The daily gazette., 1879-05-02
f3fRD EDITION !
ei11sf = X6vfew of PrsaiAsat Grants A.
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~ ! 1k6v6eU u President 0sant's Aa-
MinistFatfon-
j iy Xhere h this much to be said in favor
III. .Sftne Ipoliticians, they will not play q
I, 1,lonlna earne If they can help 1t, and they
i 1i1l Ascent q half loaf rather than get
Gi.i - bread. They are mighty eager to
- 3lloy General Grant in the Presidential
81 nnlne OF 1880, but they will not do 1t II
ss.l 3hey fAncy he cannot win. They want
N him not because his administration
would help the country, but because y
. ~ would help them; they want him TO pull
the chestnuts from the fire for them, and
4r thcv do not care bit how much he
l,.hurns his fingers. Something OF what
~ ~ did for the party which twice made
x ,,lpim Presideat was reviewed In the 7.L-
~, uvuvh of Yesterday, and IL not pleasant
n, u should at least be found instructive
:.,s. and suggestive reading by those patriotic
sii., Gentlenlen who want to give him third
.snI loFm., 1t Is long story, but our cores
(, ..,ipQn6lent has put it into short, teTse sem
- .;lenoes, each of which goes - straight as
~ an arrow and fatally as . bullet to the
=, mark. Take for instance the fact that
!, /, during the first two years Of Grants
s. 4. term there were ITO Republicans in the
~ House. and that during his last two
,st terms the protests against his policy had
reduced the number to 1905; o majority
ut minority. The story Of the Senate
ass isl the same, only worse. sss
The glittering cold steel of his facts
= should puncture the third term move
,ge ment eiSectually, for it demonstrates
that General Grant, If he should be nom-
mated next year would fall rs candi-
/. date by the weight of his own record. It
would be enough against the expediency
uS A.. IL ~ r.. TO-,
i that would savagely oppose him, snd
support and yet they would not be half
no dangerous enemies as the great army
of thoughtful conservative Republicans
who would either vote against him or
not vote at all In case Of nomination, be-
isd cause of the fact TINT he would be a
4. third-term candidate, and because of the
,..i, character of his administration. Ever
ipi the press Of the Republican party would
not be united upon him /; indeed thu
VI strongest and most powerful moulders o
~ public opinion in the country and party
u. would fight him to the last hour that thu
.iis.l the polls are open. Factions, press, ant
h. ,lvOters, within the party, would Oppose
). Z, him, and with strong Democratic can
sis slidate would make his election impossi
lssis ble. As the movement in his favor takei
-Bsi more definite shape, the clearer becomes
tn.e the fact that his nomination would Civ,
or the Presidency to the opposition; an,
~ even the politicians who most desire hi
% snccess will perceive that they must hav,
.s,it y less vulnerable candidate to fight for
~ y. hey do not want defeat, but success
and desirable as it would be for them b
ave General Grant in the Presidential
chair, they not are going to risk the Presi
4 ,iency to get him there. A candidate
n that starts out handicapped by such
..,,cord as General Grant has made, win
VIII be desperately fought not only with
- ihIt but within his own party, one whom
i!ie strongest elemeuts of the party OF
ij,, pose, is not one to put into the race
go, there is certain prestige in his nam
,a Is true, but it is as a soldier, not as
~ resident that he is honored and dear t
sI'e public heart. A wrecker of part
cannot make good leader of it aftel
wards, and Grant is the greatest party
wrecker in our political history.-Tel'
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