The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-03-26

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man who put an end to the Black Hawk
war. was his aid-de-camp. He is now
colonel of the First regiment Of the
United States cavalry"
.Oh. he exclaimed, els that the. man
that you wantg'
Eyes. sir; he is the man that my con
stituents want"
Gwen. my son then said the presi-
dent. ''make me list of all the Offices,
with the salary attached to each, and
bring them to me. I viii give you some
of them. Ny cabinet viii be opposed to
it, but I VIII give you some of the other
Offices az well as the governor"
OId HleIzory's Fiat
Mr.. Jones then took his leave, but in q
day or two he returned with the list,
which he read to President Jackson, who
thereupon remarked, II viii allow you
to name the men to fill all these Offices
except the judges. My cabinet say that
western men would take all the lands
from us and we should never get amy
more lead rents from the mines. But
you may go into the state department
and select such Democrats as have been
recommended from the states, and VIII
appoint them"
After thanking the president 1Ir. Jones
went direct to the state department,
where he met John Forsyth then the
secretary. who CURLY declined to show
him the lists s'But,' remarked Mr.
Jones. President Jackson has just told
me to come here and examine the lists
and the recommendations"
TO which the secretary replied. ssXVell.
if Old Hickory says that you must see
them a cannot object"
The result was that all the Offices, from
that of governor down, were filed on the
recommendation Of s'the young man
from Michigan" This was strange. but
stranger still was the fact that this domi-
nation of the new man was submitted to
with the greatest good nature by the
veteran politicians.
An Interview With Calhoun.
Early ia the succeeding year Michigan
was admitted as state into the Union,
and this act legislated Colonel Jones out
Of his position as delegate to congress.
But he was promptly chosen as delegate
from Wisconsin, and ia this capacity he
was ia 1897 called upon to organize
the territory of Iowa from So much Of
Wisconsin as lay west Of the Mississippi
river. This was no easy task, for John
G. Calhoun. who was then all powerful
ID the United States senate had set his
face inhexioly against the formation Of
any more free territories, to be soon ere
ated abolition states and thereby dis
turb the balance of political power
10 every approach Of Colonel Jones he
returned a uniform answer. ~ would be
glad to serve you in any way except
when you ask me to sacrifice a great p0-
htical principle Therefore to over
come his opposition Mr.. Jones was forced
to resort TO a new order Of tactics. He
was at Che time q leader Of Washington
society. HE had a most attractive and
accomplished wife and was himself-asI
am told by an aged lady who was then
one of the bellies of Washington-sse
ceptonally fine looking, and with high
ly cultivated intellect. and manners fit
to grace any court in Europe, and, more
over the finest dancer on this continent"
st happened that MIR. Calhoun had a
daughter, beautiful and accomplished
and the idol Of her father. Colonel
Jones got up q party at the house of
Senator Linn Of Missouri, and to it Miss
Calhoun was invited. He was of course
very attentive to her at the party and at
its close he escorted her to her fathers
house AS he was about to bid her good
night at the doorway she thanked him
for his great poIiteness and expressed
the hope that she might be able to ia
some way return his kindness. sf1ou
cam he answered. 'sYOu can render me
a most important service by putting your
lovely arm about your fathers neck
when he comes down to breakfast in The
morning and insisting that he shall vote
for my bin for the admission of Iowa. 1T
has passed the house and VIII come up
in the senate tomorrow. "Ill do it, She 7
replied III surely get his assent"
A Successful ESuse-
Early on the following morning Mr.. +
Jones called at the house to learn the re- I
suit but HE young lady met him WI a
countenance. Her father had
the highest esteem for Colonel Jones. but 4
he could not consent to the creation Of /
any more abolition states and should do
all he could to defeat the organization of .
Iowa. The situation called for a change
Of tactics, and the young max from
Michigan accordingly arranged with the /
young lady to send a friend for her with
a carriage to conduct her to the senate /
before the Iowa bill should come up for I
consideration Arrived there. she was.
on a given signal from him. to invite
her father into the library and to keep /
him there until the bill had passed the /
senate. She did SO, and thus it was
that Iowa became a territory and ia due 4
time ain important state of this Union.
"a sequel to this incident was the mar
rage of Miss Calhoun to Mr.. Clemson /
the messenger sent by Colonel Jones to J
bring her to the senate chamber-and /
her long and happy life with hmm on bis !
estate near Baltimore. where she recent .
Is died, the mother Of 10 children.
JAMES R. GILMORE Edmund Kirke).
only One Deduction Possible.
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