The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1883-03-03
GEN. SHERMAN STILL CANDIDATE.

GEN. SHERMAN STlLLA CANDIDATE.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2I.-Thc move
ment started several months ago to
promote Gen. Shcrman's aspirations
for the Presidency, so far from having 8
been abandoned, is in active operation.
Not only has it the warm support of
public characters like Col. lngersoll
who are we'll known friends and fol-
lowers of Mr.. Blaine, but The cN.Secre-
tary himself in various ways gives il
encouragement.
1t would be an error to conclude tha:
when Col. IrGcrsoll flung Gen. Shcr-
mans flag to the breeze it was simply
casting chip on the water to test the
current. 1t means much more than
that. 1t was the first actual step in Il
plan, deliberately devised, and pro-
cecding chiefly from the brain Of Mr.
Blaine.
Blaine, while saying that he has
given up tho race, and probably hav-
ing convinced himself that he has
done so, is yet toying with the Prcsi
dcncy without being a candidate him
self. There is little reserve about his
His friends profess a settled conviction
that he is thoroughly in earnest.
While Mr.. Blaine does not pretend
that the chances arc not against the
Republicans, he chcrishos the hope
that with Sherman the country may
be carried against the Democrats.
TO this Mr.. Blaine is at present Civ
ing considerable attention. He and
Gen. Sherman are not only close
fricnus-rathcr closer than on Il former
occasion-bcsides being distantly re-
lated, but between them there exists
the kind of understanding which be-
comes necessary at the outset of an en-
terprisc Of this kind. 10 promote it
the soldier clement is in the first place
largely counted on. 1t is caused to be
understood that Gen. Grants favor has
been enlisted, and "thc boys,' as Gen.
Sherman delights to call the soldiers,
it is believed can be rallied for him as
they were for Grant.
Should fortune snilc,and our politics
furnish another instance of the uneX-
pectcd happening, in tho Generals
election the cX-SCcrctary would again
be as near to the throne as it is posi-
bic for one to be and not to actually oc-
cupy the seat on it.
Mr.. Blaine takes no part in public
affairs. Questions of importance, the
tariff for instance, concerning which
for years he was 4 conspicuous actor,
and in which many of his contempo-
raries, though, like himself, out Of
Office, still manifest an interest, have
apparently lost their charm for him.
Silence by Mr.. Blaine is part of the
present scheme, and, like his candi-
date, Mr.. Blaine will be found max ing
no speeches on cOntrovcrtcd questions,
except when an occasion offers for scOr-
ing point for tho cause in which he
is enlisted.
For future use an elaborate history is
preparing, principally OF the Generals
campaigns, with sufficiently startling
illustrations. The Sherman Literary
Bureau will in due time become per-
mancnt presided over more wisely. II
is to be hoped, than the concern by
that name in the last campaign.
a letter from Atlanta, Fob. II, says
To-day while 4 closet in an old build
ing was being cleaned out, an electro
type plate, six by eight inches, was
found. An impression was taken, and
it was found to be a die for COnfGdc'
rate ten-cent stamps, having vigncttc
of Jefferson. a large number wcrc
printed and distributed as relics. The
closet had not been touched for eight
years, at which time it was in the pos
session OF Tom Grady, now dead ; SC
there is no means OF knowing how il
came there. One gentleman offered
$1,000 for the possession OF the relic.