The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-10-23
g1e 9ailp Arg',s.
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Grant in New York.

| Washington Gazette
Oar New York Special of the Goth says
'Th eRepublieans have arrsnged for Grant tc
snow himself through the state of New York
which 1t is said win begin Monday. Grant ii
not expected 10 make speeches, but TO review
the Republican professions which will be or
ganized for him, 1t is not expected that this
viii draw off Democratic votes but IL is believed
that i will induce Republicans who have gone
| over 20 Hancock to go back; will determine
Grant and EConkling fare in earnest for Garfield
and finally win persuade veteran soldiers who
nave declared for Hancock TO go back to the
Republicans. taking with them some of the Demo-
cratic soldiers This will be the effect OF Grants
tour through the state.''
III w escannot blame his Republicsnfnan
ayers for stopping Grants speeches, after
his elaborate effort at Warren. which
some innocent members of the party at
FIRST thought was IA burlesque gotten up
by wicked Democrats As dumb show he
is success, and the role of the Sphynx
becomes him better than that of Cicero.
To stand on a platform and mingle. the
smoke of his cigar with that of the torch
lights, while the bands play and the boys
yell, is, so to speak, his strong suit, +"
As to the dignity and decency of the per-
form ance. that is matter he and his friends
can settle among themselvess Those
veteran soldiers who have declared for
Hancock" and will now ''go back to the
Republican" under the moral suasion of
the Grant hlppodrome, must be valuable
ornaments of American citizenship. We
doubt whether there will be dozen gen
uine conversions of that sort. 4 veteran
soldier. whatever his politics. usually has
some contempt for meanness. Any veteran
soldier. whatever his politics. who can in"
dorse Grants cowardly attacks upon Han
cock in the Fowler interview. must have
faced the enemy in the field only because
the bayonets of better and drawer men
prlcked him to the front. If Republican
enthusiasm among the ex soldiers of New
York can be stirred Up By the mere
presence of a man who did what 10
gentleman could do. they must be made IT
very curious stuff.
The most interesting and suggestive
feature of Grants dummy business in
Now York will be its effect upon such
anti third term Republicans as MIR. George
William Curtis and his followers. Such
a provocation to scratching not so much
of tickets as of heads, there has not been
for many q day. Curtis & Go. thought
they had sunk Grant and Grantism in a
bottomless pit, and will be as much
surprised as disguised to find that the pit
was very shallow one. and that Grant
and drantism are on deck again. prepared
to steer the Republican ship their way in
case Garfield is elected. The active
participation of the hero of the lost cause
is not nearly SO badly lost as Curtis & Co.
believed it was, and that Republican
SUCCESS in November means four years of
preparation foz another third term battle
which may result very differently from
that of 1880, or course, consistency as
we'll as prudence would dictate that they
should not play into the third termers'
hands by supporting candidate whom
the third termers own and expect TO use,
but it is entirely safe to predict that
Curtis i Co will kick consistency and
prudence cut ct doors and give Garfield
the full benefit of their influence and
ballots.