Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-02
you do, Mr.. Guiteau?" I was on good rela-
tions with all those men during March and

you do, Mr.. Guiteau?" I was on good rela.
tions with all those men during March and
April"
| Porter (slowly and with great deliberation)
I-"Did Senator Conkling-"
The Prisoner interrupting)E"Oh don't
look so fierce at me. don't care snap OF
my finger for you."
Porter-"But you will answer my ques-
tions.''
The prisoner-"Pua your questions in a
quiet, simple sort of way and l will"
Porter-"Did Senator Conkling ever prom
ise to support your application for the Paris
consulship?'
Prisoner-"My expectation about the Paris
consulship was that / could get 1t through
my personal influence with the president,
Blaine and Logan, and that when my nomina-
| tion went to the senate, Senator Conklipg and
that sort OF men would see it through;
but don't think it necessary to discuss the
matter of the Paris consulship. 1 went all
over that yesterday morning, and decline to
discuss it farther. There is no use in wasting
| the time OF this honorable court in going
over it again. If you do not show the facts
about it yet, you had better read this morn
ing's paper, and you will know them.''
The prisoner was asked about the inspira-
tign of his suggestion to Garfield that he would
succeed himself in 1884. He replied in reso-
lutte tone: II decline to discuss this matter
any further. You have gone over it two or
three times and decline to discuss it any
more. II your ideas were correct about my
having malice in the matter Blaine was the
man for me to have shot. What possible ILL.,
will could have had against Garfield?
Mr.. Blame was the man to have
been shot according to your theory.
My getting or not getting Office had nothing
to do with it whatever. It only shows how
absurd and nonsenscal your theory is. If
Gen. Garfield had paid respect to those letters,
1t would have been all right; but what did he
do? He went and sold himself, soul and body
to Blaine. He did not appreciate the kindness
OF those letters, but threw himself into Blaine's
hands and allowed Blaine to use the presidency
| to destroy Conkling and Grant"
Q-"Dld you say to President Garfield that
he would have no peace until he got rid of
Blaiue?'' Ayes, and that was the way
| stalwart and liberal papers all over the coun-
ton Republican and Gorham and that kind Of
people talked.''
Porter-"Did you say Blaine was a wicked
MANI"
Prisoner-"Yes, because he was ipjuring
President Garfield, who was good man and
kind man but weak politician. Garfield sold
himself body and soul to Blaine. That was
what Gen. Grant himself said in his letter de-
nouncing Garfield for selling himself out to
Blaine"
Porter-"Did you say yesterday you did not
desire the removal of Secretary Blaine?"
Prisoner-''1 did not, and you cannot find it
in the record. insist now upon your finding
it in the record. / want to fasten something
on to you. lam as
GOOD A MAN AS You ARE.'
Porter-"I know yon think so.''
Prisoner (angrily)-HYes, and the public
will think so too"
Porter--"Was your motive for demanding
Blaine's resignation because he had said to
you on the Saturday preceding not to speak
again of the consulship?''
Prisoner (excitedly)-"I told you that had
nothing to do with the Paris consulate. I
want to ram that into you and put it down
deep. Laughter) am talking now about
national politics and not about miserable
office and If You would try to get your brains
disappointed office seeker"
In the course of further cross
examination the prisoner said in re-
lation to the time of the mur-
der, 'the Deity seemed to be on my sice,
and everyone else against me, but there is a
great deal better fesling towards me now than
there was some three or four weeks ago.
Some of these bitter crank papers have been
tonlng down wonderfully for the last three or
four weeks. What they want is change of
heart. They want conversion. They want
new ideas about the presidents removal.
Nothing but change of heart will
satisfy their diabolfcal thirst for
blood. 1t is not likely the deity will
crafty them in their thirst for blood. They
begin to see it too, and they will see it more
and more"
the deity protected him from the day he shot
the president to this day, Porter said, sIt de-
pends more on whether the jury believe you"
The Prisoner-"EXactly what the jury is
here to pass upon, whether the deity and did
the act, or whether l did it on nv
personal account; and I tell you
farther that l expect there will be an act of
God to protect me if it is necessary, from any
Kind OF violence, either hanging or shooting"
The prisoner asserted that his act saved the
country from
ANOTHER WAR.
Porter-"There would have bee war now
but for you?" A-"I do not pretend that war
was imminent, but do say emphatically,"
land here he began to exclaim IN dra-
matte manner and in the style
OF stump speaker) "that the
bitterness in the Republican party was deep
ening hour by hour, and that by two or three
years at least the nation would have been in
the flames of war. In the presence of death
all hearts were hnshed; dissensiOn ceased: for
weeks and weeks the heart and brain of the
nation centered on the sick man at the white
house. At last'-(and here the speaker low
cred his voice SO as to be almost unintelligi-
ble)-"he went the way of all flesh, and the
nation was in mourning. That is a
paragraph from a speech I wanted to
make two weeks ago." he continued,
resuming his natural tone, and apparently
well satisfied with his effort, sit comes very
pertinent here and am glad had chance to
deliver it.''
Counsel asked the prisoner about the nec-
essity of requesting General Sherman to send
troops to the Jail to protect him for having
obeyed his inspira tion?" Answer-"I would
have been shot and hung hundred times if it
had not been for troops at the jail.''
Q-"Any harm in that?' A--"That is a
matter for the law to pass upon. Impatient
ly) will not have any more conversation with
you on this sacred subject. You are making
light of serious matter and will not talk
about it''
Going back to the letters, Porter read that
in which the prisoner stated that Garfeld's
nomination, election and removal" were acts
of God, and then asked, "Who nominated
him?" A.-"The Chicago convention
Q.-Was that inspired?''
The prisoner hesitated, and seemed about to
dodge the question, when Porter stopped him
| with an impatient ''Now, now, now"
The prisoner, (mockingly)- "Now, now,
now. thought Grant or Blaine would be
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