New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-22
4 CANVASS OF GERMAN REPUBLICANS.
N1xrrEEN-rwrxTIErHs OF THOSE IN TIE CITY

NINrrRRN-TwryTIETUs OF THOSE IN TIE CITY
EARNESTLY OPPOSED TO GRANT.
That the German Republicans in this CITY are as
body hostile to General Grants nomination for tine
Presidency has recently been cOnclnslvely Demon
strated in somewhat singular way. For the iaSV
three months eight internal revenue Ofhcers repre-
sentinr the Government have been making thor
ough canvass of the Third Collection District in this
city for the purpose of inQuirng into irregularities
IN sDecal taxes The boundaries of the district be-
ginning at the East RIVER are as follows: Catha-
rne-st, to the Bowery Bowery to Canal-st; Canal
st. TO Mott-st up Mott-st. to HOustOn-st; Houston
ST. to the Bowery up the Bowery and Fomth-aVe'
TO Fourteenth.st; FOurteenth-st. to Sixth-ave; I'D
Sixtn-ave. to Twenty-fourth-st., and thence DV
Twenty-fourth-st. to the North River. The onclaI
duties of the internal revenue officers compelled
them to visit all of the lager-beer shops breweres'
louor saloons drug shops cigar stores and similar
places in the district, and it is well known that tns
greater part of the German population IS c0ngregateu
in this part OF the clty ,., 80 r,odo
Incidental to this canvass, which was mace
the taxpayers IRON house 10 n0uSe o
fhemSeIyeS took pains to inquire in general way
into the state of feeling among me Ge[Ria fd nj
nnblicans rs to the possible candidacy CT ueneidl
Grant for the Presidency. The results OF this IN
curry are significant. . ~ . 1oo
dav one of the officers said that very large per-
centare probably nineteen out of every twenty, OF
the German Republicans were found to- be hostle
to General Grants nomination and to his eIectlou,
and that this hostility was so pronounced gnab
grave fears were expressed that If Grant should De
nominated and fair Democrat with loyal rec0 ,
other than Tilden, should be presented, the ne
nnbljcan party would lose heavily among the ger,
man Reunbllcans. When asked whom they WOulu
prefer, the invariable reply was Anyone except
The central body of the anti Grant German Repub'
publjcans met last evening at No. D Unl0n-SquaFe,
lingo Wesendonck presiding. motion 10 hol9 a
moss.meeting of those opposed to the denomination
of the ex- President entertained, ana commute
fee was appOinted to take the matter INTO cOnsueI
atlon he subject of organizing III each OF !he as
semby Districts of the city to further the ODecS III
view was discussed and IL was referred 70 q COM
mittee of nine members with power TO ada 10 tnelr
number until it is twenty-fOnr Among those pres
eDt at the meeting were DR.. Hoeber, Charles Hat'
president of the AriOn Society, and Dr. jacob.
One of the two Ger man Republican AssOCia! lOn5
of the XIVth Assembly District WHICH IT IS Claimed
was the first German association In the city 10 give
expression to its antiGraDt sentiments at a meelne
square, passed vote of thanks to the D1ttennOeler
German Central Committee for the anti-Grart reSq
Intions adopted by il few days ago. LOUIS H.
Schlotthauber, the presiding officer, ana MesSrs
lost Scholl and EveIhard delivered speeches
AGAINST the Grant movement, and the meeting
pledged itself anew to do ali in lts power 10 IesST
At the regular monthly meeting OF the 0lher
XIVth Assembly District German RepuDlcan Ass0
citation, held at it's headquarters, No. IOIt2 81.
Mnrk'splace the delegates to the Frledsam German
Renublican Central Committee were instructed 10
protest against the third.tGrm movement keSo-
intOns against third term were adopted, anu lnc
delegates TO the Central Committee wlllpresent them
to that body for adoption. Is. Marshall is the pres-
dent of this association, and H. schhitzler secIc
farV