National Republican., 1882-07-01

estimate Of General Grant as a military man by
chasing him with Alexander the Great and Julius
Cesar, and Napoleon.
| Stnr-Routc Cases.
| IL may be well In this connection TO say that i
met ex Senator Dorsey at the Firth Avenue Hotel
| and at the National Headquartcrs. just aS / did
these other gentlemen. Iaways thought Dorsey
| was line fellow and he seemed TO rectprocnte
the feeling and met him in Washington here in
March and we were friendly, politically aud so
| cially. frequently saw him at Willards aud at
the Riggs, and atthis time had never heard any
| thing against Mr.. Dorsey, and was more than
surprised and paincd when ! heard Of his con.
| nection with the star.route business. ! always
| thought OF Dorsey rs high toned Christian gen.
tleman. lie had an elegant dinner given TO him
General Grant and Mr.. Beecher attended aud
must say that had SO much respect for Dorsey
that u grleved me 10 think that u man had
thought 80 well of as had OF Dorsey should prove
TO be such n scoundrel that IL is said tho record
would show that he Is. never had any bust
ness transactions with Senator Dorsey, aud only
knew him as secretary Of the National
executive committee. When he returned from
Indiana Immediately aflcr the Indiana election l
| happened to be In General Arthurs private room
| at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, when he and John G.
New came fresh from the cars; 1t was between
II and IL o'clock at night. They came directly
from the cars to General Arthurs private room,
and OF course we were all very glad TO see Dorsey
and he and Mr. New were greeted with the ut
most cordiality OH account OF their political SER
vices during the Indiana canvass, and his SER
vices there a. pTcciated as all the rest Of did
personal grief Imot Senator Dorsey several times
| in New York during the fall and winter after the
election and our relations were very cordial, and
| l met him at Wiilards and at the Riggs occa-
sionally after came here in March. But afer
| the star route business was developed met him
once or twice, but had no acquaintance with him I;
| never sought his acquaintance after that do
| not think met him more than once, and ho was
busiiy engaged, and did not appear to notice
him.
NEVER HAD ANY PERSONAL ACQUAINTANCE WITH
| MR. BRADY
at all; do know him, even by sight Cen
erai net .,o '' for the s''S spst time al wash
ington in the fall of 1877 when was on
theology The way happened to call on
| spent several months at Davenport with my
| brother. During this time met General Tyner's
| younger brother, and when came to Washington
naturally called ON him socially. My brother
| married General Tyner's sister some twenty-five
years ago, at Davenport, Ia, as have previously
| stated. So far as ex-senator Dorsey aud General
Brady and those star route thieves Uf that is the
| word to use) are concerned, know nothing about
the facts in the case whatever. They may be per-
fectly innocent, SO far us know. All that know
| is what have cleaned from reading the papers.
| IL those men are guilty as charged by the newspa
pers, then say that they ought 10 be punished to
| the utmost,
DURING MY RESIDENCE IN THE ONEIDA COMMUNITY
in 1864, had vacation for two or three weeks
at Long branch, and had a pleasant time and 1
visited the public institutions the Central Park.
&c. attended Mr. Beecher's church Que Sun
Beecher. When at Freeport, while u boy, 1 heard
| great deal of Mr.. Beecher: read his books and
had great reverence for him. My father had
always been great admirer of such men as
| Horace Greeley and Henry Ward Beecher and I
sympathized with his feelings towards them. So
| that when went to his church and first saw him,
in 1884, went to the church with feeling of awe,
being in the presence of one whom had heard so
much about, and read so much about, and had SO
much respect for. / remember 1t distinctly
and remember the impression that his dis
course produced upon me. When left the
| / To pr,,pL lvn hOrt Ia
after and attended Mr.. Beecher's church regu.
larly for several months-that is, during the fall
and winter of 1866 and 67. l at that time joined
his church, and took an active part in the Fri.
day evening prayer meetings. was member of
Mr. Beecher's church for about two years-that is
until my membership was transferred TO the Ply
mouth Congregational Church, in Chicago, in 1869
When am in New York very frequently have
attended Mr., Beecher's services since then, and
have watched his career with great interest. !
