Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-10-27
GUITEAU,S STORY.


stenographer Of District Attorney Corkhill.
The assassin begins with brief chapter,
which he calls " Introduction, [" In which he
seeks to explain his crime. az have not"
he says, fused the words ASSASSINATION or
assassin in this work. These words crate
on the mind and produce a bad feeling. /
think of Gen. Garfield's condition as a re-
moval and not as an assassination. Ny idea
simply stated was to remove rs easily as
possible Mr.. James A. Garfield, quiet and
good-natured citizen Of Ohio, who temporar-
lily occupied the position of President Of
the United States, and substitute in his
place MIR. Chester A. Arthur, of New
York, distinguished and highly estinable
gentleman. Mr.. Garfield I intended to
quietly remove to Paradise (Which is
great Improvement on this world), while
Mr.. Arthur saved the Republic" He says:
II addressed letter 30 President Garfield
and to Secretary Blaine some time in March,
should say, calling their attention to my
services during the canvass and to my early
suggestion to General Garfield at Mentor,
in October and also in January, touching
the Austrian Mission. / heard nothing
about the Austrian Mission until / noticed
in the paper that William Walter
Phelps, of New Jersey, had been
given the Mission, and Of course that ended
1t. then sought the Paris Consulate. 1
spoke to General Logan about 1t, and he
said that he would speak to General GAR
field and with Mr.. Blaine. de told me that
he did speak to General Garfield, and that
General Garfield agreed to leave it with
Mr.. Blaine. saw Mr.. Blaine about II sew
or nj inn fho doad Ill In ha
ate, and MIR. Blaine said that they had not got
to that yet. He was very clever ut that
time. stood we'll with him and with Gem
eral Garfield, and had every reason to ex-
pect that they intended, rs soon as they got
to it, to give it to me. Mr.. Walker, the
present Consul, was from New York, and
had been appointed by Mr.. Hayes two years
ago upon the recommendation Of ex-Secre-
tary Evarts, and did not feel that Mr..
Walker had any claim upon General Gar
field for the Office, as the men who did the
business during the canvass ought to be re-
membered. And / have an impression de-
cidedly that at this time General Garfield
and Mr.. Blaine felt as i did. Well,
I called at the White House to
see General Garfield about it (after
General Logan had spoken to him and
he had agreed to leave the matter to
Secretary Blaine), but / was unable
to see the President. I only called the
Presidents attention to the matter once,
and that was within two or three days after
I reached Washington. I gave the Presi-
dent my speech entitled: Garfield against
Hancock, which I delivered in New York
in August, 1880. l marked at the head of
the speech these words: paris Consul
ship, which were written in pencil, and
then drew a line down to my name, connect
ing the words paris Consulship' with my
name, SO that the President would remem-
Der what 1 wanted. This was the only time
the President on my having the Paris Con-
sulship. He took the speech and ran his
eve over it, and there were other people
pressing around him and left him in the
room through the Private Secretary's room
and there l saw Mr.. Morton, Minister to
France, and General Tyner and two or three
other gentlemen OF that character. They
knew me and was cleverly received, espec-
tally by Mr.. Morton. He asked me about
This interview with the President occurred
about the 9TH or Sth of March.
81 may say here that after Mr.. Blaine
was appointed Secretary Of State i had not
much expectation that l was to get the
Mission, because / expected that
it was to be given to one Of the Blaine men;
but l did think and / did feel that / had n
right to press my application for the Paris
in view Of my having surren-
dered any supposed right that might have
had in reference to the Austrian Mission on
account of my having called General Gar
fields attention to the Austrian Mission in
October, and also in January. 1 abandoned
the idea of obtaining the Austrian Mission
as soon rs saw that Mr.. Blaine was APP
pointed Secretary Of State, but did feel
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for the Paris Consulship. During the
deadlock in the Senate wrote Mr.. Blaine
several notes. I called at the State De-
partment several times, but he was
generally busy, so salt what /!
him as Secretary Blaine' or 'Mr. BIaine.'
After the dead-l broke / saw MIR. Blaine
Mt the State Department one day, and he
said that he did not think that the President
would remove Mr.. Walker. This was the
MIR. Blaine that they did not intend to give
me the Paris Consulship. / was surprised
and said to Mr.. Blaine: Il am going to see
the President and try and induce him to re- |
move Mr.. Walker and give me the Paris
Consulship. We'll, II you can, do So, said
Mr.. Blaine. This is the last conversation / |
have had with him. have not spoken to |
him on any subject since. A few days after |
I saw Mr.. Blaine I called at the White |
House to get the Presidents final answer In |
reference to my getting the Paris Consul
ship. / sent in my card and the door |
keeper came back in q moment and said:
Mr.. Guiteau, the President says 1t will be |
impossible for him to see you to-day /
therefore sent him little note and told him |
about the Paris Consulship.
CONCEPTION OF THE ASSASSINATION.
81 conceived the idea of removing the |
President" Guiteau declares, "pending
The answer, and as far as the Paris Consult
ship had any influence on my mind ut all 1t /
would have deferred me from the act. be-
cause Iexpected as q matter OF fact that /
would get the Paris Consulship. After
conceived the idea of removing the Presi-
lent did not 20 near Mr.. Blaine nor near
he President to press my application.
MY conception of the idea of removing
he President was this: Mr.. Conkling re-
,igned on Monday. May 16, 1881. On the
Wednesday was in bed. think
retired about eight O'Clock. felt de-
pressed and perplexed on account OF the
political situation, and / retired much ear.
Ter than usual. / felt wearied in mind and
,ody. and was in my bed about nine
o'clock and was thinL ing over the political
ituation, aud the idea flashed through my
,rain that IL the President was out Of the
way everything would 60 better. At first
his was q mere impression. 1t startled me,
,ut the next morning it came to me with
enewed force, and / began to read the
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