The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-01-31

tying 61D0hoo.StrlnR on the doorstep, h0
vented his pentrup passion BY knocking
him over, saying, 'you arc always tying
your shoe This thought often enabled
me to refrain from sharp answer,
when it would have done more harm
than good Yet I did not al~ays.
Quietly ts5s an He un@ sens down as0q tcs
me one day to 70 to his room in the de.
partment. / found him alone, pacing
the floor. He asked me rather sternl1
why I had done . certain, thing that had
inst come to his knowledge. gave him
my reasons. Said he: You werel
wrong; you ought not to have done any
such thing As I differed from him +
made no sort of reply. Then he asked
me Why had not done something else
instead. I told him why, briefly ex-
planning the circumstances. He said In
. milder tone, that ho did not agree
with me. To this inside no reply. Then
he asked, Don't you think you were
wrongF I said, very deliberately aud
positively: No. Mr.. Secretary, do not
think I was wrong, and moreover, i
may ~ we'll add. once for oil. that my
best judgment aud ability were uai-
formly exerted to foresee what may re-
qulre to be done, and to do it q
well ~ possible. If I fail, it il
not from want of endeavor;
and when you find fault. as you some
times do, it cannot quicken me to great
er care and exertion, but only makes
me indii eTent whether please you or
not He said quietly, I rebuke whom
Il Please t; sir sir sald L. H Having win watt
ing more, but continued walking up AID!
down in deep thought: I asked him it,
he wished anything further. He said::
No., and l withdrew. Half IN hour af-
ter the messenger summoned me to his
room again. thought it quite probableI
he would do as he did with q formerI
chief of bureau who got angry at thej
way Mr.. Stanton spoke to him, and re-
sented it by saying he would not allow
any man to address to him such IAN;
guage. 1t was at the beginning of his adj
ministratioD, aud the Secretary asserted
his authority by ordering the refractory
chief to q remote city and never
atterward allowing him.
to return tn duty. But l had taken my:
stand deliberately and meant to main
tain it. The secretary was still alone:
and standing by hi. high table. Beck:
onlng to mo with his finger in pleasant
way, he put his arm around my shoul-i
A0A GNU VIZ" ACOA StOSc ~ uASS ASu
he whispered to me q very important
secret, which it was not at all necessary!
| sh uld know. He had weighed all i
had said, found was right and took
this method of showing me extraordi!!
nary confidence bv way of acknOwledg.
ment. This course which the secretary
pursued more than once, fully accom-
pllshed his generous purpose without
sublecting him to q direct confession
of wrong, which he thought
might weaken his influence. He knew
that we'll understood so. In moments
of leisure he would often send for ne,
and in the most pleasant manner inquire
about my business, to inform himself Of
what WAS going on. and then converse
generally OH topics requiring considera-
ton. In this way he maintained suffi:
Gent knowledge of things he might have
to act upon, and broke il UPON the
headlong current of events which
seemed to cause everything to be done
III y hurry.
"The absurd and malicious tale that
Stanton took his own life was forever
refuted by the letter of Surgeon Gen.
Barnes and affidavits of WIN. S. Dupee
wac and David Jones. Ifanything more
wanting to confirm me in the persuasion
OF the talsity of such story, my own
knowledge would suffice. watched by
the body of Edward NJ. Stanton the en-
tire night alter his death, and could not
haye failed to know if there was any,
thing wrong about it. Moreover l could
never be brought to believe that IN IN
who 60 often gave utterances to relig-
ious convictions as he did in friendly
CONVEX atoms with me could have POSSE
bly, perverted his mind so as to commit
such deed. Only some three or four
years preceding his decease, he invited
General Barnes and Meigs and myself
to be present at his baptism. The GER
emory was performed in his chamber
by the Rev. Dr.. Sparrow, his old time
professor at Kenyon College, none 9TH
ers, except his family, being present.