Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-10


He had planned to have killed him at the
church the Sunday before, but Mrs. Gar
Held was sick and the President wanted to
get her out of the city. She was Ill during
the Latter part of that week, and it 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.
Then Guiteau decided to perform his
bloody deed on the Sunday following. TIE
PRESIDENT came back to the White House.
Toward the last of the week the report got
out that he intended to leave Washington
for Long Branch Saturday. Guiteau
saw that he could not reach him on Sunday
and he decided to kill him at the depot.
Had Garfield gone TO church the first Sun
day, or had Guiteau waited, / don't see
how he could possibly have helped Killing
Garfield instantly
Judge Black and His Shirts.
The conversation here turned 20 Judge
jeremiah Black of Pennsylvania, who WAS
also one Of DR.. Powers Pensioners. DR..
Power said:
II regard jeremiah Black as one of the
greatest men who ever lived. He "A
man of wonderful information and great
brain power. He was a thoroughly we'll
| read man. and he quoted a great deal from
Shakespeare and the Bible. He seemed to
know these two books by heart, and his
| contact with them formed large part of
| his intellectual life. Judge BLACK swas
most charming talker, and he could enter
| tain you for hours in telling his experiences
| with public men and matters. He had
| ideas of his own, and he was never any
| thing but interesting. Hs was one of the
! most absent-minded men L have ever
| known. One story Mrs. Black vouches
: for authentic in regard to him. She
said that she was in the custom of put
ting up Judge Blacks clothes for him
whenever he went away. In fact, she at
tended to his clothes entirely, buying new
ones when the old ones began to grow
shabby, and replacing the old suit with
fresh one, while the judge was in bed. She
said the judge did not seem to realize when
he changed his clothes. and that on a GER
tain campaign tour which he took she put
up bag for him. in which there We're
half dozen new shirts. When he had
turned from the trip she examined the bag
and found it empty. She said Why, Judge
where your shirts?'
He replied, don't know; aren't they
there?
NO she said. Your valise has none in
IT. and when you left here you had half a
dozen
- don't know what became of them
said Judge Black But that night upon his
dlsrobing for bed she found that the whole
SIX shirts were on the judges person. This
Is most rema rkable story" concluded
the parson, but l have no doubt of it's
truth as 1t was, as l told you, Mrs. Black
herself who gave 1T to me. 1t is evident
that the honorable judge did not wear night
shirts or he must have put them on over
the ones he used during the day"
Garfield and sherman.
Speaking of Garfield. the question as to
whether he was true or false to Sherman
at the convention which nominated HIM
is yet unsettled in many minds I in
terviewed Gen. Garfield the night before he
was nominated. The rumor of his possible
choice was then in the air. 1 was CORE
spondent of his chief newspaper organ, the
10 Taln rN6
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 impairment one but
have heard of the rumor before and 1 as
sure you ii is false / will be villain if
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"
l had am interview the other day with
Col. w. c. Cooper of Mount Vernon, Ohio
who was six years in Congress and who
was one of the chief friends and workers
OF Senator Sherman at the convention of
1880. During the talk the subject of Gar
helds fidelity came up and Col. Cooper
said:
Il know that the nomination came to
Gen. Garfield without his seeking He vot-
ed for Sherman to the last and he labored
for him until he became convinced that
either Grant Blaine would be nominated
He did not think that Grant could be
elected for a third term, and when he saw
there was no chance for Sherman he was
anxious to see Blaine chosen. 1t was his
feeling on Friday morning when he went
to the convention away from which he
came as a nominee for the presidency that
the sherman men should go to Blaine and
had a talk with him just before he started
for the convention. which may be an inn
portant contribution to the unwritten his
tory of that time
What was that. general?" said l.
n
Just starting for the hall when Garfield
came up to me. and laying his hand on nv
shoulder asked me what l thought OF the
SITUATION. L replied that j could see moth
ing in 1t for us, and that | feared Grant
morrow" VI ''ie
replied Gen. Garfield. you are
right; unless We do something unless we
quit our foolish wasting of our votes unon
our candidate, whose nomination We can
now see impossible, l predict that Grant
Will be nominated. not tomorrow. but he
fore shutdown today
Wen said l. what can we do? I don't
see now we can leave Sherman. What
would you suggest, Senator ca-field -,
Gen. Garfield replied: J think Tho oh;o
delesatlon should meet and agree to say 70
MI Sherman that his nomination is imnos
niDie assn MN TO instruct us to withdraw
ms name and then We should wort, ,nd
vote Tor Blaine. This nomination lies h
tween Grant and Blaine and as ba,,raa
n ,ne,n oeneVe IN: ee-fourths Of the repub
| is
U U uuty TO represent them in voting for
biahheS nomination. Aoi
The Unexpected Hoppepea
Wen, Mr. senator said l. ..wbo Min H.
ausurate such a movement in our .aIa,,,-
tioh! am sure our chairman. Covarp,,.
Dennison. will not"
presume not" he replied "b,t ,,oo,a,
you could and ought to do it: Won are ,ha
ONO member of the national con,mit,.a
ana Shermans neishbor"
b quickly responded. II do not faal ~,
thorized TO do anything of the kind ana
surely VIII not undertake il. but Won 80
Sherman's representative in the convan9
ton can do it i'eii-
.. Garfield shook his head and answered
no, can [; 1 am handicapped | cuchf
not 10 be here and said so to Mr. Sherman
put ne insisted on my coming ant- present,
ing ms name, so | came and did that which
was all that | was to do And which ~,
dld most maSnifcently." | interrunfed
Ihank YOU, said he. tipping his hat ami
continued, but since l have been here
there has been just enough of this foolish
TAX about my nomination. which nevr- as
anything but nonsense, that have become
SUBJECT or criticism and susDcion ana
mucn as would like TO, | can do nothing
Well said l, even if Sherman should
Withdraw, we cannot cast the vote of Ohio
solldly for Blaine. Governor Dennison has
repeatedly said to me that when it came 10
choice between Grant and Blaine he was