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to do 80. These men nsvor rogained his conf
dence and he always treated them with scant,
frigid courtesy.

! OF tbc dend OK. .irosdent "tl,nt during the
St EpsDbes ,s bwoS ,ba tneEg s WAS ao 9r
| room at tho Palmer House Mt Chicago. and that
! IL was kent hot with messages night aud day
= good den in tho pnpors about Blaine's wire.
but the fact that Arthur had one was unknown
even to som" OF his most active supporters. A
cipher was intrustrd to one OF Arthur's friends,
1 Warrington new-pnper correspondent. and
b%md bn @ az t h a
them was t. bear address or signature. md all
Were were TO be- sens & IN ciphor so IN that operatorss
not know what thoy were about or Tor whom
Gen. Arthur meyer had any idea that he
! would bo nominated. lie could not ses how 1t
! was possible. and was, therefore, not disnp-
Hnn"csd ' seeram isas 9ecaiye .T oSoe fSs
! wire readings: Ask butcher to make speech
thanking my friends for their support and tell
| him to move to make II unanimous
| AT tho Convention there wore numerous de-
mands tor patronage. and in each case Gen.
variable answer was that he could make no
promises. and would not barter his official
who had been 'i Instructed Tor for Arthur. notified
! Chris Mngee that he would not vote for him
| unless his son was appointed to an office for
| President was notified and was asked for au-
! thority to piomise the place. His reply was
such such n matters % There was M no end end Of Similar
cases. and although the President rewarded
was done after the Convention was over. With
! out any assurances betorehand. II no had been
less conscientious, tho result might have been
| different. There were more oiicehoders op-
posing him ut the Convention Than III his sun
! port and although George sharp and others
lastly o refused. @ and always said that there
should be no excuse for cri,icising him Tor
Down III West Virginia a Collector 9f Inter;
nal Reyenuc named Mccormick had charge OF
a bs e n the
President. Finally Mccormick attempted TO
make little capital by selI-imposad martyr.
! no could not ,conscientiousiv support Arthur
and preferred to lose his Office rathor than do
| unaccepted and informed the Collector he was
| ut liberty 70 support whomever he chose. pro-
THE day lay bsiore re- the the National Convention
met in 1884 Ed Stokes OF the Hoffman House
a Ss 5ohD hohMS w. Sdsay a
| When the President was notified Of the fact. he
Stokes, ,as he could not consent TO It's accent
nnce. The Arthur men were short Of funds
hung around their Headquarters like 50 many
| cormorants supposing they had milions OF
s the
! they were rolling In wealth. whereas they had
scarcely enough to pay their hotel expenses"
AFTER THE CONVENTION.
After the two Conventions OF 1884. a gentle
man who had attended both. and in whom
Gen. Arthur had CONFIDENCE. for he had be.
ssowed 1t on him me. the President as he was was
deserted. Congress had adjourned. and the
tion. The President WAS walking without
companions and he signiaed desire that the
The President said that no had met but few
| who were at both Conventions. and asked tho
% ss s in
Gen. Arthur .keenly Interested. as he always
lating to CieveIand's nomination. He said he
Ss1 s as sy HN
said the President speaks OF Mr. Cleveland as
shs s Hot unt
tiny. % But Gov. Cleveland. from the little 1
Msy Be Fl i viii Mr.
The gentleman then said. and It was the first
dacy that there was regret greater perhaps than
the President lent Was % aware Of that both candidates
Gen. Arthur said nothing for a moment or
two. Then. speaking slowly. he said; Il think
oa sae Il ss o
times lately to think how much truth there Is
in the saving Of some one. that the consultations
| Of failure are sweeter sometimes than the Joy
Of success Then after moments pause. he
added: There was nothing Of SURPRISE moth
S Action 81 the Rspabean nj long
ago determined to do what was at hand as well
self Then am prepared for whatever hap:
pens. such a course may not bring many OF
tails none Of the sorrows OF disappointment"
apd this was unQuestionably the spirit In
which he received the an1ouncement that an
Gen. Arthur was blamed by some because he
seemed indifferent to the election OF Mr.. Blaine.
preferred the nomination OF another man. but
his course during the canvass differed in no
respec: from his course when his own candi.
dACy involved.
THE PRESIDENT VERSUS ARTHUR.
No man ever sat at the head Of the Cabinet
table IN Washington who was less influenced
his duties than Gen. Arthur. To some Sena..
tors with w whom ne was 3 intimats M he seemed
Cen Hawey. whose Intimacy with President
Arthur was close. and who learned to entertain
5 r sss SF SbSh s ars s sna M
Arthur seemed e be able. beyond any man he
the BACKGROUND. and to be completely the mas
'eT TO o, hhs Tiend who once tried to influence Gen.
Arthur 70 make an appointment which the
President declined to do. and who had re-
minded him that he was anxious that such ap.
private life. Gen. Arthur said: Il determined
when I entered this Office that President Arthur
another. and President Arthur has been obliged
to do some things that C. A. Arthur didn't
A; Arthur would have been glad had he ,t seen
his way clear to do"
EX-SENATOR ARKELL's REMINIsCENCEs.
never had the pleasure of a prolonged in
terview with Mr.. Arthur but once and that
was a few months afteI tho death Of President
Garfield. On being introduced to him in the
White House 10 said, In his cordial and genie-
many way. Yes. know of you through our
OF course tho conversation drifted on both
sides into a discussion OF the status o! the
seemingly disrupted Republican party The
President remarked: :. l am neither Stalwart
M Half Rraad hut aim n a nd
tiOn OF the affairs Of the Government"
Remarking on the death OF my old friend
Senator Wagner. OF whom he spoke very ton
derly and kindly. no said: II am informed
correctly. you could have received the nomi-
nation az his successor. and why mott"
/ responded to this inquiry by tho statement
that had little. II any. political ambition. and
did not think that the honors were worth the
He turned around in his chair. and remarked.
with n tone of incrednlity in his voice: so
you "0a.t NO. wish. then, to be member Of
Congressl"
;, | said, No. sir; nor oven President of the
"Ha ha" he responded with more skep-
ticism than he had evinced before. said that
/ intended nothing disrespsctful to the high
station thnt he filed saying that knAW well,