carried on between the di-
rectors and officers of the company in this
city ever since the Senate adjourned in
Washington.
Senator Kellogg first introduced the Texas
Pacific bill specifying fve-foet gauge
that being the gauge of all Southern rail
roads. The committee to whom the bill
was referred struck out the specified five
feet, as put in by Senator Kellogg. The
bill then went to the Senate, when the five
eet clause was put in again, and the bill
passed-yeas 40, nays 6. ...
When the bill got to the House the COM
mittee recommended that the House strike
out again the five feet clause and insert four
feet eight inches, that being the gauge of
all Northern railroads with the exception
Of the Erie, which is six feet).
1t was argued in the House by Logan
then member of Congress) that in case
of a Mexican or Indian war gauge four
feet and eight inches on the Texas Pacific
would enable Northern trains to run over
the road. The House, however, passed the
bill, with all gauge clauses stricken out
Thus the bill came from Washington to
New York, with a sort of silent under
standing that the directors would favor that
gauge which should be most convenient
1t now turns out that about half of the
directors are in favor of, not five feet nor
four feet eight inch gauge, but a three
feet and six-inch gauge. Their argument is
based upon the fact that England is con-
structing such railroads in India at COM
paratively small expense, that three feet
six-inch track can be laid for $4,000 per
mile. So the three feet six-inch directors
have been influencing editorials in the daily
papers in favor of this gauge, aud it looks
sure now that they will carry their point.
The Russian and Prussian gauge is about
the same as ours, and it is only England
who has tried the narrow gauge. Senator
Kellogg is still fighting for his original five
feet clause.
PRESIDENTIAL SPECULATIONS.
The presidential discussion has COM
menced here in earnest. The Sun is run
ming William S. Observation-Disclosures old
anti-impeacher-one day, and hoisting Mr..
Greeley as the farmers candidate the next.
Groesbeck is a dead, cold, iceberg ola man,
and the hot blOoded New York Democracy
will never pick him up. He is even con-
sidered a very dead man in Cincinnati
Greeley would go strong among the farmer
element and among people throughout the
country. He is honest. and your cOrre-
spondent means to vote for him, even if he
has heard him swear until cloud of blue
smoke waited from his abominable, dirty
sanctum in the Tribune office.
Sherman is out with a fat declination.
He won't be a candidate, and won't serve
if elected
Hoffman is the pet candidate pushed for
York Tweed is his Warwick behind the
throne.
Old Sam Tilden, who knocked Chase off
the Democratic track in 1868, and boosted
Seymour into Tammany Hall, is too old
and dead to have much influence in the
next convention. The boys will run the
thing next time, and the atrocious Ameli-
Gus Club, made up of gamblers and rich
ring and confidence men, will manipulate
the nominations of the once great Demo
cratic party.
When we get all through talking, Grant
is the only real strong candidate upon
whom the Republican party can or will
unite. We don't like Grant personally, and
we make this as kind of nolenS rolens ad-
mission, after thoroughly canvassing the
political ground in New York. We have
talked with Senator Nye, of Nevada, Conk-
ling, of New York, Spencer, of Alabama,
and Morton and Chandler, of Michigan.
Senator Sumner even shrugged his should
ers as if the thing was as good as done when
we mentioned Grants candidature. Greeley
is little down on the two term possibility
of the constitution, but he will go with his
party. My experience ''down South Is
that with all their new departures" the
Democracy which has many times betrayed
the negro will not be trusted by him again.
They will reason thus: MAYBE you are in
favor of negro suffrage, and the fifteenth
amendment; maybe you are, but we knoc
the Republicans are The Democrats OF
your State Legislature once surrendered to
the negroes, but they were never accepted
into absolute communion. Somehow or
other, the negroes will remember that the
Republican party, good many years ago,
did something which made them free, while
another party were in favor of slav-
cry. They will stick to the Republican
party like the man who lashed himself to
the anchor in a storm. And they are right
LOGAN TALKS.
Among the young fellows ambitious OF
presidential honors is General Logan. We
know he expects to run, for we met him few
days since at the Fifth Avenue, and when
we asked him who was his candidate he
couldn't think of anybody, He was in com