The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-25

pie Is independence and efficiency. Ii
mere fame Hayes will stand very well nj
among Presidents. Coming into Office Thu
best abused of the lot, he will go out will
general appreciation, II not for his pro
gramme, for his justice and sincerity.
called on General Garfield In Wash
Iington for a few minutes. He dresses In
the same careless country way, with {
black SLOUGH hat and suit Of cashmere
His excess Of industry gives him some
WRst stIaying manner, Ike one who 4
of yonder as well as close by. A good
way to correct this nervousness, arising
from too much desultory work, Is to sii
down alone an hour or two q day and
think, without looking at book or taking
note. As we we're walking up street.
said, General, you went through the
Legislature very easily after all the brag-
ging on the other side?"
"Governor Foster says that II my oppo-
nents had attempted 10 run, all three Of
them would only have got about nine
votes out OF the whole number, or about
three votes apiece. There seemed to be q
strong disposition about Cincinnati, con-
fined, think, to few persons, never
very silent, TO defeat me In some way.
Every time Tom Young felt little too
convivial he was sure he could do it by
the aid OF the Democrats"
"Did your editorial prod at Cincinnati
come in gracefully at last?"
"No; he never did with more than half
grace. His vanity had been exercised be-
cause he could not beat me into the sup.
port OF his silver bill agitation. was
n hi ha 6N1IN In YatKH EkaI
Whereabouts who would not take the sill
YER dose. This seemed to him reflec.
ton on his imperial will"
General" said !, ''you are very weak
with the politicians in one respect. You
won't stsnd up TO a bar and drink gin
with them and listen to theta stories"
"That is where | take pride in my cleo
tion," said Gen. Garfield. ~ said at the
outset that Iwould not 70 10 the Legislature
and solicit votes, because If the people OF
Ohio did not know me by this time had
labored in vain. / also refused 10 lease
any grocery TO get mems votes through
their appetites."
ate?"
"Now, as to that" said the General, 81
am not sure. TWAS expected, and l think
designed, in the early stages OF our coun-
try, that the House OF Representatives was
to be the best point for debate and leader
ship. In the early period of Ohio several
OF our Senators resigned their seats. Sen-
ators like De Witt Clinton would resign |
from that higher body for an Office in |
New York city, as Mayor. The debates
OF the Senate were for some time in secret
or down to about the beginning Of the
century. But in another sense the Sem
ate represents broader constituency and
may therefore feel that the interests Of his
district rise almost to national. find,
however, wherever they put me there Is
prodigious amount OF work thrown on my |
shoulders. 1t Is true that l like work, but
sometimes think my friends oyerrate my |
sustaining power"
General who will be the Republican
nomineeW
"Hard to say" said Garfield. at is as
likely to be new man as any OF the old
three-Grant, Blaine and Sherman"
"Will Ohio go TO the convention for
RI.
~ think it will, and think it ought 10.
bea pretty hard return for near
ly % years work in the party il Sherman
did not get our States support"
Genera, il there was any way by which
you could be nominated, you would run
as well as any man in the country"
"a good many Of my friends" said
unsuspiciously, think that l
might have chance. But Sherman would
make good President"