Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-06-06
General Grants Brother.

n correspondent of the Pittsburg Telegraph
has visited OrviIle Grant at his ranch and 10.
terviewed him in regard to the future of his
brother, the * President. Ibe letter is written
| from San Francisco and contains the following
significant passages -
\. Upon my honor, my brother left Wash.
| iogton comparatively poor man. Although
! he has little more property than L he cannot
be said to be as we'll fixed in this world goods.
| He has house 10 Chicago and one in the East;
be also has the how celebrated farm which the
newspapers took such delight 10 describing,
but these three properties are hardly worth the
owning. The houses yield little rent ever
| and above the taxes, Insurance, repairs, ~,
but this is more than swallowed up by tho al.
most unavoidable expense OF the farm.
@. Why does be not sell these properties
A. lie has tried to, but cannot. All his fancy
horses and stock on bis farm, which the news.
papers made famous. he has sold of much be-
low their value, aud, in some cases, cost, 10
order to save the expense Of feeding them.
Q. How docs he live, tbeo, if he has 90
income? y. This is problem | have myself
been trying TO solve for my Own benefit for d any
years. Don't understand me that he has 20 To-
c me. lie had few thousand dollars saved
ur at the time lie stepped cut OF the W bite
House, and then he sold the fancy stock above
referred to; but this fucd. if invested in any OF
the Eastern securities that were considered
safe, would not yield him sufficient to live 90.
lie could not expect over ten per cent. would
yield him living. Having devoted himself
to military and public affairs Tor so long, he did
DOT feel that he could succeed 10 business. and
he had cot the iDcination to try.
Q. What did he do2 a. lie Invested all
the money he had 10 the "BonauZ, stocks
controlled by Flood & O. Brien.
q. Do they yield sufficient revenue to sup.
port him? a. Yes, some of his stock has paid
Two and three per cent per month, but the
most of it has paid him five per cent aud even
more each month. Ga this bio has been able
to i've comfortably.
@. Why is Don Cameron attempting to have
your brother placed on the retired list? a.
My first reason is this Don, like ell other poll,
sibe that he tries to benefit popular man, 10
public way, in the hope that some of the
hoasrs popularity may slop ever Oh to him
must confess that this locks like bit OF family
cgotism on my part, and possibly it is. lodecd,
Edo not think 1t Is the real motive power 10
ths case.
q. What Is? a | DO not care 10 tell.
should not tell, as 4 premature disclosure might
iJi nre my brother chances
q, Why, what do you mean? | certainly
am no enemy of your brothers.! A. No, |
dare say you are not; but you admit you are an
old journalist, and hayc always found these
men ''Ieaky.
c. have not been identified with news.
paper since my connection with the New York
Times many years ago; but really you have
already told me sufficient for me to guess tho
rest With your permission | will now lead 10
the conversation and tell you that it is Geo.
Grants intention to place himself before the
country again as q candidate for the Presidency.
Is this not so ? A. 1t ls.
O. You speak of politicians and journalists
being 10 the sccret-What do you mean Is it
a prearranged thing? A. Well. the fact of the
matter is my brothers trip to Europe and his
long soourn there was not of his own choosing.
| venture to say that he would gladly return to
his farm and remain there if be could, but his
advisers here Gccrecd otherwise.
@. Well, 20 on. A. Before my brother went
to Europe number OF republican politicians Of
national reputation held meeting. There
were at least two we'll known Western journa-
lists present, one being from Chicago and the
other from Cincinnati. think two other news
paper men, from New York and Boston also
attended, but am not certain. At all events,
they we're made parties to the arrangement,
as were journalists from St. L1uis and, think,
Evansville. The Of ject of this meeting was to
prepare for what they believed to be inevitable
before or at the expiration of Rutherford B.
Hayes term Of ofice-this was nothing more
nor less than revolution 4 y
Knowing full we'll that after the first stab Of
the assassin knife after recovering conscious.
ness from the FIRST blow Of the murderer blud-
geon the country would rise up to protect her.
self. and every loyal. law abiding citizen would
the mantelpiece and look about him for a
patriotic general to lead him into battle; then,
and not till then would U. 8. Grant return to
his native land. and once again he'd take com
mand ard lead the loyal sons of America on to
victory. No man on this continent would b,