The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-07-29
GoRMAN BURNED 1T.
He Insulted Grover Cleveland and Made
Kim Rage Like a Tiger.

NEW YORK. July 2S-The Sun tomorrow
will publish the following exciting story
apropos of the present fight between Cor
man and President Cleveland. 1t Was first
told by Ex-Secretary Manning some years
ago. When Cleveland was first nominated,
Manning took German to Albany TO intro
duce him to Governor Cleveland, whom he
had never seen. The story continues:
Cleveland was bluff and hearty. and
German was as cordial as his cool nature
would allow. They began TO talk as TO the
plan of csmpaige. German said very
politely:
.'Goveruor, have come to see yOu TO
ascertain your wishes about the conduct OF
the campaign.
Ion. bosh,' said the governor, Il know
nothing of those matters hun 1t To SUIT
Yourself. You know about affairs of this
Kind. Do as you think proper
"'Do you really mean tnar, governor,
raDlied Mr. German. Am | TO use my
own Judgment and follow my own discre-
tion?'
..Why, certainly said the governor
why not? don't know anything about
such things
"'Do YOU really mean what you say,
governor? again inquired German.
"'Why, certainly said she governor.
"'All right SAYS German. and the next
morning he went back to New York.
Two or three weeks after this meeting
II came to my knowledge that Governor
Cleveland had written IA document hear
lug on the campaign. / cannot tell you,
for certain reasons, what that document
was. but | believed it would have an inn
portaut Influence, and not very good
one at that SO wired to German, asking
him to come Immediately TO Albany. He
came on fast train and met me, aud
told him of the contents OF the Campaign
document that Grover Cleveland had writ
ten. He was astOunded. aud he hurried
nm TO see the governor. AT that CONVEX
satiou German asked the governor the
nature of the document. reminding HIM
nIansautly at the time OF bis former words.
that he, German, was to run the campaign
German added that il the dOcunenG Wa.
OF any Importance it would do no harm tC
submit IL to the chairman OF the national
committee.
'''Ali right SAYS Cleveland. and he
handed out the document, saying: 'Whal
do Won think of that, German
'Gorman read the document over very
carefully, and then, without word, he
flung il into the CRATE saying: That
/ what | think of that document.
1T was a little chilly IN Albany tina
! night, and there WAS hre IN the CRATE
and tue document began to burn. Ciey,
/ land Jumped out of his chair and hopprC
m and down in his anger, shouting: NJ
/ IN an alive can burn any document ot mine
/ What 90 you mean, sIri'
! '"Why, governor said German, "a
/ coolly As you please, you said that L wa
/ to run this campaign according 10 my owl
discretion. The document that / have JUS
/ thrown into the fire Is about as Unwi-e d
manuscript as ever came under nv notice.
! Cleveland meantime was tramplnl
about IN mis- rage, but German was as coo
as IN iceberg. Finally Cleveland begaJ
! to laugh at himself. He remembered hi
remarks to German on the first interview
and the two men parted friends. but not
unril Cleveland had told German that be
! was the coolest son-of-a-gun he had eve
( met