The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1881-07-13
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senator Jones Describes Oh Vice
Presidents ifceiings-

NxsillxGroN, July 6.-Aiter Vice
President Arthur lcit tie " hlte
Ifousc Yesterday he fetnracd 10 the
r.sidence of Senator Jones on Capi-
ioi Hill and subsequently took =
drive OF tea miles in the suburbs.
senator Jones was at home 70 a
caller who had come to his house to
see the Vice President. lie was
asked this question:
How does the Vice President
,4olport himself in this crisis 2?
like the thorough gentleman he
was the answer 'IIe is a man
scrlpulously obseryant of the nice
ties and punctiiios OF life, and, OF
course, il must grieye him beyond
endurnnce to have an assassin shoot
the President, and then cxclalm J
am a Stalwart and Arthur Is Prcsl-
dent He feels sensitive over 1t. as
any high-minded man would, but
what can he do about it? Guiteau,
who was such an cgotist that he
thought his service entitled him to
the Austrian Mission, and who was
passed from head OF department to
head of department as a sort Of butt,
and who felt, when he said he would
take the Consul Gcneralship at Par
is. that the Administration could
not refuse it to him-this fellow,
who was u mere mendicant for Office
and who wrote Garfield that he was
in perfect sympathy with him, final
" got it into his head that he had
been wronged in not being appointed
to office and picked on the President
as the chief offender in the matter.
Then thinking it would be of adyan-
tage to him to connect himself with
one of the factions of the party, he
AYERS himself Stalwart after shoot
inc the President, and impudent y,
incidentally, couples General Ar
thurs name with the deed in a man.
ner that put him in a very undesir-
able light indeed. But, as | said
before, what can be do about it I? l
was in New York attending to some
Of my private business when the
news Of the shooting arrived. When
the Cabinet summoned General Ar
thur here he sent for me and told
me he would like - have me come
with him for company sake. lie
told me that as sool as he heard OF
the shooting he felt that it was his
duty to come here, but he was de-
TERED by his dislike of doing any
thing that would make the public
think he was in haste and desirous
OF assuming the robes Of office that
seemed TO be put within his reach in
such an unlooked-for manner. The
request of the Cabinet for his pres
ence solved that dilemma and let
him out handsomely"
NoxsENs1CAL REPoRTs-
"Since he has been here his con-
duet has been such as to win the
plaudits Of ali fair minded people
From what | know OF General Ar
thur | am satisfied if he could have
foreseen the events to-day when he
was nominated he would not have
accepted the Vice Presidency under
any solicitations, but he has been
elected to his place, and he cannot
shrink from his requirements. Do
any Of the people who talk about
General Arthur stop to consider if
the President had been previously
hurt in a railway or other accident
it would have been the duty Of the
Vice President to repair here, so as
to be ready for any emergency p
About the reports published in
some New York papers relative to
General Arthur's fears of assassina-
tion and the employment of detec-
tives to protect him, the Senator
said:
1T is ali nonsense. General Ar
thur has told me that life is not
worth living if one has to be in con-
slant dread of losing it. All the de-
tectiyes in the world cannot protect
a man against assassins. Alexander
of Russia surrounded himself with
armed Cossacks, and yet a glass
bomb ended his existence. If
man is to die by the hand of an as
sassin no detective can ward off the
blow. The story about the detec-
tives watching over Arthur has Just
this grain of truth. When he left
New York, unknown to us some
over-zealous friends employed n po-
liceman to accompany Us on the
train. We knew nothing of the
matter until the cars started, and
had no neeed or desire for the mans
services. After we got here we told
him 50, and he returned to New
York"
CoNKLING AND TIE CABINET.
Speaking of different reports ailoat
Senator Jones said:
Members of the Cabinet visit
General Arthur at my house every
day, and their intercourse with him
is OF the most cordial character.
He does not believe that even If
President Garfield dies that Conk-
ling would accept the premiership
under his successor. lie saws:
His forum is the Senate and he
has progressed greatly as a Senator
IN the past few years, especially in
regard to thinking and speaking on
his legs. If he does return to the
Senate he will not, in my opinion,
accept office at all, besides, life is too
short for revenges, especially politi-
eal. .