The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-04-13

p,.. ''tcai characteristics and
,nam, ana Ills Methods OF Manage.
h' Oh the metropolitan Machine
epecMi 10 The Cincinnati E,,o,,ir,r
NEW YORK, March 29.-President
Al Af.hur WI has been described bu, little bv
the th washington correspondents, and
therefore, falling in with a handful oi
nls cIohies last night, directed the con.
tte,sation particularly TO his appearances
tpenavior, table talk and prospects.
Ueeah the conversation with Mr. Rufus
an9rews, who claims some hand in in.
.rouuclng Arthur to the local politics of
We" Nv orE alter the close of the rebellion
we were soon after joined by Mr.. Lid.
eeHer, VINO was the deputy collector of
.ue port when Arthur was collector, and
VINO resigned in consequence of the re.
port OF the Jay commission, though hc
regarded here as q superior type of
man, and very accomplished customs
Not long afterwards there came in
lhree OF the intimate lieu,enants of Gen.
erai Arthur in bringing out the republi.
can vote of the city, all young men of
the Irish stock, the tallcst of them
bainey Bislin, native of Pennsylyania
ana one of the eighteen children. who
was In youth celebrated oarsman-one
OF the Biglin brothers, scullers Next
was John j. O'Brien who is the pre,i.
cent OF the republican general committee
ol ihis city, young man, with a pale
lace, black eyes and black mustacho.
who wears white bow Mt his collar in
imitation of Governor Cornell. He is
the head of the famous bureau of this
city which regulates registration. the
polls, etc.; and when recently several
Dig professional men, like Colonel
Charles Spencer, John ID. Lawson and
Joel Mason, wanted TO be made head of
the general committee, President Arthur
strobe forward, and by his personal will
made OBrien the head of machinery
fully equal 10 John Kelly's position at
the head of Tammany hall. | should
| think OBrieu WAS about So wears old
dhe next member of the party was Mike
Cregan, thick-set man, with a SQUARE
| mead, who Is clerk Of one of the impor.
tar! courts Of the city. He had lust
come back from the Hot Springs, and
often figures in the papers as confidant
OF Mr.. Conkling The good nature of
these three last named was apparent
when they referred to some sketch / re.
Gently made in your columns not very
complimentary to them, and, dismissug
any acrimony, Joined IN the conversation
and made it a free talk.
Ruius Andrews is a native of Ohio.
western reserve, and is a New York law
yer, who coopeFated with Conkiing many
years ago tc overthrow the Weed and
Seward domination in this state. Secre
tary Chase made him surveyor of the
port. He regarded Horace Greeley as
his best friend and when Greeley was
nominated for president in 1872 he went
over to the coalition, and that took him
into the democratic party, in which he
supported Hancock last year. "You
have been over to Washington" said
to Mr.. Andrews; "did you see the pres
ident?"
Yes; found him to be the same
man lie was when we ran things together
here. felt little undsr the influence
of his station, but in a few minutes
saw he was unchanged He showed me
his new bedroom and toilet facilities,
which he has recently put up in the
white house, and l suppose it is the
finest bedroom in the world. 1 do not
believe that any monarch sleeps SO we'll
as Arthur. He keeps up his old habits
to great extent. and while was in
Washington he started out at O'Clock
in the morning TO take walk, and made
Tom Murphy, Clint Wheeler and another
friend go along. They walked around
the streets till half-past four in the NOR
ming. Arthur was always the last man
to go to bed in any company, and his
habit in New York was to stay up till
the latest, generally going toward homo
about three o'clock in the morning, and
then he would sit down OH his front step
and TALL as long as anybody dared to
stay.
about that front step" said Andrews.
"Ono evening went with him toward
the small hours of the morning, and we
sat down on the front step and talked
good while about the drift of events and
political probabilities, and when got
up to go away it was very late in the
morning, and l said: We'll, General,
good night. hope shalt see you in
the white house, president of the United
States. The remark had faded from my
mind till after he took the oath of office
as president, and made his first visit to
New York. went up to see him at the
Fifth Avenue hotel in his room, and as
entered he took me aside and said
Andrews, do you remember Il remak
you made on my front step one morning
rs we were parting-that you hoped /
would be president of the United States
Well, | am president. How strange
Does he keep house on the principle
Of President HaycsY'
"Not he. He has warm and CHEEKY
sideboard, to which his old friends step
up and hear him say: This is not a
Hayes administration.
do you think, Mr. Andrews, that he
will bo renominated?"
81 do. He will beat Jim Blaine at
every turn in the management of him.
self Blaine does not begin to have the
political cunning caution and force to-
gether of Arthur. He has been under
rated for years as politician, and is at
this moment the most level.headed and
best instructed politician in the United
States. He has control of the orgauiza-
tion in the State of New York, as Mr..
Van Buren had not when he was elected
President. In the city of New York he
is the personal master of machinery
which is rapidly winning this city from
the democratic party. Arthur had the
sense 10 select the same material to beat
Tammany hall that Tammany contained
young men, hard Gsted, wise and
genial, who would 60 right into the cleo
ton districts and work from house to
honse factory 70 factory, finding out use-
full instrumental:.ies and consequently
some of the old banner districts of Wood
and Tweed have become banner republi.