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Ld THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON, D.C., SATURDAY. AUGUST 30, 1890—-SIXTEEN PAGES: county, Ohio, fifty-one yearsego, At the age of nineteen he entered Oberlin College, and was @ student there when the war broke ont. when he enlisted, early in 1861, as OF oo vate in the second Ohio cavalry, being then twenty-two years old. He rose steadily from low rank to ahigh onc. beiag breveted a brig- adier general for hi gallantry at the age of — heey the Officinis Whe Have Charge of the Ad-| second cavalry he cam- ministration of Diftereut Branches of | fe amply ote i the Treasury and Post Office Service— | beginning in Kansas, ineluding Grant's cam- Sometimes Take the Secretary’s Place. | paign in the Wilderness, and closing at Ap- pomattox. During the last year of the war —_—— Gen. Kettieton served in Sheriden's cartiey . cor jn returning hoi o* NCLE SAM'S government is getting to | Tabs pegan the sttdy of lan, bat cone ad tot be a big affair, and produces @ vast | to his taste, and he left the field to enter that amount of business. The duties of the | of ——— for which he seemed So have joxecutive departments are constantly | natu! ent latter part o! fe js the pelos and the aggregation | b®s been spent in this and tailroad work. = — ily | For several yoars following 1870 he was promi- of buman mechanisms that are annually | yontly identified with the construction of the required to turn the wheels of government Northern Pacific railroad, and in 1880 he re- form a very accurate representation of the size | moved to Minneapolis, where he established and development of the nation. These minor | the Daily Morning Tribune, of which, until t the direct factors in | recently, he has been editor and proprietor. machines are, of course, He isu graduate aud trustee of Oberlin Col- the running of the great systom, but they have | ig¢. has taken a wide interest in educational to be guided, and watched, and advised, and | matters, and has made an especial study of the approved, in order that the work may go | pressing current problems ot paces and i- | €eonomic character. a Si meee eee ne ae ern | sactor in the nationsl sattcaloun siNvbane bility. At the head of ail is the secretary the purpose of which has been to ptt the r of the department, the supreme ruler of! pubiican party abreast of the advanced tem- theur destinies, the mogul from whose curtained | perance sentiment of the day, and he has taken thrones issue edicts and laws that are just as | & oe part — lepers sigh ber strict and binding in their local application as | Yi" tsora, Ho has always taken am active ian if they were made by the President himself. | terest in politics, having been a delegate to the But the secretary is not enough of himself to | national republican convention at Chicago in run the engine. He must have an assistant to | 1863 which nominated Grant and Colfax, take his place at the post of duty occasionally. | Secretary Windom is now considering the to look after minor matters, to give personal | problem of how to divide the work of the de- attention to the details of the daily or weekly | partment among bis three assistants. For or monthly grist of business that is ground, | many years one of these officers had to do and to take from his shoulders the load of re-| with all customs matters and the other prin- sponsibility emanating from the importance of the system under his charge. And so it has come about that now every ex- department has at least one assistant y, and there are seventeen of these ais at present drawing pay from the gov- ent for the help which they give to the NEAR THE CABINET. Men Who Manage the Affairs of the partments. —— ASSISTANT SECRETARIES. cipally with the work of the main bureaus of the department. Since the appointment of Gen. Nettleton, however, there has not been a time when all three of the assistants have been on duty at the department at once, one or the other of them having been away on vacation. Gen. Spaulding is now out of town and there will be no settlement of the matter until he returns, It is likely, however, that Judge Batcheller will have supervision over internal revenue matters, the revenue marine and the light bonse board; Gen. Spaulding over cus- toms matters, this being a much lighter task than hitherto, owing to the creation of the new board of appraisers, and Gen. Nettleton over personal matters relating to appointment and promotion and the life saving buroau. ASSISTANT SECRETARY BUSSEY. When an applicant for a pension is dissatis- fied with the action of the Pension Office in his ease he can find a temporary consolation at least by taking an ap- peal to the Secretary of the Interior. In ‘the distribution of the varied duties which devolve upon the Secre- tary the assistant secre- who are at the head of all. r help is absolutely needful, and in some cases there is not enough of them. These men prob: come into closer contact with the gsof the departments than do their chiefs themselves. for their duties are 60 subdivided that th ily in communica- tion with the b of the machine. Many of them {ter a fashion, of the various qu rise in the daily transaction of the routine. and in this way they leave a decided imprint upon the records of the government, which is to be noticed even atter they have stepped aside to make room for others. Tux Stax has made a collection of ths por- traits of these zealous public servants and of the facts necessary to introduce them properly to the public, and today it shows the faces of the assistants to the Secretary of the Treasury, the Postmaster General and the Secretary of the Interior. Ther e now three assistant secretaries in tary, Gen. Cyrus Bus- the Treasury Department, one having been sey. is given special added by the appropriation bul which r y charge of appeals in became 2 law. so that this deprrtment is now pension cases, Since on « plane with any of the others as regards the Gen. Bussey has been number of helpers for its head. There can be atthe head of this of- no more effective epitome of the prog- fice his decisions have ress of country and its commercial t- been widely read and terests than a glance at the tion have followed along previdi these three offices. one the lines of a clearly was ere oy the act of March 3, 1849. the defined policy. His Secretary alone having been able to do all the liberal construction of work to that time. During the latter | “the line of duty” has perhaps been the nota- part the business of tae department the issue of bonds and money reaving to such a degree that a second as- mstant was provided for by the act of March 14. 