Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-08
C0L0RED MEN FALL OUT.
THE PROPOSED CONVENTION
NOT APT TO BE HELD.

4 Diplomacy as Illustrated in the Crool,
, Campaign-Guiteau's CaptOr StIn on
, Duty at the DepOt-The President =
Safety His Special Care-De b. II
; Keim's Love Romance
WASHINGTON, May THE colored
brethren never get along well one with
another when there is anything projected
IN the name of the colored race. They
commence fighting right away. and con-
tinue the row until the project dies before
1t ripens-Or ripens into a failure. This
viii very likely be the case with the pro-
posed convention of cOlOred men to con-
slider what is best for the progress. So
cially and politically, of the race in this
country. The call for such a convention
was printed in the National Republican
of this city some days ago. Attached to
the call were the names of a number OF
more or less well known colored men.
Many of these have come forward and said
that their names were used without au-
thOrity and that they will have nothing to
90 WIN the business. And criticism of
| many OF the names on the list of sienera
has been other than complimentary. The
Repa6HcdR every day contain protests
t-igalnst some one of the signers as a man
| OF character or influence or a leader.
! These protests are all communicated by
! colored men, In short there is pretty
family row developed right on the lump.
| Prominent c0lOred men, who have taken
| no hand in the matter one way or the
| Otner have heard say the scheme
! is lmpracticable and only gotten up to
benefit the originatOrs politically and In
the direction of the spoils. Taking it all
around, there does not seem to be much
chance of that proposed national cOnven-
tiOn of cOlOred men ever being held; or f
it is brought together, that it Will be a
representative body, the action of which
would attract universal attention,
There has been great to-do made over
General Crook and his expedition against
the Indians. One day the dispatches have
been filled with statements that he would
not cross into Mexico; the next dav he
would; the next day the Mexican Minis
ter would call the attention of our gov
ernment to the necessity Of holding
Crook back by the coat tails: the
next day the War Department had tele-
graphed to Crook that he must not 90 into
Mexico, and the next day we were in
formed that he was over the border quietly
making conjunction with the Mexican
troops to circumvent the hostile Indians
This has all made interesting reading.
But 1t is sOrter funny when the facts are
known. Crook started on his we'll
equipped expedition with the understand
ing that he would go into Mexico under
the terms of our agreement with the Mexi.
can Government. The War Department
and the President had considered the
details of Crooks campaign, and he knew
exactly what was expected of him. He
set forth and had been gone four days.
when it suddenly { y struck the official
mind that it might not look we'll for an
armed United States expedition, five
hundred strong, to be marching into
Mexico. SO dispatch was sent to Crook
to hold up and not go over the border. 1t
was well known in official quarters that
Crook was four days ahead Of where the
dispatch would quit the telegraph
line and be forwarded by carrier.
1t was also known that by the
time Crook got the dispatch he would be
III Mexico making arrangements with the
Mexican officials for the campaign on
that soil, and he was. Many things are
comprised in diplomacy.
Officer Kearney, the policeman who
arrested Guiteau after he had shot Gar
field, is still on duty at the Baltimore and
Potomac depot, where the tragedy occur
red. Ever since that day Kearney has
been under orders, which he carries out
to the letter. He is to pay particular at
tentiOn to the going and Arriving of the
President every time he leaves the city or
comes into it by rail. When the Presi-
dent drives to the edepOt Kearney is on the
alert. The President ALWAYS goes throuOh
the ladies' waiting room where Garfield
was shot. Kearney stands against the
wall by the door, entering that room from
The street, He allows no one to stand
near the wall on either side of that door.
When the President comes in he closely
'OllOws him with his pistol handy. He
marches behind the President across the
aides waiting room, through the general
'oOm, out through the gates and
lOwn the platform until the
President is in his car. When
he train bearing the President pulls into
he depot Kearney is behind him when he
gets OIL the car, and carefully guards him
lntil hels i'll his carriage. kearney is a typi-
,al lrishman. He is very proud of being
5he man who arrested Guiteau. He likes
% talk about the Garfield tragedy. If a
thousand different people question him
iaily he never tires OF telling all he
much more, too, sometimes.
Deb. Randolph Keim, the rather cro-
esque figure who has been elected by the
jivil Service Commission to be their
Jhief Examiner, will probably not make
he rifle. lam told on very good authority
hat a commission will not issue in his
'ase. The Civil Service Commission will
)ack down from their original selection.
ny informant, who is very intimate with
)orman b. Eaton, says, and5 present
mother name to the President. You
would not suppose that there was anv-
hing of the romantic about Keim. He
On't look it, He don't act It'll But quite
N interesting little love episode is there
n keim's history. The climax of il was
resident Grant sending Keim on tour
round the world to inspect consulateg.
Ielm was correspondent for the New
yOrk HerGtd during the war. He was al
Ways about Grants headquarters. He was
seful TO Grant both during the war and
uring his Presidential incumbency.
irant liked him very much. He became
welcome visitor wherever the Grant
amily were. He was quite en- rdpDOyt,
nd you know when man gets to be en-
dppOrt there is not much else to be de-
ired in this world. Keim was younger
hen. He is not at all bad looking now.
lrs. SartOris was then Miss Nellie Grant.
he was very pretty. She and Keim got
long remarkably well together. They
evelOped from friendship into something
nat bOrdered on to something else.
Ieither was at all Indifferent to the other.
lrs. Grant saw the way the thing was
rittlng. She spoke to her husband about
J. Grant became convinced on the spot
lat there was the greatest necessity for
n official inspection Of United States
Onsulates being made, and that Keim
'as exactly fitted for the position of in
pector. When Keim came back from
round the world Miss Nellie Grant was
NO A lfrOR.K Co.