The morning call., 1894-02-11


him at the church the Sunday before. bul
Mrs. Garfield was sick and the President
wanted to get her out of the city. She was
Ill during the latter part of that week, and
II was thought she could not be moved.
she grew much better, however, Sunday
morning and the President decided to take
her away. For this reason he was not at
church on the following Sunday.
| men Guiteau decided to perform his
DlOody deed on the Sunday following The
PRESIDENT came back to the White House.
Toward the last of the week the report got
| out that lie intended to leave Washington
Tor Long Branch on Saturday. Guiteau
saw that he could not reach him on Sun
DAY and he decided to kill him at the
depot Had Garfield gone to church the
nrst Sunday. or had Guiteau waited, !
don't see how he could possibly have
helped killing Garfield instantly"
The conversation here turned to Judge
Jeremiah Black of Pennsylvania, who was
also one OF DR.. Powers parishioners. DR..
| Power said:
Il regard jeremiah Black as one of the
greatest men who ever lived. He was a
man OF wonderful Information and great
brain power. He was a thoroughly WE'LL
read man. and he quoted gr. at deal from
Shakespeare and the Bible He seemed TO
know hese two books by heart, and his
contact with them formed a large part OF
his intellectual life. Judge Black was a
most charming talker, and he could enter
tain you tor hours ID telling ais experiences
with public men and matters. He had
IDEAS OF his own, and be was never any
Thing but interesting. He was one of the
most abSeat-minded men i have ever
known. One story Mrs. Judge Black
vouches for as authentic in regard to him.
She said that she was in the custom of put
ting up Judge Blacks clothes for min
whenever he went away. In fact. she at
tended t" his clothes entirely, buying new
ones, when the old ones began to grow
shabby, and replacing the old suit witt a
fresh one while the Judge was in bed. She
sa d the Judge did not seem to realize
when he changed his clothes, and that on
a certain campaign tour which he took
she put up bag for him, in which there
were half dozen new shirts. When be
had returned from the trip she examined
The bag and found it empty. She said.
WHY, judge, where are your shirtsp
''He replied. L don't know; aren't they
there?'
mo she said. Your valise has none
in it, ana when you left here you had half
a Dozen
81 don't know what became of them,
said Judge Black. But that night upon
his disrCbng for bed she found that the
whole SIX shirts were on the Judges per-
son. This is a most remarka bic story"
concluded the parsOn, "but l have no
doubt Of its truth, a. it was. as told Il,
Mrs. Black herself who gave ii tn me. 1t
Is evident that the honorable Judge did
not wear Eightshirts, Or he must ave pu t
them on over the ones he used during the
day."
Speaking of Garfield. the question as to
whether lie was true or false to Sher man
at the convention which nominated him
Is yet settled in many minds. | inter-
viewed General Garfield the night before he
WAS nominated. The rumor OF his possible
"a. no m oil /
spOndent of his chief newspaper organ, Il @
Cleveland L. adler. and l asked him if it
was true that the Ohio vote might leave
Sherman and come to him on the day fol-
lowing. He put his arm around my neck
and said IN emphatic tones: "My boy that
question is almost an impertiuent one, bat
L have heard OF the rumur before and L as
sure you it is false. | will be a viliaiD if l
prove false TO Sherman, whom | have come
here to support, and you can report to your
people that there is nothing in the Story
and that We are for Sherman to the last."
Governor Foster, who slept with General
Garfield, says that he was true To John
Sherman, and had N Interview the other
day with Colonel w. G. Cooper of Mount
Vernon, Ohio. who was SIX years in Con-
gress and VIII" was one Of tie chief friends
and workers of Senator Sherman at the
convention of $780, During the talk the
subject of Garfeld's fidelity came up and
Colonel Cooper sad:
Il know the nomination came to Cen
eral Ga field without bis seeking. lie
voted for Sherman 20 the last and he
lab0red for him until he became convinced
that either Grant or Blaine would be nomi-
mated. He did not think that Grant could
lie elected for third term, and when be
saw there was no chance for Sherman he
was anxious 10 see Blame chosen. 1t was
MS feeling on Friday morning when he
went to the convention from which he
90 fer fbn a Al
the Sherman men should go To Blaine, and
had a talk with hun just before he started
Tor the convention, which may be an i'm
pOrtant contribution to the unwritten his
tory of that time"
What was that. colOnel?" said L
ut was al the Grand Pacific Hotel
was just starting for the nall when Gar
heid came up to me. and laying his hand
on my shoulder asked me what tho SHIT
of the situation. l replied that / could
see nothing in II for US. and that feared
Grant would be nominated before the light
of the morrow"
Yes replied General Garfield, YOU
are right. Unless we do something, un-
less we Quit our foolish wasting of our
votes upon our candidate, whose nOmina-
ton We can now see Isl mpossiblP,l predict
that Grant will be nominated, not to-mor.
row. but before shutdown to-day
Well, said l, what can we do? I
don't see how We can leave Sherman.
What would you suggest. Senator Gar.
fiedp
General Garfield replied: L think the
ONO delegation should meet and agree to
say TO Mr.. Sherman that his nomination is
impossible. ask him TO instruct us TO with
draw his maine and then we should work
and vote for Mr.. Blaine. This nomination
lies between Grant and Blaine, and as be-
tween them believe three fourths of the
Republicans of ONO prefer Blaine. and
feel 1t is our duty to represent them in vot-
ing Tor Blalne's nomination.
Well. MIR. Senator, said /, who will
inangurate such movement in our dele
gatlonP am sure our chairman, Cover
nor Dennison. will not
presume not he replied, but Cooper.
you could and ought to do it. You are the
Ohio member of the national committee
and Sherman's neighbour
II quickly responded, Il do not feel au-
thorized to do anything of the kind, and
surely will not undertake 1t, but you as
Sherman's representative in the c0nven-
ton can do it,
Garfield shook his head and answered.
No. can't; L am handicapped, ought
not to be here and said SO to MIR. Sherman.
but he insisted on my coming and present
Ing his name, so L came and did that. which