1864. With these two helpers successive ries have managed to get along until n the business done by the Treasury reat as it wus In June thir at the re- I now there will r increase takes ble featare of the decisions which he has ren- din pension cases. Gen. Bussey during the war was colonel of the regiment of which Secretary Noble wasadjutant. Hig services in the war were recoguized by promotion to the rank of brigadier general and he was given command of the district of western Arkansas and the Indian territory. He received the rank of major general by brevet. After the war he engaged in business in St. Louis and subsequently in New Orleans. In the your 1831 he removed to New York city, where he continued his commercia! purs His in- terest in politics, however was active in the previder Bussey was born in Obi young man to Iowa, where he wi the state senate. He occupied this position when the war broke out and he at once offered his services to Gov. Kirkwood, which were ac- cepted. Gen. Bussey is a man of pleasant ad- dress and is an interesting talker, especially when relating incidents in his own car which has been unusually varied. ASSISTANT SECRETARY CHANDLER. The first assistant secretary of the interior, Judge George Chandler, was born at Hermit- age, Wyoming county, N.Y., September 20, sion was made tor ai y Windora, qa be three place in the system, when another may be added. There is no rank among these offices. In some of the departments the law stipulates that they shall be designated t shall "continued and he umber and aw different grades of p: » ofticers ag secretary during t ence of the b the order on whieh they are enumerated, But in the Treasury this is not so, i men who now hold the Department are Judge en. O. L. Spaulding and ed is the a the office bince the inning of the administration, the others having come into office less thana couple of months ago, one upou the resigna- tion of Col. Tiebenor and the other under the provisions of the new law. ASSISTANT SECKETARY BATCHELLER. Judge George 8. Batcheller isa New Yorker who claims Saratoga as his home. He is a law- yer by profession, by choice and by instinct and he is still eager for wider fields of action in which to exercise his love for the law. He was born at Batchellers- ville, Saratoga county, in 1837, the town being named after his grand- father. After graduat- ing at Harvard ie stad- ied law a little longer and a short time after bis twenty-first birth- day he was admitted to the bar of the state of 1542, He is therefore forty-eight years old. In 1866 he graduated from the law depart- ment of the University of Michigan and five years later he went to Independence, Kansas, where he formed a law partnership with Hon. George R. Peck, which egntinued until’ 1875, when Mr. Peck was ap- pointed United States district attorney for the district of Kansas. In 1882 Mr. Chandler was elected judge of the eleventh judicial district of Kansas, one of the most important ia the state, to succeed Judge Perkins and was re-elected in 1886 without op- position. At the earnest solicitation of Secre- Se a ip | *8tY Noble and the Kansas legation in Con- Bier Honk: tis being in | gress Judge Chandler resigned his position on though but 21 he | the bench to accept the first assiviant secre- fas elected to the legisiatare from his native | oe = Ago amoleinaed me district aud declined a unanimous renomina- | A®¢ lawyer and Son, entering spon his practice of law at Sare- | ‘rhe important branch of the work commit- foun. He went to the war aol eae aes rer ted to the first assistant secretary of the inte- SiS: Rew Terk colentanse aa Sao poomet | vias to the cousdeniian of egguis iam ae to the rank of lieutenant colonel. During the ruliugs of the land office in contested land Gaae of Charleen he wes <epuly prevet | ciniens, inveiving the constradtion met only of marshal general of the department of the south | ¢/aims, involving the constructiow not only of and was afterward in charge of the drafting | eer eee oer aera and sation at Elmira, NY. After the war he | feecrlans, put mining and other laws mfrecting resumed lis practice, and from 1865} Cal Uiebie ameane pr to 1569 was inspector general of the state. | “*yineole amount io.n strong man of the high- He continued to practice law until 1875. whem, | o42 nalconal charactor tt ated Tan Bey i thes Baxing suveral tiaies osrved in the bigio- | 1. <li the relations of Miecacrouiplary alien, lature and ‘having been chairman of the com-| Ties Ono of the meat ae ene ary, citizen. Mittees on judiciary and ways and means. he | Wash outon and may bo penn cone a Was sppointed by Gen. Grant to be the Ameri- | (1 *#pegion aie A phocnag ha oe ity we ean member of the interuational judicial | 1% the ye patra org capes tribunal at Cairo, or the mixed court, as it was stood every more often called, on which he served ten years, He was twice elected to the position of chief justice or president of the court, and held that rawk when he resigned and returned home to resume his work. It is a singular ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL CLARKSON. Col. J. 8. Clarkson was born in Indiana in 1845, His fatber, C. F. Clarkson, was born in Maine, His father and three grandfathers in thing that all of bis colleagues who held the oper “asen t of chief justice of that court were honored Rete a whey - Bre heir governments by elevation to positions whig paper im Indiana of honor en the bench at home, but he re- fer thanty five gears: turned to enter the legislature, which he did was intimate personal the ar atter his resignation was accepted by friend of William Henry President Cleveland in 1383, He received his Harrison, the former Sppointment as assistant secretary in March, President Harrison; was 1559, a member of the co: ASSISTANT SECRETARY SPAULDING. Gen. Oliver L. Spaulding is a native of New Hampshire, but hails from the state of Michi- gen. born at Jaffrey, N.H., om the of August, 1833, and oved to vention at Harrisbur; Pa., in 1839, that nomi- mated Harrison for President; member of national committee for Indiana in the great goutest of 1840. The Clarkson genealogy is traced back through seventeen generations! Its distinctest line comes from Thomas Clarkson, the English abolitionist, The Clarksons of this line settled in this country immediately after the war of the revolution, one of them having been an officer in the English army and badly wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill, A brother of J. |S. Clarkson's grandmother was also in the battie of Bunker Hill, on the American side aud another brother, Capt. James Clarkson, went with Arnold on his famous march through the woods to Canada in that war, Mr. Clark- son removed with his father to lowa when ten years on ‘inting ‘trade be- leaving the farm Moines as a printer State He regent of the Univer- sity of Michiga the outbreak of ho entered the volun- teer service as captan of « company in the 2° regiment, in which successively becam major, lieutenant nel and colonel, receiving the rank of brevet brigadier general toward the close of the war. He was elected sucretary of state in 1866, ond re-elected in 1868, and from 1871 to ‘73 he was ® member of the republican state committee. resumed the trade at in the office 135 he r an appointment ice—compositor, assistant foreman, agent of the ‘Tressary De-|™8%. Feporter,” elty editor, _ politieal at, and made a study of customs mat-|¢@ditor, and afterward editor and rs the Forty-seveuth Congress from the sixth dis- trict and failed of eléction to the Forty-eighth Prietor. He was chairman of the —_ state committee of Iowa at the age of twenty- three, and actively identified with politics ever since. He never hield any office except that of postmaster at Des Moines, which he took at the Roce, who wus thes fepesseaing tee er, who was that Gietriet, in order to settle — over o men, held it until President elected it, agree with bis southern While he held this post he was elected to Congress by iess than fifty votes. He then re- sumed tLe practice of law and was afterward reappointed to his oid position im the special agents’ service. from which he was removed by President Cleveland. It was one of the first acts of Secretary Windom, however, to rein- State him, and forovera year he rendered clerks and put in some others who were neces- tad always bes sisoe, in right prastcal eate ways has since, . prac exam- ination for the public section.” He thinks ap- pointments should be made by the Officers under whom the rg eee are to serve, and that they should be made alasion men of ee ; wer, done a good deal out side of the newspaper line ali gett two novels under anonymous name which have goee, oue Sar three editions and one rot four. He has a taste for literature and would prefer that to politics. He has carried Towa four times for Blaine and led the delega- tion im that state in three national conventions for his support. He wasa member of the na- tional convention in 1888 in favor of Allison and changed to Harrison after Allison's chances were gone, and took a — part in carrying Iowa and other western states for the present executive. He has beens mem- ber of the republican national committee for twelve years; participated actively in the campaign of 1834 and was vice chairman of the natic committee in 1888. Col. Clarkson's disposi has always been to keep out of office, He was offered the Swiss mission by President Grant when he was twenty-five and refused, and was offered cabinet places to fill ‘out some vacant terms by two different Presi- dents and declined them. Under the present administration he was induced by the direct request of the Prosident, reinforced by the re- abliona national committee and many lend- ing republicans, to take the position he is now about to leave. Under such invitation he ac- cepted the position for six months and has been induced to remain until the present time. ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL WHITFIELD. Col, 8, A. Whitfield, second assistant post- master general, has had a wide and varied ex- Perience in public office. He was born in Francestown, N.H., and entered the army at the age of sixteen, He served in the various grades from private uj to lieutenant colonel, holding the latter grade for two years prior to his muster out of the service, He was three g, times severely wounded y in action, After the A close of the war he set- \\, tled at Cincinnati, Ohio, é where he soon after e: y/ tered the internal reve- nue service as inspector, subsequently filling the oftice of deputy col- lector, and in 1877 was solid internal reve- assigned to the district, with hei Chicago. Subsequently to this years in the south, wit! Reatge ters at Louisville, Ky. He was one of the agents most ively engaged in the reform of the revenue service instituted by Gen. Raum, then commissioner of internal revenue, which resulted in imparting to the revenue servic degree of excellence never surpassed by ai service in the world. He had charge for a co viderable period of the operations against illicit di Bieries in Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia—a work requiring not oniy zeal and discretion but entailing an immense amount of | eerape hardship and danger and requiring a igh ordor of personal courage. While in this sorvice he was in 1880 tendered the assistant postmastership at Cincinnati and resigned to accept this place. At the expiration of the postmaster’s term, in 1882, Col, Whitfield was appointed postmaster. He served in this ca- pacity for four years and six months, when b was relieved, a considerable time after the ex- piration of his term, by the new appointee under the democratic administration. About four months after the expiration of his term he was appointed member of the bourd of pub- lic affairs of the city of Cincinnati, which offi be resigned to accept that of second axsista: postmaster general, eutering upon the dis- charge of his new duties on the 23d of March, 1889, He has from the first interested himself in the practical work of tho ojfice and has insti- tuted reforms, notably in the matter of refusing compromises with failing bidders for mail eerv- ice and requiring « strict compliance with the lawsand regulations governing the execution and terms of mail contracts, Col. Whitfield is a hard worker and it is doubtful whether any departmental officer in Washington spends more hours at his desk than he does. Col. Whittield is an ardeni republican and has for years been active on the stump and with his pen in party matters in Ohio, ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GESERAL HAZEN. Gon. A, D. Hazen is a good example of a man who has arisen io the government service as the reward of faithful and continuous service, He is now and has been for a number of years the third assistant post- master general, Some years ago, when a young man, he left his home in Pennsylvania and came to this city. He was givenatemporary clerk- ship of the