Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-01-13
THE M'OARRAHAN CLAIM.
What Commissioner Wilson Says ibnut Il.
What He Says About His Own Status.

TIE NcGarrahan Patent Was Ns-er ETseB,,d-
The SORES About ksttiat.on Of Records and Alb
S'rocfi0H Of Papers, "fdlse, SIR False; Bresy
Word If It Fdlse'-Wbdt Cennissioaer w.
Ttia,s 81 Grongsr- Granser,s PogsiGrity Wa
VS. Potitics-"Not a RepHbliccn, by a D-n
Sight. No, Sir Jdcks0Hian Dsnoerdt''-Why
Re Don't Resiga-N Night Care Color 10 ne
FdlSshoodS-'' Bet When Fellows GOs TO Co"
Toa hn0,o BoU ats Yourself.
"'Tis hard, Mr.. Commissioner, that they
won't let you die easily. anyhow" said . STAR
reporter to-day 10 the retiring Commissioner OF
the Land Ofice-or rather the Commissioner
who won't retire-Hon. Joseph y. Wilson.
WHY, what's that?" said be.
Didn't you see this long rigmarole that has
been published about
TIM M'GARRAAay CLAIM
and your completely in the alleged mu;ilation Of
tie record Of the office for sinister purposes I'm
that connection ?'' said the reporter. handing
him the slip in question from New York pa
pers Washington correspondence.
. No, indeed! You have it? Let me see 1t,
please ~
CHANGING over it with nervous haste, he would
false, my SOD. Every word OF it false -
Z" But, Mr.. Wilson, about this, for instance.
Was the patent to McGarrahan ever executed"
I" Never, sir! never, sir.''
Wen. but how about the report that
"THE OFFICIAL RECORDS HAVE BEEN TAM
PERED wITR?'
knOW nOtning ABOUT lt-nOtnlDg ~ all.
% But Mr.. Granger swears that the letters OF
yours from January TO June, 1863, directing
him to record land patents, have been alb
stracfed, and that he even found Q strange key
which had been used to open his desk for the
purpose"
:" OH Gin twitchy sryle,) "that man Gran
"TALKs FIFTEEN DIFFERENT WAYS AT ONCE"
Who is this Granger
" Why he's Recorder here; always has a lot
of ladies visiting i'm; Amt at the office half OF
why, should think you would 20 where
there we're ladies'"
"No, sir, that's no attraction for me.p
Granger is not supposed TO have any dsintus
well" scratching his head,l al don't
know. Ill tell you one thing" (confidentiallv,)
they're talking so much about people now
adays and about republlcanism, why what Was
ONE OF THE MOST BITTER rRo-sLAvERY MEN
that ever lived. Didn't he, in Buchanan's time,
complain because L had republicans in Office,
and raised the mischief about it? only look
at a mans qualifications"
But you're republican at heart
"NOt by d-n sight. No, sir
JAcKsoNIAN DEMOCRAT, An.
came on IN it, and ! am going to so cut in it,
That's the way TO talk Il"
''Oh. yoIll lind me pluck, | tell YOU. The
whole amount of it is about this McGarrahan
business, that patent 10 McGarrahan was
signed IN let's, IN the usual way, and probably
not fully executed | never knew any more
defscing business and all that. know nothing,
except that by order of Secretary Cox, last wear
the patent was ordered TO lie snnuled.r
ats alleged, though, that certain letters of
yours are missing
"Don't know a thing about il, sir but it's
mighty funny that Granger can't swear 20 his
signature without finding my letter directing
him 10 sign. Funny, declare"
Then you don't know anything about the
Official records being tampeTed WITH
Not thing"
"'Tis rumored, Won know that Won proposea
to stick, by virtue of the tenure-0f othce act
- Oh. that's ridiculous. l always said
NEVER WOULD RESIGN,
but OF course, il Air. DTummOId is confirmed a.
my successor, shall 20 out at once
- thought ii would be rather an interesting
scene, YOU and he both acting as Commis-
siOner."
"Oh no, would resign in a minute if there
was any other man up there (pointing 10 the
White House ''but il this man isn't confirmed
| shall resign anyhow. But to resign now
would only tend to strengthen my nenies in
their falsehoods about me. Don't you see 80
Eyes, that is so: 1t is the general impression
though that you have
ont OF this Office
What sir" Indignantly "sir! sir" land
lowering himself on half-bended knees he rose
with clenched lists, declaring with the vehe-
mence OF Janauschek in Deborah's curse,)
false, sir; false, sir; false In every particular.
No man can point to me, sir, and say that ever
made cent except legitimately. I'D have his
blood, sir, if he did,
=" The policy claimed to be held BY YOU all
along is that you never would resi- n," said we.
Yes, but (chuckling and patting the reporter
on the back you know, my son,
WHEN WILLOWS GOT TO GO,
he might as well 60 at once and be dome
with it,;
i" But you'll sometimes give a wistful look at
these old quarters as you pass
Well" drawing long BREATH 8 L don't
expect to pass them much more. A couple of
years, 1 reckon, will finish me Up. You're a
young man yet, and you will live to see the day
when all these SANDERS against me will fall 70
the ground with the weight Of their own empti-
ness
Good bye nv son.