Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-08-28
ULYSSES BROTHER.
He accommodates a Boston Reporter With
HIS Yie,cs on the General and Other Per-
sons In Public Life.

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1 Boston Post.
Mr.. Grant resembles his brother to o grea
extent, although he is taller and of bette
physique; but he is unlike him in that b,
talks freely on current topics. The third
term question being uppermost in the re
| porters mind, he ventured to ask Mr.
Grants opinion on that vexed topic. II
| reply he was informed that the general has
written to friends here that he would on nc
account accept nomination for the Presi-
dency. ssHe does not want it, said Orvllle
And then he added: "But think he could
be educated up to it as he was once before.
If he could be made to believe that he was
the only man able to save the country or the
party, he would, think, allow his name to
be used tn the convention. | think, some
how, that they will nominate him, but that's
only my own opinicn.'' & defeat would
s'kill'' the general, Mr.. Grant thinks; but he
CO. S. would risk it if he though it possible
to save the country. ~
The conversation then turned on fragrant
memories of the last administration, and
Mr.. Grant was induced to say that his
brother 'saw some things now that he could
not be made to see before.' In other words,
he now sees Babcock in his true light and
would never give him any more aid or conf
fort. So, too, Mcdonald, Joyce, and s'those
fellows would, if the general became Presi-
dent again, '.be left to go to the devil
Some of his old advisers would be recalled
among whom, if the general agrees with his
brother, would be Zach Chandler, as OrvilIe
considers him "one of the best men we
have
Reverting to the general, the reporter in
CURED how much he was worth in a financial
point of view, and was informed that at the
time the Consolidated Virginia stock was
high his property was valued at about $780,
600: but now that the stock has deprecated
he. is comparatively poor. "But then, you
know" continued Mr.. Grant, she received
some valuable presents-tbat house in Wash
ington. for instance The house has been
sold, but the general will, when he returns
in the autumn of 1879, make Washington
his home, provided he can afford it. 1t
seemed, however, doubtful, in his brothers
opinion, whether the general would be able
to live without engaging in some business.
"It would be,'' he said, so great humiliation
to him to have to do that-although he has
only himself and wife to take care of (for
his youngest son is old enough to shift for
himself but he has high ideas of living,
and would not be content with moderate
income" Speaking of the generals ."royal
progress in Europe, Orville said that he had
received a letter from him in which he ex-
pressed his WEAKNESS of the continual feast
ing to which he is subjected, and said that
he intended to take sea voyage for pur-
poses of recreation.
Mr.. Grant did not want to express his
opinion on the Hayes administration. He
had some business pending before Secretary
Thompson and if he said too much it might
cause his financial ruin. The conversation
then took an interesting turn, as Mr.. Grant
went on rough-sketching various public
men. Stanley Matthews was puzzle to
him; he could not see how so able lawyer
could make such damned fool of himself.
Blaine was a sstrue Republican, but the
party couldn't afford to take up cripple for
candidates; his railroad business had Grip
pied him. Key was rough, good man, but
if you see anything showing ability signed
by him make up your mind that he didn' t
write it.
HE is a better cabinet officer than Jewell,
is he not?" asked the reporter.
"Bless your soul, it's no compliment to
say that And then brother Orville pro-
ceeded to walk into the ex-postmaster- gen
eral in the liveliest possible manner. AS a
business man he had no fault to find with
him, but as a politician he was the smallest
kind of a potato. Then, warming with his
subject, Mr.. Grant explained the mysteri-
ously sudden retirement from the cabinet
of New Ravens favorite standard bearer.
One day while he and his brother were
riding together the conversation turned on
Jewell, when the President remarked, 'sThe
only trouble with Jewell is that he don't
know much" But Orville soon after laid
before his brother written proofs $50 he says,
of falsehood on the part of the post
master general, and the next day he was
asked to resign. AS Oryille explained it, Mr.
Jewell had committed some error In his de-
partment work, and told the alleged false
| hood to cover it.