Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-04-27

did not excite him, but it turned hi.
thoughts toward himself and his family. A
the end of this quarter of an hour he got
into talkative mood, and you know he
chatted very freely with those be trusted.
He began to talk about his boys and how
we'll they were doing. At this time the
financial prospects OF the family were very
bright, and General Grant proudly told me
how Colonel Fred had resigned from the
army and was doing we'll as the president
of railroad in Texas. BE referred to the
prosperity of Buck Grant with the firm oil
Grant & Ward, and said that Jesse was
making money in his mining operations
With loving enthusiasm he went over the
different enterprises that the boys were in,
and then said that as he and Mrs. Grant had
enough to keep them in comfort as long as
they lived he could see no reason for him to
jeopardize the good name that he believed
he had by entering into any such scheme as
the one proposed to him. After this expert
ence no one could ever make me believe that
Grant allowed his name to be used by Grant
& Ward as they did use it.
THEY BELIEVED IN WARD.
1.-THE truth is he knew nothing about
Wards methods, He believed that Ward
was great fnancier, and the Grant boys
thought the same. Ward never let them
have any insight into the business. If they
made inquiries about it he would say:
We'll, now, if you think you can run this
business, you can try it. But one head is
enough. I am willing to give up any time
that you want me TO leave, but while am
here must have the say
"At times, however, Wards mistakes were
80 apparent that they were forced to 90 to
hi h1rf hn q vua nd han, nfT
one time there was a mistake of So. 900 in an
account which was so plain that Ulysses S.
Grant, Jr., went to see him about it. Ward
at once saw that he could not explain it.
and he gained their confidence more than
ever by saying: Yes, that is a mistake and
the bill is wrong
"Buck Grant told me that the family be-
lieved in him after that more thoroughly
than ever before. It was not strange that
they had faith in him, and at the time of
the failure it was forgotten that men of
high financial standing were as badly de-
ceived as were the sons of General Grant"
GRANT AND coNKLING.
The conversation here turned to Grants
relations with Conkling. and Mr.. Dawson
told me how Grant received the news of the
designations of Conkling and Plat in the
Senate. "This happened" said he, "while
General Grant was in Mexico. We were
sitting at table in his room when the news
came, and General Grant picked up the
back of letter and wrote telegram upon
it to J. Il. Work, of New York. the Secre-
tary of the syndicate of which he was the
nominal President. He addressed Work
because we had a cipher telegraphic code in
common, and he gave me the telegram,
telling me to translate it and send it to New
York.
"Here is the telegram as General Grant
wrote il, said Mr.. Dawson, handing me
sheet half covered with the autographic
writing of General Grant in pencil. 1t read
as follows:
1hope the Legislature will sustain its Sem
ators: The treatment they have received is
seandalous and ought to be rebuked. Without
new I ork the present administration could
nor nave come into power. Without the active
support of the present Senators New York
couid not have been carried Republican.
"This telegram" continued Mr.. Dawson,
was sent by me in cypher, and had it
reached New York it might have changed
the whole course of American history. 1t
dld not get through, however, and it lodged
at vera Cruz. 1t would have gone through
had II not been sent In cypher, but General
Grant was supposed by the leading fnancier
Of the nited States and the leading fnancier
Of Mexico to be interested in Mexican in
vestments. These two great capitalists con-
trolled the telegraph wires of both countries,
and they thought the cypher dispatch was
business one and stopped it.
SPOILED GREAT ENTERPRISES.
General Grant did not know IL was
stopped until he began to receive teleprams
ne did not understand and failed to receive
replies to business kilograms which he had
'ent. We found shortly after this that one
'rade which might have been made to the
advantage of American capital was lost In
his way. 1t was the purchase of the Vera