The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1876-01-13
THE THIRD TERM.
sharp Criticisms. Blaine, sherman, and
George William Curtis, by Bishop Haven.

During Bishop Haven's stay in Omaha. rep
resentative of the Bee sought and obtained an
interview with him. We found him a gentle
man of remarkable intelligence ami quicknesS of
perception, and withal ~ affable and pleasant a
gentleman ever had Ihe good fortune TO
meet. In regard to the .'third term" he said
that anybody that knew him certainly could not
have believed but that he had .nOre sense than
to undertake To make Presidential nomination
in little preachers meeting; that he did ask
them TO ..pray for Grants nomination." and that
he had perfect right to pray for it himself, and
to get many other preachers aS he could to
do the same thing that nine out of every ten
Republicans in the United States believe that
Grant would make the best President of any man
in the party, but they had given way TO this
sentiment against third term; it was only u
sentiment, bare prejudice, for which not one
of them cOuld give a semblance of Reason.
Jim Blaine, he said, would kill himself before
this session was over He was altogether too
anxious He hadn't learned that if a man want
ed any thing in this country he must at least
seem not tO want it. He was only imtatOr
of Grant, any how. Blaine had come ont for hard
money, but il was not till long after Grant had
made his hard money speech in the veto. Grant
made his Des Moines speech, and the next thing
comes Blaine trotting along with his Constitu.
tiOnal amendment in the wake of Grants lead
ership. Grant was always surprising the coun-
try with some new move. His Des Mones speech
was great n surprise to his enemies as his
rebels. The next thing the New England
dinner, and all the world was agog to hear what
he would say I; but Grant sat there with sealed
lips and he put up Sherman to make a more
radical speech than Grant had ever mIde in his
life. Now, the outcome of this thing will be,
that Blaine will kill himself, and then they will
have to take take Sherman and his Cath Ilicism.
or Grant and his free schools aud taxation of
church property. Did you see Harper's Weekly
on The third term' Now, | am going to make Il
prediction George William Curtis is going to
get ont of there, notwithstanding his elegant
English and fine writing. You see that Mast
has never touched the third term, and he wouldn't
William Curtis. 1t won't do to have the picf0-
rial and editorial clash. Mast has got more po-
litcal foresight than all the rest of Them put To-
gether, nyhow, and the Harpers don't care as |
long as they can make money, notwithstanding |
they Methodists l am going to pray for |
Grants denomination, he said, because he is |
sound on the schons, on the cnrrencv, and can
hold the Sonth. What would Jim Blaine do if |
he President aud the South should kick up
an insurrectonf Why, he would have to run
10 the telegraph office, and send message to
Grant to come and stop it. But, then, if they
nominate Sherman, will pray for him, and get
Just as many preachers As | can to help me. The
sentiment in this country is too strong for free
education for the Catholics TO overthrow it, and
Sherman is the next man to Grant to make the
>onth toe the mark.
just here the bell of the locomotive ra n.y. and
the Bishop stretched out his hand, saying t'Good-
BY you will have to get off. Pray for Grant
and The good government Of this RepublIc."-
Omaha Bee