The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-15

liberal electors are evenly divided. one half being
chagrn is felt by the regulars on account OF the de-
sertion from them OF Judge Evarts, who was nomi-
mated by them for State Senator, but 'nopped,"
and Is now out for Greeley and Brown.
DEMOCRATS FOR GRANT,
In the election of 1868 about fifty democrats In
TINS county voted Tor Grant, but the A9e sts say
sporting him. But no Is-azvery queer nsK m p0ffs
tics, specimen OF those who refuse to wear the
party collar, which Is very rare indeed: stu
Mathews il not an unusual political animal for this
latitude His neighbor, Judge Stallo, is very like
him and Is going to make speech az ~. LOUIS t sn
port Grant. Then, again, General Cox is not
altogether unlike him, for he is also against Gree
ley even II he Is not for Grant The same thing may
be said Of Hassanrac and the rest The attitude OF
all these men Is a very funny one and when one
sees them he cannot help feeling that they have we
built a house for somebody else to live In, 1or
nearly ali of then though they are hostile to Gree
ley admit that the tide Is in his favor and that MS
WHERE THE EARNEST COMES IN.
Where there is so much fun there can scarcely
fall 10 oe some earnestnes5 alter all Besides tne
unaniuity with which the liberal leaders-CoX,
Kittredge, Hoadley. Mathews and Stallo-tur9ed
against Greeley indicates some cause for an action
question Of number Of orr persons and have generally
been told that they dislike the tariff plank in the
Greeley platform-that they think it simply pro-
combining with q hundred others to ''prorect' all
at the expense OF the people The reason Is orci.
Die and logical one, especially to free traders, put
when 1t Is urged il provOkes very broad smile
hereabouts for it is said these men not only
accepted nv, but prepared the plank them them
deal to s do '"' With 0ef, asiF detection, but
think twofod distrust OF Greeley decided their
hostility. The moneyed men OF Cincinnati fear
that resumption Is not such simple matter as 10
resolve Itself into the axiom that to resume ID co
resume. Cox, Mathews Co. bow to the moneyed
not got over their old hatred Of the democracy,
and are afraid that their cherished notions OF civil
service reform will result only in giving offices TO
Ay1ln hA fhnu uYfff hnf
the more they were dissatisfied with 1t, and finally
oil OF them turned round and admitted that II they
nate Grant Their hatred OF Greeley even more I'm
republican party. and find some good even in an
administration which was all bad before the Gin
POLITICAL PROSPECTS IN THE STATE.
Nobody claims tnat there is any serious detection
In the republican party Of Ohio. Even Mr. Greeleys
liberal republican partisans do not expect to carry
the State for him. Unlike Pennsylvania, New York
and Michigan, there are no great feuds here to d.
enough to have much Of a personal following or q
powerful faction to back them. Sherman, though
he has been In the Senate long time, merely man
Old In the House, and has Just been slaughtered In
his own district by the aspiring youngsters who
wanted to take his place. Garded has 81, not as YET
and Shellabarger sought to build up faction
on his own behalf. Sam Cary tried it
issue an way de whsn d Deacd so' smith
gress but Sans popularity Taned like the twilight WI ga
III the tropics. Columbus DelanO, before ne De-
came a Cabinet Oficer-indeed, before he was any
body in partlcular-wanted to make an issue with
Governor Dcnnison, but it never bore any practical
onlcial "stalr, which was Dennison's by right.
These failures to build up parties inside OF the
ruling party leave the State free from every kind
exist purely local and will not weaken the cleo
ton for State officers in October. Indeed. 1t Isl
na e m s
satisfaction with the administration has become
what might be called the NATURALIZATION OF oppo-
sitiOn. Outside the leading cities-Cincinnati,
Cleveland, Toledo and Dayton-it Is claimed
there are, practically, NO liberal republicans,
and that where they exist they are rather
Greeley coalition. Except In, Shellabargers- dis
trict, where Winans, liberal republican, VINO was
in Congress before, has been nominated ins. BY the
this city especially no disposition TO af1iiate In
the Second district Sam Cary has some chance Of
democrats want it, and Sam win likely be COM
PEELED to- wait for better times The local contests
being very much as OF DID, and the party lines
strength in October will not be fair test Of GRANTS
strength though the probabilities are, asl have
said before that he ne VIII the State BY
GRANTS UNPOPCLARITY IN CINCINNATI.
1t is impossible for Grants best friends to con-
ceal, much less to deny, that he is exceedingly un
popular in this city, and 1t is equally impossible to
hear sincere and earnest republican led away,
from the party Of his heart-everybody in Cincin-
relate the story OF his political wrongs at the hands
OF the President without laughing. It is sure
gust at western manners. l never was particu-
larry 1ncredulous but while could believe in SIN
bad the Sailor, and the Ga Man Of the Sea, and
with the Seven League Boots, 1t is i'm
possible that should put any credence In old Jesse
Grant as the Cincinnatans paint him. Ac-
cording to their account he is the FUN
NEST old Humpty Dumpty off the stage. A
RtfnQr bOncahOld MI In
blunt Joe Ritner had been elected Governor of the
State one Of his daughters asked her mother,
old lady responded, mo. What are you talking
abOutg Nobody but dad and me-" These CINCINNATI
people insist that not only are Ulysses and "pad'
Presidents, but the whole Grant family. Poor
people living in Washington could be refreshed
hearing Sumner define "nepOtism" by the aid Of Q
hundred dictionaries, but Cncinnatl's definition Of
Grants nepOtsm has the effect, often heard Of but
never seen elsewhere, OF making horse laugh. In
these stories are to be found
THE SOURCES OF THE PRESIDENTS UNPOPULARIrY,
and people here never seem to tire Of talking about
his appointments OF his relations and personal
friends to oiilce. They always begin BY saying,
"YOu know Andy Johnson appointed Grants father,
old Jesse Grant, Postmaster at Covington over the
river. and Grant, OF course, retained him." 'Oh,
time to utter 1t the addenda follows land old
Jesse Grant appointed pretty much everybody else
hereabouts." The tonein which all this Is said and
the evident disgust that Is felt for the Presidents
Then como the exceptions, that is the persons
WnOm Olu Jesse ul0 not nave appointed.
The nrst on this list is Tom Foals, the Post
master OF this city. Nobody pretends that he
is not good Postmaster; but what people object
to is that when they sent committee to Washing
ton to express their desires in the matter, the
President should reply. THAT place have
promised to my sister Virginia for her friend
Boals" People here are little captious, think I
and only because Jennie Grant, now Mrs. Corbyn,
was able to control Q few important political ap-
pOintments in and around Cincinnati they sheer
at her with the remark 'Old Corbyn, who married
her with the intention OF getting up Black Friday
speculation, never saw her till the Inauguration
and she came home with ring on her fnger.n It
is one of the reasons seriously urged against Grants
election quite as much because OF the engagement
ring as the family political ring. But I think
the funniest story these Cincinnati people tell is
that about the appointment OF Winans as Postmas-
ter at Newport KY. When the announcement was
made the Newport republicans looked all over the
place for the man, but could not find him, and fn-
ally sent message to Washington asking II the
telegraph had not made mistake. The answer
came back that it was all right and so the search
went on till young fellow crept out or o boarding
house in o back street, saying, II guess 1t is all
right. Ny name is winans, and I know the Presi-
dent" He was from Clermont county, Ohio
Grants birthplace, and favorte with the Grant