Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-31
4 CABINET SECRET.

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HIS Conversion to the Cause Of Sl.er-
man.
Washington Correspondence Baltimore Sun.
Afew days before Secretary Schurz left
for Ohio a prominent man in politics. a
warm admirer of Grant for third term and
a personal friend of the secretary, had occa-
sion to visit him. After they had talked on
business for some time, the secretary was
asked what he thought of the political out
look from the Republican point of view.
Schurz replied very frankly and very fully, CIV
ing his feelings, hopes and fears. He said that
he felt that he was what was known as stall
wart Republican in everything except proba-
bly, in his choice of the man who should be
the next Republican candidate for the Presi-
dency. He would have to oppose Grant,
should he be nominated. Should the nom
inee be Blaine, while he would prob
badly not oppose him, he could not support
him. His choice was Sherman not that he
believed Sherman the best man for the Re-
publicans to nominate, but he was just now
the most available man for those Repub-
licans who, for instance, would rather vote
for Democrat like Bayard than Republi-
can like Grant. While in the Senate with
Sherman he did not particularly admire that
gentleman, because Sherman was strongly
pro- Grant in all their contests in that body,
but since they have been together in the
cabinet he has had an opportunity to study
him, and he believes him entitled to have
aspirations for the Presidency. When the
administrator first began its career he was
shy of Sherman for the reason that he
looked upon him as an extreme radical and
as representative of Grantism. When he
and Evarts made it the ultimatum of their
remaining in tho cabinet that Packard in
Louisiana and Chamberlain in South Caro-
lima should be allowed to 60 by the board,
and that military interference in the affairs
of the Southern States should cease, he
(Schurz) expected to encounter bitter hos
tility from Sherman in the cabinet meetings,
but to his establishment he found that Sher-
man agreed with him fully. This gave a
majority of the cabinet over to the
peace and Cancellation policy, and made it an
easy matter to bring over Messrs. Dew
ems, Thompson and McCrary, so as to have
the administration act with unanimity. AZ
ter the downfall of Packard and Chamber
lain, Sherman continued as the strong sup
porter of all of the Presidents conservative
measures. He never once flinched, and
when he followed up the Packard and Cham
berlain business with his fight against Conk-
ling and the New York custom house ring,
Secretary Schurz says he concluded that here
was the man for the Republican emergency,
the emergency being the killing off of the
Grant "boonl.'' He Immediately urged on
Sherman the Importance of his enter
ing the field against Grant, otherwise that
gentleman would have walk-over for the
nomination, particularly as Blaine, Conkling,
and the other standing candidates showed
disposition to step aside for Grant. Sher-
man consented, and Immediately wrote the
Haskin letter, announcing his intention of
being candidate. Since then Schurz says
he has been working for Sherman in every
way possible for him to do 80. He does not
know that Sherman will succeed, but he feels
that he has at least gained his object, which
is the defeating of Grant.