The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-01-03
THE NEXT PRESIDENCY.
A Talk with an Anonymous Republican
"GFant" senator.

Veraatlon lew Gays uk0 Win y unHea
States Senator whom ] promised not %
name. Hesad: SHOW do you regard the
next Presidential election7" " ~ y
Nothing can prevent q Solid South for
the Democratic party. The Republicans
will have 70 carry pretty much all the Nor
thern States except we may say, Indiana
and New Jersey. ltisa very tight ct. /
have the impression, however, that the
Republicans may get through"
"What do you attribute the apparent
revolution Of last fall TOT" Iat .,
',Ths business people Of the country be-
came scared when Maine aud part Of Yer.
mont went Communistlc and Democratic.
Everybody took the panic, and the Demo
cratic party was beaten, as well as its
smaller associate, the National party. !
think that II Maine had gone Republican
the following elections would have result
ed differently In the larger States. :" '-'
"who will be the Republican candi.
date?" 5rH n.nrl.
II think that Grant will get II without
much doubt lie will poll as many Re-
publican votes as any man In the country,
give more character and lustre to the cam.
paign, and will get besides, o considerable
Democratic Vote-personal following"
''Is Conkling o candidate for the Presi-
denCyT 10 sg .EN HLH .HHt
"fic don't exactly know what he wants,
He'd like to 10 President, but Is afraid he
can't. He doesn't want Blaine 10 be elect
ed. In fact he has been doing nothing for
some time past. Think .I '.|Ti
.,r ID. liz IS IN LOvR". dp lHH.1
"With Kitty" HHrI' rt'N.l
~ don't know" said the Senator eva.
sively. al r5t J4st .4H. l1ga1
"Has not he an interesting family2"
His wife Is a most excellent woman,
aud has a daughterof equal goodness, who
Is soon to be married, as understand.
There Is no person around Washington
who seems TO have 60 little domestic life
as Conkling, and should fancy that he
was a hard man to get along with domes-
tically. New York will be mainly for
Grant for President next time"
as not Blaine drumming up popularity
with q good deal Of Rdroitness, and string
ing his men out oil oyerthe countryT
"In the Senate he has but few follow.
erS. You must not understand me TO say,
however, that the Senate is divided be.
tween Blaine and Conkling. Blaine has
nobody at his back in the New England
delegation unless ii be Hannibal Hamlin,
except Ed. Rollins, OF New Hampshire.
He has q pretty fair following In the
Northwestern States. He owns Joe Chat.
fee, OF Colorado; when ChafTee was in the
House OF Representatives, he relied on
Blaine, who was Of the same kidney, to
take care Of his bills. think the Nebras.
ka and Iowa men, and perhaps those Of
Wisconsin and Minnesota, arc Blaine.
like. AT the same time nothing will come
.ot his campaign. He can't gel the votes
OF the South" % '''- p.
"What is the reason ofthat?"
"More than any other person except
Hayes, he is the breaker up Of the Repub.
lican party in the South. Congress had
maLured Force bill, intended to reprcss
Rifle Clubs and such agencies as have re.
stored tho South to the Rebels. The Pres.
ident had promised to sign that bill. Jim
Blaine was curryingfavor with the Rebels
and he had left the Speakers chair and
came on the floor and helped Sam Randall
beat the bill. Not long aiterward he un.
dertook to curry favor with the Southern
Republicans again and be Radical. His
original job was to get the support Of that
Rebel element for the Republican Con.
vention, or for Liberal Republican
movement, so-callcd In short, Blaine
has no principle. He thought the Re.
publican party gone up as early rs 1874"
''Isnot Wadleigh, Of New Hampshire, a
Blaine mani" ri.
"No. believe that he wasa Bristow man
originally. He will be re elected, so he
-. :.whO is Morrill,, Of Vermont, in favor
"a think he is in favor OF Edmunds.
There are several Senators who look favor.
ably on Edmunds for the Presidency.
am not sure that Anthony Is not one Of
them. Justin Morrill, il good man, and
looks with great confidence on all Ed.
munds' positions. Indeed, Edmunds il
one Of the most just and accomplished
men in public life. He is at times conyi.
yialin his habits, but always acquits him.
self in work. There is nota more up.
right and manly Republican In the party.i
as it not probable that Blaine, in his
anxiety 10 beat Grant, will work for Wash.
burne or some OF thoseimperiectly known
men who appear to be skirting the edges
OF tho nomination. l.u.lr tH. ~
"Ho comes from the State OF Maine, and,
of course, Blaine would cater a little 10
him. The fact is that Grant includes the
whole OF what is in the rest OF those iel.
lows, and great deal more. No person in
the list can afford 10 have any special hos.
tility to Grant. Grant made It possible for
Mr.. Hayes TO take the office, and upheld
him in his position. I think Gen. Grant
has had q suprrb education in Europe, and
will come back here better qualified to
take the Government than he ever was
before, and not disposed TO remember
friends or enemies more than is respecta-
BILE. We certainly have nobody in public
life that can pretend to his attainnents.
Mr.. Seward was our Foreign Secretary be.
fore he knew much Of foreign lands, and
he made part Of the trip Grant il making
at the close OF his lie. Grant is only fftye
six years OF age, and, il be lives 10 his
fathers age, will have good part OF gen.
Grafton yet to come. He has close nc.
quaintances at the centre OF all the great
Governments Of the world, and is known
to almost every prominent man OF his
time. think that tho more hismerits are
discussed the stronger he will come out
and the feebler will his dement's appear. !"
SHERMAN AND THURMAN.
HAS John Sherman presidentialaspira.
tions?" .',.2 's7I5 = TT
at has occurred 10 me-" said tho Senator,
that perhaps Hayes would force a point
to help Sherman get the nomination. Al
the same time that would only antagonize
a Republican Convention again. THAT ia
one reason why Washburne has no show,
The party is toe. positive, and 1t has had
too much experience with Hayes to make
any trials Of fellows who are only backed
up by the guerrilla style OF newspapers,
No more accidental NH.-sahE~+T
"Whois more likely to be the Demo-
cratic nominee than any other personY~
"Just now It looks like Tom Bayari
very much. He has thrown Off his list.