The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-02-11

WHOLE No. 3O1.
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way to Philadelphia, stopped OF by i'm
vitatiOn Of Mr.. Buchanan to visit him
ut his Whcatland home, near IMncas-
ter. One day, in opening aud reading
his la1gc mail, he spoke out and said:
] Here is :hc same old story: FOrncy II
again in financial trouble: his creditors
have called u meeting and viii 1hc to
attend, hut ! will not ~. wes me
$, ,OW and I know he cannNu lmy 1t.
! If his income were $l,'kN or $lO,QM
year hc would spend it all. will aend
| to him ut once receipt in full for ;otste-
! for him at present." -
In rcgnrl to Mr.. Buchanan's trustee
ship in the Washington property the
| following explanation was made tO tee
writer by Mr.. Buchanan in the WING
House when he was President. I give
1t in his own worls, a. nearly A. can
remember bhelM: ''Whcn FOrney Was
electetltlcrk Of the house of Representa-
tives he was borrowing many thou
sand dollars, mostly to politicians, who
were clanlOrous for their pay. A. clerk
lie made a good deal IL money,
more than his family necessities
required. He told me he had Nh ol,-
portunity to invest it in. real t~-
tate In Washington, hut he We afraid
his creditors would take it fronk him,
and hs came to me to ask my ce. l
advised him that he might invest in tim
name Of his wife, through the i4te .
vention Of trustee. The idea plgkRr
him, and he aske.l and obtained ~
consent to act ~ trustee. This was
when l was private citizen. living ut
Lancaster. Ihcard nothing moro about
the matter untik sDtne years afterwari,
when I became president. Forney them
quarrelled with me because .cs,i1id not
give him the best office q tho 1lft Of my ;,
administration. He wrote lhc insOlcnt
letters demanding that l should con.
vey the property to him. told him
thi. WAS ml,osssible for me to 10, unless :.
by ! prOeetsling IN q cOurt Of chancery
ii the District of Columbia, in which
the president of the limited States
would appearsas one Of the partil~'to
the suit, and This would never COLI
sent to. Moreover, Informed him th4t..
no one could suffer by letting Ithc Md
ter remain ~ 1t was; that thes YrOpertyk
was advancing In value every Nay, /.
wife, who WAS most eatinlable woman.
Indeed ca1ptder the purdolase Of tl>nt
property, and the appointment vi
trustee to secure it his wife the most
sensible ack FOrney ever did," 81
The maidtnllOod and fubs<quent mare
riage Of Harriet Lane were in no way
Influenced :'thro"gl' consideration ;~f,
ny Mis- if lane, although, Il, 4n.~l~,kins
and remarkably iAtcllectuM lv.ly, was,
but little known l,cXpntk the inllne'liat.'
circle Qf her intimate fricnsis. *lNhcm.
Mr.. Buchanan lxran'c president, being
a bachelor. .hc very property 9acted,
his sisters daughter, Miss 11am1 tG1,r&a ),
side over the White llpurc.s She was a.,
large weltformcsl IN vcrS Mtract
lady, and soon bcc&mc Il great fav-
"rits with wa. Waslinston i,e' Or! *Yacty
posed Of the Dcnlocrattp, 1fl8tx'r.cy Of
and not Il few sO,l,h her hand ~ mar
ri.gc. A Mr.. johnson. II wealthy BAL
banker, was the fortunate .frentl.-;
man who secured llan,! aud llfarte
Mr.. buchanan .I'ad two, afettr>, Mr.. :
I.:.,ie and Mrs. Df. Yates, g Dfea1xillet
P.,n. During the sl,arl-&,i4leE C:Ilt !;
l,aiyn If 1870, | edited the CrtwsGfdv.
Uem0t,.u ut Mc,dvill<' and f,aahtl,u-
pleasure. of numnseimS MIS-. 41te>>
among IN FREUD. tsheWspun anliakAe !,
and wafh,h..rt.s' xpaa> Nr;. ~
was on T. stumnipE' l"ur ayh
Ii. sp:sch Is III, AMI telor: ar Z .
put up in tyl" / thought it hest t21 b-
mi; the nanescrigt f. III { |r r. nrl '! = j..
script I" ,nc III" ft day a'.d atltr c"''a-. :,
tI
The r,l,srt. r'!uestr,l that l would th-
!. ."i, ht =: %. S''.'yn 'i"'. "nssseists
!, ,,eak before h. rst,itn'l 10 Ls1'ca9t
AMI only "n1 sla'ech pr1gHn HSSG :
lie points. an.i l,e>, tl,t Iii, M
j. las, s,cc VAS \ uliveied. Hc1 ~ :,
Dvcr informed me- th1t l,t lad -
similar rc'!uc~t ,cf Job" ~ Dey,
Ii,en c,lit4,r IT. the Ixamcaseef 49,
,cmrr. ,4h" already had t!.c s!"lh htl =
yx. 81 foi7t the 5rieina nEil&chlt; ~
md it would appear in that l'atef - !.
::,,nc day H. would c'ose ~ ca(hDll
It tfnrrtshurx: a. Mr.. buchanan
'rized his >lrjcl)es, d&wA1 t;aSXt J.
nrt,-i lou,',! afterwdSrF gpsn 81 &p! - :.
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