, 1881-09-25
Cabinet Coukling's
Hold upon Arthur.
The Field Fund and tho Gar
field Family.
The Political Career of President
Chester A. Arthur.
Points Suggested by the National
.AGliction.

| NEW DIX, oept. -i.-llle business llc11
| 1iaye: ru1llor that Arthur Is going TO make
Conklins Secretary Of the Treasury, and
also keep Blaine in the Cabinet, and force
these two leaders Of ol,posit wings of the
party tn set the example Of harmony and
Difference. 1t is expected that Pusnaster-
! General James Is going to leave the Cabinet
anyway, tn hcrumc President Of the l.ilcoIl,
Bank, ;llld it is added that IN. is the stronger
i'll that notion sillce liz feels it will be inaE,S-
sbic to procure an; convictions under the
star-route eases. j: is also alleged that
George Bliss. OF New York. late unitr,l
! States District Attorney, will become Atior-
ney-t;encral in place Of MacNeaE!,. lie has
the credit in many. quarters of having rnn.-
posed .lrtllur's reply to John Sherman S
charges when Collector, and tile letter Of ac-
ceptal1ve Of Arthur when nominated. lie
was a college n1atc Of -Arthur's, and is Il
deadly enemy of Conklin., tllous'i hotl1 are
Stalwars. Conkln% having put Stewart L..
| Wootford in his place us District Attorney.
bliss is I'LL erratic ilnplaeablc man. Of great
mental intensity, aud Il severe prosecutor of
eyil-tioers.
| X friend Of folkIing said to me today:
''Unless Arthur os,arrcls with ronkling, he
| will never he able to escape his will, II he
! should quarrel outright with Conkling, the
| latter would not trouble him again."
The Field family has been tr:drced i'll the
usual meall way iii SOME Of the lower prints
for having started the fund for Mrs. Garfield.
| Cyrus II. Field aud his brethren have I'LL
been Garfield men for several years. When
| Gen. Garfield WAS nominated, and Ten. k0se-
Grams, Jerry Black. Sunsrt Cox, and many
| other of his associates, who ought to have
! been silent or glad. let loose political and
personal spleen upon him, David Dudley
! said To nlc in his Office on Broadway: Il
! think :. great deal If Garfield. lie is stu-
di"llS and laborious, the type of tilan vii"
| ought to be encouraged III our country.
Though l am = Democrat, l'n g:i$d he is
! nunil,attd.'' lie tlen said: II will tell YOU
IL little Story about Garfield. II was related
! To nc BY Charles i. DANA, tile editor. Mr..
Dana T.: Said tl!at lie % was Mjt'l VII the army
Of Of it ike cIlaf!. Viii. this wing
were Garfield aud Dana. as Dana
WI; WAS ,, ri'nE i; to the the rear; ',e not eer1aln
position was considerably IN advance of
CHATTANOOGA, he encountered Garfield riding
along the ron!- They were botj! il .opd deal
depressed. Suddenly the dull, sound Ut
barely perctptihle, and they stopped 10 listen.
There lay Il great distance between where
! they were and the sound vi the firing, anu
possibly the enemy had come in betwecn.
Garfield said: believe that is Gen. Thomas
holding his GROUND out there. L mist ride
to where he is. Da,.a thought it was fool
hardness. L may lose NY life, or be capt
ured.' said Garfield, but Tho!Aas is there
and must go 1t That time Garfield was on
the st;tlf Of Gem Kosecrans, whose command
had been scattered over the plains. Garfield
started i'll the direction Of the firing, and Dau;,
looked 1T him with admiration ~ he saw him
70. THAT day and that ride, said Mr.. DANA,
gave Zen. Garfield his most important rcr
ord connected with the arlny.''' \ mutual
love and learning brought the field hrnthers
in contact witt, Garfield and Cyrus ": Field
las set 4 good example aud dnI1s: no injury
to the tannly llanle BY starting the Garfield
subscription.
Everything about Cen Arthur is now Of
interest, and l will relate tile little have
personally, seen Of him. About 1874 was
When he was Collector. : / wis at once
charmed with his address and 4 certain
sweet gcntlli1y OF countenance. lie has Il
great faculty fur making every bo,ly ut home
whom he wishes 10. He said 70 me that he
had taken pleasure on several occasions in
giving Custom l1s}fSe positions to literary
men who had mt accumulated anything:
and he mentioned the author Of ''Tyhet,"
Herman Melville, wh0S'. novels t;rn. Arthur
glad to keep him in :: comfortable cerkshlp.
From that tiu.n onward SAW him, osc:,snn-
ally, and once Or twice spent half IN hour To |
an hour with him. The North Irsl.nan in |
in good fellowship and conviyialties Before
ule. death of his wife he liked glass ot |
whisky, and sonc Of his friends were Il little
;appr'ne''sivss that it might. grow on
him: thousl, l never ,',. Saw I!im III IL, feel Ills
ing he would be as tres!. AMI even !
of temperament as il If were 10o'clock ut |
night. After the death ot Ills wife, alhl par
ticl'lar!y after his n"1l'ination, there was Il
marked transformation. He was more seri-
ors, more regular III going tn business, AMI
less disposed tn waste time with croilicS and
creatures. HIS complexion became clearer,
and tot,k OIL the soft lights Oft. wol,'an's
skin. ile YVES always attentive to his dress.
hut particularly 50 :or year before Lc WIS
elected Nice-prcsilir1lt. | think losing lhe
rr!lstonl-l,ouse was 4 good thin. for him.
Hav'r. nothing t" slSH ;1"ay, he was relieved
struck that Office frnn his hands liz: made
better tlan, AMI during te, contest for Mayor
between tunla'r aud the Iall1nany nlun |
said to Gcn. Arthur that 1 thought the b,lsl- I
iiess nen Wnulu come nut fur tGnlpcr ulld |
rnll up large vote ior him. lle said tn me:
:" 1on are very lntc mistaken if you think I
the eSertlo'!s Of business !icn carry elections.
Elections are Carried by the workers ut the
polls, by pu!ilicaf faetots and lal:orr,S, by the
machinery which political palties have to
elnplny.:
1t is the recollection Of this remark Which
makes me hesitate u belicv. that President |
Arthur Is suillg to rely cltonGh on moral
force. l tE.inl; Arthur became ambitious |
after he lett the scus1o:..-Io.lsc. While Ile
was simply Collector uf the Port Of New York |
Ile cut no Important National figure, anu.
think, rather unestnatcl his capacity for
public display. .Ent when Sherman re;.l him |
out ot the c,lslnnl-hoilse and lie had to mike
:. public reply, think the reception Of that
reply by The public. and particularly BY the
politicians. illuminated Arthur with the idea
that le had Il greater race To run il he would !
keep right t1own in politics, and WAS severe
with his subordili,tcs AMI 50 he began to
roll Up larger and i1rger Republican yUtes i'll |
the city, aud finally became IL very necessary
factor to ConSln@ anti Cornell, and To be
named us IL possible United States Senator.
but never us possible Niee-Presiuent or Pres
|uent.
- III the conversation with Gen. Anson Nc
Cook haze already given you, l omitted IL I
:ay that lle remarked: - lii the Presidential /
election Arthur unquestionably brought ou.
] larger vote FOR the Republicans ii, New
ork City and Brooklyn, AMI ill:.te the cleo
lon Of Garfield uossible.'' We have then to
AXE this view of The new President: that he ,
s;ts he son Of Il poor but educated Protest
INT lrlshman. WHO came out to Canada to
each school and developed into a preacher,
tlid within three or four years after he De-
,nlnE Il preacher had this boz The f1ther*s !