The daily gazette., 1877-05-05
He Ought to be Rich.
GRANTS IN MENaR INCOME IN PRESENTS
AND SALARY DURING HIS TERM OF
~ OFFICE.
From the Hartford Times.

AND SALARY DURING HIS TERM OF
q OFFICE.
From the Hartford Times.
1t is announced by recent telegram
from Washingtou-originating appar-
emily from some new friend OF the ex-
President-that Gen. Grant is not yet
decided where he will reside, and
may yet select Washington instead of
Galena; and 1t is added that "Gen:
Grant, instead of being wealthy Is a
poor man." If he is, the fact indicates
that he Is q thIiftless man. He has GER
tainly had money enough--or Prop
erty enough-since his singular rise to
public position, to have made him
rich. He has had presents enough to
enrich any man, even in houses alone.
The house that was presented to him
In Washington, about the time OF his
election by his wealthy admirers he
not long afterward sold to his friend
Bowen for $40 000.' Subsequently, he,
TO use course but expressive colloquia
phrase on hearing of q better offer;
'backed out of that bargain, after it
had all been made and legally com
pleted and again sold the property
now belonging to an other) for $60.-
700. Bowen began legal proceedings
against the President of the UDited
States and to avoid such scandal, he
was pacified by giving him the WASH
ington Post Office, and Grant pocket
ed the $50. ZOO.
Then came presents of valuable
houses and city lots in Philadelphia
and Galena, and the valuable cottage
at Long Branch also we believe, q
house in New York. Altogether his
houses must have been worth SAC. 900
at least. OF his endless presents of
silks, carriages, horses, stocks, etc.,
no definite market value can be stated
he was the only President of the Uni
ted States who received presents, ard
he kept receiving them; throughout
his entire double term-even 5000
boxes of fancy cigars, cases of costly
wines and old brandies, and rare and
varied assortment of dogs. These he
was pleased to receive if the express
charges for their transportation had
been paid, otherwise they were refus-
ed. Precisely how much money he re-
ceived for his share of the ''Black FRI
day" operation may never be known
One ''gift of $25, 900 to "Mrs. Grant"
came promptly to hand and another of
the same amount was prepared to fol-
low it a few hours later, when the
wicked combination fortunately ex-
ploded and put sudden stop to these
hidden operations. While he was Presi
dent he was known to have sold shares
in the ''Sereca Sandstone Quarry Com
pany" concern whose building stone
1t had been arranged, was to be used
in all Government buildings. Wha
his gain was from the Boss Shepherd
Ring, or from the vast Whiskey Ring
which he protected will probably new
sr be known; but there can be little
doubt that he put money in his purse
from some, if not all of the disreput-
able speculative combinations with
which the name of his Administra-
tioa is more or less clouded, even tC
the San Domingo speculation
Grant, we are glad to say is the on
lily ex-President who ever increased
his salary by his own act, BY an ex-
traordinary subterfuge to get around
the Constitution which prohibits sucf
a thing the bill was passed on the lasI
day of his first term and he signed il
at the very close on his first term
and thereby doubled his salary anc
I put $100, 900 more into his pocket dur
ing his second term. 1t was low
trick, which would not stand the tes
of legal examination for one moment
but it seems to have been worthy o
Grant, who Is believed and with reason
} to have enriched himself to The eXten
of many hundreds of thousands of dol
lars during his occupation of the higf
office which he SO mis-used and dis
honored in his personal as well as po
litical ways. If as he now claims he il
, "a poor man" (why this announcement
of it?) he must certainly be very
thriftless one; and poor men would dc
, better to stay at home and husband
their scanty means instead of starting
out on two years. tour through Eu
rope and around the world. If his un
complimentary record as President
will not give him honor in Europe
still less is he calculated to command
much honor or respect abroad by hi
personal presence; and this circum
stance uuites with that of his ALLEGED
poverty to suggest the propriety of nj
staying at home.