St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-10-29

| rested on two warrants, one charging him
with fraud in registering man from Ches-
terfield county, and the other with mali
ciouslyand unlawfully transferring the name
of Charles N. Smith from the registration
books as being removed to Norfolk. He was
bailed for his appearance before the mayor
tomorrow morning.
Evidence for the Prosecution.
Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 2s.-Maj. A. C.
Richards of this city was chief of police
when Andrew Johnson was president. He
said:
When Johnson was president and it was
| generally known that there were ditfereueeS
| between the secretary of war and the presi-
| dent, one morning received a message from
| Secretary Stanton that he desired to see me
and went to the war department. The sec
retary was at that time spending mis- entire
| time in the war department building, taking
his meals and lodging there. In fact the de-
partInent was then his home. When reached
the department was at once admitted to his
| home and he then informed me in general
way that trouble was ahead and he had reason
| to believe that an attempt would be made by
the marines from the garrison on East Eighth
street to seize the department. building and
| forcibly dispossess him of it. The secretary
| did not ask the protection of the police Or
that the force should take part in any con-
test which might take place, but he simply
asked to be informed if the marines should
march out of the garrison, and intimated
that he would be prepared for any such at
tack. The secretary was not very communi-
cative, but he led me to believe that there
was force somewhere which would have
come to his assistance speedily had there
| been occasion. I arranged with the lieuten-
ant of the Eighth precinct that any move at
| the barracks
SHOULD BE SIGNALED AT ONCE.
| The officers, without knowing the import Of
the signals which was to have been passed
from one TO another to headquarters. were
posted ia sight of each other. We had the
| Gamewell dial machines then to transmit
messages between stations and headquarters,
| but was not sure that the message could be
| sent when necessity required, as the ma
chimes sometimes got out OF order, and
| arranged for signaling from man to man
should there be any necessity. / do not sup
pose that any one at the department knew
my business there except Mr.. Stanton, and
certainly none of my force knew what was
going on, although some may have guessed it,
My recollection now is that it was continued
for two Or three days and nights. l was
expected to do nothing more than send Mr..
Stanton word of any movement. Mr..
Stanton said he wished to be apprised of
the first Indication that there was to be a
L
was prepared to so apprise him. He gave
ME to understand that being apprised of any
movement against the department he would
be prepared to meet it, but he did not dis
close what tine force was or give me any in
formation thereto. l understood, however,
that it was considerable force, perhaps
few thousand, but the secretary's converse
ton with me was mostly as to watching the
barracks and giving him information as to
any movement from that quarter.
A gentleman who, in the days referred to,
was close, intimate friend of Mr.. Stan
ton, said, referring to Mayor Richards state
ment:
1t is more than likely all true, especially
as to the marines, for Secretary Welles was
very bitter toward Mr.. Stanton and very
friendly to Mr.. johnson. In fact he wanted
Mr.. Johnson almost before the rupture be-
came known, to GUST Mr.. Stanton. Yes, it
would not have taken much to induce Mr..
Welles to call out the marines and put Mr..
Stanton and his effects in the street. Ask
any of the older employees of the war and
navy departments, they will tell you that there
was no love lost between the war and navy
secretaries about that time
SENATOR BECK's QUOTA.
LOUISVILLE, Oct. 29.-The Courier-J our
nal will publish tomorrow lengthy inter
view with Senator Beck upon the Johnson.
Grant-Depew matter. Mr.. Beck was a
representative from Kentucky in congress
during Johnson's impeachment, and all Of
his recollections are contrary to the theories
of Depew. In regard to the johnson i'm
broglio about the Stanton matter, Mr..
Beck says the president gave him a letter
from Gen. Sherman, which, together with
his charges and admissions, proved as he
and I thought that Gen. Grant had agreed to
turn the war department over to him, and
not give it up to Stanton, and that Grant
and Sherman, by their action on the 18th
and 10Th of January, virtually confessed
this fact by insisting for the good of the ser
vice On the resignation of Stanton. The
letter is as follows:
No. 332 K street, Washington.-I neglected
this morning to say that had agreed to go
down to Annapolis to spend Sunday with Ad
miral Porter. When Grant was to leave for
Richmond on Monday morning at l o'clock, a
conversation with the general after the inter
view, wherein offered to go with him on
Monday to Mr.. Stanton and say that it was
our joint opinion that he should resign, it
was found impossible, by reason of his going
to Richmond and my going to Annapolis. The
general, by his course, will call on you to-
morrow and offer to go to Stanton. For the
good of the service he ought to resign. This
is on Sunday. On Monday I will call upon
you and if you think it necessary / will do the
same-call on Mr.. Stanton and tell him he
should resign. If he will not then it will be
time to consider other measures. In the time
it so happened that no necessity exists for
precipitating matters. Yours truly.
W. 7. SHERMAN.