New-York tribune., 1884-03-24
v TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. !

LOGAN AND HIS FRIENDS DOING AOIlNh WYNN
DEMOCRATIC STORY ABOUT 1ENLhAh 'hH"
MAN.
InY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l
w.su,NaroN March 23.-A bit of political Cos
sin which some prominent Republicans in Wash
;ngton are inclined to treat seriously is that whle
Senator Logan is General Grants preference, as be-
tween the men who are regarded among the eleadmg
candidates for the Presidential nomination. the ex-
President has not laid aside all ambition tor aho'ner
term and would not regret any combination oi cn-
cumstances which should lead to his sownnomlnatloh'
IT is understood that he at first dlslnchhed 10
consent d at anything should be said or done 10 lh-
dicate desire on his part to re-enter pohtlca hie
but the appeals and arguments OF persons WHO arc
near TO him have il is said, revived his sumoerlhg
ambition. and il is asserted that quiet influences
are beng excrted in his behalf, with the uuder-
standing that his name shall not be used unless IL
shall become manifest that General Logan can
not be nominated. Ex-senator Chaftee is named
as one of the men who are openly for Logan ana
secretly for Grant and. it is said, he has cohndeu
his purposes to such of the skilled and trained poll
ticans who have been faithful to the ex-Presideh'
through good and through evil report for so many
years as he thought might be trusted
LOGAN AND FRIENDS HARD AT WORK
If hard work and faithful friends can secure II
Presidential nomination, Senator Logans prospects
ought to be excellent. Ills private qldi
feet bee hive of political industry and seVera cleh
are reouired TO conduct the correspondence OF the
literary bureau which the Illinois senator mas @ Ueou
driven 10 establish in his modest lodgings. gieat
nar of his time is occupied in receiving inc Nslls
nj nolitical and personal friends from oulertnl
parts of the country, and the demands upon ~ n;S
strength are nccssant, as well as e&act!Ae. l9 II
friends expect that he will divide aDOuI eqlialy
vth tbe President the delegates from the southern
States and that he will not be the hlh6lnoSl cti %
date hen the balOtng begins III the CnIc"eo N'ii
ventiOn in 1884.
GENERAL sHERMAN's sYMPATfHEs.
The Sunday Herald, of this city, publishes tne loi-
lowing piece of political gossip;
There Is some curious ahOat in very qeI cIIgs
concerning General sherman ana ms VWs aoOIt ~ -
general officer stationed i'll Washington latey feau
10 another gentleman letter he had received tiO Cen
erl Sherman which the latter spoke colby OF tnS
pnhican parV saving he had no love Tor IT, auu Si'S
had Shelmaus confidence After reading the letter ne
said: You has been asserted that 19neIa 9hcr
man woud not accept nomination Tor the reslutuV
ITUdouhrdv he would refuse TO be the Repubhcan canu
date he woud not decline inc nolhnatloii iaSjoto ~
him hv the Democrats" Outside the lHiheuate
1nf,tuYtge OF the late General OF the AImy AI,ny
IL has always been supposed that, "Ihe m
keepin out of politics. his sympaties were win tle he
uihGcus This impression doubtless arose IIOl INC ioI
that he was Grants intimate, the DIOtheT OF senator
sherman and the companion OF General Van Nnet, whose
radicalism is undOubcd Coming as does rom u gen
erl officer whose name, If 1t could he used Wou carry
much Weight the assertion that General sherman Wouu
accent the Democratic nomination Is curious Il not se
Can il he that the hero Of the march through Georgia
voul1 really consent to be the Democratic candidate IOf
Presidents
The editor of Tile Herald is a stanch Democrat.