The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-11-19
81 LAKE Daley SATURDAY NovnMBER EIGHT RAans
TELEGRA.PHIC
GUITTEAU.
The Trial Of the Assassin With
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Guitteau's 0pinion-of Blaine.


Washington, 1S.-In Blaipe's testi-
mOny, to-day, regarding Guittesu's ap-
plication for the consulsts ct Paris, he
said such An important Office 10 always
assigned to gentleman Of rank or In
telligence and public service. ] did not
class Gui!teau in that rank. aFs44
Q-About public services = do yeu
mean party services? FHas
Alt may bs party services. do not
think there are any Rrounds for mlsun-
derstanding me. :,
OIL want to ask if it Was expected and
common in the distribution OF theae EN-
ces to pass them around IS rewards for
party services7 e
Al should say that entered into con-
siderstion and yet was not conspicuous:
A great many eligible missions abroad
are held by gentlemen who never did
party services at ell.
Q-Do you mean that it can be under
stood that on the whole this element Of
party service was not prominently recog-
nized in the distribution Office? Al
do not mean to be understood that it was
not recognized, only that it was not the
sole basis on which such things were
done, and gentlemen who had nothing
Of those claims were assigned conspicuous
public positions.
Q.-Was it a peculiarly in the Quit
teau application for Office that he based
his claim on party services? A.-Oh no.
That is very common.
Q.-Was it not the almost uniform
mode of operations? A.-As q rule I
think you would find gentlemen who
hold conspicuous positions in the diplom-
attic stations are not those who have ap-
plications for them on file in the depart
ment.
O.-To come nearer home, how about
the collectorships in leading cities? A.
/ am not in the treasury department
(LauRhter.)
Q.-You know nothing about it? A.
Nothing but heresay, and that, I sup
pose, would not be accepted.
Q.-What was the condition of the re-
publican party as to unanimity and har-
meny for six weeks before the shooting
of the President? A.-(After 3 pause
there were some dissensions in it.
Q.-They were considerable, were they
not7 Ayes, sir.
Q.-They created good deal Of ex-
element in the country? Al should
say not in the country.
OIL mean among the people? A
The dissension was largely local. There
were differences between the President
and some members of the party about
some matters in New York.
After some sharp interrogations, in
which Blaine seemed to shrink from
discussing Conkling's resignation, SEQ
Vile said: How was it with Senator
| Conkling, of New York? Did be do
anything that led 10 that trouble, that
famed the difference or promoted it?
A.-What differences? (Laughter.)
Q.-1n the republican party? A.
About what?
Ooh, of course, if you do not know,
you need not answer. Aft Conkllng
spoke be must have spoken about some
particular thing.
OIL 10 not want any long disgust
tions. l simply ask you to state to the
jury the substance of the trouble in the
republican party. Al don't exactly
see the point about which counsel desires
me to testify. have no reluctance to
testify and hope he will not construe
my answer in that way. The President
had appointed Robertson collector Of
customs at New York, and on that ac-
count dissensions grew up between him
and his administration and the senators
from New York.
Q.-Whst was done By the senators
from New York after the disagreement
arose with the administration? A.
They resigned.
After recess Guitteau said to the court:
I think it an Outrage to have incompetent
counsel forced on me. Scoville is doing
splendid. most distinctly approve his
services. l want q chance to defend my
self, and there will be row all the way
through if l don't have it. All the time
an officer was trying to make Guitteau
take his seat. The prisoner was talking
in his usual jerky, disconnected way.
l am not satisfied with this business.
striking the tsble with his fist and will
not have it.
Judge Cox. severely-If you don't
keep silence will have you removed.
The pris0uer-I do not care if you do.
The American people have something to
say about the matter. It is An outrage
that / should not be heard in my own
defense
Washington, 1s-Long before the hour
for opening the criminal court, several
hundred ladies and gentlemen assem- bled
in the eastern corridors, and patiently
awaited admission to the court loon. At
9 O'Clock the prison van drove up, and
Guitteau clutching large bundle Of
papers in his manscled hands, shufHed
hurriedly into the building. There was
a marked absence of noisy demoDstra-
tions on the part of bystanders, yet Cult
teau plainly betrayed fear of sudden
violence, which always marks his move
ments whenever he deems himself at
all exposed to danger. He was taken to
the prisoners room, and devoted himself |
to reading the papers. At $50 the. seats
reserved for the general public were en-
tirely filed, four-ffths Of them being |
by ladies.
Upon the opening of court ScoVille re-
nuested the court to take come measures
to prevent the prisoner from giving to
the public his unauthorized communlea-
lions and also to prevent the annoying
of the prisoner in the court
room. This brought on q scene during
which Gultteau demanded that ScoVlIIe
should 90 out of the case; that he was no
criminal lawyer and had no sense; that
he talked one thing to him IN private ana
aHother in public. Scoville endeaVored
n eTnIsin To the court, but Gulitesu be-
zane more and more excited, ana az
]ressed himself alternately to the court
o Scoyille and the bailiffs who were en-
ieayoring TO keep hir1 quiet. 10 tne
,o,,,+ h. so;1. HI represent myself, your |