The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-06
Spicy Interview Between the PFesI.
dents Father and On Editor.
Correspondence Of he N. Y. sun,
CINCINNATI, Oct.

pEOIOunu agitation DY tue Startling mp
peArance Of the pRternAl author Of The
present Administration armed with Q
huge stick, and clad In wars wrinkled
front, moving on the Commercial office
Nearly upsettlng an apple- stand
knocking over q newsboy, and 'disre
gardinR the barking Of q Scotch terrier
he pushed Into the counting room
passed on In column 10 the editorial
ottlce OF the chief, Mr.. HalsteAd, and
halted only when before and over thai
thoughtful and philosophical snAtcher.
up OF uncosldered trliles, called news
with his bat jRmmed back upon biz
venerable head, and holding the huge
stick over the skull OF the Commercial
In the moat fearful manner, he de-
manded In q Shrlll voice: f
what do you mean, Mr.. HalsIead :
demand TO know, sir, what you mean2l
Halstead with a look Of innocent
wonder upon that expansive stretch
called the countenance)-M about
what, Mr.. Grant?
Paternal G.-About your persistent
and continuous attacks upon me and
my son, sir. What do you mean, sir
1.-TWO shakes OF the stick TO every word,
and sixteen extra at the end.)
Halslead-l mean most probably
what said.
PRternal G.-That is no answer Ia
my question, sir. ! want to know, and
l will know what you mean, sIr2
Murat-Well, sir, II there Is any
passage that iB 30 obscure that you can
not make 1t out, will be happy 10 as
Blst you.
| pstarnoI n Wall .Js ,,o,,
later than yesterday, that my meddling
In those petty offices is great injury 10
Gen. Grant. Now what do you mean
by that2 "i' E'w' :
Murat-I doubt whether l can make
It any palmer, Mr.. Grant.
p. G.-And you won't tell me what
you mean2 How, sir-now how, l say?
Murat-The how Ia about as tronbie.
some aa the mean don't know what
you are driving ut. 1 said, and say
now, that for the father OF the PreSi-
dent to be meddling inthinRs he knows
nothing aboutis undIgni6ed, Irritating
and an injury to the Administration.
That's all. ..,.....- mTI n
p. G.-Know nothing about : And
what do you mean by that, sir2 Isup.
pose you and that Dick Smith know all
about II; q nice mess we'd have OF u Il
you and Dick Smith had your way; a
pretty thing you did when you recon
mended that S-h-a-w, sir-Shaw, sir !
Murat-Well, about as we'll as you
succeeded when you recommended that
Mcclure.
The P. G. hereupon suddenly collaps.
ed. he sat down abruptly on q chair
filled with valuable exchanges, crush.
lug them under the Chief Magistrates
paternal seat, and clasplnH his cane
tiercely between his venerable legs, be
said:
P. .G.-I want to tell you, Mr.. Hal
stead, have changed my mind about
that man. I believe he Is rascal.
Murat-Very we'll then, sir, we will
set of Tom Shaw against Mcclure.
But II strikes me that both you and 1,
Mr.. Grant, had better refrain from
troubling the AdmlnlstratIon with our
recommendation
P. G.-But / want It 10 succeed.
Murat-Well, let 1t alone then.
P. G.-Yo1 let 1t alone, and don't you
attack 1t. know you-you and this
Gd=ette. Why, you never was loyal.
You always did oppose Lyssees.
Va
Mr.. Grant, that at any time since the
nomination Of Gen. Grant we opposed
him? ~
P. G.-CertaInly you did. Why,
neither OF you ever had his name at the
head Of your paper. ...
Murat lin wrath and dlsgust) That
only proves your utter Ignorance and
iucapaclty. mo name ever appears at
the head oEour columns but that OF the
proprlelors Of the paper. am free 10
say TO you that never thought your
son the man to make u President of !;
but never meddled with the nomInA-
tion, and after he was nomiuated we
gave him hearty support.
G. P.-Oh, yes; you, know what
you WAS after, you wanted that Rosy
cranlz, and pretty out you'd made.
Why, he was failure At IukR-R fall
ure at OhickamAuga; He was afailure
at West Point. i knew him when he
was boy. and 1 know'd he be a failure.
Murat-You have the advantage OF
me there. I.did not know him rs u
boy. -s-..-.ss. .%OILt.J-S.'
p. G.-Eo, you didn't know much at
any time, and you must speak disres-
peCttul OF my gray hairs, (suddeniy
looking at HRlsteAd, and then continu-
ing) Why, see l amt as gray as you
this minute, -s r..s--',-'.r,
Murat-Inevsr spoke dlsrespecttnI IIy
ofyour hairs, Whatever they are; and
L think II u little unkind you should Ia
this manner refer 10 mine, Il Y :
P. G. with contemp,)-I don't care
But you don't like my pitching into
that RosycrantZ. It amt your gray
hairs; and / can tell you that It's q
downright disgrace for the. people oil
Ohio 10 send that feller Garfield 10 Con.
Rress while the General Is Ia the cheer.
He's another Rosycrantz feller; but
yours. 'SSSASy''
Murat-Very we'll. Now, Mr.! Grant,
lfyou'll please take another chair and
let me get at my exchanges, III, be
much obliged. ..r.i.7aa :, .,.a1.n,y
P. G.-Well, I've given you piece
ofmy mind, and II you 60 on, I'll give
you another. That's ALL
~ And so ended the famous scene, Mr..
Halstead was 30 Bingnlarly affected by
that stick shaking that he has had q
cold In his head ever Since. w4
II is q matter OF profound regret 10 the
undersigned that the venerable Jessie
did not bit Mufat a Whack With that
stick. It would have been 80 jolly,
Only think Of the father Of the Admin.
Istration coming down on an etlItof
with stick, Then the man In Hal.
stead would have risen up, and throw.
Ing his arms about the paternal author
OF the Administration, and by 4 dex-
trous back trip hi. would have lpros-
trated the venerable father on his ven
erOb back, and holding him there, he
would have called In his minions to
tcatry out the author of fLyssea, and de,
posite him carefully In some sort OF q
| vehicle bound for Oovington, KY. But,
alas we were deprived Of thIa greai
enjoyment. - x. L.
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