lowest grade in the Post Oftice De- partment. By diligent application, as well sa thorough mastery of the duties of his place. he commended himself to the attention of his su- periors, and he was gradually promoted up through the various clerical grades, After reaching the highest place asa clerk promotion was as chief of the stamp ie was then made third asi general, a position which through successive administrations with the exception of two years during the last adminis- tration, His appointment to bis old place when the present administration came into power was a gratifying recognition of his past serv- ices. In the administration of the office Gen. Hazen superintends the letting of the contracts for postal cards, stamps, stamped envelopes and other postal suppiies, Upon him devolves the important duty of sceing that these con- tracts are faithfully executed, He has to pass upon the designs for stamps and the artistic merit which the | aoe supplies of the | ible ment possess 18 largely due to the judgment and discriminating care exercised by the third assistant postmaster general. The most oner- ous part of his duties is perhaps the issuing of drafts and warrants in payment of balances due to mail contractors or other persons. These warrants, reaching thousands in number, ail have the autograph signature of Gen. Hazen. See ite : HARRY WILKES BEAT THE WHEEL A Novel Race With a -Bicyclist at Charter Oak Park. The weather at Hartford yesterday was per- fect for outdoor amusements, the atmosphere being warm and the sky cloudless, The at- tendance at the Charter Oak races was un- usually large for the third day of the meeting, fully six thousand spectators being on the grounds. The track wasin splendid condition and fairly fast. The 2.28 class, postponed from Thursday, was hotly contested, six heats being required to settle it. Dallas paced a mile in 2.14, the last half ata 2.11 clip, distancing Chinese C. and Dodd Peet and winning first and third money of a $4,000 purse. The ri of a quarter of a mile and Laurie ou his bicyle attracted attention. It was the best two in three, and the horse won. Harry trotted the first quarter in 3144 seconds, beating Laurie, the bicycle rider, by three-quarters of a second. mint + oa WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN MISSISSIPPI, The Work of the Constitutional Con- “vention Practically Ended. The committee on elective franchise in the Mississippi constitutional convention practi- cally completed its labor yesterday. The plan of suffrage agreed upon embraces the modif- | cation of the Australian ballot system known as the Dortsch law, # residence of two years in the stateand one in the voting precinct, the prepayment of « poll-tax of $2 and qualified woman suffrage based upon the possession by her, or her husband if married, of real prop- erty to the value of $200. The property quali- fication has been abandoned and an educational nm is provided for, limited to the ability of the voter to understand the constitu- tion when read to him, The committes on the convict mitted its report, which was made speci order for next Tuesday. It provides that on and after January 1, 1895, the practice of loas- ing or hiring convicts im the state shall close forever. It also provides for the abandon- ment of the present state peeteetny and the establishment of « prison farm in its stead. A re school, constant separation of the sexes and the keeping of the juvenile offenders from with hardened criminals are The convention adjourned 80 p.m. . sos-——____. The Czar and His Guest Did Not Agree. sub- ial Valuable assistance in the investigation of , and not wish- ‘The Freie Presee Em. frauds agamst the goverument. Upon the ap- | ing to be identified with he Vieans Neue ange tat Poiutment of the boerd of general appraisers, | Tesigned the office. “He enlisted. twiee ia ‘the | peror William and the caar had s disagreement And the selection of Assistant Secretary Tiche- | Union army in the jatter years of the war, but | while they were et Narva, in consequence of Bor aa its head, Gen. SpaufUing was made as- | Ws rejected on account of weak lungs, inficted | which the German em} shortened his visit sistant secretary to take cbarge of customs | bY & very severe one of pocunenta aud hastily quitted P a day earlier than matters, with which he 1s now familiar. His perometgaos m | in the and ® | he had expected to do. i itaan 968. Seley, siwaye boon whet ‘be onitss” seacae Waiting for « Living.—“What's your bus- ASSISTANT SECRETARY NETILETON. ben gees “ & Wolter.” ‘What restaurant?” Gen. & B. diettleten was born im Delaware ‘dite “berelsined come ‘eicent “dnmsomee | "ir “Bie resteurent, I have a mich uncis.” IN OUR OWN TIMES. Recent Political History From a Dem- corstic Standpoiat, ——____ FROM GRANT TO HARRISON. —_——_—_ Seymours Candidacy — The Gresley Campaigu—Tilden and the Cipher Die patches—Invide History of the Democ- racy by One Who Was Inside, ——__ HE CAMPAIGN of 1868, which resulted in the election of Gen. Grant, was en unfortunate one for the democratic party from its inception to its close. The nomination of Mr. Seymour, which was made with the understanding that he would decline it, made the election of Gen. Grant certain, When the news reached here that the convention had adjourned after the ballot which gave Gen. Hancock 1513 votes, his friends felt sure it presuged bie defeat, convinced that some bargain would be made during the night to prevent his nomination. They were not mistaken. The next morning Mr. Seymour was nominated with the distinct understanding he would decline the nomine- tion, I had left New York before the nomina- tion was made and speak of the conditions upon which the nomination was made by au- thority of those who engineered it, The in- telligencer refused to support the ticket with Mr. Seymour as ite head. and for several days nothing appeared in his favor, and only the urgent wishes of Mr. Johnson and the de- mands of the representative demoorats of this city induced the proprietors to yield their opinions, reserving the right should Mr. Sey- mour fail to carry Pennsylvania in October to demand the withdrawal of his name from the head of the ticket the substitution of Gen. ‘ank Blair. Of course, he did not carry Penn- aylvania and the Inte cer withdrew his ame. The New York World, then under the control of Mr. Marble and Mr. Huribut, was even more peremptory and demanded’ the withdrawal of the whole ticket, A VISIT TO MR, SEYMOUR, In September of that year I visited Mr. Sey- mour at Utica, carrying from