Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-09-04
POLITICS IN SARATOGA.
A II. stewart for Grant.

A. II. stewart for Grant.
Eli Perkins writes to the n. Y. Com
mercial Advertiser as follows. Greeley
ties who have been claiming A. t.
Stewart as one of their number, read
and digest:
A. T. STEWART.
One of A. t. Stewards lady friends,
staying at Congress Hall, went over
and called on him at the Grand Union
before General Grant had gone, and
scolded him for not calling on the
President.
"You ought to be ashamed, said the
lady, g for not coming out strong for
the man who has been so strong
friend to you as President Grant"
g But, my dear madame" said Mr..
Stewart, g [ am not opposed to Gen
eral Grant; [ would vote for him now
quicker than [ would for Mr. Greeley" :"
&C But you should come out and say
so, continued the lady. Il am going
are going to vote against him !" and
the good little woman's eyes snapped
quite Indignantly.
"No, don't tell him so, said Mr..
Stewart. "Tell him just as it is-tell
him that 7 am not against him. y
STEWART COMMITTED.
AprODos to this comes something
which Henry Clews told me last night.
"Before the last Grant meeting in
New York, - said Mr.. Glews, 81 called
on Mr.. Stewart. told him that good
many commercial people were looking
at him, and there was a good deal of
anxiety among solid men to know how
he stood on the Presidential question"
What did Mr.. Stewart say 2" [
asked.
"Well, "he said, I do not like some
little things about President Grants
administration, but am not opposed
to him. -"
"I shall see the President in day
or two at the Branch" continued Mr..
Clews to Mr.. Stewart, "and [ should
like to tell him just what you say
every well," said Mr.. Stewart,
"Mr Clews you can tell President
Grant that l Go not oppose him in the
least, and that / shall not vote against
him."
"Now, said Mr.. Clews, "I told Mr..
Stewart that ] had something else to
say. l told him that, as he was not
opposed to General Grant we would
like to have him preside at the Grant
meeting-the meeting when Conkling
spoke"
What did Mr.. Stewart say?" I
asked.
He seemed to be quite please a.with
the idea," continued Mr. Clews
"Then he said his throat was sore,
and that he had SO lost his voice that
he would not be able to preside. 30
Then | asked Mr.. Stewart if he
would come to the meeting"
"What dId he say 2" l asked
Gle said he would surely come.
After Mr. Stewart had given me his
word that he would be present, said
Mr.. Clews, 81 left him, believing him
to be at heart for General Grant In
deed, think now that he would regret
to see him defeated"
GRANT GAINING STRENGTH.
Saratoga is at present the social and
political pulse of the nation. Changes
are felt here as soon as anywhere.
Many prominent Democrats are aban-
doning Greeley, while truant Republi-
cans are coming back to the Republican
fold. A day or two since Mayor Car,
roll, of Troy, a prominent De- ocrat,
came out for Grant. "The little
"spurt " Greeley had just after his en-
dorsement at Baltimore is passed Now
comes the news that ex-slaveh olders
and men who tried to stab the Repub
lie are his friends, and Union men are
disgusted
Greeley, State rights, and secession
in the South, End Greeley, high
tariff and national sovereignty in the
North, don't draw together. The peo-
pie see the false logic.
IN THE COUNTRY.
A day or two since I rode over
toward Saltwater among the country
farmers, to look for horse, for every
body's horses get lame in Saratoga, and
we have to depend on the farmers. l
found the Republicans firm to the old
faith, while many Democrats were
bolting Greeley and going for Grant.
They say they will not vote with seces-
sionists nor for man who has always
catalogued Democrats with thieves and
cut-thr.ats and who would do the same
now but for policy
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