, 1879-04-05
Details to illustrate the Oddities
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of Great Men.
How tho Prominent Peop.o Of tie
Country Rooeivo the Re.
porter.
urief Seanccs with Zig Dugs, from
President lIaJcs 10 tho Widow
., Oliver. .

by an interviewer he Will contfivo to say less IN
1,10o quntter-hotlrs than any other prominent
gentle man oxtaut. afy first experience With
hin was at bis hut,,o In Columbus on Tho oven.
tnE OF h,s defeat for the Presidency. Tic n,at1-
aging editor Of TIE CntcA0o THtH11SE ION
which paper wns tllen emrloyctD cxi'cd nc for
n few days with instructions 10 pump llaycs
for ali he was wurtli,n and election ni1ht
spent In raln efforts to a1eau so.no yIews from
the then Governor Of Ohio. Blk Wholesome,
!. frnItlcss hours wcro passed In laborious argll-
,nent TO convince him that the time for
interviewing had conc, and at length he
gave mo permission to pullIsh this statement:
for myself, but do think Of the unfortunate
negroes IN the South, md ! trcmbtc us l con-
tcn,n'atc their condition under Democratic
rule" pcrfaps thIs ~ not exaetly tne LANGUAGE
was quoted ertcnsvefy, but o1Ie Of The Wit.
nesscs In tho Potter investigation sworc ho asked
lnycs II he had made tho statement, 'nntl tho
he does not reeolcct aail he tail TINT night Of
the next dny, nil his nervouancss on tlat oc-
casion wns testified in Ills effort to rad from the
Associated rrcss sheets The New York bullion
rsporta under the Impression that they were
clrctio..returns.
;. Ny second experience witt, him wna In Wash.
ington on the 25sh of DECEMBER, 1878. nntf
received Il telegram from The managing editor
NHI!EA !IAeHeA NV Ill AsEW AoLhI hkA ! HulINtt
70 Masal.ston' @ II Was GtiF,stnias morning When
admitted 10 tile executive chamber. AiynlAston
was TO learn wflat disposition was to bc mn,'c
Of certain point that had artacn In the famous
Chicago whisky cascs. In three mfnntcs tho
relative positions had c'anged. unyes was tho
ccrninn the frautls IRAN thcjr ri neaniffa,. mi
when had 1nlstct he leaned forward in a aurt
,of brown stndy. Finally he saitl, nDurtuv our
conversation you have frequently mentioned a
Mr.. H,oagett. With which llsti!lery wns Mr.
BlodCct, conncctedf Was he in lie jirst or
second ba.rhf'' In my e,,rurtse 1 reiosucd
"DssiIcryl iiclt Mr.. President. 1lc's the Unit
cd States Judge who sent the 'stiicss to iatl."
uarcs smiled Aa apo10y!zpu fur the remark but
DID not seem the slightest nh ass,etl when con.
frontcd with his lnck OF Information concerning
DiodEctt's Identity.
;. On third OCCASION no took nc kindly 1,y tho
hand and assured me that IIo Ind ncycr becu IN
lcrylewcd since s aceogsIon to the Presidency,
aud tut It Providence spnrld his health Iio
never wnuld he. lie apo;o Of various pss-
tended inscrstcws with lin, and solc,nnly d.
nounrell tllem as frauds. When lie hntl any,
thing to 1tpart to Tic country, lu *nllsl do It
!nfoueit tne tnea!am ol itiesense, ""llssenst"
ve,rs ~, IN" of rm, rorr"snui..ts n,.oM,;,
spc,nl tlm balaicc Of nv term In ensrcctinr
your rcpur.." It may be that tic reading nul,.
IT. wonder how llaYcs' oninions CT be!or9 l'tnl
~ s,,s 'nesn w sSlasla1IoI' slple
t1onh With, ha ,,,,o. snit H.. u.,eas
snrs ~, ',.,i I'm pG.s ,nt Sc1 ,1ao H.. ra,
tm, .,,e n't - o,'5 ,1t inSneo!. oi s ec'.!aati
t'ta' 1ases' IS pefm'ttsd 70 appfoaeh Tie fresenea
p'ope''
:, william NJ EsAh1s'
" a cnvornous mouth from which stream SEN
tcuce. like the tapo from the conIaror's juws.
Rct,crnt, unless involved In nm argument, n,.a
tha,, s,.n,,t,,,t r.. h,rso,f -, r,s.,. .I ~.
..en spsa"'"s .o' "''"ssa ~ i'Na'ss' a'u no! as
secretary u statc' AZ INC Limo OF the rs'moFs
that he "ns working for tho removal OF scllurz,
,u,, .tron,o,,tn, 1to ,rn -o.,r,,tto, r ,,,tio,i
N , fnc reliable i1for,n otio m ,n.a .u,,,,.,s -
:; t" ,,,ns,,a. .''',',as,, ~. ~
ana Eo'lt. 1he interview was pnol1st'cu III i1E
Cu1cA.o TRIBUNE, md EVarta always Stood by
Il, notwithstanding the clrurts Of some wo,,ltl-
le s.atcsmcn 10 imlucc him 10 deny it, In It lo
,nrorr.d ~. n:n,f y. ,.,.o .,,a ..oa ,ra, ,,,t,.
icle9sea 10 himself Ms l'He !!e Stone wal ol!lt
" CONNECTICUT farmer, wlrll Wos four feet
high an! live feet hroad+ 80 tint II blown over,
II would bs higher than before" This WIS to
Illustrate Ills nusit!on. tf ho LETT the Enb1-
net mil lis salary, ta would gO back to
law Practice amounting to several
: titnes. tbs amount. During. tho con