Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-23
GRANT AND THE GERMANS,
An Iuteryiec pih Fred Hdssaurek-He
Sans His Comntrynen Can't, aud Shdnt
Vote for q Third Term.

An I,atervie,c with Fred Hdssaurek-He
Says His Comntrymen Can't, aud Shdnt
Vote for a Third Term.
Washington Special, JAN 10.
Frederick Hassaurek, of the Cincinnati
VolksbIatt, is in this city. Meeting him in
hotel corridor to-day, the Times cores
pondent asked him: sis it true that the
German element in Ohio is hostile to the
nomination of Gen. Grant for third term.
"Ihe Germans of Cincinnati" he respond
ed, ''are almost to man opposed to the
nomination of Grant. Not only this, but he
would lose the liberal element, which had
gone to the republican party on the currency
question, and would lose large number of
old standbys of the party. A Republican
State Senator and mayor of Cincinnati said
to me tina the
WOULD NOT VOTE FOR GRANT
if he were nominated. There are 10000
voters in Cincnnati: the Germans comprise
one-third of the entire vote of the State.
Few of them approve of his nomination or
wonld vote for him if he was nominated.
Considering recent majorities, the nom'na-
ton of Grant would at once make Ohio
doubtful State. and if the Democrats nomi-
nate a map, say like Bayard, they can carry
the State easily. What say is not IN dis
arrangement of Grants military services.
There is no intention to belittle what he has
done in war, but the feeling is that it would
be unsafe and dangerous to elect man for
third term As much as they esteem him as
military man, they are not impressed with
his civil administration
Chow is the German press in regard to
Grants nomination. was asked.
"There is not leading German Republi-
can paper in the country that advocates the
nomination of Grant. A great many of them
would not support him if he was nominated.
The Westliche Post, of st. Louis. in which
Carl Schurz is one fourth or one-tfth
owner, has declared it will oppose him. The
StGats-Zeitung, of New York, will not sup
port him, and 80 with all the leading papers
of the country, the only exception being the
Stats Zeitung, of Chicago. The last named
paper, while it would support Grant, if nom
mated, has advised against his nomination,
on The ground that it would be i'm
prudent and unadvisable. The choice of
the paper IS Washburne, and its second
choice Sherman. In Cleveland there are
two German Republican papers, both OF
which war against Grant. One, the Ahze1ger,
has interviewed one hundred and nineteen
leading German business men, and found
that the were, to man, opposed to Grant.
The Wdchter, the other paper, controlled by
ex-Lieut. Gov. Jacob Mueller, who, in 1872,
as delegate to the Philadelphia convention,
opposed Grant, and voted mo- on the ques-
ton of making his nomination unanimous
that paper, Of course, will not support
Grant
"Are there enough German voters in Ohio
to turn the scale?''
"Dacidedly," Mr.. Hassaurek replied;
"more German voters than any Republican
majority of late; and should they not sup
port the nominee, the State would very likely
go Democratic"
"Who is the choice of many of the Ohio
| Germans?" the Times correspondent asked.
"a great many German Republicans pre-
fer Sherman" was the reply. "Blaine
would not be very strong candidate among
them, but would 60 down more easily than
Grant. am satisfied that Sherman is the
strongest candidate among the German Re
publicans Of Ohio, and especially among
business men,