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| Judiciary. In the Convention: his varied
! legal requirements and tlae oratorical
| poyers enabled hi:n to take n leading posi-
! ton, and he was throughout one of the most
prominent and influential members OF that
body.
| IT WAS ABOUT THIS TINE
| that Mr.. Mac Veagh first found his relation
| s1ip bv marriage to the Cameron family to
| stand iu the way of his political advance
| ment. and it has ever since been stumbling
| block to :, man who has displayed too much
| personal independence and too earnest q
| devotion to the principles of the Re
publican party to submit even tac1tly
to Boss-rule. When Gen. Hartrantt
first became Governor, in 1873, MI
MacVeagh should have been made Attorney
General, and would have been given the po-
sitiou if the elder Cameron had not desired a
reelection to the United States Senate, and
professed to believe that it would not do TO
heap Sc many honors upon one family: In
| the fall Of 1915 there was chance Tor min 10
enter the Cabinet under Grant as Secretary
of the Interior, and his name was seriously
mentioned in connection with the vacancy
made by Columbus Delano's retirement.
Ex-senator Zachariatl Chandler secured
| the place, however. Just previous
| to this, In July. 1875, PRESIDENT
Grant had appointed him member OF the
| Committee to investigate the charges
brought by Prot. Marsh, Of Yale College,
| against the management Of affairs in the
Red Cloud Indian Agency. This position
the President was
VERY ANXIOUS FOR HIM TO ACCEPT,
| but, after mature reflection, lie declined it.
At the beginning of 1876 Mr.. cVeagh re-
| moved his law Office from Harrisburg to
Philadelphia, and he has since made this
| city the chief scene Of his professional
| labors. His residence, however, is in Lower
Merton Township, Montgomery Coun-
ty, where he recently bought
a fine farm. His connection with
| tho famous Louisiana Commission three
years ago is we'll remembered. For his ac-
tion, which resulted in the overthrow of the
CarperBag Government, he was assalled by
Gen Butler, and promptly replied in TWO re-
1narkaole letters, which shows that Butler
has mistaken the character of the man with
whom he was dealing.
IN THE FIRST OF THESE LETTERS
he said:
| Where au1 known do not need to deny tho
| silly story about the use of money, or
| to declare it to be-as you well kno"
| it to he-a bare and coward'y
| fnlsehood. For those who do not
| know me, perhaps I ought to add that, apart
| from any repusnanco On my part to the crime,
| there were two practical difficulties in the way
OF my committing 1t. had money of my
| own to spare, and it is only military command
ant OF Now Orleans In time Of war who can sufc-
| ly appropriate my considerable quantity OF the
| property of others to his own use.
IN THE SECOND LITTER,
which was rejoinder to Buffers published
reply, he started out by inti,nating that
Butler had oyerworked his invect-
! i've faculties, aud had destroyed
that reputation for effective sour
rillty".. which he had so sedulously
| fostered. You dellberttely,' he continued,
swroto and published concerning me four
| sheer fatsehoods,. without particle of
foundation for any one Of them. Thereupon
I promptly put you On the National pillory,
| with very legible statement of your often
| ses upon your forehead. Ny chief purpose
| was to exhibit you as 4 warning to younger
men, by showing them that, i'll spite OF great
ability and energy, you had become the
lepcr Of our politics, by reason of the gen-
eral conviction that you habitually disregard
| the eighth and ninth commandments. In
the fall of 1877 Mr.. MacVeagh was strongly
| urged for the position Of -
MINISTER TO ENGLAND,
but when the delegation met Mr. MacVeagh
| was cast aside and Simon Cameron was
| unanimously Endorsed for the place. So
! Wayne MacVeagh was not appointed Minis
| ter to England, nor did Simon Cameron Sc
cure the place. In the summer of 1879 the
| English mission again fell vacant. and it was
| understood that Mr.. MacVeagh could have
| had the place If he had not peremptorlly de-
| clined it. His name was also mentioned at
| the time in connection with the Attorney
Generalship but the anticipated vacancy
| did not occur. The prominent part recently
! taken by Mir. MacVeagh i'll political affairs
need not be given at length.= He was one OF
the organizers of the National Republican
League, which did such effective work. in
preventing the nomination Of Gen. Grant for
tho Presidency last year, and as member Of
the Executive Committee of that organiza-
ton
| PROCEEDED TO CHICAGO
at the time the Convention was held. There
he again crossed swords with the CamerGss,
and the victory this time was on his side.
After the Convention was over he
made journey to Russia, as counsel to
Mr.. Wharton Barker, on the expedition to
investigate the coal and iron fields in the
| S0uluElll SEGttUu VI l4dt CuuI1lly. LII LAd It.
cent Senatorial contest in this State his name
was frequently mentioned as q r:llying-poin
for tile anti-C Cameron members Of tho Legis-
lature, but lie was not candidate for the
place, and stcadfastly refused to permit the
| use Of his name in the contest. at n public
| anniversary held In this city year ago Mr.
AlacVeagh delivered an impressive address,
in which he thus succinctly set forth
| HIS POLITICAL pLArFoEM:
| II happen, among other unpopular and i'm
| practicable things. to entertain !: sincere de-
| sire for the relief Of the Civil Service, and
] would trust to your practical common sense
whether OF no: it might be OF advantage to
our foreign trade in the future that that
service, instead Of being filled by decayed
politicians seeking temporary asylum US
reward for partisan labors, should be filled
by such busy, energetic, and working men as
can only be secured by the attraction Of that
| permanent tenure"
IN PERSONAL APPEARANCE
Mr.. AlacVeugh is slight stoops 4 little, and
is rather below the average hight lie wears
his face clean-shaved except the mustache.
His voice when speaking in public is clear