Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-08-14

ly requested that would see Col. Robert
G. Ingersoll and aovise with him. Upon
parting he asked rle to put in writing all
the facts had narrated and send to him
at once. This 1 p omised to do within a
day or two. Gen. Garfield and
his friends took Immediate steps
to check President Hayes and
Mr.. Matthews advance on the sena-
torship. The Ohio Legislature met in Jan
uary, 1880, and Matthews was candidate
against Gen. Garfield, hut owing to the
early revelations and exposures of the
conspiracy, Matthews was beaten out of
his boots. Hayes administration was on
its last legs, and hence his blows were de-
livered with no force. Garfield was elected
triumphantly, and in short order there
after commenced to groom John Sherman
for the presidential nomination. Then
came the June convention at Chicago with
its astonishing results
The defeat of Stanley Matthews for the
senate made it necessary to provide for
him elsewhere. President Hayes and Mrs.
Hayes were greatly interested on behalf
of their relative. 1t was also whispered
about in railroad circles that they wanted
Matthews on the supreme bench, especially
President Hayes to appoint him. Efforts
were Immediately put forth to retire Mr..
Justice Noah II. SwayIe. This being
fnallyisuccessful, Matthews wasnominated
by President Hayes to fill the vacancy On
the supreme bench. Judge Swayne's son
is the partner of Judge Dillon, and their
Law firm lis the counsel for the Union
i'>cifc railroad and its combinations.
Y aarnforo Iudno or5
S2anley Matthews appointment as his sue
ceSeor may be reasonably accounted for
Is ipart of one transaction. Meantime
ciled to NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hayes
was frantic over the failure.
to confirm Matthews, and as alast resort
appealed to President Garfield to renom
mate Matthews to the supreme bench in
return for Swaim's appointment as judge
advocate general, dropping out all claim
for Col. Rogers. Coming as last and
only request from an outgoing to an in
coming president of the same party, and
being quietly backed by the railroad repre-
sentatiyes in Washington, President Gar
field did renominate Matthews upon the
assembling of the senate in
extra session in May, 1881. To those
friends who expressed themselves surpris-
ed that President Garfield had nominated
Matthews after the latter had behaved so
badly concerning the Ohio senatorship, the
explanation was made that the president
had kept faith with him so far as the
nomination was concerned, but that the
promise did not inc ude in the slightest
manner any effort to secure Matthews
confirmation. On the contrary, while
President Garfield could take no active
steps to secure his rejection, he would pre-
fer to have him rejected by the senate so
that ne might nominate another and more
acceptable incumbent. Thereupon orders
were quietly issued to fight Matthews con-
firmation, and it was fought vigorously to
rejection. I fought iG bitterly, not only
because of Matthews unkind treatment of
myself, but because 1 was advised that
such opposition was in consonance with
the presidents real wishes. At this criti-
cal juncture the word was suddenly passed
to change front on the opposition to Mat
thews' confirmation and call off all our
dogs.
The order came from a source known to
be in President Gardeld's deepest conf
dence, from party who did not at least
approve of Matthews appointment to the
supreme bench, although he entertained
high opinion of his legal ability.
Matthews rejection was reconsidered, and
finally, after a most vigorous opposition
from Democratic and Republican senators
alike, and confirmed by a majority of one,
the excuse or pretext given out for this
strange metamorphosis was that
Governor Foster, then candidate for
denomination, had appeared in Washing
ton and urged Matthews confirmation to
get him shelved and ont of the way for all
time to come; that Foster was afraid if
Matthews we're rejected he would knife
him in southern Ohio, and possibly defeat
his reelection as governor. The question
will naturally be propounded if the Foster
story be true who called Foster and
scared him with Stanley Matthews hos
tility. Was it Jay Gould, Whitelaw Reid
or the law firm of Dillon & Wayne? If
the Foster story be not true, then the
query fellows, who called President Gar
field and forced him to issue orders to
cease firing on Matthews and surrender to
the enemy? Was it Gould, Reid, Blaine,
Dillon, Huntington, Depew, William H.
Vanderbilt, Carl Shurz or Henry Willard?
There is only one person that can tell the
story as it IS, and he will not speak"