The New York herald., 1879-08-27

Grant would deliberately say anything untruthful:
and. second. he is very reticent man. and not
likely 70 make any statement of grave nature
WHEN GRANT WOULD BE A NECESSITY.
'Do you regard him as strong man in the repuo-
II do. believe that in certain contingencies the
party would regard him almost a necessity-cer
tainiy as the strongest and most available man"
"What are these contingencies, SenatorT
"Wel. cannot be blind to facts The extra
session of Congress has developed an evident pur-
session of the government. They have in o measure
thrown of the mask They have obtained power
and control at home by violence and dishonest
means and it is safe to presume that they would
hesitate to try the tactics in larger field and
on larger scale. Now. il these men. aided by
Northern democrats led by man OF their own
section or man from this side Of the line. should
undertake to manipulate the Presidential election
or raudulently declare the result or show any dis
position 20 do either of these things-f. in fact.
there were any danger Of force-no doubt General
Grant would be urged to accept renomlnaton. He is
q strong man personally an uncompromising, brave
man. and think the loyal people of the North
would support him more heartily and have more
faith in him than any other.
.'Do you believe that he would accept rcnomina-
tion il it rendered to him with any degree Of
81 thlnk it would be ungracious to speculate on
what any gentleman might do in that or any other
contingency. General Grant has declared that he il
not candidate and although conventions. like oil
large deliberative bodies subject to emotional
influences do not apprehend that the next national
convention would in any event nominate anybody
without having first had an understanding to his
probable acceptance or rejection of tho honor"
THE PROSPECT FoR 1880.
"Then you regard General Grant out Of the
racer?
eyes"
"Are You prepared to express an opinion on the
question of other Presidential candidates and their
prospects?'
pire next winter to change tho best laid plans and
the most carefully prepared opinions. 1t may hap
pen that our Southern friends will draw in their
horns during the winter session and pursue moro
pacific policy and then again. the bitterness OF their
may oe sine In ensr tie
on the Presidential campaign Of $780,"
Mr.. MURAT HALsTEAD ON THE REFUSAL OF
THIRD rERM-IIBERAL CRITICISM OF HIS
POLITICAL BErE No1RE.
CINCINNATI. August 49, 1879.
Mr. Murat Halstead, editor Of the Cincinnati Core
,nercial. was asked by HERALD correspondent yes
terday General Grants declination. whether he
believed 1t to be honestly intended and what effect
1t would have upon the Presidential outlook for
others who are avowedy candidates for that honor.
~ think Grant is sincere" said Mr.. Halstead. in
his easy, off hand manner Of talking "when he says
he has no wish to be President again. When I was
in Paris last year the same thing said by him
there. was told of it at the time by his most in
innate friends. and really there has been nothing
since warrant the belief that he wants to get back
into the White House. The boom in his favor has
been gotten up by parties who think themselves in
terested."
"You have been regarded as q pretty consistent
enemy of Grant ever since he was made President the
first time"
81 have been one of his critics in his civil admin
istration Of the government. but not An enemy. As
military chief he had exceptional success. but for
all that I don't regard him the man who,
with his foot wiped out the Southern rebellion II
tharo hs,d "A dtp,opa all fha
in that direction it was Stanton. He 1t was who
kept passing in the endless regiments and over
whelmed the Southern armies. Stil, Grant gets the
bulk of the credit for 1t and deserves large
share. Over in Europe they know but two men in
our history. and they. are Grant and Sherman.
and Grants figure overshadows all He fnds as he
travels around that everybody knows who he is and
is ready to celebrate him, and Of it Is graft
flying to him. But Grant is too shrewd . man. II he
wanted the Presidency again. to willingly take the
risk Of defeat They might settle him at the cleo
tion or, indeed, ut the Convention. and that would
be. comparatively. an inglorious ending Of his ca
doesn't want to lose the bloom of his glory"
ENJOYING HIS RETIREMENT.
There is another view OF this thing. though He
to hedge in of defeat either In the Convention
or before the people,"
want tho Office again. He is man who enjoys his
ease. Many of the mistakes of his administration
surrounding him to push him into false positions
because he consulted his own comfort and didn't
bother about things. Why. when he got out of
office he was as happy as boy just out Of school.
President Hayes says Grant came into the White
House day or two after. and. seeing him shut up
in the room there surrounded by q crowd Il sup
pose they still had the smell OF ward politics on
them). he said to Hayes. I'm glad that am through
with an ,hnt at spr. , oa IN Nonoay could enjoy
he felt when he got out"
Isn't it possible. though that the old gang of pol
iticians who surrounded him before may push him
forward again whether he wants it or not?"
"I think not"
NO SOLID SOUTH.
"Then the solid South might be for him?"
''But the South isn't going to be solid. It is idle
to talk about all the votes OF the South going for any
one man. see some OF the papers are talking about
Louisiana being for Grant Now, should think
from the way the federal Offices distributed at
New Orleans that John Sherman would be able to
command at least part of delegation from that
State-that is. il civil service reform means any
thing" And Mr. Halstead smiled audibly as he al
luded to that almost forgotten and totally disre-
garded tenet of the present administration.
Whom do you regard as the leading men now
before the republican party for the Presidency"
"Shermau and Blaine are the leaders now Their
names enter into the calculations of every But
the time comes round to select man. There's VIM
dom and Zach Chandler. who are being pushed into
may yet be brought in as compromise. Hayes
chances not bad by any means"
Grant himself might oe pushed forward in case
they had to compromise on many'
''True. he might. but think Hayes chances
would be better than his in such event. Hayes
is who has strengthened himself with the
people in many ways. He may have done things
that didn't please in the party. but for all
that he has helped to bring mp the standard of party
honesty very materially. lake his Civil Service Re-
form. which everybody seems to make fun Oft
isn't total failure. 1t is noticeable in the Custom
House, in New York, where the service is vastly i'm
proved. 1t is business there now, while formerly it
was largely bribery. Much has been DONE Then
the onparative simplicity at Washington. There
is marked profiyacy and there is = better tone.'
SENATOR ALLISON, OF IOWA, BELIEVES IN THE
Ex-PREsrDENT's sINcEEIrY-rHE PREpARA-
TIoNs FOR 1880 MUCH sIMPLIfIEp.
bAseoR Me-, August ~, 1879.
Senator Allison. of Iowa, stopped here for
short time his way to Houlton. Aroostook
county. where he had an engagement to make an ad-
dress. He will speak u several of the larger towns
in the northern part of the State during the week.
The HERALD correspondent entered into CONVERSE