The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-11-24
PRESIDENTIAL BOOMS,
Senator LOgan's Campaign for the
Presidency Fairly Under
Way.
A Tendency in Certain Quarters to
Favor the Nomination OF Gen.
Phil Sheridan.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16-The Critic made the
day of Senator Logan's return to Washington
the occasion of nominating him for the presi-
dency, and giving the reasons for regarding
him as decidedly the most available candidate
for 1884 To-day this is followed up by a COM
munication in The Republican signed "Old
Soldier" which dominates him again, thus:
%Many causes have been assigned for the
tidal wave which swept over the Republican
party, last Tuesday One of the greatest
causes was exhibited in the election of Gen.
Butler by the soldier vote. His election as
governor of Massachusetts will make him the
Democratic candidate for president in 1884
The election of Illinois has proved that under
the leadership of the gallant soldier, Gen.John
A. Logan the soldier vote was cast for the Re
publican ticket Although Republican states
like Iowa, Michigan and others have lost Re-
publican congressman, Illinois has lost none
and may have gained one member, besides
sending good Republican to the United
States senate to succeed David Davis If the
Republicans hope to elect president over
Gen Butler, they must run purer man and
better soldier and that man is Gen. John A.
Logan, of Illinois.
But many leading Republicans feel that the
only thing that can save the party two years
hence is some bold novelty that will create en-
thusiasm and catch votes in some direction to
replace those that are daily being lost to the
party Senator Logan did not sulk two years
ago, as Conkling and Cameron did, and there
fore will be much more acceptable to the anti
Stalwarts than they. At the same time every
man who has long been in political life has
made enemies, and Senator Logan has been
prominently concerned in the internecine Re-
publican war He may have lost as much
strength with the Conkling wing as he has
gained by his discretion on the other side. For
these reasons some prominent Republicans are
in favor of the nomination of Gen. Sheridan
ing incurred the hostility of Grant enc
mics, and it is calculated that he can
get the Catholic vote, the Irish vote, and
the soldier vote. Sheridans military career
might not afford much of clue to his presi-
Dental policy, but it would enable the cam
paign orators to evoke much enthusiasm and
to become very eloquent without committing
themselves hopelessly on the issues of the
day. One of the growing issues is the tariff,
dry matter of statistics which it takes q good
deal of patience and industry to understand,
and a. campaign orator wOnld be glad enough
to get away from ad valOrem and the incidents
of taxation and the relation of cost to profit,
and send Early whirling up the Shen-
andoah or fight over again the battle of Win
chester, subsequent to Sheridan's arrival on
the field. There is, by the way, q strong
prospect that congress this winter will per-
petuate the grades of general and lieutenant
general Such action would be gratifying to
Sheridan and Hancock, the two popular officers
in the service, and the more likely to be graft
fed because each is closely identified with one
of the great political parties.