the President the proffer of any aid the administration could give him, and if I had in the il, rt had any confidence tarred ticket it would have been y the weakness Mr. Seymour ex- regret at not having declined the nomination was tearfully expressed, and the utter abandonment of hope, to say the least of it, was most unbecoming in the candi- date of the great democratic party. He was, I believe, aroused to make some speechos in Pennsylvania, and despite all the drawbacks with ‘which the party was handicapped it polleda very large vote, Had Mr. Seymour ept faith with those who obtained the nomi- nation for him and declined, Mr. Chase would have been nominated and the result might have been different. GEN. GRANT'S ADMINISTRATIONS. Icannot speak from personal knowledge of Gen. Grant's administrations, as I was absent from the city most of the time. They were not by any means free from scandals, The whisky rings, Black Friday and other incidents of like character disturbed the even flow of success which it was ciaimed would distinguish those administrations, The cabinet of Gen. Grant contained some very eminent men, Messrs. Hamilton Fish, Bristow, Morrill, Belknap, Don Cameron, Zach Chandler, Edwards Pierpoint, Gen, Rawlings, Mr. Hoar and others were ablo and conservative advisers. The cause of much of the trouble in the administrations of.Gen, Grant was too much devotion to his friends, BLACK FRIDAY. The responsibility for the scandal of Black Friday rested upon # Mr. Corbin, a brother-in- law of Gen. Grant, who had been for years clerk to the wave and means committees and a correspondent for some newspapers from Wash- ington, Mr. Shillington related to me a very brief interview Corbin had with Col Benton; Mr. BShillington’s book store was one of Col, Benton's haunta, He was there every day, and on this occasion Mr. Corbin entered and ap- proached Col. Benton, bowing most defferen- tially, and extended his hand with a profound “Good-morning, Col. Benton.” The colonel looked at him a moment in silence and putting his hande behind him said: “No, sir! no, sir!d—n your bows, sir! d—n your bows, sir! Ican stand your abuse, but spare me your bows, sir!” Mr. Shillington said the colonel’s manner was ter- rible, and Corbin beat a hasty retreat, He alone, it is claimed, was responsible for what caused Gen. Grant a great deal of pain and mor- tification. THE GREELEY CAMPAIGN, The campaign of 1872 was hardly less unfor- tunate in its result to the democratic party than the campaign of 1868. The nomination of Mr. Greeley was admittedly a mistake, but it ren- dered possible the congressional success which followed the ensuing fall. The convention which nominated Mr. Greeley, almost by accla- mation, met at Baltimore and was called to or- der by Mr. Belmont and was oe over by Mr. Doolittle. Mr. Augustus Schell was made chairman of the national committee and con- ducted the campaign with untiring zeal, The campaign fund was not abundantly supplied, but no means of political effort was Tort untried by Mr. Schell. After the nomination had been mado the opposition began to array itself and in the south was led by Alexande: H. Stephens and James L. 01 nd thousands of democrats in the northwest refused to support the ticket. Mr. Charles O’Connor was nominated and ob- tained quite a respectable number of votes, but the result of the August election in North Carolina destroyed all hope of Mr. Greeley’s success. He did not long survive his defeat, ‘The speeches he made during that campaign upon the most diverse subjects, without notes S preparation, illustrated his universal knowl- edge. HAYES AXD TILDEN. The campaign of 1876 was one of the most remarkable ever fought in this coun! try. The organization for the nomination of Gov, Tilden was commenced here by Dr. Gwin, ex- Senator Johnson of Arkansas, Gen, Albort Pike Mr. Money of Mississippi, Ex-Gov. Dorsheimer was ‘here on a visit and I was in- vited to dine with him by Dr. Gwin and these gentlemen were present. [t was in April, 1876,and when the name of Gov, Tilden was announced asa candidate I was surprised. I had known Gov. Tilden since the campaign of 1868. His success as governor had made his namo known from one end of the country to the other, but until that day I had never heard him men‘ for the presidency. Gov. Dorshoimer's argu- ments were very convincing, and at a meeti: held the next day it was determined seni friends fo the south andthe northwest and generally through the country to organize for the nomination. Not one single momber of Congress or Senator was im favor of his nomi- mation, except Mr. Money. Mr. Randall, who became so ardent a friend,did not at first think bis nomination possible. New York had Mo- Ciellan, Seymour and Greeley, and the A he said, would not take @ candidate from New York. lowever, on the 10th of May I left Washington for the south, the late John H. Harmon going to Ohio and Mich- igan and Col, Finley to the northwest. Going by the way of St. Louis I telegraphed Mr. Chas Ellord to meet me and he called some other friends and the seed was planted. Judge Mont- gomery Blair had written Ellord, and leavin, matters in bis hands I left for Arkansas a1 Alabama and attended the convention in June, and had but little difficulty in seew Tilden delegates, The late Attorney General Garland was then governor of ogee € and a friend of Gov. Tilden. The same It was secured in Alabama, and when I returned to St. Louis on my way to NewYork Tilden fiags floated from al- most every prominent place ia the city. When the convention met the Tammany hor Mr. Kelly, were on hand. They crowded hotels aud they opened headquarters in ev bar room—everywhere they find ment—for Tilden’s friends had sec Principal halls and ut little chance for was organised t ret i Ly iff ge SE est i 5 E : Tilden and Gov. Tilden tion of ; i z f i Hi ile tele f i i : ft | fi if of tl space it would cecupy in your columns to de- tail the unfitness displayed by that unfortunate selection from the first organisation of tative, as it was unjus' of Gov, Tilden, The first meet e national committee after the election wit- gessed his removal from the position which on: geet him to defeat the democratic party. ‘MB. CONKLING AND THE LOUISIANA VOTE. The action of the late Roscoe Conkling, then ‘on the floor of the Seite, has been more than once alluded to, and as I was one of the friends of Gov. Tilden in of his interest here I am enabled to relate what occurred on the ecca- that Me Conkling’ ae Lie a known ir. Conk was un support these frauds, that f Le bad pean