Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-11-26
ANENT GRANT.

HIS Presidential Candidacy a Bltnd--The
Real Object OF HIS ambition the Conn
nsanders'tp Of tho Army.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Dem.) Nov. 22
A representative OF the Enquirer yester.
day met one of the most prominent and in.
huential Republicans in the city, and had a
talk with him about the Grant boom.
ut looks as though it was all going
Grants way, does it moi" said our youth.
'.Not bit of it," responded the P. and I.
Republican.
'Why, have you any doubts of his being
the next nominee of the Republican party?"
queried our young man.
"Doubts - was the response. "Why, I
wish was as sure of getting million dol
lars as am that he will not be the nominee.
o, no! No man will get the nomination
this time without hard fight. 1t may look
as though Grant has the pull up to the very
morning of the day of nomination; but then
there will be q count of noses, and, if it is
found that Grant has more votes than
either Sherman or Blaine, there will be q
pooling of issues that will lay him out
colder than frozen chisel. But it will not
come to that"
"Why not2'' -..
"Because, sincerely, don't think Grant
wants the Presidency again. He is merely
using his candidacy as blind to further his
real design"
"What is that?'
"The commander in chief of the army"
| 81 don't understand YOU"
"Well, Jim Blaine and John Sherman are
both too sharp to let Grant walk away with
the Presidency. One, or perhaps both Of
them, will say to Grant, See here, old man,
there's nothing in the Presidency for you.
Throw your strength to me and will make
it all right with you. will have you made
feld-marshal of The army for life, at salary
of $25, 900 year, That will suit Grant to
T, and the Republican party, too, you can
depend on it, for we feel the need every day
of having man of Grants positive charac-
ter at the head of the army"
"But won't Gen. Sherman object?"
II think not. Sherman owes Grant q
debt of gratitude for saving him at Shiloh.
At all events, the thing will be done whether
he likes it or not"
"Not if John Sherman is the nominee?"
"Why not2''
"Because he would hardly consent to see-
| ing his own brother superseded in the COM
| mand of the army by rival.''
| "That shows" says the P. and I. Republi-
can, show little you understand John Sher-
mans character. He is to-day by large odds
the smartest, keenest, and shrewdest politi.
clan in America; but he is as cold blooded as
a fish, and, like Artemus Ward, he would
sacrifice every relative he has in the world if
they stood in the way of his promotion.
Just stick pin in this prediction John
Sherman or Jim Blaine will be the next
| President of the United States, and Gen.
Grant will be made commsnder-in-ch1efo of
the army before eighteen months have passed
over your head.
"You seem to have forgotten one thing -
said our youth.
"What is that9" queried the P. and I. Re-
publican.
"Nothing but that the Democracy intend
to elect the next President"
"Oh, do they, indeed! Well, I'll just
make one more prediction, and that is, that
| at the next Presidentiol election at least two
of the Southern States will go Republican by
| a decided majority. Now, such being the
case, will you kindly tell me- where you are
going to get the votes to elect your Demo-
| cratic President2"
While our young man was wondering
| where the P. and I. Republican became
| seized and possessed of such startling in
formation, that gentleman bade him "good-
by,' and jumping on the street car was
soon lost to view. Thinking that the news
was of the character of important, if
lie, and trusts to the future for its confrma-
ton or Justification.
A good CAP for so cents. a, 1T East Seventh