The Washington herald., 1914-07-26
TEDDY AND NICK
"MAKINGEYES'
Moose High Priest and Som
in-law Are on Verge Of
Get-sogether.
SMASHING THIRD PARTY
Union Would Mean Death Of Pro-
gressives-New York Chit-chat.
Keifer Memoirs.
SMASHING THIRD PARTY
By FRANCIS B. GEssNER.


New York. July 52-Both Garfield and
Garford can see that the latest move
ment Of their beloved chief in New York
is going to simply smash the Progressive
organization the country over, and they
do not care to be Inundated by a piti-
fully small vote in the primaries.
What is more. talking Of Ohio, the IN
timations are that a way will be found
for Nick Longyorth TO get his pa-in-laW
in friendly touch with the old organiza-
ton Republicans in Ohio Just before the
August primaries. and II would not be
amazing TO see Foraker and Roosevelt
shaking hands over the cnasm Of past
differences with considerable enthusiasm
and concealed dislike
They VIII Make Up.
The getting together Of Foraker and
Roosevelt has Seen expected; also feared,
for some time back, and II 1t happens
the poor Progressive contingent In Ohio
will simply give up the ghost.
The picking Of Hinman. an upstate
man, in New York. indicates the Roose-
welt shrewdness, and the Republicans,
who. months ago, urged Congressman
Fairchild rather than New York City
candidate take pains now to remind
Chairman Barnes that the Fairchild Sc
lection would have been wisdom.
Fairchild himself bowed TO the boss
and went to Europe. Had he kept in
the fight and made a campaign of his
own there might have been less eager
ness for Hinman by the Roosevelt con-
tingent Fairchild simply lost the chance
OF a lifetime and his friends regret 1t.
The Barnes organization will now go
ahead and discover" some candidate
TO replace Whitman. and as the nomI-
nation IL not made until September .,
fhara MIL he
real Republican with no Progressive
Affiliations. but the fear already is that
the Roosevelt activity for Hinman will
simply give New York a Democratic gov
ernor for two years longer.
Bound for Europe.
Gen. ]. Warren Keifer Is now on the
bounding blue. bound for Berlin, with
later intentions as a delegate to the Inter
Congress at Stockholm.
During his short stay in New York be-
fore taking ship we discussed Ohio poll
tics to the extent of electing q RepubH-
can governor. a majority of Republicans
in the Congressional delegation and kind
ly accorded Foraker the Senatorial nomi-
nation. All that was easy enough to vet
Grams like Gen. Reifer and The Washing
ton Herald correspondent, and the gen.
eral promises TO be home in time to do
lls AhC NAlIlpdA5h. Inc IukkCu
old general Is at his best, however, when
the talk turns to the civil war. He is
modest about his own part, which was
great. but history will do him Justice and
he Is content He is proud to recount his
relations with Grant, Sherman and others
Of the great commanders, now all gone,
and he told a little chapter the other
night OF the unwritten history sort that
fails to get in books Of record II seems
that Grant, after coming East to the
Army Of the Potomac. became a bit i'm
pected to move on the Confederates under
Hood near Nashville.
Gen-Keifer described Gen. Thomas as
a slow, cautious commander. who waited
until sure OF every detail, almost to the
number of shots to be fired in battle. He
had held back at Nashville until there
was complaint not only at Washington.
but throughout the North, so Grant or
dered Logan. just then detached from a
to proceed at once to Nashville
and supersede Thomas in command OF
the army.
Telegram Reached Him.
Logan started by way OF the Perrin
road and Pittsburgh. but at Altoona
telegram reached him on the train or
dering him to wait at Cincinnati for fur
what disappointed, also puzzled, received
another telegram ordering him to wait
at Louisville until word came from head
quarters. BY the time Logan reached
Louisville the headliners told how
Thomas had at last moved and had with
splendid strategy and terrific force simply
wiped the Hood army on the earth.
There was nothing for Logan to do but
10 send congratulations to Thomas and
await orders from Grant.
Years after Gen. Grant discussed all
This with Gen. Keifer and remarked that
mis- holding back OF Logan seemed as by
presentment q premonition that was
a fortunate one Grant lndicat-
ID that he had his misgivings after Lo-
ran left and felt constrained to reconsider
The order for Logan TO supersede Thom-
IS in command. Veterans of the war
,an speculate as to what might have
happened had Logan taken hold and pos
,ibly Logan lamented some that he had
not been commander with the glory OF
he victory, but again the Logan meth
DDS Of warfare might not have achieved
The same result. Gen. Thomas lived but
4 few years after the war and, unlike
1ther great generals. did not seek polit-
cal honors. Old soldiers like Gen. Keller
who recall him speak of the statue N
rbopnaa Circle washington as a won