The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-19

yersing the street railroad order against
other Golored passengers.
AS young man President Arthur wa
Whig, and q great gdmirer OF Henry
Clay. When the convention met at Sara
togs, which Organised the Republican
party Of New York, Arthur was 9 dele
gate, In that party be was, therefore, al
home, having assisted In forming 1t, 1ts
ideas and purposes were his own, Its op'
position to the extension OF slavery, Ia
disbelief In human bondage, its IeCogni'
tion Of human rights In the colcred man,
ita belief In tho Union as permanent
national power under the government oil
which the States exist, Its adhesion to O
national currency and Its repudiAtion oil
the States rights heresy were all his, On
the basis OF these ideas he shaped his po-
lllical lie, Hence, when the rebellion
broke out he gave hls halp to lave the
Union and redeem 1t from the slave curse,
He was made Judge Advocate ot the Sec
ond Brigade Of State militia, b.
The Governor Of New York In 1850 ap-
pointed Mr., Arthur to the position OF en-
RIneer.in-chisf on his STAG. He wAa al
tsrwaFda Inspector General Tor q time,
Later he was q tllRrtsrmasteT General OF
the militia Of the State till the close Of
Governor Morgan's term in 1868, The
work Of equlpping, supplying and trans
porting the immense number OF troops
iurniahed by that State tpstSd bis pusl,
ness ability. His contracts every year
reached millions OF dollars, yet he kept
clean hands and IuAt Rcpounts, IN 1863,
in one Of the dark houTH oi the war, when
tho loyal Governors held q meeting for
counsel, Mr., Arthur WRA Invited to ut
with them on account OF his experience
In army matters, His record was very
honorable and helplul one In the time Of
hia coUntry'sperll,
AS coLLReTog on CUSTOMS,
His work in affairs Of, war being over,
Mr.. Arthur resumed the practice OF law
and gained In q few years a large bugi'
ness, much Of which WAS collecting claims
against the government, He had skill as
an organizsn and soon became more or
leas active in local politics. In 1871 Mr..
Arthur Wap appointed by President Grant
Collector Of Cdatoms al the Port OF New
York. So aaheiRCtory was bis work that
hO was re-sppolnted four years later. He
was continued for time under President
Hayes, and In this was shown the large
business CNanity previously manifested
In his ermy RiFalrg. There came, how,
ever, break Ia the smooth current ot his
political life, Precedent Hayes, in the
interests OF "Cvil service reform" antSg-
1piZsl machine rule aud political bosslam
and issued aa order sgeilGt federal Office.
holders taking leading part In political
canvasses, Mr.. Arthur was at that time
chairman Of the Republican State Com
nittss Of New YORK, He resisted the or.
der Of the President AID was removed
from the OOllcctorhip. He had given EN-
tiro satisfaction; his accounts were corr
rect, but II was insisted that he was In q
'riug oi politicians" who managed mat
ters by machine methods.
In 1880, when the memorable third
Lerm convention met in Chicago, Mr.,
Arthur was y delegate, and sat ne xt to bis
friend, the Hon. Roscoe Oonkling. He
was Conkling's ablest and most trusted
lieutenant. When after aeyeral stormy
sessions Garfield became the nominee Of
that convention, the winning faction, 10 |
be generous, gave New York the privilege
Of naming a man for Vice President. Sem
ator Coukling named Chester A. Arthur,
In the campaign which followed Mr..
Arthur took an aGlivepatt. He presided
at the special session Of tho Senate which
TNIIn ,AyNH htd aIANNtAn ptNk kha tlNttNtl
vice reform" ideas OF Garfield and the
'machine' notions Of Senator Oonkling
led to sChlsm iu the party. The one
IaClion was known as "hali.breeds" and
tho other as ''stalwarts." Each had Its
Conkling would not yield any
81 his prerogative as the party chief In
New York. Because lie could resist the
S:nate's approval OF the Presidents ap.
he resigneta aud went homo 10
engineer bis reelection. Mr.. Arthur also
wont TO Albany TO secure, II possible, his
with the President. This
threw MIR. Arthur into the shadow Of pop.
llRr disspprobation.
THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE.
1t was at this unfortunate juncture that
q tragic event placed Mr.. Arthur in the
Executive chair Of the Nation. On July
2, 1881, President Garfield was shot by the
assassin Guiteau. September 10 he died
from the wound inflicted, and Vice
President Arthur took the oath OF office
as his legal successor. It was an unior.
tunate way ot coming into the high office,
yet Mr.. Arthur conducted himself with
The wisest disCretiout and notwlthBtand.
Ing the tide oi public sentiment which
Tor time swept against him he won upon
the whole people aud give the country
an acceptable Presidential service. His
grief aud confederate conduct after the
won praise even from his
euemies. The latter mart Of President
torn was most satisfactory es.
peCially to the business men Of the coun.
Try, and be was strongly urged and sup.
ported for q denomination In the ConVen.
ion OF 1884, but suffered defeat. Upon
retiring from the Presidential chair Mr..
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