Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1880-07-21
NO. "a
THE MEN IN THE GALLERY.

1t will be remembered that, in his
speech nominating Sherman at the
Convention, General Garfield, after
delivering an appropriate eulogy upon
that candidate, said, who do you
want ?" Whereupon a voice in the
gallery should Garfield
That unknown man called upon the
General on Tuesday afternoon, just as
the future President was washing his
hands to prepare for general shake
He was one armed soldier, and rather
seedy in his make up.
Said he, "Gen. Garfield, l come to
offer my congratulations.
Thanks, thanks" said the General,
"let me see, weren't you in the Forty
second Ohio"
"No, General, that's not it. Didn't
you hear that voice in the gallery
when you said, "Who do you want 2"
Pm the fellow that said it. / was for
you first, last, and all the time"
"You are prophetic SOUL" said the
General, "and if l come to the White
House depend upon it | shan't forget
you"
And the one armed men left his
name on a card and went away hap
py.
In few minutes Garfield was sur
rounded by his friends, and his right
hand was going like pump handle,
when a hurley Teuton pressed forward
and accosted him:
"Guten abend, General, I dinks /
have some claims on you anyhow.
81 am at your service, my good fel-
low," said the General "let me hear
from you."
"Did you here dot man should oud
in de gallery Garfield when you say
Was haben sic ?"
"Ah, yes, l remember it well. Do
you mean to tell me"
"Yas, General, l vas dot man,
identical zame"
"My friend, shall never forget you
as long as l live. Let me hear from
yot any time"
And the man went away happy.
Passing through the rotunda on his
way to the carriage, the General felt a
laundering slap on his back, midway
between his shoulder and hips accom-
panied with a familiar "Hillo, old
Gar"
Turning round he saw before him
a very little man, with very tall hat,
and very thick stick in his fist.
Don't remember me, eh? Pm
called the boss interviewer of Chicago.
l interviewed old Conk, and you too,
and"
"Ah, yes. Well, good day, good
day"
"Hold on, old fellow" said the little
chap; II want to have just word
with you on my own hook. Didn't
you here that fellow up in the gallery
when you made your Sherman speech
shout Garfield p"
II did; l did. Do you mean to
say"
"Guess | fixed you that time, old
man. | knew it was bound to go that
way Now, consider / am the man
who saved the Republican party"
"My dear, good little fellow" said
Garfield, you deserve the thanks of
the nation. I shall give you new
club. Come down and see me in Ohio
and I'il tell you all about the next
Cabinet Perhaps you'll be in it."
And the little man went away
happy.
Just as the General was boarding
the train, bottle-noised politician
from the Seventh ward plucked him
by the coat tail and shrieked, "Gen-
eral, General, one word-only one
word"
"What is it, my man 2"
"Do you remember when you made
your speech in the convention nominat-
ing Sherman that a man up in the gal
lery shouted Garfield p"
The General is not profane man.
He was once a minister of the Gospel,
but he was also at one time of his life
a canal boatman. Early habits of
thought and expression are never
completed, and the future occupant of
the White House startled some of his
friends in the car as he threw himself
into seat and exclaimed:
"D- that man in the palleryo