New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-06
A CARD FROM MR.. BOwLEs.

CINCINNATI. May 4, 1879.
SIR: 1 find the following IN your New-YOrk
dispatches of to-day AT this point Mr. Greeley stated
that he would be glad the fes that Sam BOwes
had been circulating to the prejudice Of
Senator FentOn corrected. BOwles has been
sedulOusy sowing the impression that Sena-
tor Fenton had gone TO Cincinnati with himself "a
first choice and Davis second This totally false
FentOn had expressed wish for the nomination at
ALL did desire the nomination Of the strongest
II that Adams. well and good, but Davis about
the race Early last ghr he had teleRraphed TO
the NewYork delegations TO the Of Greeley
as the strongest candidate" Mr.. Greeley's
pected nomination 20 have turned his
usually level head. He certainly strikes quite wild
That Gov. FentOn Cincinnati in the Davis
intrigue plain 10 those who know the history OF
this weeks contest for the Cincinnati nomination 10
admit Of a doubt That he fled back TO Washington when
he found it was discovered broken up and that he
confront the question Of earnestly supporting Mr.
Greeey's nomination selling him out, lies upon
the surface Of the weeks history. All this I be-
leved and teegraphed. 1 did not believe and did not
telegraph that he dreamed OF becoming candidate
himself, and had arranged to have his presented
after he had gotten of the way. Gov. Fentons
weaknesses lie in folly that. But
1t that Mr. Greeleys friends suffered from two
annoyances; first, that Gov. FentOn came here
at all. and. second. that he went away
suddenly and secretly, and the motives
of his flight were the suspicion among
even the Sew-YOrk delegation. Mr.. Greeley very
little OF his Gov. FentOn He IL first
those who boldly threw themselves into the arena and
smashed the Davis job that had been industr0usy put
up at Washington and New and Pennsy lvania and
Illinois and deep in which some of those who
protesting 10 be Greeevs earnest friends and advO
Gates; and second. he it the appearance OF
Frank p Blair and GratZ Brown upon the ground the
day breaking into and dividing the ranks Of the
Revenue Reiormers and carving OF portion OF
them the great hero and advocate Of Pro-
lection, added OF course. 10 his high
personal qualities and popularity, and the deep
hold acquired upon The hearts OF the people OF the
south and West But with his usual peryersity OF tenn
per and Openness O attery, Mr. Greeley will probably
those fawn upon him. ana who him. and SANDER
and abuse those Drawer and ruer friends who dare 20
expose them 70 him and the world. and tell him the
truth. that he needs 10 near even II he does not ike H.
SAMUEL BOwLEs.
'Mr BOwles enjoys a reputation for sagacity and
discretion so worthiy earned that il would be hard
70 believe him author of the above if his name were
not appended thereto No interyiewers' gossip,
whether sent over telegraph wires or otherwise could
have made him responsible in The IRIBUNEs eyes tor
such an utterance. Even now. II feels moral GER
tainty tha.sn any atmosphere less heated than that
of Cincinnati Mr.. Bowless level head would have
discerned without requiring time for reflection,
that the gossiping report of Mr. Greeley oral crit-
csni on Bowcs rs. Fenton grossly distorted aud
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