The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-02

politician and he was holding petty polit-
lcal'of1ice at the time he was nominated for
the presidency. Polk STUN ped the state of
Tennessee for candidate for governor
several times and was noted as hand
shaker and a baby kisser long before he
was thought of for the presidency. He
never had any idea that he would be nomi-
mated at Baltimore, and when he received
the news Of his nomination be was trying a
ten dollar justice of the peace case His
brother communicated the fact to him, but
ne would not believe it, and it was some
time before he would be persuaded that the
TACT Was genuine one. Fillmore was a
politician and Frank Pierce had had a long
political career before he was nominated
for the Presidency. Taking the Presidents
all in all they have done their dutyin keep
ing up the politics of the country, and after
all it is only the Mugwumps who think
that such actions are anything to their dis
credit.
A CHAT WITH GARFIELD'S STEWARD.
Another of Garfield's attendants during
his last illness is very near to death Mr..
w. 7. Crump, who acted as the steward of
the White House during the Hayes and
Garfield administrations, is the man. Dur
Ing the illness Of Garfield he was con-
stantly by his side both day and night and
his nervous system at this time underwent
such strain that he has not been well
since then. A part Of his duty was the
lifting of Garfield about in bed as the
doctors suggested and in doing this he hurt
his back so that he has not been able to
bend over since then. For long time he
wore wide band OF leather around his
waist as back supporter and for the past
ten years he has been in such nervous
condition that the least over eXertion has
made linn sick. Garield's illness was a
very poor job for him. The committee that
revised the bills recommended that he be
PAID $4,000 IN addition to his salary for his
extra work. The treasury cut down this
amount to $500 and this is all he ever re-
ceived. He was getting 81 500 as steward
OF the White House. but he was not able
to fill his position after the death of Car
held and President Arthur had to choose a
new steward. He opened lunch room in
Washington for a time, but this did not
succeed and he has not been doing well
since.
GARFIELD AS PATIENT.
Garfield was by no means a mascot RI
those who were employed about his bed
side. He ruined Crump and his sickness
was the death blow to DR.. Bliss health
and prosperity. Bliss had the biggest
practice in Washington at the time Gar
Held was shot He was making between
twenty nVe ana nifty thousand dollars a
year. He gave up his practice to devote
himself to the President and for months
did nothing but attend to him After the
death he asked for $4,000 as his fees, but
the auditing board cut him down to SIS 600
and he left the White house with broken
constitution to find that his splendid
practice had almost gone and that he had
to go to work again to build it up. He had
to go to Europe for his health and after
months of doing nothing he came back to
Washington looking twenty years older
than he did before the assassination. His
hair was gray and his shoulders were bent.
After a time he began to fail
off mentally and he died a year
or so ago a disappointed man. II
have had many talks with DR.. Bliss
as to that terrible sickness and l don't
think the world understands what strain
1t was upon his attendants. | chatted with
Steward Crump about it not long ago. He
tells me that Garfield thought he was going
to get well as long as Mrs. Garfield had any
hopes of it. AS soon as she gave up he felt
that all was lost and he began to fail. He
was very quiet and very resigned through
out the whole sickness and he was at times
quite facetious in talking about himself and
MS case. He once said to Crump that he
could not see why Guiteau shot him and
thought he might have waited until he re- |