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Of the Water Department?n
"Yes, sir; and while considered him a ma
OF good deal Of ability, yet I did not think b
had the clerical ability that was Necessary t
supervise that department and overlook It
business. regret exceedingly that Mir, Keno
has allowed his resentment to eet the better q
ms discretion, p, and think be will hereafter reg1e
ANXIOUS TO GIVE HIM PLACE,
and offered him the choice of several. Bu
there were just two that he was willing To take
Ono was the office Of Superintendent Of Streets
then filled oY AIR. Fogarty, and the other tl,t
SupcrlntendcDcy Of the Water Department, ant
for,'' 4-'o>@ '11A'
"Frankly, Mr. Harrison, did be ever tell 70,
tnat he was not q candidate for Congress il
1915, aud did you ever tell him that you wouIdn'
how was it!n
My recollection is-though 31r. Kehoe seem.
to. differ with me-that asked him in 1877.
whether he intended to be candidate at tht
next election He replied that be would not
that be hadn't sufficient means to 70 TO Con
Eress; that what be wanted Was an Office thai
would bring him emoluments. replied that
thought he was wise, because had seen enough
! IN Congress to convince me that the most I'M
happy man in the world is a Congressman who
is dependent upon his salary for his livelihood
and that / would advise no man, unless he
felt confident that be had great genius for poll
tics to go to Congress until he has means
eae e1eusf bis to say snop0i fsr ni bis ap 6eug with h
Compress would throw him out OF business, and
then, ii he should fail to be reelected, would
leare him stranded. air. Kehoe says that con-
versatiqn vas IL 1910 before ; %y election that
| it's mere question Of memory"
,"Wbat did you mean by
] TUE GOOD TIMES THAT WE'RE TO DAWN
| With Mr.. Tilden's inauguration, and the ease
With which cue could be elected, and So on?''
l. "Simply this: that Immediately after the in
ausuratiou ct Mr; Iilden, any one who vas
the excitement and the flush of success
| which follows an Inauguration of a
| popular man; but that two years afterwards,
there being failure Of the $50 good times j
which the Democracy hoped ,fr. Tlden would
made. I meant BY that that people always ex-
pect change OF Presidency to bring about im~
mediate results, when they can only follow
slowly as the results Of change Of nottcy. My
san.e time was semi-politicai,- was written to
him in the supposition that he was friend, and
| had no earthly dream that he would ever Yio-
late the privacy OF q private letter."
Mr. Harrison looked as i man might be ex-
pectcd to look who had been deceived in his es-
tfmae OF brother man.
Shave you anything to say.'' asked the re-
porter, as be was anout to leave, tin reference
to the closing remarks in his letter, which, not
to speak it profanely, are rather rough, rather
severe, should say, on you2"
Oh" replied the Ma. or, with certain 1ofti-
ness OF tone, ~ think bis last remarks may
satisfy Tim as an evidence Of taste aud wit, but
they scarcely need any reply from me.''
REPORTER CALLED TO SEE MR.. KEuoE
last evening to ascertain what else there was
touching bis relations with the Mayor. He. had
very little to saT additional to what appears in
the letter, but his grievance seemed to be his
Honor's alleged uutruthfulncss. He said, ex-
p}anatory OF his letter, that in October, 1875,
be met Harrison one evening and went to sup
per with him, and be was asked, over plate Of
oysters, whether or not he was to bc a candidate
for Congress-. He assured Mr. Harrison that
he was not. Whereupon it was mutually agreed
that i he tkehoe) would support him (larTison)
not no. 20 to Congress il ISIS, AiI0s it would uId
not be Hnrrison's fault,-in other
words, that Harrison would support him. He
fulfilled his part Of the bargain, he said, and
this brought Mr.. Harrison's letter, which was
pact. He never answered the letter, but when
the time came around for the Mayor to keen his
promise he was found to be a candidate against
him, TIE cauyass passed On, amt when tue
that he not only had. Harrison but bis money |
against him, but despite eVere thing be beat him
After this Harrison's friends we're CONSTANTLY !
negotiating with him to withdraw in bis favor, |
but would not sell out, and as proof OF tue |
fact that be did not sell out lie !
referred to his defeat at the polls. |
few months later MIR. Harrison came up for |
the o1nee OF MAYOR, aud AR. hehoe says be sup
ported him, Notwithstanding his past pertidr, !
and in his support was given to understand that |
he could get anything he wanted. He did not |
ask him for anything, however, but sisuified his |
to accept certain posiion, which /
was not given him.
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