himself as ready to denounce i them Senate to sustain him in o) Academy of Music Saturday night and escaped of the accident was the “giant swing.” He had made several rotations about the bar when the wire rope that supported one end of the trapeze gave way. The bar sagged, and the first thought that occurred te the gymnast, he said yesterday, was to cling tothe bar. It is made of wood, the original polish ef which is intensified by the action of the gymnast's hands, This is as it should be for the gymnast, but is altogether unsuited te cling to when in ® perpendicular position. William looked down. The guy ropes had swung the trapeze toward the edge of the safety net, yet he con- cluded that a shght contortion of his body would enable him to strike it. and he opened his hands and shot downward, C in the count of the vote of that state. ght votes wore to defeat the action of the elec- toral commission in the case of Louisiana and they were secured. The Senator from the Pacific slope, who entertained the same views on the subject held by Mr. Conkling, had satisfied himself that this support ‘ewaited Mr. Conkling’s lead, and on Sunday night (the Louisiana case would come up the next day) he was with the late Senator from New York until long past midnight and from the Arlington drove to the room of the veteran Ohio editor, now @ resident of Washington, then at Willard’s, and there I Mr. Conkling would that day, for it was then Mon- day morning, rise in his seat when the state of Louisians wag called and “make the effort of ‘his life,” and I so reported it to the friends of Gov. Tilden, and the supporters of Mr. C. on hand, but, alas! his voice was unheard, the 8to7 counted in Louisiana and the Senator from New York threw away the presidency. As 1 do not deal in rumors I have nothing to say about the influences which caused his change of purpose. THE CIPHER DISPATORES. So much has been said about the cipher dis- patches which figured so conspicuously in the press and before the congressional investigat- ing committee that I will only briefly allude to my connection with them. The New York accomplished the feat of translating them with wonderful precision, and heid me responsible for some of the most important and objectionable ones. When summoned to testify before the congressional committee Gen. Butler conducted the eximination, and after that I told all I knew about the effort “to purchase justice in Florida,” and having offered the committee a little book containing an ac- count of all my expenditures, the principal items of which were for wine, brandy and cigare furnished ‘‘the visiting statesmen.” I was handed a book of fac simile telegrams and asked to explain them, and then for the first time I saw that vet telegram sent by Mr. Charles W. Woolley from Talia- hassee and signed ‘Fox,” stating that for sums ranging from fifty to twe bundred thousand dollars he could secure the vote of Florida (as the Tribune deciphered them), was in my cramped handwriting. I was surprised, of course, and then recalled the fact that Mr. Woolly wrote his telegrams in penciland asked me to copy them. I knew nothing of their contents, his cipher was entirciy different from mine, and I never dreamed of any object he could have other than to make them ee was 4 grave mistake—but when made my explanation to the committee and it was flashed over the wires Mr. Woolley’s health required that he should leave at once for Cuba, and there he remained until Congress ad- jouraed, and consequentiy deprived himself of the pleasure it would doubtices have afforded him to exonerate me, The committee, how- sudience was still uncertain that it was s gen- uine accident they were being treated to. oe fell ey rag ea poe wi ‘ie wits about prepared when half way down to strike the net on and so distribute his weight about the of the net. So he drew his knees head back, and in a twinkling his ‘8 horizontal position and was But his second thought ith first in regard to the chances of striking net, During the next fraction of second mind of = = gymnast ae . repose. mn he si against that held the net, and his brain ive. He did not know whether Tope wi at he knew with ty ight that he was not trength of the net, and so he di every gymnast does ihstinctively when himeelf falling with no certainty of a place. This, in the vernacular “balling up.” It consists im legs, ducking the head down to the drawing it in toward the waist as ble, and folding the arms knees and the top of the was secured by « single motion of the nast's ready muscles, and in this = 1d down in the g if bite 3 i i Fy 5 Z| PEE < if cee fis } iF Hate | like two seconds, or about as long as man to put on his hat, But in this short time the brain of the falling man hada chance to grasp the entire situation, to specu- late upon the chance of escaping injury and to dev! 2 methods mf eeee J with o to safety. It was also quite long enough to enable him to assume three distinct positions. While he lay among the broken seats, and before he began to speculate what injuries he had re- ceived, the gymnast wondered whether he had fallen upon anybody, and to think how lucky it was that he was able to think atall Thena dreamy feeling crept over him and conscious- ness fied When he came tointhe women's dressing room his first thought was of his brothers, for whom heasked. Then a doctor asked him to move his limbs and he did so, while he wondered why the doctor made such ever, did that, and the New York Zribune ac- cepted my explanation of “what I knew about | * ee a 7 A Terribie Vengeance. From the Chicago Tribune. “Hark Cyrus! What was that?” “Nothing, Emily. Let me go to sleep, will you?” For a few moments silence reigned in the sleeping chamber. “Cyrus Winterbottom, there's somebody in the house! I hear » nowse in the kitchen!” Cyrus sat up in bed and listened. “It's the cat,” he grumbled, drowsily. “A cat doesn't wear boots and go around poory, eg Hark!” The baby stirred and Mrs. Winterbottom soothed it to rest again, “I don't see what anyb: wants to get into our kitchen for,” growled with « yawn. “There's nothing to—heigh-ho!