Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-06-25
S. 2. Chronicle, June Is.

S. p. Chronicle, June IL.
John Russell Young. tho correspond
emit OF the New York Herald, who accom-.
panied General Grant In his tour around
the world. arrived here on Tuesday last,
having accomplished q trip to Paris and
back since leaving this coast. In view
Of rumors afloat to the effect that James
Gordon Bennett wa about 10 establish
Q transcontinsntal line Of newspapers
and other reports Of like sensational
character, all Of which connected them
selves with this second advent Of MI.
Young, . Chronicle reporter called on
him last evening at the Palace Hotel
and d~slieatsly qusrisd - to the inspiring
cause Of the visit.
az have come" said Mr.. Young. ito
20 through the south Of the State and
see various things that I was not able to
see whom I was here before, through
press OF business. Iahsll write . mum.
Der Of letters 70 the Herald and make .
visit. partly professional and partly ono
OF pleasure. Al to the Establishment OF
the lins Of papers you mention, I heard
Of II a. joke. and know nothing what
svsr OF It."
When did you last . General
Grant"
1T called on him ct Gslsna. and left
thsre the day before the convention met.
I see that some Of the papers endowed
my visit with some political meaning,
but Il Wal merely q social ono. was
with him 20 long and regarded him 20
highly. that I desired to zee him before I
came west"
"wh.t did no have to say Of his pros.
psctsf"
"Nothing Whatever. He rarely 70.
fsrred 10 II ct oil. and when he did, dis
cusssd II as o cold matter Of news, 10
which be was not personally interested.
He received no dispatches, and appeared
utterly unconcsrnsd about the result.
The last day I ri there he received but
two dispatches-ons from his son. an.
nouncipg his return homo, and n from
Mr.. Yoshida, the Japanese Minister IN
Washington. There were none from
Chicago. Indeed. he had no commnni.
cation with Conkline or Cameron. Conk.
ling told me privately at Chicago that he
had neither seen nor heard from Grant
for four years. and Cameron said that be
had neither seen nor heard from him
since he went South. They took his
hRht in their hands, and carried 1t on
independent OF any communication with
him."
"what was his feeling with regard
to it1"
"Of that I know nothing. I imagine,
however, that his controlling motive, ~
we'll a. theirs, was the belief that hs
could harmonizs the sectional differences
In the South better than any other man.
He went all through there. you know.
made o number OF speeches, and wa
received with . cordially never before
accorded any Northsrner."
.Did the results ct Chicago coincide
with your anti~cipstionsf"
"a was not In . position to judge, hav.
ing been away. Conklins and Cameron
were very confident Of nominating him.
The plan originally was that the six
Senators, Conkling. Cameron, Logan,
Edmunds, Boutwell, and Carpenter
should 60 there together In Grants
interest, and would carry great influence
with them. Edmunds, who 10 . warm
personal friend Of Grants. desired to
head the delegation for him. It was
only when his own State declared 20
enthusiastically for him that he con.
cludsd to stay away. II Cameron and
Conkling had forsssn the combination
on Garfield. who. by the way. was the
only man on whom the anti. Grant inter.
est could combine, they would have com.
bined on Edmunds. The opposition to
Grant in one direction, and . very I'm.
portsnt one. was jay Gould, Who threw
all the railroad States against him. This
came Of . personal hostility between
them, born Of the gold business Of sew.
eral years ago. Cameron and Arthur
did the quiet managing for Grant. Sen.
ator Jones was also very efficient"
"what does General Grant propose to
do now2"
"His immediate intsntion IL to visit
his daughter in England, and he will 60
there this summer, probably. he lives
simply and spends most Of his time
riding around the country. He takes
only two papers. the Galena Gassts and
Inter Ocean, and apparently was not at
all concerned about the convention. he
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