The Lincoln County herald., 1872-04-04
aETamt and Fapter.

lors below are closed q few irolicsome
mice have und sputed possession OF the
carpets. Yhe head cook in the kitchen
has turned into bed with his pipe and .
novel. Mrs. GIANT aud Miss Nelly are 10
her boudoir, and the children are dreaming
sweetly. The President, finishing up the
weeks work, has just written the last
memoranda on The back Of the last bunch
of documents on his desk, and throws
himself back in his chair, yawnlng.
Next-Tipgle, tingle goes bic little
bell.
The man in waiting by the door 10 the
hall checks . snore, rises from his seat,
and enters the Presidents room somnam.
bucally.
"CAll General Porter"
Enter Porter.
Porter, where's that whisky2 I'm
tired"
"And so am l." says the General with
alacrity. "lll get the decantsr."
"ADd some cigars, says the President !;
mo, come to think, I've got some here
in the drawer"
Tablcau: Grant and Porter taking q
cosey night cap before the FIRE. Matches
"A snell Of brimstone-puffs Of tobacco
smoke. Glasses returned to the mantle.
piece.
"What q mess Conkling and Morton
made Of it |" exclaims the President.
"Theres no denying that" says Porter.
"Here they have twice goue and put
me before the country as q man who
breads investigation"
True, says Porter.
There was that internal general order
business (between ourselves, | wish had
sent Leet to the devil instead Of giving
him that letter. Thew bamboozled me
into allowing them to resist investigation
of that"
Undoubtedly" says Porter.
"And see what scandal has come OF
it,"
"Very true"
"Then here is this arms job what a
row they have raised throughout the
country by opposing Summers resolution
and making all this talk"
Porter sishs sadly.
"1f they had the brains to cope with
the men who really wanted to iujuro me.
there would be some comfort; but they
had not, They were like moths flying at
candle-every time they flew at Schurz
and Sumner they got singed."
That is uuquestionaly So"
Then look at the mean ways they
took. To be sure, Porter, you and /
know that Sumner is pompous old hum
bug, aud that Schurz is Lucifer himself.
But the people don't see them in our
light. The people believe them to be
able Senators aud true patriots. II must
be confessed that Sumner has record
that cant easily be gotten over damn
his sharp nose, how he smelt out the San
Domingo business); but here these asses
of ours, Morton and Conkling, took the
very course to excite popular sympathy
for both Sumner and Schurz, and Trum-
bull, too-he's hard nut TO crack |!
First, they must inject into the disagreed.
BILE proceedings such matter as an inquiry
into Schurz, Sumner, and Trumbuli, on
the score Of appointments to Office. |
must confess, Porter, that unless our
eager Senatorial friends have more
shrowdness than they usually show they
will fail to make much out of that par
ticular inquiry. The three Senators
named haven't bothered me much for ap
poIntment at any rate. remem Der that
two or three years ago met Schurz at
stag party given by Forney on Capitol
Hill, and chidei him there for not COM
ing to see me oftener at the White
House."
"Why, General" says Porter, "you're
actually making q speech"
II feel like it. Think Of Coukling--
the vain lunatic setting up that mock
charge against Sumner and Sehuuz az
men holding reasonable intercourse
with the agents of a foreign power.
Good God. Porter, it's too ridiculous p
Says Porter: "You speak like the
sage that, when your dander is up, you
truly s;e."
Porter hand down that decauter and
my glass"
The military secretary complies.
"Porter," says the President, knocking
the ashes from his cigar" how do things
look to your"
"Blue"
A dead silence, illuminated by cigar.
flashes through clouds Of tobacco smoke.
SLOWS Forncy?'
"Unroliable."
SLOWS Greeley p
Dangerous.
"Can We depend ON the Republican
press, anyway?'
"WslI," says Porter, "its disagreeable
to mention it, but, after all, we've got
mighty few Of the first class Republican
newspaper with us to-day. Here's the
New York Tribune, the Chicago Tribune,
the Cincinnati Commercial, and the
Springfield Republican dead against US.
1t must be confessed that, 10 opposition
to these, the rest of the pap fed Republi.
can journals mako poor appearance"
"But We can fix the convention n
"Oh, yes, wo can put in the delegates.
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