The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-06-06
LiNCOLN AND 0nANT

dent Lincoln Aud General ofanH' asked.
"Thoy were perfectly friendly replied Mr.
Young "ifcsdcnl Lincoln appreciated Gen.
eral Grants ability, bul Grants military
reputation was such thal for n time hr feared
that hc might be- candidate against him for
denomination ua president I was present
during conversation NJ the white House IN
lHGl. which showed me that this was the ease.
| was not well nt tho tlmc and called nt
the white House with Colonel forney ihaOl
might got nn order frum President Lincoln to
Ga south Whom We arrived We found socrc.
tary stanton and cxNerfothry Morgan ~
Ncw York with the president, Amer - time
tho conversation turned to dmnt, aud Pres
ldonI Lincoln satd
II an curious to know what that INA"
Grant ls going ~ down nj vlckHburg. have
feared for some time that his iHuccess might
mako shlm n presidential candidate, but
have lust received news that hc has no nm.
bltlon IN that direction, I feared that hc
might have the presidential grub In his brain.
That is a curious worm and II II once attacks
a Inau u llhnrd To Rct rd NJ H. have sui
irfrd nom II ior iour years. and II slli sticks
tu mo In order 10 learn how Grant stands
scnt fur Russell Jones, the marshal for the
Northern District u Illinois llc Is, you
know. ono N Grants rosest friends. asked
him II tho presidential maggo, had got at
tackled Grant
$50 Sir. President was Jones reply y
can assure you that General Grant Ia tree
from that ambition He hns only two ideas.
Tho nrnI Is to pui.down The rebellion aud the
second IA to ace you reelected president ~
the United states know oi what I am
speaking aud iyou can DO hurc am right
A. this Nr. Lincoln threw himself back IN
his chair and concluded
,''That statement u Jones IL great relief IN
To me"
GRANT.ASD THE Third THIRD TERM
"pid :Gfant really dcsire n third term Va
rrcsldcn, Of the United States. Mr.. Y3ungT'
$50" replied John Russell Young "Gen.
rral Grant had ne Idea that such u thiug wns
thought ofuntl amer the movement Was wrll
under way. Bcfufr he vent around the
world l had talk with him at Malaga.
spain. Ia which asked him ~ "a this - At
ter he then privately told mc that he
would not again be- a candidate Tor the prrsl.
dcncy. aud tina, hr had no desire fuf another
term. lie vas ~ positive IN hls statement,
lha, dld no, bring up the subject again,
although could see that he fclt his expert.
cncc, auh observations during his tripHruuud
tho world would have enabled him to do
- yast deal ~ good lur our country had be-
had lhrac advantages before being president
f,iuemtcr bvarIns him say several times
Upon noticing certain thing. In the FAR casi;
4 wish had known this 10 yoir ago
suppose Grant had bevn olectrd ,hiri
time, Mr Young would his administration
have bocn of value to the country"
"rhr los. to the United state, by the failure
10 make Grant president, third term cannot
be estimated" Mr, Young ymrhnuoally re-
piled "Roscoc ConkinR, who. you know, de.
lighted in striking expressions, said 10 mc
once Ia talking about this natter
"'Thc battle Of Waterloo put back progress
In France at llcast six centuries. The defeat
Of Grant has put back the progress Of this
country just as much"
Had Grant been elected upon his return
from his trip around the world" continued
MIR Young, "hc would not only have kept the
Monroe doetrinc as TO this hemisphere. but
would have applied It 10 the whole coast Of
East Asia II twould have been upheld nom
fekng 10 Singapore, Tho United States
would have insisted upon the autonomy oi
China, japan and corca, aud would have re-
sisted cycry effort Of Russia and England
10 make those countries merely trade ap
pendngcsI of themselves, II would have
enormously increased our transpaclnc trade.
ma by acknowledgements the western part
OF ouEcountry would have had a large share
Of the trade of, East ASIA
AROUND THE WORLD WITH GRANT.
"Ilow did you happen to so with General
Grant around the world, Mr.. Young You
wcrc the only newspaper man in the parSt"
General Grant asked me TO go Us u personal
friend and not as newspaper correspondent
lie did not care what the newspapers said. lie
was never seeker after notorlciy, and he was
anxious to keep In the background rather than
In the 'front.', As 1t was, he had nothing to do
with my newspaper work, lie had no objec.
ton to my writing aod wrote just rs pleas
ed, lie read much OF my matter after 1t was
| published, and seemed to like It."
"wnat Kind OF traveller was General
Grant Did he observe things clo'ely?" /
asked.
"Yc',' was the reply, Grant was n careful
observer lie studied the people aud their Gus
toms, the governments and the public works
H5 often went about lncognIto, as It welc, with
me. We wculd slip out the back doors OF the
hotels and thus avoid the crowd We were moi
known when AWAY from the hotels and we
took long rides and walks In nearly every for
clgn city we!vslted,'
GRANTS FOUR GREATEST MEN.
at was you Mr., Young, who nsked Grant Il
name the four greatest men no had met during
his tour around the world'
ayes" replied John Russell Young 81 aske,
that question Of him when we were crossing
the Pacific on our way home, We were dis
cussing the great men OF The different coun