Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1872-03-02
THE SILENT NAN OF DESTINY"

This is the ironical appellatiou by which
Mrs. Duniway, Of the Mem NortA~ est, dc.
signatcs our horse,jockey, gift-enterprise,
whisky drinking President. We admire
the pluck with which our friend attack.
whatever she believe to be wrong, uniuau-
euccd by fear or favor, or the party lash,
that makes such irresponsible beings of SO
many men. The Ncw N'onh9ea ex posed
the corruptions of the Multnomah County
Ring, the Salem Ring, and the other State
journals were compelled to fall in and play
second fiddle to the Ner Northwest.
With equal tcmerity, she now tells the
truth about Grant, at the risk Of being read
out of her party for the offensc:
While ut Vancouver the other day, en-.
joying social dinner with a number of
Republican friends, tie conversation turned
upon the mighty Ulysses, who is we'll
known in that community, as indeed are
Generals ingalls,, Mcclellan and Sheridan.
Said we: " Is it true that tho silent man
of destiny used to be drunken de-
bauchec? 1 have heard so many men
express tcrror-stricken horror at their pro.
fesscd belief in the wickedncss of the
Woodruff that am interested about their
wise and silent pet"
Said one gentleman a" 1t is we'll known
in Vancouver that Grant, while here, was
afflicted more than once with the worst
stages of deirium tremens. And further,
man named Lovelace, who was in his
employ, used regularly in the evenings to
take him to the worst type of Iudian
ranches in carriage and go after him
next morning. His proAigacy while here
was common talk among the boys on the
street."
Ibid you think it all right that such a
man should be elected President 2"
go, yes, we couldn't do any better then.
He was fortunate accident. He had
Tucked into great national victory, and
seemed to be the only man whom the Re-
publicans could elect; so We held our
peace, thinking that between libcrtne
and traitor, he was the lesser evil"
DuC lie was lTCc IONct
81 grant it g; but he was man; if he
had been q woman it would have been diff
fcrent"
Hoe different W
Our informant smiled and continued his
story: General ingalls,, now Quarter
master General, was one of General Grant
Vancouver chums. lie had mulatto and
half breed children here; but while he
gathered them up aud educated them, and
has lately taken them home, General
Grant leaves his aboriginal offspring to
hunt and dig camas."
"Iou astonish me ~
"Thc citizens of Vancouver-many of
thcm-know that he speaks the truth, "
said lady, while her fine, expressive face
burned with Indignation.
General Alvoid, now Paymastcr Gen.
cral at Washington" continued our friend,
I" was we'll acquainted with the fact that
General Grant, while here, was unable to
account for deficit Of some six thousand
dollars, due the Treasury Department.
Grant professcd to have lost his vouchers
showing that this sum had been paid, while
at sea, but VIC who know all about him be.
licvc that he was haJf seas Orer when be
lost them; that is to say if he lost them
ut ALL"
You scc," said another, General
Grant is sharp enough to keep his old con.
fcdcratcs who knew his character in those
days in places now, where they have strong
selfish motives in conccaling his former
wickcdness"
at detracts much from the glory OF
the silent man Of destiny to hear his old
time ncishbors vent their opinions about
him." We said, lightly.
Oh ! the Orcgoxian may well cry out,
the Statesman sob and the Bulletin wall
when VIC speak Of Grant as the great Ma
tional horse jockey. Has the republican
party indeed fallen so low that it has nc
leader but a man whose offspring dig camas
whose drunken brawls are we'll known
aud whose whisky bills in Vancouver re.
main unsettled to this day? Have they
no men of merit! Nonee
What do you think of that, friend Cox
ricr?