The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-28
GENERAL GRANT.
He Is Still Unable to Sleep Without the Use
of Opiates-TW0 Short Drives in the Park.

out assistance from any opiate, but did not sue
ceed He was awake till 4 or 5 o'clock this
morning Then he took an opiate and at fell
asleep and sleptfive hours. Then he breakfasted
and afterwards drove in the park with Mrs.
Grant He had quiet day, and in the after
noon the General, Minister Romero and myself
drove through the park. The drives did the
patient good. His pulse and temperature are
about normal. His throat tonight looks quite
well. He went to bed at 10 tonight and will
again try to sleep without assistance, but he will
not wait so long as last night if he is not sue
cessful
A Time When the Silent Soldier Talked Freely.
Louisville Evening Times.
II have great sympathy for General Grant,
and wish that he may live to enjoy the benefits
of his retirement" said Joe Brown to reporter,
yesterday.
''That seems to be national sentiment, said
the reporter.
Eyes, and am glad of it. feel the more in
terested because of an incident which occurred
and sentiment expressed by him in an inter
view with me nearly five years ago."
He interviewed your
'sNo interviewed the General for the Denver
Tribune"
.Wen what of the incident and what of the
sentimentW
sOh" SAID Mr.. Brown, with modest stroke
of his beard and a downward cast of the eye,
"the circumstance is unimportant, except that
it led to an expression which / appreciated all
the more, because was a confederate soldier
and fought against Grant ia two battles of the
war While returning from his visit to Mexico,
in 1885, he made tour of Colorado. | caught
the train at Pueblo, and, while speeding along
the shadow of the Rockies, within view of Pixies
Peak on one side, and waste of sand and buffalo
grass on the other Twas introduced by Governor
Pitkin to General Grant. In that introduce
ton / heard the sixty -four-pound rife
shots of Fort Doneson and the death
dealing rausketry of Champion Hill exGov-
ernor Routt, mayor of Denver, was on the train.
He was Grants best boy in Colorado. Governor
Routt came UP and smiled assent to the new
acquaintance But General Grant was not
moved either by the genial presence of Governor
Pitkln, the old time friendship of Governor
Routt the, winning ways of the Denver
Tribune reporter
He held a cigar between the thumb and the
index finger of his right hand. with one end of
the weed in his mouth and as the blue smoke
curled from the other end there was a twinkle
in his eye that asked, Who the devil is Brown!
What Brown
."This is Mr. Joe Brown, of the Denver
Tribune said Governor Pitkin, and then he and
Governor Routt quickly disappeared. Grant
smoked in silence and looked out the window.
was keeping him company, though obliged to
stand and hold fast to the back of the next seat
forward A good looking young lady, whose
face bespoke a generous nature, sat beside him.
Behind and on the side the seats were filled
with ladies and gentlemen of his private party.
There was no seat for me. General Grant con-
tnued to gaze out upon the dreary plains and
something seemed to give great amusement
to the whole party. / began to feel
an unnatural warmth. and, unconsciously
turning to the mirror, observed that my
face was growing serious and very red | looked
appealingly into the eyes of the young lady, who
sat by General Grant, and smiled. She smiled
in return Then | looked significantly at q
vacant seat in the corner Of the car, looked
again into her sweet eyes, and again glanced at
| the seat. She was a good woman. She would
make any a good wife, if she has not
| already made husband happy. She instantly
arose and went to that seat Then. out of
courtesy, as though il had just occurred him to
| do so, General Grant invited me to take seat
( [ said that had come with the determination
| to interview him if possible, but first of ALL
| to make his acquaintance He said I
was the first newspaper man he had
allowed to approach him since the Chicago con-
vention and assured me that he would say moth
| ing that he was not willing to go to print A
lengthy interview then ensued concerning the
|. elements that antagonized and defeated him at
the CnlcdSO convention. RE ueCIareU, IN con-
cluson, that he was satisfied with the result, and
more proud of his gallant BOG supporters than
he would have been of the nomination for Pres-
dent. Now have given YOU an abstract of the
incidents to that interview
But what of the sentimental part? That's
what you started to relate" asked the reporter
and his pencil dropped from his impatient
fingers.
''Oh, yes; now come to the point Governor
Pitkin had told him that was a reporter for the
ln0d Ynfy lIon %h.S &o%a 1.1
informed General Grant that | had fought
against him in several battles He inferred as
matter OF course, that was Democrat. We
could then appreciate each other.
General" asked, II suppose you sometimes
meet an old rebel who fought against YOUR
Eyes, seldom" and there was q twinkle in his
eye as the blue smoke curled about his stolid
brow. For the first time he became enthused
with his part of the questions and answers
which passed in rapid succession for half an
upon the window.silI mir. Brown. y
he said, 'you were rebel soldier You
now represent the leading Republican paper of
Colorado am willing for you to print what l
say about the war. / went into the army to
sustain the government and fight for the United
States had great sympathy for the South. /
believed from the beginning that the masses of
the people in the South were misguided by their
leaders as to the true causes of the war, and in
every battle where | was engaged felt that
was fighting for the South as we'll as for the
North. | fighting for the whole people of
the Nation You can sec the illustration of what
say in the result of that war. The Union is re-
stored more happily and on firmer basis than it
was with all men free If there had been Southern
Confederacy the poor young men of the South
would have struggled on through life in eompe-
tition with slavery. under ostracsm by the
aristocracy of the land more CALLING than the
bondage of the slaves. But, with the opposite
result, you see them at home making fortunes
and fame. and you see them abroad, in the North.
in the East and in the West, accommodating
wealth and arising to positions of distinction in
the councils of the State and the Nation The
good results still to follow the people of the
South. 1t will henceforth be new and better
country When peace was declared felt that
had rendered service to the people North and
South and heneaforfh I wish M rroatar roxua I'd