The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-11

his subject will he assign large space in
the volume to Private Secretary IA" La
mont Moo has ever sh ID so great
lu ter on the Office of private secretary as
he; achieved so wi lie a popula ity, and at
the sane time served his chief so loyal,
a. d so we'll. By his tact, shrewdness and
ability he managed to make his position
equal, If not sup rior. t. that of binet
officer. and during the past four years has
all but divided the nors of the presidency
itself with Mr.. Cleveland
GRANTS MILITARY MARTINETs.
Mr.. Horace Porter, VINO was detailed
from the army by President Grant to act in
this capacity, made strong impression on
the public men of that day, but his mill
tarY training and instincts prevented him
from winning many friends except in tAe
inner circles of the administration. In his
intercou Sc with the politicians and the
newspaper men he was cJull, suspicious,
retlcent aud mysterious He brought his
military discipline with him into the
white house, and before the close OF the
first summer of the first administration
ne rly every newspaper correspondent at
the capital mad registered a resolution never
to enter Porter's office. Gen. Ba cock, who
occupied de k in the sa 10 + on, was
little more genial, but he made few friends
for the administration. To-day q n.
Porter is one of the most popula If men,
particular as an after-dinner speaker. II
left the army an1 the white house to be-
come vice president of the Pullman Palace
Car Company at salary of 81 200 a We If.
The irregularities of his C aracter were
Clipped of in Wall street, and during the
process of his civil and commercial educa-
ti)I he managed to make a fortune, whic
at one time, was estlm tel at $3,O0J,0O0.
r bert Douglass, soL of Stephen A. Doug
10. -, L. h.
but he was uverShadowed b. Pc ter d
Babcock. H IS now in Chicago practiclng
law. Batcock returned to the my and
was drowned off the coast of Florida few
years ago.
THE SECRETARIES OF HAYES, JOHNSON AND
GARFIELD.
The private secretary of Mr.. Hayes was
ais former law partner, Col. ROdgeri. He
as a sou ed, d sappointed MAI, very wise
IN his own estimation. 1t was a m )St I'M
fortunate appointment for Hayes. Ro lgets
had genius for enmity making, and ne
contrived to increa e the foes of an admin
lstration Which lad fewer friends thai any
one in our history. Gen. Carrie made his
c.erk, young m IN nam ID Brown, Gre
tary. Brown has siuce married a daughter
If his former chief. Col. Moore was the
private secretary of Andrew johnson, and
William Wallace Warden, a second sec. e.
tary, was the enamel OF news commu lea
ton between the President and the news
papers not in open opp )sition to "my
policy" These gantlemel served Nj.
Jonnsou well and are still living ia Wash
ington.
ABRAHAM LINCoLN's TWO HISTORIANS.
John G. Nicolay aud Col. Jonn Hay
divided the honors of toe private secretary
snip under Mr.. Lincoln, as Trey now
share Q honors of writing the life Of the
Martyr President" N.c0lay subs quently
becam5 marshal of the supre ne cOury of the
United States. which post he neld for sew
eral years. Col. Hay married a fortune.
served abroad as a secretary of legation and
rrpresentented an Illinois district in con-
gress. Mr. Buchanan's secretary was his
nephew j. Buchanan Henry. He was a
young Philadelphia lawyer, and ever DID
much more tn II keep arecord of the letters
received at the whiCe honse AID the dis
position made of them. Mr. Bucnanau's
letter books were indexed so perfectly
t4at he could trace the history of every
mmunIcatlon lie received. Sidney Web
ster was the private secretary of Mr..
Pierse
A soN-INLAw AS PRIVATE SECRETARY.
Gen. Taylor, old "R)ugu and Ready"
had son-in-law for secretary. He w S
Col. William Wallace Bliss, graduate OF
West Point, ami his flther-in-law's chief
of-statf in Mexico. President Taylor sent
ly one message to congress. 1t was in
tai9 document that the memorable p4rase
occurred:
eve are at peace with all the nations
of the world aud The rest Of mIrk nd. "
Bnss superintended tue pu Olcatlol the
message and mad to shoulder the response
nllioy for this mag liticent speci nen o. the
Hibernian bull. He issued a SEQ I'D edition
of the message, in which the sentence was
made to read:
"We are at peace with all the nations
of the world and seek to MAINTAIN our
cherished Citations of amity with them"
FATHER PRESIDENT. son SECRETARY.
John Tyler had a son, Jonn Tyler, Jr..
VINO was of an age to keep the private sec
retaryship in the family. He cut magnif-
cent figure In Washington society. His
cards bore the preUentlo legend, job
Tyler, Jr., Private Secretary o His Ex-
cellency, President Yer" He collapsed
war he turned up in Was IingtJn aud uas
found refuge III one of the departments as
clerk.
A MAN WHO BEARDED WEBSTER.
Col John G. Cham Jer,. wac had been an
aide-de-campt CO.. Harrison, acted as pri-
vate secretary when "Old TIppeca oe" be-
came President. He had been in congress
befnre Harrlson's election, I'd the appoint
ment was only temporary. President Har-
rlson's cabinet undertook to control ali his
nominations. Chambers o4e of the
first appointments made. Harris IN having
selected hun for the governors Zip of the
te. rItory Of Iowa. Daniel Webster, Secre-
tary Of State, got wind of the pro posed APP
polntment, sent for Chambers, aid sail to
lin:
"You must not take that position, for
/ have promised it to my friend, Gen.
w lson."
Chambers replied:
"Mr Webster, shall accept that place,
and tell you, sir, not to undertake to dra-
gJon me-"
In few days Webster received a peremp-
tory order to make out commission for
Chambers, a III he did 1t.
ANOTHER SON AS SECRETARY.
Martin Van Blu en- appo nted his son, Col
Abraham Van Buren,, private secretary
He was West Point graduate, and had
served on the staff of Gen. Worth. hi.
wife, a Miss sing eton OF South Carolina, a
relative II the PrestOns, acted as mistress
Of the " hito house, and received with her
fat er-ln-iaw. Maj. Donaldson was the
me- hew aud secretary of Andrew Jackso a.
He was good politician a ID subero WIRE
puller, loved hor racing and chosen
iignti &, and was just the man for odd
Hickory"
AND STILS ANOTHER ONE.
John Adams, the eldest SOL of John
Quincy AID ms served his father as secra-