Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-10-09
TIE GRANT WAYE.


ticket in this city.
TIE GRANT WATE.
If we may be allowed to borrow euphem-
ism from the st. Louis Globe Democrat, we
will remark that "the Grant wave is boom
ing.o We know it is. We have been in
formed of the fact too often to be ignorant
on the subject. Robson has told US that
Grant is the coming man in 1880 who will
set all things that are now awry in their
proper place. Old Subsidy Pomeroy has
told us that Grant is the man upon whom
the salvation of the country depends. Bel
KNAPP has asserted that Grant alone can restore
purity to the public service, drive out brib
cry and throttle corruption in every form.
Landaulet Williams has declared over and
over again that Grant will be potent to pre-
vent any petty raids upon the treasury.
Beecher has said that Grant can give us
strong government that.will throttle COM
munism and it's kindred evils, and make the
laboring man content to work for dollar
day and live on bread and water. Deacon
Billy Mckee has lterated and reiterated the
fact that Grant alone of all the men in the
country can enforce the collection of taxes
and punish those guilty of frauds upon the
revenue. Who could doubt, in the face of
the assertions of this array of incorruptible
statesmen, that the Grant wave is booming?
No man could command the support of
these men who was not an unalterable foe to
corrupt naval contracts, bribery, subsidies,
petty thefts and whisky rings. These models
of political and personal purity having said
that the Grant wave is booming, we feel
bound to believe them.
But if any lingering doubt has
remained in the minds of any, that
doubt must be dissipated by the
declarations of that much esteemed and
renowned boss of the Washington ring,
Alexander r. Shepard. The word of the
boss ought to go great way in determining
the future course of the Republican party,
for he has been for years one of the most
illustrious lights of that organization. His
word has been law in Washington. He
could decide what streets should be improved,
and who should have the contracts, and Com
mittees and Congresses bowed at his beck.
He has been, more than any other man, a
of the morality of the party,
and his influence is, therefore, not to be
sneezed at. lie has just been interviewed at
st. Louis, and is reported to have said:
The Grant movement is stronger West than
East. though there is good deal of it over the
country. Grant, if not seeking the nomination,
might be prevailed upon to accept if it was the
unanimous decree of the Republican party.
The Republicans believe Grant is a rallying
point, that they have been sold out by Hayes,
and Grant is their only salvation. / believe
Grant will be the unanimous choice of the Re-
publican National convention in 1880. Fully
ninety-nine out of every 100 Republicans are
with Hayes, and those who indorse
him and his policy are like flies on a wheel.
No administration will stand higher than
judgment prevails
We are really sorry for Grant if the move
ment in his favor is no stronger at the East
than at the West. If such is the case we
fear that he will not be, despite Boss Shop
ards prediction, the unanimous choice of
That everybody is Disguised with Hayes is
undoubtedly true, and mono are more dis
gusted than the ringsters of the Shepard
school, who find their occupation temporarily
gone. We're it not for the high regard in
which we hold the boss, however, we would
be inclined to doubt that Grants administra-
ton will stand high sswhen the accounts are
made and sober Judgment prevails We
have been under the impression
erroneous-that it was under Grants adj
ministration that a secretary of the
navy managed to swindle the people out of
hundred millions or more by means Of cor
rupt contracts, and that the navy, which cost
more than that of any other on the face of
the globe, cannot boast of seaworthy vessel
of war. We were also under the impression
that during his administration secre-
tary of war was convicted of receiving brides
for his favors and an attorney general prov
ed to have stolen his landaulets and horses
from the government. We likewise suppos-
ed that under Grant the credit mobiIer
flourished, the whisky ring was organized,
the Washington combination waxed rich at
the expense of the people, and returning
boards were organized and consummated
their villainies under the protection of the
federal army. If our information is correct
it is erroneous to say that Grants admins
tration will stand extremely high when the
accounts are balanced and sober Judgment
prevails. Yetwe cannot dispute the fact
that "the Grant wave is booming for we
have incontestible proof of the fact from
every rascal who grew fat on the spoils of
Office or rich through plumber of the treasury
during the eight years of his administra-
ton.
DEFINITE ARRANGEMENTS.
Mr.. Washburn has finally concluded to
respond to the invitation to debate extended
by the Democratic committee, and sends the
following declination:
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 5, 1873.
Hon. Robert A. Smith, Chairman, etc.
DEAR SIR: am in receipt of yours of the
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