The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-12-02
ourTEAu's STATEMENT.
What He Knows about Journalism, Poiiics
Farming. and Theology.

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Farming. and Theology.
WASHINGTON, November 29.-Guiteau
said to-day In testifying that his idea Of buy
ing the Inter Ocean was 10 make 1t the great
organ OF the West and get the advertising
patronage of the Tribune. He suggested 1t
to some frst-class newspaper men, and they
said 1t was brilliant idea and that II was
feasible. If had got hold Of the money 1t
would have been feasible. ! consulted sew
erai parties about 1t and they all thought 1t
good scheme but wouldn't put money into 1t,
so II fell through. Among others applied
to Mr.. Adams, president of the Second Ma
tioual Bank Of Freepot, supposed to be
worth $500, 900. told him / would make
him Governor of Illinois and he said he didn't
want TO be Governor. He had been State
Senator and was man of reputation and
character, but he did not pan out very well
after my interview with him. He did not
have any political aspirations. WANTED to
get bold Of those fellows who had both aspi-
rations and money. They were the kind Of
fellowsto help me. Adams did not seem to
care anything about being Governor. lie
was man of about sixty years of age, and
he preferred his old simple way of living and
didn't care about going into politics. ! also
consulted my old friend Charlie Reed on the
matter. believe he put S25 into IL which
he has not got back yet. Uaughter.)
Invent into theology after that, and that
was worse than the newspaper business. The
idea of publishing the New York Herald
simultaneously In New York and Chicago
was part of the Inter Ocean scheme, and
looked about for building and presses. l
consulted the manager of the Western Union
Telegraph Company and also the manager of
the A. il p. Telegraph Company. The A. &
p. was just starting at this time and its man
ager was an active young fellow aud alss
wanted to get business. said proposed 10
duplicate the New York Herctd dispatches,
and he thought it an immense thing. And
50 1t was. We wrote to James Gordon Ben
nett about the dispatches; think told him
IL he helped me out in the matter l would
consider the Herald suit at an end.
After you gave up the newspaper enter
prise in Chicago, what did you do?
That brought me Down to the winter and
spring of 1870. l think tried to pick up
the law business again, which | had neglect
ed, but law business was scarce, and found
1t hard to get any. Then Invent out to your
place in Wisconsin. / worked around the
house, studied theology and the New Testa-
ment, read the papers and soaped trees and
that kind of thing. In October, 1876, was
in Chicago. During Moody and Sankey's
meetings attended the prayer meetings and
services regularly day and night during
three months. Moody was there from Oc-
tober to January. During all that time
was with Moody and bore an active part. /
was assisting, and helped around in . gen.
eral way-spoke at the prayer meetings FREE
quently. Some time In November, during
Moody's work, / heard Kittridge, OF Chica-
90, pastor o: The Third Presbyterian Church,
say in reference to the text ".IfI will (mean-
| ing john tarry till he come, what is that to
thee?' Brethren have to confess as . man
of God that know not what that means"
At that time there was much expectation in
the public mind thai the Savior might soon
appear, and the idea has prevailed in peo-
pies minds ever since. That set my brain
whirling, and / began to investigate it.
went to work in the Chicago Public Library,
and dug out my lecture on The Second
Coming" As result of the investigation
/ went to work aud wrote ing lecture. My
idea of that lecture is briefly this: That the
second coming Of Christ occurred on the de-
struction of jerusalem; that 1t was in every
spirit world, and that the destruction OF
Jerusalem was the outward sign of bis con-
inc. hold that in all these eighteen Gen.
turtles the churches have all been In error in
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| In the future. That u the proposition on
| which my lecture was written, and that was
The result of three or four years investiga-
ton on that subject.
Witness then related bis various failures
In delivering bis lectures In Chicago, Jack
son, Racine, Kalamazoo, Ann Arbor, De-
troit, Ypsilanti, Toledo, Buffalo, Washing
ton, Rochester, Albany, Troy, and else
whese. He frequently laughed as he re.
peaied some of the humo' GUS incidents of