—to steal in that part of the house, is there?” “Nothing to steal! There's « piateful of tarts, pan of doughnuts and a sponge cake.” “Some of Fa ice ck own concoc- ion, Emily’ “Yes, some of my own making. Then there's , if all the silverware, and——' “He'll never get to the sil Emily he tackles the doughnuts first. You will find his horribly distorted body in the morning——" tarts oped an Be He listened again. was quiet, But ently an unmistakable sound, as of comsboty moving about on the floor below, aroused even Cyrus’ dull senses. Steps seemed to be ap- proaching the stairway. Cyrus took his re- volver out from under his F peng climbed softly out of bed, went to the door of the room und got behind it, first having cautioned his wife ina whis] to make no noise and leave matters entirely in his hands, Softly and stealthily came the steps up the stairway, and in a few moments the dim light of the night-lamp on the ing-case fell upon the stalwart form of aman w. face was cogcealed by a mask. Mrs. Winterbottom screamed at sight of him, the baby woke up and howled, and before the burgler could recover from the momentary con- fusion into which this unexpected reception bad thrown him Cyrus confronted him with the revolver. BEFORE THE RETURNING BOARD, T left New York on the 9th of November and the Senator from New Hampshire, Mr. Chand- ler, was day in advance of me. The eminent lawyers who came down to argue before the returning board went through that legal farce with the same forensic ability displayed by them in the courts of Philadelphia, St. Louis and other cities from whence they came, From Philadelphia, Mr. George W. Biddle, Mr. David W. Sellers, Mr. Gustine ‘Thompson, Mr. John R. Reed and Mr. Malcolm Hay, who was sub- sequently appointed assistant postmaster gen- eral LA Mr. Cleveland; Gov. Brown, Gen. P. M. B, Young and Gen. Lawton from Georgia, Mr. Charles Gibson from St. Louis, and we had the aid of Senator Call, the late Mr. Daniels, Gov. Drew of Florida and others. Mr. Woolly was a free lance and he bore the weight of re- sponsibility, self assumed, like an atlas. ‘MR. BLACK'S APPEARANCE. One more incident of that period. The gen- tleman who was to have argued the case of South Carolina before the electoral commission ata late hour sent word to Col. Pelton he was too ill to appear, and though it made but little odds, for the eight to seven went on with the regularity of a clock on the solar system, un- varying, the roll was called and always the monotonous eight to seven; but the record must be made up, and I started at midnight to find some one to plead the case. I roused Judge Montgomery Blair, who consented to appear, and he suggested Judge Black. The judge had refused to appear before the commission, not recognizing it as legal. I found him that breakfast, and taking a seat beside ‘Judge, we want you to appear this morning and argue the case of South Carolina before the commission.” He was startled at my request, as he had so often in my pres- ence denounced that tribunal. He struck the table with his fist and said he’d be d— if he would. Mrs. Black reproved him, and I then explained the situation, but he said no! he knew nothing about the case of South Carolina and he would not take the trouble at that late hour to read it. Iurged him, however. and — the — he = oa jue the a the better before such a one-sided jury, and he thought a few minutes and said: “Well, Coyle, if 1 go—I| _ ‘You infernal scoundrel!” he hissed. “Don’t don't say I will _-but it T'do go you must take | you move a muscle or I'll pus ball through the responsibility for what I may say. Tell | Yo = Pelton what I say; and now who goes with me?| The revolver hadn't been loaded for « year “Montgomery Blair,” I said. “fase and Cyrus knew it, but the burglar n't. ow. rage fell, tell all and I will think it | didn't tiated erveteh ay He did go, and the stream of invective he| “Take off your mask!" sternly commanded mission been | Cyrus. Ceccde se dinners _—— "The burglar complied. With ashen face and mean, hang- Took he stood there and said ‘THE HANCOCK CAMPAIGN, Gen. Hancock was nominated at Cincinnati | 2°¢® word. es heh oes in 1880 by acclamation and up to August his ogg aaa but the baby continacd to election seemed almost assured. Again that apes in the democratic party, who had. sin- ee anded and alone, caused the defeat of v. Tilden, proved himself equal to the occa- sion when the democratic party had again suc- cess almost in its grasp. le did not originate the Morey letter but he indorsed it, gave it the weight of his opinion, which to the g-neral public was conclusive, as he said he had com- pared it with Gen. Garfield’s handwriting and Pronounced it genuine, Thousands and thou- sands of that forgery were circulated by the committee with his indorsement, and when the you right, you sneaking, contemptible villain,” said Cyrus in a deep, tragic voice, “if I should shoot you you stand. I believe I'll do it, anyhow.’ Merc; the trembling “It's the first time T ever broke into a wretch. house. I'll never do it again. Please let me go." “It's the first time you were ever csught at it! It'll be the last. Down on your knees!” ‘Don't kill him, Cyrus!” begged his ink of the carpet!” “Listen!” said roof of forgery was forthcoming the reaction f Fer aceasta 2 Set | a, ts hows aah vp Orr an nate uf Sel re nage ooh ecleenscy Se Aoaedpma) insted syetven's townbainns Semone a lo] whose orizon was bounded by New "Jere, oat the election ea se ee ee and Gen. Garfi lor a few mon! enjoye Py eald Oyrus, “For that elevated position, when, after a martyrdom | , | 700r ee og > to?” Carry © pretty of months, he was borne to his grave with the | © \ct Of stole Mtawd apt sympathy of the whole world, On one occa- | 897. Ot 0 jar eboyea. up! sion when the demooratio party had been suc-| 2/40. 7o's man of family?” cessful I met the late Senator Jim NysandI| ($F =~ ©, please—" was exulting over our victory and I said, ‘This “gi our whining?” settles the next presidency.” “Oh, no,” he anid. | {,19P your mbin wiieditads “The democratic party can be relied on to do PR Pee yoy: Bone yg Men ‘ae cmok. peorers A Lng Riayat shen £0 give us | vor at the abject ecoundrel’s again. anoth w ham lives we Are ante.” And so while Hewitt lives I four he Cee nee balgt” he companied, will exercise that baleful influence which onl; ae his wealth and connections give him au “Never mind what forl You go and take which dofeated Gov. Tilden and Gen. Hancock, | "At baby! ss aes ww “ PRESIDENT ARTHUR. dismay, “what do you mean?” Mr, Arthur entered the executive mansion on | “I know what 1 am Emily. Pick up the death of Gen, Garfield, and had ee pet that ae official term universal praise for the genial Fs ity he 2 the con- |. pandle it carefully! servative tone which prevailed during his ad-| «Now walk the floor with ii!” i : the] Yor four long hours Cyrus Winterbottom sctions. He was | held that empty revolver leveled at the head of Henry ,V did | the miserable man aad Seo whe Ark g op ta neumet oR en wr fhed become | sbrRtemhesrnds an. Yemen Premios scandals con-| His raven bair bad tamed gray in thet ene held at Chicago ap eee, inst she nom | wa punishment, and thatthe way of the tans element which nominated Cleveland. ue it, ag be declined the Treasury pre tpatls Wadhenedrnyry cay often! in the happy days of T rode toe dogo wit mn He'd Fine until P quite netuse to lot btm kiss mo to ‘more. age to come Greystone. I} rixe from 0 tairy's inte coveted ‘east "Soto | Set ry of done, for lar, | Ales! The sweetest joys are over shortest tn thelr i Hier nerors eld triend had decline % Eicisuesion waited his return eu tome | "™"hcar'cns’ dena. acer 13 CAPITOL SKETCHES Senators Who Have Borne the Brunt of the Tariff Fight. 