The weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1883, 1883-05-02
AN INCIDENT.
H. J. r. in The Philadelphia
Press.

H. ]. r. in The Philadelphia
Press. .
At the Garfield Inauguration ball, on
the 4th of March, there was a great
crowd. Garfield, big, noble and courte-
GUS, stood on low platform, and men,
women and children passed by him and
shook his hand. The crowd was i'm
mense, but perfectly orderly. Garfield
never looked better. Over six feet tall,
well well-rounded form, an immense
head we'll set on broad shoulders, his
cheeks flushed with excitement, he re-
celved the hundreds that came to him
with both dignity and cordiality. Apart
from the crowd was Judge Miller, of the
supreme court. gravely talking with other
dignitaries, and waiting for the crowd to
get less that he might go to the new
President and extend his congratulations.
But, at the time when the crowd was
thickest, q charming Young girl, with
beautiful shoulders and arms, intimate
with the Miller family, rushed up to the
judge and entreated him to take her to
the President. Her appeal was not to be
resisted by the crowd-hating judge who
carries his 200 pounds most gracefully,
and he pushed into the jam. In due
time, and In his turn, he reached the
new President. l happened to be at the
judges elbow. No sooner had Garfield
grasped Miller's hand than he stopped
down and began to talk to Miller conf
dentially. In vain the crowd surged and
waited. Garfield had Miller's hand in
both Of his, and he said (they were inti-
mate, and did not stop for trifes), "Mil-
Ter, do you know Gresham-Judge Gres-
ham, of Indiana?'
every well" answered Miller.
"What kind ola Secretary of the In
terror would he maker" asked Garfield,
while the crowd waited
"Splendid," said Miller, in whisper.
HdSV h1AOWA hAAA AoA AlSlAy yV0Acs
Nothing but good can he said of him."
Everybody says the same," returned
Garfield, still holding to Miller and stop
ping the crowd. "What do you think Of
Kirkwood, of Iowa?"
miller answered, embarrassed by the
attention he was attracting. II have
known Kirkwood for thirty years, An
honester man does not live. He was our
great war governor. He is a great and
simple man. Tie is tit for any place, and
he is my dear friend"
"Rut who would you appoint Secretary
of the Interior were you in my place,
Gresham or Kirkood?"
"That l must not say" said Miller.
"You have had my opinion of both gen.
tlemen, and cannot answer your ques-
ton"
"But you can give me hint" said the
President.
swell, will see you again." said Mil
Ter, as he rushed headlong into the
eager crowd.
know for certainty that Gresham
would have been in Garfeld's cabinet if
the Indiana delegation in Congress could
have agreed. Garfield wanted to recog-
nize Indiana. and begged that the Re-
pubicans would agree on some man.
But they couldn't. Several meetings
were held in this city, but they were
failures. Garfield recognized Indiana as
the saving state, and he was anxious
enough to show his gratitude. The pol
iticians, however, would not let him, and
so he had to 60 to Kirkwood, of Iowa.
There are good many points about
Gresham. When he accepted the Post
master-Generalship great many of his
friends thought it strange that he would
leave life position as United States
Judge to accept Cabinet Office, which
in the natural course of events, can OILY
be of short duration. His intimate
friends, however, very well know that
he has long been anxious to leave the
bench, not to enter politics, but to earn a
living. Gresham is not rich man and
his salary of s., 500 year he found mad
equate to meet his expenses. believe
he some time ago decided to resign from
the bench and go into the active practice
of the law in the firm of which ex-Sena-
tor Mcdonald is the head. On the
ground of economy cannot see why he
should come to Washington on $1,000 a
year. Three thousand five hundred dol
lars as judge in Indiana is better than
5000 as cabinet officer in Washington.
Gresham's strength of character is COM
mended on all Sides I wonder if he will
allow Mr.. Hatton to absorb the whole
postofice department as he has been alb
sorbing it ever since he has been in office.