The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-12-30
TIIEGRANrMovEnENr.

TIIEGRANTMovEMENT.
An Intelligent Observer at the Capital
who IL Very much Impreased with III
Present Strength. S3A
Edmund Hudson's.. Washington Special 70 Boston
II metropolitan National Convention
TO nominate President Of the United
States to succeed Mr.: Hayes was held this
month, the nominee would be Gen. Grant.
There can be no doubt OF this. -Four
weeks ago the statement might have been
oren to question, but allithe Indications
to-day are Grant-ward. This isnot saying,
OF course, that Grant will be- the nominee
Of the Republican party in the next Presi.
dental campaign. Several things may
happen to prevent that thing from hap.
pening, and the subject is fertile for spec.
ulations in regard to the political develop
ments Of the next eighteenrmonths. =
The fact,to be noted now is that the
Novemberelections, which resulted on the
whole 50. happily for the .Republicans,
have not convinced the politicians that
Republican success Isl certain with any
good candidates in 1Ss0, but shayei itlevel-
oped the opinion that The party must
have Grant for a candidate in order to
afford fair probability Of success the
next time. The reasons for all this are
mot difficult to find. The average Repub-
lican politician has no faith whatever in
the retention Of power merely by virtue
OF faithful and efficient administration oil
the government. lie has keen recollec-
ton OF 1876, and the narrow channel by
which Republican squeezed into the
White House in that year.
He knows that the Democrats will .be'in
complete possession OF, Congress in 1880,
and that, il there is any doubt about the
Presidency, it is the Democratic candidate
who will have the benefit OF it. He knows
that neither Conkling nor Blaine can re-
ceive the united support OF the party. He
thinks that Grant can receive this united
support. The present tendency OF opin-
ion among the politicians here, conse-
Qucntly, is to accept Grant as "the inevi-
table" in 1880. 1t is not so much an or
ganized movement as a gradual develop
mentiof opinion, which will 60 on, appa-
rently, until the old elements OF hostility
to Grant begin to coalesce and become ef-
feCtive once more.
That there is "Grant movement,
which Is being cautiously and presistently
pushed TO secure his election in 1880, is
equally obvious, so that both negative and
positive influences are at work in his be-
half. The "Grant movement" has its
headquarters in Philadelphia, and its "a
miGcations in all the leading cities OF, the
country. It's power is constantly felt here.
1t has unlimited wealth at its command.
It's object is to make Grant so prominent
as to scare all the other Republican Presi-
DENTAL candIdates,out OF the field during
thehext year, mdgiye Grant the nomina-
ton without opposition in the Convention.
Conkling has already succumbed. He
sees that 1t is Grant or some new man in
sympathy withthe presentadministration,
and he is for Giant openly and all the
time. know that he has advised, and
even urged, Ibis New York friends u nc;
cent Grant, and work for him from tliis
time on, This decision has been made by
him during the past four weeks. At the
same time the Philadelphia crowd have
been al work on Mr.. Blaine, and have 50
impressed him with the formidab bleness oi
the Grant movement that. tbs now proba-
bic that Blaine himself will DO found &C.
ouieseing in,the Grantmovement alter the
beginning Of The new year.
The sudden strengthening OF Grants
prospects III all parts Of the country is
something phenomenal. Even in Alassa'
chusetts his friends are said TO be more ac-
tive than the friends Of any other candi-
date. Conkling assures his friends that
New York shall send Grant delegation to
the next national convention. Robson
will take care Of New Jersey. In Pennsyl'
yania there II now no opposition to Grant.
illinois Is solid for him, so far rs external
appearances show. Congressman Cole, oi
Missouri, says his State would certainly
send Grant delegation to the convention
ifSit were heldJnow. " California is easily
Eo,l tsrabk and stile Bonanza8 crowd will
carry Nevada and contribute millions be-
sides for the sake OF having Grant in
power once more. ...-
The Southern States, arg for Grant rs
matterof course Ohio almost alone among
The States exhibits disinclination to %
for him. But even Ohio will bow to the
inevitable. The coming trip OF Grant
through Asia, with John Russell Young tc
dish IN the news for the American public
Is expected to put the finishing touches OF
the Grant movement for 1880. a few peo'
nle are falling back on the slight hope
that Divine Providence may interfere tc
ale Grant out,9f theIYay, but these ar
reISslt 4 whose ifaithCin' Divine Providence
4 not strong. Tho next question TO bt
solved ;ss.,What will the Dem9cclEats do tt
trv TO beat th6 Grant inovemet, that SEEM
to be carrying everything before tt?" "
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