Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-05-25

labor of bargaining and dickering an
promising everything that would b
promised while his election was i
= doubt. He was worried about hi
? Cabinet, 1t was impossible to recon
cile the conflicting claims of section
J and politicians. He thought the Soutl
should have something and the Yves
and the Pacific slope; and then he wa
anxious to do something for New York
Those who had Mr.. Garfelds prom
lses in their pockets were amazed bu
they discreetly held their silence. Th,
foreign missions were bothering hin
and no one could tell who would bC
appointed. Less than ninety days agC
at least one of those Cabinet offices
had been given away to Mr.. Morton
or if be chose to accept one of the
two leading missions.
ENTER BLAINE--MoRE GREEN.sICKNEss
AT last ray of light broke through
the murky atmosphere OF Mentor Mr.
Blaine was to be Secretary of State
And then there followed another flash
Blaine was to have the Cabinet con
structed to suit himself But how
about Mr.. Norton ? 1t was hard to
convince Mr.. Garfield at this time that
such q person as Morton existed. Fl.
nally, however, his recollection OF Mr..
Morton returned, and gradually it
dawned upon him that some sort of
n conference had been held in New
York at which, in consideration Of Ger.
tam services, something was said to
that gentleman about the Treasury
Department, the English or some other
mission. But Mr. Garfield had beon
so bothered through the campaign
that the whole thing had slipped that
treacherOus memory which could hold
in its statesmanlike recesses grave
maxims Of government and the chaste
aud beautiful passages of Virgil and
Homer. He admitted that he must have
said something to Mr.. Morton on that
interesting Treasury question, but his
recollection was that the bestowal of
IFS portfolio was to be at the option of
the President to offer, not of Mr.. Morton
to decline. And so of the English mis-.
sion and the French mission. Although
it was a curious misunderstanding. 1t
was about this time that Mr. Garfield
made the horrible discovery that Mr..
Morton was great banker, and it
would never do to place a great New
York financier in control of the finan.
ces of the Government The situation
at Mentor appeared to go from bad to
worse at this time. The pledges and
promises of the campaign loaded down
the Mentor mail so that it required
the labors Of three or four secretaries
TO send back statesmanlike notifca.
tions of their dshonor and rcpudiation.
THE MENTOR PILGRIMAGE.
At last matters began to look omin.
Gus, and it was decided that something
should be done. What that something
should be no one could exactly tell, so,
in the absence OF anything better, il
was determined TO call council OF the
chiefs Of the party, or rather TO sum
mon the chiefs one by one. The Pres
ident was in great distress, and so they
all FASTENED to his relief. They came
from the North and the South and the
East and the West, and they all con.
ferred and conferred, and each man
came back with the certainty that he
was TO find the tender Of Cabinet
Office in his letter bag the moment he
got home. How many Cabinet and
other offices were promised during
that memorable series Of pilgrimages
will probably never be found out, but
if the truth were known, Gen. Garfield,
if he were President for half century,
would not be able to use up the supply
Of Cabinet material which he then
discovered and generously signifed
that he would avail himself Of
MIR. CoNKLING AT MENTOR.
Finally it came to the turn OF Mr.
Conkling to be invited, and like loyal
Republican leader he went to see how
be could aid and assist the struggling
statesman in the SHOWS of the Western
Reserve. There has been a good deal
said and written about that memora.
bic meeting, but the true inwardness
of it is this morning for the first time
explained.
A MEMORABLE CONVERSATION.
General Garfield opened the dia-
logue with series OF interrogatories
in regard TO the characters of various
personages who had been spoken of
for various offices. Among these curl
ous queries was one concerning Judge
Folger. what sort of q man is be 2"
said the Presidentelect, To this Mr..
Conkling very quietly replied that he
had known Judge Folger for thirty
years and in all that time had found
him to be man OF the highest char
acter. "But," said the Senator, "why
do you ask p
"CHARGEs" AGAINST FoLGER
"Well, said Mr.. Garfield, "the fact
is | have heard some queer things con-
cernlng MIR. Folger-bad charges-and |
want to know from you what you
think of them and OF him ;"
To this tho answer was made that
he (Senator Conkling) did not think it
fair to discuss mems characters in that |
way; that in fact il was not the kind |
of a banquet that he had supposed he
had been bidden to; that he did not |
like the thing. What were the cbarges2 |
"Woll," said tho sorely pcrplexed |
President.elect, "the fact of the matter
is it has been said by some people that
Judge Folger is a man who drinks,
and also that hels man who is some.
what corrupt"
Mr.. Conkling ] am Informed, smiled
lt this terrible charge, and said that he
had known Judge folger good many
years and never before had heard any.
hing Of the kind in connection with
bis name. But what was Mr. Garfeld's
object in making these inquiries Did
he mean TO give HIM a Cabinet positionY
why NEW YORK WAS LEFT OUT
Tho coversation then turned upon
Mr.. Morton. Mr.. Conkling said he
lii not purpose to ask him for any
position. II, however, he intended TO
1--WE n place to the State of New York
ie thought the Treasury Department
was the one to which the State, be.
,ausc of its dignity and Importance,
was entitled. Then in bis opinion, tho
State was entitled to it because OF its
yreat services in the campaign. Mr..
fairfield replied that he had been con.
iidering the name of Mr.. Morton in
connection with the Treasury, but he
,ad concluded for many reasons that
/ would be very inconvonient for him