Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-11-27
WASHINGTON.
THE POLITICIANS TERRIBLY TORN
UP,
General Grants Purposes Being the tSeit-
ing COMMUNICATIVE Assurances
that He viii Accept the Canal
Presidency-And that Ne
viii Decline H.
General Grant.

bers of Congress, and with bnt lew ex-
cept' ons these are the small bores.
After the SolOnS have lined themselves
with Thanksgiving turkey the grand
influx will begin, but it will be Sunday
night before the town is full. Nearly
every member from the South is sought
to give bis views on the Grant move
ment i'm the SOnth. Some say il is, and
has the genuine ring abOutlt while others
laugh at the idea OF the South
supporting Grant. Congressman Ellis,
OF Louisiana, SAYS ''there is nothing in
il. DIR. FELTON,, of Georgia, can speak as
he does, because he represents section
of Georgia which was intensely loyal
during the war, aud 1 Opine his letter
for this reason will make him stronger.
The others, who claim 10 be working up
the Southern Grant boom, are diSgusted
and disappointed politicians. Candidly
/ do not think that Grant will be the
Republican candidate. do not think
that the politicians will let him be
nominated. And then, too, there
are great many OF Grants
warmeSt friends who do not want
him to be the Republican nominee. He
has returned from trip abroad, where
ne has received the hOnOrs OF all ma
tiOns. lie comes home with the love
AMI affection OF all his conntrymen,
North and South, and to again thrust
him into the exciting pool of politics
will invite attacks upon him. lie will
become i'm a sense a target for stink-balls
to be thrown at. He was undoubtedly
unfortunate i'm his administration, and
IL he is again put forward to lead par
~ he will be- aSsailed and his official acts
criticised. His best friends know this,
and hence / saw his best friends 10 not
want him nominated
Another member Of Congress from the
South, who does not care Ia be quoted,
expressed the same opinion concerning
DIR. FELTON,. lie expresses, however,
contempt for Aleck Stephens. lie says
that AleCk was never true To any thing
that he was first 4 Wing, and was not
true tOt that party; next q Democrat, and
a bolter: then Vice President OF the
Southern COnfederacy, To which he was
likewise untrue; and again Democrat,
waiting 10 yeer with the strongest tide.
FELTON, can gain popularity in his dis
trict trough the letter he has writ
ten, AleCk stephens cannot entertain
the same views and be returned 10
Congress from his district, and he rs
fast finding it out. He has already
written 4 letter to the Augusta thrOHictS,
of Georgia, in which he emphatically de-
nies that he is in accord with FELTON,,
and Likewise denies all published inter
views with him, closing with the sen
tenee that 'the people Of Georgia who
have any regard for truth will not be
misled as 20 my sayings or dOlngs by
giving crrdence Ia any such anonymous
representations oi my utterances.' Not
withstanding the letter. says Your cor
RESPONDENTS informant, al believe that
Stephens is i'm sympathy with FELTON,,
and that he So declared for publication,
but that he has found that the sentiment
of his district is not inclined in that way,
and. demagogut-like, lac hastens 10 ring
the backing-hvil
Among all the politicians the upper
most question ol Importance is, what Is
''the old man meaning Grant-golng
% DO? His sphyuX-like retlccncc myS-
titles both his friends and enemies. The
idea Of penSiOning himupon the govern
ment. while il would get a good many
votes, is not popular. Said warm
friend 0i Secretary Sherman to-day: 81
wish he would accept the Presidency Of
the Nicaraguan Canal scheme. AprO-
pos of that subject, NJ. Thomas de
Franco. who comes with the good offices
of the Rothschilds 10 induce Grant 10
accept the presidency OF the canal,
and likewise tender a handsome sub
scriptiOn 10 aid the project, Is ia the city.
He has already been the subject OF an
interview. lie SAYS: 81 am not on any
mission, public or private. My object
in visiting this country Il to stimulate,
IL possible, the formation of an Amerl-
can company 10 undertake the cutting
of an ocean canal 10y way of Lake Mica
ragua." And will French capitalists
guarantee the subscription of SjO,OOO,-
600 10 this company IT General Grant
be chosen its President European
capitalists will furnish much more than
$50 600 600 IL an American company be
started on a sound basis, with General
Grant or some other good man
as President Have won assurances
that General Grant will accept the
Presidency of such a COmpan-t' Il
have no doubt that General Grant, who
is deeply Interested in the subject OF the
Canal, would look with favor upon the
Office il rendered by Company i'm which
he could have confidence and pride.
We Europeans think a great deal OF
General Grant-mOre so, perhaps, than
Won i'm this country do. We regard
/ a
undOubted influence in Europe. The
Presidency of this canal would be a pO-
sltiOn which he could accept with honor
10 himself and benefit 10 the undertake
ing and the world. \ work OF such
magnitude and Of such inestlmable
benefit TO mankind, especially Ia the
American portion, would confer lmmOr-
tai credit upon the man under whose
direction IL was inaugurated and I'm
ished. Ii would titly round the glOri-
Gus career of General Grant 10 brilli-
ant snd a perfect su cess
Mr.. MeuUcal, who vi. de
Franco, said General Grant viii ac-
cept the Presidency of the NiCaraguan
Canal Company il the right kind of men
take hold OF il. / have a letter in my
pocket from him received yesterday, IN
which he saws he will accept under such
conditions" Notwithstanding this al
most positive assurance, Grants warm
est friends here say he will make no de
cisiOn as tO his iuture until he has a
consultation with his personal friends
in Philadelphia next month.
The Coming Session.
While nearly every Democratic mem-
Der Of Congress who has aulTed eX-
presses the hope that the forthcoming
session will be short one, not one be-
lieves that it will be. The Democratic
policy will be To avoid general legisla-
tion, but the fear is expressed that the
policy Of the Republicans will be To
provoke a sectional debate, and to this
All kind Oi measures calculated To stir II
up will be offered. Senator COnShng
was asked to-day What would he the
policy of his party this winter. lie
drew himself up To the full
ness of his majestic proportions, and
SAID: There are fifty bar-rOOm bum