The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-12-30
President-Making at Washipgton.

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Correspondence OF the Tribune.
Washington is almost deserted Inv tb,
members of both Houses of CONGRESS- tL'
most OF whom are spending the holiday,
at nome or in other cities. The few VIII
90 remain are generally attending to de
Partment work, finding places for polit
zeal friends, and looking after claims n
constituents, or discussing the Presiden
TAI question, which continues to occnn,
the political mind just now, much m6r'
than any subject OF legislation. One Adj
mlnlstration Senator, criticisine. TODAY
the course of the independent RennbIi
cans and the press of the country which
mas supported them, said that the Tyi51tn,
anu It's friends were doing more to iniurf
the Republican party than all of the Dem
Ocratlc journals. The course of reason
ing by which he arrived at this conclu
said F''O' ~
You may consider tie denomination o.
General Grant as a foregone conclusion
lie VIII not only be the choice of the Re
publican National Convention, but he viii
be named by reclamation, and almost
without opposition. This is as certain as
that there'll be day of judgment, and
that you and I'll be there Well, then
that being the fact, the man or the Jour.
nal who opposes General Grant opposes
the Republican party, and must be count
ed among its enemies And there's to be
division in the ranks soOn," he added, in
threatening tone, $50 that the people
will know just where each man and Jour.
nal stands. The Republican party Ibv
which he meant the supporters of Grant,
means business now in this matter, and
somebody Is going to be hurt during the
next few months. Perhaps it win be
General Grant, perhaps it will be me, and
perhaps it will be the men and news.
papers led by Lyman Trumbull and a
lew others but l repeat it, and want
you to remember what say, somebody is
sure-to be hurt"
By the side of this, an interview be-
tween distinguished Republican ex-
member OF the House, and Senator
whose record as Republican is as long
and rs fair as that OF any man in the
country, will make interesting reading.
The former called upon the latter this al
ternoOn, and in the course of conversation
remarked:
But there is one whom you may count
out in all your Presidential figuring"
Fray who may that unfortunate man
be ~ asked the Senator.
why, Gen. Grant, of course" was the
reply. Hes the dcadest duck in the
ring"
I'D like to know how you make that
out" continued the Senator fsi
well, then, in all your reckonings you
leave out three very important elements.
In the first place, notwithstanding the
reVerseS they have met with, the Demo-
Gratis are still i power in the country,
and it is the greatest folly to look upon
them with contempt, Us many Republi-
cans are now doing They'll be hard to
beat in morethan one State Again, Gen.
Grant must not expect to carry Il single
Southern State. He will be beaten in the
North, too, for l think it is the easiest
thing in the world to show that he cannot
command the vote of New York, Penn
sylvania, Ohio or Indiana. Now, leav-
ing out of the account the fact that there
are now in the Republican party great
many who are bitterly opposed to Gen.
Grant, and, il he is nominated, will give
him at G~SG INNt I.NI-s--s>-s-~ s,-4>I>l>-t
cannot afford to go into the canvass with
any doubt in regard to the four great
States named"