The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-01

I..ekavanns railroad. I called upon Mr..
Pheips. and found that he supposed that
be had paid these taxes to an internal
revenue collector, and that the only
reason thas they had not been paid before
was that his fathers estate and the road
were in litigation and they could not adj
lust them. / found, in fact. that al the
taxes collected IN this way were such thas
thew would have come into the treasury
anyhow, aud the treasury was being coz
rupriy used TO put money into S4nposn
pocket. Well, Butler got wind OF what
was going on. and be denounced me on
the door OF the House. He had gotten
half an hour Of Gar6eld's time one day
and Garfield gave me I'VE minutes OF his
time 10 answer him. had all these facts at
my fingers' end and as brought the story
OF the fraud out piece by piece and called
upon members who we're personally ac-
quainted with the circumstances 10 sub
stantiate what / said, Buffers face grew
as white Is . sheet, and At last he said
that he admired the bravery OF man who
would attack absent parties, referring 70
the contractors and the others. replied
tina. the parties whom accused were not
absent, but they were present before the
House by proxy in the person Of their Al.
torney. here pointed at Butler. and
there was great scene IN the House. To
make . long story short, the result was
that all Of these people had TO resign from
the treasury department, and even the sec
rotary, who / think was innocent, went
out, and Grant appointed Bristow in his
plsee."
II suppose you had some interviews
with President Grant about it I"
Yes, but he vas loath 20 do anything.
though we urged it upon him. 1 remem-
Der one day I was talking with him about
II, and be made this remark: 1t Ii easy
10 stand by your friends when they are
right, but it takes nerve TO stick to them
when you fear they are wrong"
"Did you know Conkling when you
were in congress?
s.Yes. he was IN the Senate while was
In the House, out did not have much TO
do with him. He was q great man in some
respects but he was q very foolish one in
others. and be had an overbearing, sheer
ing way about him that was very Often
siye. I remember one time during my
second term in the House I had q talk
with him about some matters and during
this / said to him: Senator Conkiing,
there is only one thing that You do not
seem 10 have fully settled in your mind,
and that Is you do not know whether you
made the Lord Almighty or the Lord Al
mighty made your"
..And what did Conkling say to thasf"
asked.
..He didn't say anything" said Cover
sneered and turned upon his heel, and
after that our relations were not very
friendly"
How about President Harrisonf VIII
he be nominated?"
II think there il no doubt of 1T" was
his reply. blaine is entirely out Of the
field, and he will not. I think, ever be
presidential candidate again. Harrison
viii be nominated by reclamation. He
has grown . great deal since he became
president, and he il stronger now with the
people than he was in ISIS"
"How about Mckinley"
Mckinley is too near the Mckinley
year" replied Governor Foster. He may
be very good candidate for 1895, when
the working of the bill has been made
manifest to all, but it would not be wise TO
nominate him now"
How about the Democratic eandi-
dates7"
Il think Cleveland win be the nominee,
real chance before the convention"
How about Governor HIP"
~ think Mr.. Hill has. as the boys say,
over-crapped himself. He has bitten of
more than he can chew, and, keeping up
the same style Of expression, he is not
in it"
How about the issuesf"
both the tariff and the silver question
will enter into the campaign. We viii ac-
cept the position of the president on sill
yer, and the Democrats will make some
kind of plank that will read both ways,
and be for or against silver according as
the locality is in favor of or against It The
tariff question viii be the same as il has
been in the past, and think the chances
are very fair for the Republican party car
rying the election"
FRANK G. CARPExrxa