The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-10

teroua Tho Shn ought TO know me better. The wnolc
affair Is silly, puerile contemplate us management
It's no compliment TO impute such aprogramme as
that to me. never saw The
BLAINE LETTERS,
heard OF them before. have written to nobody
heard from nobody about them, and have not contrib
ued in any way in any TO their production
before the committee or the House. And, by the way,
has anybody seen tnemg don't hear OF any who
has those letters Are there any copies OF them
anywheres hear OF none Do you suppose, # ! had
been Mr.. Moligan's counsel or the panner Of the
attack on Mr.. Blaine, would have permitted Mr. Null
gan to Washington with these letters unless ho
also had copies and photographs OF thems No. sir I;
and then II MI Blame desired TO buy The originals he
could buy thcml When the time came to use tho
certified copies they would DO forthcoming
CoRRKsroSDENr-That wo1ld be rather mean.
General BurLER-Certainly. and it's on that theory
am speaking. II thing IS worth doing at all IT'S
worth doing we'll What those letters taken
there for at ALI assume they were taken for pur
pose. and II the purpose should have been accom-
plshed No. sir you can give an explicit, uncquivocal,
absolute denial OF that story IN the Sun. never
heard or knew In any way whatever anything about
the letters ill saw tho story in print have no
feeling against Mr. Blaine We had little tin in Con-
gress and fought IL out That's all there Of that
This matter has nurt Blaine oil course, but he viii
have great weight IN the Convention not necessarily
Nevertheless, as II looks now,
coSKLxG NOMINATED
CoRREsPoxDExT-The iriencs OF Governor Hartran.t
appear sanguine that be will be the coming man.
General BUrLER-Hartrnnlt came TO me In April,
1861, the first one Of all with his regiment He served
well all th ough the war, and hung Mrs. Surratt at
the end OF H. That wont help him. perhaps. a. the
South, but will with all republicans. Mr. Wash
burne also stands excellent chance. He will be
strongly supported by the Catholics II he Is nomi.
mated and by the Germans lnifdels side. Cath
oics on tho other and the Professionals between the
That would DO queer, wouldn't its bnt not at all I'M
probable.
C0RREsPoSDEST-Wha do you now think about
split at St Louis
General BUrLER-It is not At all unlikely. II Tilden
or any other hard money man Is nominated shall not
the trouble in New York about Tilden and the fact
that the South would really prefer some man with
war record, look very curiocsiy Tor The Little IN
known. The Southern people don't want to see the
bloody SHIRT nor hear the rebel yell any more They
would prefer some pronounced man about whom there
is no question; some man Ike
PALMER or ILLINOIS,
who Mayor OF Chicago aud left tho republican
party when Phil Sherdan's soldiers directed TO
shoot down citizens on the streets. He served with
gaantry during the war and has subsequent record
besides He Is loss known than Polk. And who
ever heard OF Hayes OF Ohio, before tho State cleo
ton? In of soft split at St Louis how would
BANKS
answer Davis and friend of Lincoln.
He is Judge of the Supreme Court, ana a very good
one too He had an excellent record is sound all
the orthodoxies and would have the confidence OF the
inlat,onists. So would Banks, who also has war
record. and would preside admirably in the Senate
Chamber.
CoRRxsroxpsSr--It would rather DISCOMFORT all The
wise men II Don Cameron were to
NOMINATE GRANT
on the floor. wouldn't ity
General Bu1LER-wel, II he wants TO he can l
believe. for one, leaving politics 10 politicians,
housebudlng TO carpenters, shoemaking to Shoe
makers, and preaching TO clcrgymen. And yet re-
form consist in putting mon at the helm oil
political affairs who know nothing OF politics. man
when elected President has possible to grind.
All his temptations inducements and interests TO
do right. II be be politician he will understand the
situation and do Just well as he Being poll
tican he will understand axes when he sees them II
he Is not politician his regime will be noted Tor the
number OF jobs done and ground by politicians
| who will use HIM. Don Cameron man and a
citizen and delegate before he was made Secretary
ri War. The best assurance Of duty 10 be performed in
thc future duty done in the present As delegate
ne has undcrak perform certain duties, and he
ought to do So and not be deferred by false
of decacy What be will do don't know. but II he
chooses nominate Grant can see no indelIcacy In
his so doing
CosREspoNpESr-In case of a split at ST. Louis, and
the election being sent to the House OF Representa-
tives, who
WOULD BE vIcroRIoUsy
General BUTLER-The soil money man. OF course.
There's no question Of It.