The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-03-22
WnT ne KECIGNED,
THE VENERABLE SENA TOR TIRED
OF PUBLIC LIFE-REMTNLS.
CENCES OF HIS CAREER.
philadelphia Times.l
WASHINGTON, March

Senator is the first question that arises in
mems minds, and here is how the old
Senator explains it in an interview had
with him tonight at his son Don's house,
where the old gentleman is temporarily
stopping. Don himself left for Harris
burg on Saturday afternoon, bearing his
fathers resignation to the Governor, a
resignation which, even on its face, ex-
pressed lingering desire to hold on un-
til the last moment, for it said that the
resignation was not to take effect till his
successor should be appointed.
Genlallty Of the Senator.
The Senator was asgenia as he always
is. Even to newspaper men, from whom
he has received the shortest words, when
asked the reason for the unusual act, a
resignation of the Senatorial chair for
private life being almost unheard of at
Washington, he replied: "Well, l am
now or was on the Sth of this month, last
Thursday, rs years old. I have seen
enough of public life and think could
never find better time than this to re-
tire. l am worn out with the worriment
and cares of Senatorial life, the necessi-
ties which it brings of having to turn my
back on good people whom would like
to help and of being haunted by bad peo-
pie who seek to make use Of me. Ihave
no need to subject myself to such annoy
ance, for am rich in this worlds goods.
How long have / meditated? Well |
should think about year."
No Hard Feelings Against Hayes and his Cabinet.
"I hope you gentlemen of the press
will make it known that ] do not resign
in any huff ofanger or pique at the new
Administration. l shall give the Presi-
dent my cordial support, and my son Don
gave Mr.. Hayes the assurance three days
ago that he would give him his continued
support" AS to the Cabinet, the old
veteran revives some recoleCtions which
nobody but he would have so long and.so
Enthusiastically remembered. II voted
forSherman's confirmation" said he,with
nervous twinkle in his eye,and achuckle
at the fun of the Conceit, "but | remem-
bered that he held back my name for
several days when was appointed Min
lister to Russia, and he colleagued with
others in pushing immediate action upon
the nomination of Stanton as my success
sor in the War Department, and | didn't
think it any harm to make him wait a
little bit. l really felt no grudge against
him, but thought I'd return the old COM
pliment in kind. l had no objection to
anybody in the new Cabinet, except
Schurz. l could not forget his sneer at
my appointment to the War Office in
1861" Here there was another chuckle.
Curtin and his Crowd.
Gas to the Presidents policy, l hope he
will succeed, but fear lie will not, for the
task is greater than he thinks" The
Senator then dropped into some recollec-
ton of Pennsylvania and her people, but
first when the subject was suggested to
him about his being prominent candl'
date for President at the convention
which nominated Lincoln he said, with
no bitterness in his tone, but rather as
though it was merely an interesting
but forgotten episode in his eventful life /:
"Yes, and | would have been nominat-
ed at Chicago that time had it not been
for Curtin and his crowd. When other
delegates, after the dead lock had occur
red, came to Curtin and expressed their
desire to vote for Pennsylvania's candi'
date and asked what sort of man | was.
Curtin didn't tell them himself, but refer
red them to Bill Mann, and he would tell
them what sort of a man | was. When
Mann was consulted he replied that l
was the greatest scoundrel in the State,
and that he had information in his pos
session that would put me in the peniten.
tiary," and here the old Senator laughed
heartily at the recollection.
He referred briefly to his second eleC
ton to the Senate and his success over
Colonel John w. Forney, who was push
ed by Buchanan and then he touched
lightly very lightly on the fact that he
defeated Forney by getting some of the
Democrats to vote for him (Cameron).
The question as to how he got them was
not pressed. He closed the interview by
recollecting how he came to the Senate
the first time. "They sent for me-" said
he, Ito come in from my place in the
country, and wanted me to go. l was
worth hundred thousand dollars then,
and was president of bank which had a
capital Of one hundred thousand dollars,
with the privilege of making as much pa
per money as we pleased. l was max
ing fifty thousand dollars a year out of
this"