4 BATTLE OF THE GIANTS. ‘Wl Mr, Veerhece and Mr. Edmunés Spenk?—A Street Car Incident—The Mewell Brothers and Their Experi- ences ae Seldicrs. —_————_ The democratic Senators are much better equipped for the discussion of the tariff this time than they were when the substitute for the Mille bill was under consideration at the last Congress, Last Congress the republicans Were much better armed in detail for the fight, and often their arguments went unanswered, Rot because they were unanswerable, but be cause there was no one on the other side pre pared tomake reply. Beck, who was by far the best informed among the democrats on the tariff question, was in very poor healthy other democrats, being on the nega- tive side of the question, bad not hed the occasion or the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the subject which the other side had enjoyed. Vest and Vance took upoa them«elves the burden of the discussion on the democratic side, and even they were often com- pelled to deal in glittering generalities for want of more particular inform tion. Altogether the demoor «ts were pretty constantly at a disad van- tage, their bandiing of the question being im strong contrast with that of their republican ad arie» and with the abie manner in which the leaders in their own party bad debated the question im the House. A VERY EVEN THINe, Honors are more evenly divided in the @is- cussion which is now hurrying toa close, what- ever inequalities there are lying to the credit of the democrats. The republicans being already weil equipped, the democrats entered this fight with equipment no less complete. With tbe experience of last Congross, their weak points disclosed, they prepared themselves fully, as their treatment of tle subject hasshown. Con- sequently the discussion of the tariff now in Progress has so far been the most interesting that has ever occurred, and promises to lose none of its interest as it draws to a close. 18 has been crisp and pointed, and has disclosed @ familiarity with the subject on both sides of the chamber. At times there has been some sclen- tiflo sparring for points, which would have Provoked euthusiastic applause from a popular audience not held in restraint by the dignity ofthe Renate. Vest and Vance have again taken a leading part on the democratic side, but they are equipped as they were not before, Carlisle, as familiar with the subject, as able and in better bealth, has taken the place of Mr. Bock, whose death deprived the party of one of its ablest statesmen, and other men have developed powers which make them hon- orable adversaries to the strong men on the other side. Gorman, always reckoned amon; the shrewdest, has taken part in the tari fight which he had not taken before. and oc- cupying the position of strategic leader of his pare, he has shown also power in dobate, bis een thrusts cutting deep. XEW BLOOD, Anda young giant from Delaware has en- tered the list, astonishing his colleagues by his oo urage and strength and displaying cooiness self-control and, withal, has snown Limcait to be so well armed aud familiar with the weapons of debate that has commanded the respect of the strongest of his adversaries. Gray made good impression when he first entered the Senate, succeeding a man whose reputation as : statesman was it is ational, nay, international, ony tuck for 0 young to rve the restige acquires Predecessor. throug long sarvioe and even by inheritance; but Gray has done this and bas, bringing activity as well as ability into the field, made hintvelf of service to his party in this fight and won for himself distinction, Even the leaders—Oar- lisle, Vest and Vance—have at times yielded the floor to him to carry on a debate that had run into lines unfamiliar to them, and some of the most interesting incidents of the discussion have been the sharp passages between him and Aldrich, to whom the republicans yield their leadership in this fight. Nearly every Senator on the democratic side bas proven in this discussion that he has been preparing himself with adversaries who had already shown their ute Even Daniel has lucked the gayer plumage trom the wings o| is eloquence and has taken an active serviceable part in the fight. Besides, Senator Plumb has raised his voice ably on the minority side of the question. ‘Ou the republican side, under the leader- ship of Mr. Aldrich, the discussion has been conducted with skill, and men already well known in this field of discussion have done TRE ROWELL BROTHERS A brother of Representative Rowell of Mli- mois, one of the authors of the federal election bill, is aceudidate for the republican nomina- tion in the sixth Califoram district, now rep- resented by Mr. Vandever, who began bis con- gressional career in 1558 a8 a Representative from Lowa. The Rowell brothers have had quite an eventful career. Tiere are four of them, and what is the interest of one has always been the concern of the others, They are of Puritam stock the most rigid, and tiis inberitance of biood is stamped deep into their character— more deeply, perhaps, into that of the present Congressman. They went west from New Hamp- shire years ago and entered into a struggle for fortune and for the preservation of their Puritan principles, When the war broke out they all four promptly entered the Union army and served throughout the four years in fighting regiments, secing hard service. At the close of the war the family roll was called and all four re- rt all of them having been wounded, but none severely enough to go te the hospital or even to leave the fivid. Best of ail, none has ever applied for a pension nor is very likely to do so at any time. A CURIOUS WAR RECORD. The present Congressman was a captain in the seventeenth Illinois. 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