sent him my book called "The Truth" when l
was IN Boston, and sent him ~, note requesting his
do not know whether he reviewed the book
snos nS d Dung Ing t6ersr the in;st last @ Ns fall
York, and had a platform ticket. generally
had platform ticket to those Cooper Institute
meetings last fall obtained them through Gen
eral Aspinwall, the chairman of the committee, or
otherwise. Mr.. Beecher made splendid speech,
| and sat near him and cheered him loudly; and
the, policeman, | remembered, thought l was a
little too enthusiastic and he spoke to mo mildly
once or twice during the delivery of Mr.. Beechers
speech thought certain portions of the speech
about it.
1HAyE MET COLONEL INGERsoLL FREQUENTLY
during the last two or three months here in Wash
ington. first met Colonel lngersoll in the tall of
1876, at Chicago. He delivered a Hayes speech
there In the rink to (as the papers statedl some
thirty thousand S people & It was AN an immense oya,
q reasonable distance of Mr.. Ingersoll and lis.
tened to his speech standing some little time, and
lgious views two or three years ago was in the
lecture field myself, and prepared lecture en-
Rp TO M&sI hs
the lecture and simply announced 1t as "a
Reply to Attacks on the Bible" This lecture
title "a Reply to Attacks on the Bible" Mr.
Ingersoll lectured in the Boston Theater in the
winter Of 1880 was in Boston; noticed the an
nOuucement, and sent him my book. "The
Truth" with note. stating that he was doing
Christianity great harm, and that hoped he
that there was fearful responsibility attached to
him, aud that lie would certainly regret it; and l
not asains IL Mr. m inEeo edtsred az a the
Cooper Institute at New York last fall, under the
auspices of the Repu blican committee TO packed
house. attended the lecture, and after the lec-
ture introduced myself to Mr.. Ingersoll. He re-
| membered me at once. told him that sent my
book to him in Boston, and he thanked me for it.
told him that we were one in politics, but that
we disagreed in religion. He smiled and said that
he favored free. thought Some TWO months ago |
| needed a little money, and / called at Colonel
| Ingersol's office. He was out, and / called once
or twice, and finally left little note stating to
| ulul tnht
| WANTED TO GET TWENTY DOLLARS
that / was expecting some money shortly, and
| that would return It, and asked him to leave it
| in his office. He was out and LETT tho note Gsk
ing him to leave s2O for me. 1 called to see
| whether he had left 1t, and he had not SO saw
him a day or two afterward ut his house as he was
In his carriage driving away. approached him
and said "GOoa mSrnng and he say
that SSISs r. ,n5 'Sn aI ,a lie
| Christ dollar with God Almighty for security"
He says " have done this thing so much It keeps
me busted" He was very cordial. ! smiled
and no smiled; went iuto the park, and
thought to myself as went into the park, What
a great rity 1t Is that man like IngersOll should
feel about the Deity as he does" Said |. "I would
| not feel as that man docs about the Almighty for
all there % is IN ne %oTld d ieit gieyed That
canism should be on such bad terms with the
Deity.
| On the 2Sth of July, 1881, sent this petition to
the supreme court Of the District of Columbia. l
| wrote 1t in my cell when was SO feeble could
hardly write It; to-day, August 29 am feeling
well. / have extra food now and am satisfied
In tile matter OF the application for bail of
Charles Guiteau, prisoner confined in the United
shooting Of one James a. Garfield To the supreme
| court of the District OF Columbia: Charles Gui-
teau, your petitioner, humbly shows 10 this court
| that he is resident of Chicago, in the State of
Illinois; that he is now in the custody of one John
s. Crocker, the warden of the United States Jail of
said district for shooting one James A. Garfield on
there confined since that date. That said
| James A; Garfield, Mt tho time of said shooting
was President Of the United States, but that shoot
said President, In law, Is the same shooting
| the humbest citizen of the republic. That your
| petitioner
SHOT SAID PRESIDENT WITHOUT MALICE;
that his motive was purely political and patriotic;
that said President Is still living and that your
| DnlitiDueT Informed WOlllt