The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-10-15

| tol5 AeI1t IN l-1oTdnce Oh my Slue O. tht
question, but | shall not make undue
haste in the natter
THE EFFECT N OHIO AND INDIANA
CINCINNATI, Oct. S.-Democrais here
are much disguised at the substantial in
dorsement by Gen. Grant of The correct
ness of the Fowler interview The
| points in which Gen. Grant takes occa.
SION TO correct the re ,ort are mainly non
essential, such as changing figures Of the
Louisiana issue of fond from 81 ,000, 0o0
To 100000. The substitution of "a
vote" for zone vote" in what he said
about the turning of Hancock's head by
the vote for him in the Democratic CON
ventlon of 1864. The correctness of these
| minor inaccuracies is regarded as only
| Strengthening the main and essential
| points of the interview The attempts
/ of Democrats to break the force of the
Interview by denying its genuineness
| falls to the ground when it is known that
Grant related the same thing 10 ex-attor-
ney general Taft, who has been
making use of them in his speeches
in the Ohio campaign. Judge
Taft visited Gen. Grant "A few days be-
| fore DIR Fowler, and his recollection OF
what Grant said about Hancock agrees
substantially with that of DIR. Fowler
DR. Fowler noted the words of the ex-
president with. great care, and immedi-
ately after the interview wrote them out
from memory. He then addressed a
note TO Gen. Grant, asking if he might
make public use OF the facts which he
had stated, TO which the General replied
that he had no objections to his noting
down the points of the conversation for
publication, except that he had given
them to Republican campaign orator,
and courtesy to that gentleman required
that they be not used till he had made
use of Them DR.. Fowler then dropped
the matter, but was subsequently, in
duced to give his report to the press
when he learned that Judge Taft had
made use of many of the points in his
speeches in Ohio. The effect of the in
teryiew in Ohio and Indiana has been
marked. Gen. Grants utterances have
always been listened TO with respect in
this section by his political enemies as
well as friends, and his revelations re-
garding the character of Hancock nat.
urally cannot fail to have powerful in
iiuence. Republican committees are al
ready distributing the interview in large
numbers.
The HaHcOck-Dunean Correspondence.
NEW YORK, Oct. Cool Blanton
Duncan furnishes the Herald with two
letters from General Hancock, which he
says were never before shown TO anybody
or published. The first letter is dated
October Goth, 1879, and is rs follows:
My DEAR CoLoNEL-I received to-
day your favor of the 25th, and was
much interested in your resume of the
working of the political cauldron. /
have always been of the opinion, and am
so still, that until the Democratic party
has disposed of the question as TO wheth-
er they will nominate Tilden as Sc
quence of past evidence, 1t was folly in
side of that organization to advance
other candidates If their availability for
the future was question Of importance
or interest. have no part in any pro-
gram looking to the future. My name
comes up through friends and foes, pos
sibly, yet l know of no machinery in
the interest of my nomination. l seem
in public opinion to be put forth as the
exponent of certain political excitement.
do not wish to be considered a chron-
ic candidate, for know what that means
when the time comes, so my true friends
had better let the matter rest, or if not,
let it drift. What may come out of II,
good, or bad, don't know, but am GER
tain that / cannot assist in leading to a
good result more certainly than by fol-
lowing the quiet course / have always
endeavOred to pursue. If l come in
question in politics, it will have TO be
from the states and people, and not from
me. l am very truly yours,
[Signed] WINFIELD S. HANCOCK.
Very singularly, writes Col. Duncan,
there came TO me about the same day, n
letter from one of the most prominent
Greenbackers, whose name and that of
others concerned. / will not mention.
They are at the present time most active
in the election of Garfield. The letter
was marked confidential.
OCTOBER 2Sth, 1879.
To Col. BLdntOn Duncan:
My DEAR SIR For some time past
- and myself have been talking over
plan to elect Gen. Hancock president
of the United States. Our plan is that
you write to Gen. Hancock. If he re-
spends with the right views on the finan-
cial and labor question, that we then de-
eide to call a national convention first to
nominate Gen. Hancock for president,
and some ex-confederate for vice-pesl-
dent, and it will force the Democrats to
meet and nominate the same ticket.
Your plan of calling both the Demo
cratic and national conventions on the
same will not work, and will give large
amount of our party an excuse to say it
was political trade, while my plan is
one that large majority of our party
will endorse. hope you will agree on
| plan and have a conference.
That letter continues Col. Duncan was
forwarded by me with the recommends
ton to Gen. Hancock not to make any
| reply to it. He, however, wrote to me
as follows, confidentially, on November
1, 1879:
Ny DEAR COLONEL: Your note has
Z 4 ~,
position of political candidate to ex-
press any opinions. / am soldier in
| the federal service, and my usefulness as
such, and as a commander, would be i'm
! paired if should take open grounds
in favor of the political views of any
party. If am ever candidate for q
party for civil office, it will be on the
record that / have made. / should never
make any bid for such an Office. If
were nominated by party l would be
governed by its platform, or would moi
| accept the nomination; therefore, | shall
pursue the even tenor of my way undis-
turbed by ambitions which pursue some
| people. l am, very truly yours,
WINFIELD s. HANCOCK.
The "old Mans Regiment.
| CHICAGO, Oct IA Daily News De
catur, Illinois, special, says that full
twenty thousand people are in Decatur
in attendance upon the third annual re
union of Gen. Grants old regiment, tht
21st Illinois, with the Illinois veterans
A large procession escorted Gen. Grant
to the fair grounds to-day. ex-governor
| Oglesby presided. Gen. Jesse H. Moore
welcomed the ex-president in an eloquen
address.
| General Grant said: feel much a
loss to say anything further than to ex
tend my thanks to all of you for tn
very cordial reception accorded me to
day, and accorded, as understand it, q
the regiment which had the honor 4
i first command What has been done 81
far was so much personal to myself, tina
If would be impossible for me to saI
ANYTHING in regard to il excep
TO deny it. laughter In regard Il
some remarks that have been made b,
the gentleman delivering the welcoming
address. and particularly towards tn
, close, most thoroughly and candida,
subscribe, and thst is to the fact that W
want this whole nation TO be homoge
neous people, all striving to rival eacl
other in prosperity, in developing theI
relative sections. and upholding one com
mon flag, one common institutiOn-iha
of freedom TO all, equal rights TO al
!, without regard to race, color, station, n
ligion or nationality lApplause-l
believe that in some way or other, tn
! result is to work out; how don't exae
IL see, but that it will be worked out i
!, some way am perfectly confident. Tha
day will come when we will stive to r
val each other as good citizens IN vi
holding one common flag of the nation
: Gen. Logan then spoke, after whic
the veterans and the crowd of visitor
sat down to O bareback dinner.
eS,964-
WASHINGTON, Oct IA mass of n
: cords in the treasury, war and revenu
, offices show that w. II. English, whe
) | a clerk, by means of illegal letters {
{ administration. drew from the govern
5 ment revolutionary pension due his d