The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-11-17
AS 1.-THE BOYS SAY.
Gen Sherman as an Important Fac
tor in the Presidential Figuring.
A New York Politician says He VIII
RIM II the "Boys" say SO---The
Drift Among the
Democrats


eial correspondent writes as follows on the
presidential question: met Judge Fitch, OF
New York, generally known as "Long" Fitch,
one of the commissioners in bankruptcy, as
be was coming out of an enrolling Office.
The Republicans are now being re enrolled all
over this city, with the hope of inducing them
to take some interest in politics.
Said 1: Judge Fitch, do you still adhere to
Gen Sherman as the proper candidate for
PRESIDENT
81 do" said he.
'But Sherman will not stand for president.
He has told me SO several times, and l think
he means itn
''PshawT" said Gen. Fitch; che can't help
himself Did you read his address to the
soldiers the other day where he said that if
he was called for any further duty the boys
must indicate it, or the boys must give him
oriersgn
'No, ! did not read that
'He said so" said Judge Fitch. Besides
it stands in common sense that a man of Gen.
Sheridan's popularity and ability can not
run away from the presidential Office. Of
course, he will fight shy of it; but when he
sees that it is coming to him it viii have the
same influence over his mind that it would
over any patriotic mans We ought to go
right ahead and press his name"
Judge, it has just occurred to me that
Judge Noah Davis might be an available Re-
publican candidate from New York state.
He has just harangued the grand jury to go 10.
work and tear out out these city depart
nents, and show us where we stand as tax
payers. he was Roscoe Conkling's original
opponent for the senate.
ooh, pshawT' said Judge Fitch" No Re
publican from New York state can carry
New York state. We want man outside of
New York to carry this state. The factions
that exist here are strong enough to cut each
others threats. Conkling has left behind him
just confusion I'd conbustiaa s25ugh to
reno the state we had New York candi
oaVe, 70, sir; we require a man from
outsEeg.g the state The Democrats are
~ the same position. If they take acandi
exte frim New YORK state, aud the Republic
cans take one outside, the outsider will carry
New York If the Republicans take candi-
date from New York state and the Demo-
Gratis 90 outside, the Democrats will get the
state The Republican party in the rest Of
the union ought to be warned under no cir
cumstances to take a candidate from New
York
DO you think Sherman is the best man"
'Oh, yes; Gen. Sherman will sweep this
country. The reason we carried the last
election, or made great progress toward do
ing it, was the apprehension of the con-
servative and business class about the
banks and the tariff that the Demo-
Gratis are going to go for. You see,
the National banks throughout our
state are generally owned by the prosperous
farmers and tradesmen. The Democrats have
hardly anything to do with them, because at
the beginning the Democratic party took
issue against the banks, and therefore Demo
Gratis did not subscribe to the stock. Here
they are going to elect their Carlisle speaker,
slave state man, probably without one
cents worth of vested interest anywhere. He
proclaims that the manufacturers must be
assailed. The people at large expressed their
suspicion of Democratic inference in the
late elections, What we now want is to
have a bold, positive man, like Gen Sher-
man, at the head of the government. with
experience and address and an honest heart,
and one whose record is so clear that we need
never be called upon to explain it. He
will have walk-over for the presidency"
am of the opinion that Mr.. Tilden is
rapidly receding as the Democratic national
candidate, and that what influence ne has left
will not be used to harmonic the party, but
rather through his relation to men of predju-
dices to SOW evaporation in the differeQt
parts of the country. What else can be made
of this beating of drums for Holman, when
Indiana has never asked for Holman9 1t is
merely another "On to Richmond" noise, and
can not be attended with any respectable re-
suits
As far as l am able to see, the drift of
events is going decidedly toward Mcdonald.
He must expect discussions to be sown against
him in the state of Indiana, but a pretty in
genuous nature, a soft answer and the kind
ness natural to the man, together with good
common sense and upripht patriotism, will do
more for Mcdonald than all the little in
trigues against him. There seems to be no
way left to do him any great harm except by
stabbing MIN through a woman. The men
willing to do that have never had wives.
By the way, saw Judge Thurman stand
ing on Broadway, and looking, l thought, a
little heavy and passe. He was alone, and
he looked up and down the street as if not
quite certain which way to go. He has a
strong countenance, with a slight trace, I
think, of high living in it. Nevertheless, he
is plain and direct man, somewhat cold
toward his followers, but incapable of
putting up tricks and articles upon his
contemporaries-matt that are sure so
be done by a man of conceit, pulled up alto
gether beyond the views that nature had for
him.