The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-10-11
THE LOUNeER ON THE AVENUE.


"The stories aoout inc Presidents DISSATISFACTION
at the nomination OF Hill for Governor OF New York
omcial 10 the wr'er as VIC sat together In MS COM
Iortaple rooms on Tuesday and watched the heavy-
iaiiihg ra'u rhat 'ne PRESIDENT did not senu Hill
any cohgfa'uiatory message proves no'hing why,
ne qua no' congratulate MS late lieutenant ana urn
irienu u" hoe aoie 10 say. 40 khow' however,
tna' ne was very much grained ~ MS seiec''on
Inc fresdeht Is very deeply Interested IN Inc Demo
cra's carrying rev YORK THIS year. TIC fees--not
unna,nraiiy, 'oo-'hat his own Administration Is TO
certain degree on trial, and that the result IN New
fork VIII ne 10 some extent inc expression OF the
experimenting his government the prime feature
OF ths Administration is the reform oil civil service,
and Is the earnest desire OF the President to carry
out the act In lis Integrity But the dcu'ies In his
way are very great. The President nomore believes
hat correct civil service can be maintained by al
lowing ''s enemies 10 remain ms opponents OF good
government than do. the people VINO cling 30
desperately 10 ONCE as those whose Official continu
ancc would perpetuatc tue very evils civil service
was intenued 10 remedy. inc fresldent said to me
only rev days ago mat inc most astonishing thng
he had encountered was the burning desire that so
many Republicans manifested to continue In ofllcc
under system they nave pretended TO believe was
the worst possible Tor the country. Ifthey believed
TINS, then they STAND IN the contemplate attitude OF
being wiling TO execute the very policy they have
80 bitterly denounced lot moneys sake.
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81 shall never forget" continued the speaker, IA
conversation i had win the President upon this
subject very early In his oficla term We were
talking OF the post once IN one OF the great scaboard
cities Inc postmaster waswell known to the Pres-
dent as a man VINO was n typical representative OF
inc WORST phases o' tepubllcanlsin Even fair
minded Republicans had protested against his po-
cal methous He mad been one of the foremost dur
| A Republican Senator had just called at the White
House 10 ask that the man be permitted to hold on
until MS Official term ended which would have given
| MN year or more In once. u aad TO Senator
- observed the President, In relating the Incl
dent, =" Your friend ie very bitter partisan, and
mas charged me with the most outrageous violations
OF the decencies OF fc DO you mean TO say that he
Is anxious 10 remain In ONCE under n man who
would do what he says dld7" The Senator left
without another word; but few days after Demo-
cratic representative. from the same state, and a
resident oil the city In which tho post Oftlcc'was,
came to me and asked that this man be allowed to
finish his official term! Is II any wonder that my
good opinion OF human nature has been weakened p
I was obliged to answer that It was not am
glad to sag that the man was removed Not the
least extraordinary part OF this incident Ia that Re.
publican editor, who mad denounced this pos,master's
methods In his paper year or two ago, and declared
In letter still fle that he was personally dis
honest and unit to hold the position, is now bowling
loudly because the President removed the person he
| had declared was disreputable and unit for the
| place. l said Is bowling; should have said trds
OF his letter and protest, hunted up, and then had
this able editor Informed that II his fiery Indignation
did not cease should give his letter to the rress for
| publication. He stopped very suddenly.
|
zone thing which the President does feel very
keenly Is the detection OF the Independent Republ
| can press. When such men as Mr.. Curtis, and
others equally reputable, declared that as long
he carried out his civil service pledges he should
have their support, the President believed them
That they have had good deal OF influence over
HIM cannot be denied. Parsons reappointmcnt In
New York Is directly attributable to the influence o
this class. But rs soon as they had Killed Mr.
Blaine of, because they hated him, they returned tC
their old Affiliations. President Cleveland feels that
he has kept The promises lie made to the country,
matter what others may do. The first intimaon he
had of the coming detection was the notice Mr.
Curtis gave him In Hdi'por's Weekly, that the Mug
for Governor of New York this fall The President
would no. Mt first believe they meant II. but he
knows now.u "Does he eynect tho Democrats to
carry New York?-I asked. "of course he does
All he hears concerning the canvass makes him be
leve they Will. You see, IIi ran several thousand
ahead of Cleveland i'm that phcnomenal ycor wher
the Democratic majority was 100 600 and tho prcsl
dent thinks he will run equally as well this ,imc
When the partlculars of the Grant A. Ward fa,,ur,
were made nub,,c therc ,vas un,versaI soptp,ent NJ
establishment that Gen. Grant shoulJ have been a,
completely ruined. The real cause ana facts wer,
explane to me Inv AN intimate friend of tho Grant,
the other toy. ana was ,o,,, somethIng which h,
never anneared in pr,pt ccp Grant nod ohor
5000 900 worth of arstcass railroad mortvaoe honda
which were tho result If seyera, oncrat,ons he ho,
been. interested In with prom,pcnt and wealth,
friends I'm New York. These securities hc Ion, in
| box which for s,fekeeninu bo n,oced in tho vap,,
where Wards papers ana yaluabes were. When h,
came down IN tho ONCE In net his hox tho av
the failure IT was gone. and tho securities hav,
never heen heard Of fran that Jov Eordn, n,
Ward in tho on,v in,erview be hal ,v,t ,,ep Gran,
after tho f,i,ure a,tnow,odoe, ,b,t he b,, ,,rer
these securities sold than and mazda yav win m,
money. This ia the reason whv Gran, was go com
n,e,e,v banvrun,od /.
|
| ''GCu tTaIlt lUlu bhlu Inc gentleman WIG
gave mo this Information, "that he never had sucl
an experience rs occurred at that meeting witt
Ferdinand Ward. why, the creature crawled ant
groveled at my feet,' said Grant 'Ic declared tina
he expected to go the pententary that he ought I,
go there, and that he was unable TO explain why ht
had acted az nc did have never had such an ex
UTbe trustees of the ,und which was raised fo
Gen. Grant have acted win great faIrness.n sal,
Col James Il. Casey. former collector of the MORT Al
New orleans. and n brotber-in.law or den Grant
" When tnis money was raised IL was Invested 1,
Wabash railroad bonds at aftccn nor cent aboy,
mar. The sa5o Ooo bouubt ,sS Z, ooo bonds Thc M
tate of n. ID. Morgan guaranteed Tho interest .t al,
Nor cent far ten vears an, two ve,ra n, mat cuar
anee vel remain ms ,rns,oes have IN foo, move
J ment IN tarc nm ,hoss honJs n, ,,ar aud cIyo I'M
money Tins received Ia MIRA GRANT Tho univ o,cs
tlon In tho wav ia M IN tho of,con mar son, above
mar. lint mink that too viii, In rss,ored MIRA