The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-06
GENERAL GRANTS BROTHER.

Hrs STARTLING CONDOLENCES TO NEWSPAPER
CORRESPONDENT THE INFLUENCES AT WORK
TO GIVE THE Ex-rRrsIDENr A THIRD TERN
AFTER HAYES, REVOLUTION !-ccNsIDEHABIE
WILD TALE. i4s a
A correspondent Of tho Pistsburg Telegraph has
visited crviiic Grant az his ranch and interviewed
MIN In regard 70 gno future Of his brother. tho
President The letter is written from San Francisco
and contains tho following significant passases:--
GENERAL GRANTS PRoPxRrr
Answer-Cpon my honor, my brother loft WASH
ington a comparatively Door man. Although no has
little moro property than no cannot BIO said TO DO
Is well fixed in this worlds goods. He has house In
Chicago and one In the East; no also has tho now
celebrated farm which tho newspapers took such d.
light in describing, but those three properties
hardly worth tho owning The houses yield a little
and above the taxes insurance. repairs &c,
bu this Is moro than swallowed up by tho almost
avoidable expense Of the farm.
Q Why docs no not soil these propcrtios2 A. He
has tried TO, but cannot All his fancy horses aud
stock on his farm, which the newspapers mado
famous. he has sold OF much below their vaivc and,
IN somc cases. cost In order to tho expense OF
feeding them.
@ How does no live, then, II he has no income
A. This is a problem l have myself been trying 10
solve for my own benefit for many years. Don't IN
derstand me that he has income. He had n TOW
thousand dollars saved up at the time he stepped out
OF the White House. and than he sold tho fancy stock
above referred to- but this fund.- II invested In oil
tho Eastern securities that were considered safe,
would not yield him sufficient TO live on. Hc could
not expect ten pcr cent woulf yield him
living. Having devoted himself to military aud
public prairs Tor SO long. ne did not fcc that nc
could succeed In business and no had not tho incna
ton to try.
0. What ava no dor A. Ito invested all Tho money
hc had In the "Bonapzl s,ocgs' controlled BY Flood
o'Bren.
O. DO they yield sufficient revenue TO support him
A. Yes, somc Of his stock has paid two and three per
cent per month, but tho most Of u has paid him nve
per cent and oven moro each month. On this no has
boon abo TO live com fortaby.
pox cAMxRoS's SECRET MOTIVE
O Why is Don Cameron attempting TO havo your
brother placed on tho retired list A. My first rca-
son this don. like ali other politicians seeks ad
vanccmcpt, aud II may DO possible that he tries TO
benefit popular man, In a public way, In tho hopo
that some OF tho honors popularly may $40? over
on TO hint must confess that this looks 'ko bit
OF inmliy cgotism my part and possibly 1t Is In.
decd do not think II is tho real motive po- In
case.
O what's? A. I do no, caro- to toll should not
toll as a premature disclosure might njuro my
brothers. chanccsi
q why, what do you meaor | certainly am no
enemy OF your brothcr'si A. No, dare say you arc
not; but you admit you are an old journalist, and
have always found these mon '.lcaky"
THE rninD rERM
O ! have not been identified with newspaper sin co
my con aection with the Now York Times many years
ago. but really you bavo already told sufficient for
me 10 guess the rect With your pcrrpission ! will
now lead In tho conversation and tell you that II IL
General Grants Intention TO place himself before tho
ccuriry again as a candidate for tho Presidency Is
this not &c? A. Its.
@. You speak OF politicians and Journalists being In
tho secret--whnt do you mcnn2 Is il a prcarrangcd
thingY A. wc tho fact OF the matter Is my brothers.
Trip Europe and his long scjourn there not OF
his own choosing. ] venture TO soy that he would
gladly return to ms farm and remain there u no
could, but hrs advisers here dccrccd otherwise.
WILD TALK.
q. We'll, 20 on. A. Before my brother went to
Europe number OF republican politicians OF national
reputation held n meeting. There at lcas, Two
we'll known Western Journalists present, one being
from Chicago aud tho other from Cincinnati think
two other newspaper men, from New York and Boston
also attended, but am not certain. Al all events,
they were made parties to the arrangement as wero
Journalists from 81. Louis aud, l. think Evansville.
THO object Of THIS meeting was N prepare for what
they believed TO DO inevitable before or cxpira.
tion OF Rutherford d. Hayes term OF ofncc-this
nothing more less than rcvoiutont
Knowing full vol that alter the nrst stab Of tho assas
sins knife, after recovering consciousness from the