The morning call., 1894-02-11
EX=PreSident Harrison Is
Out of Politics.
PREPARING HIS LAW LECTURES.
Inside History of the Republican
National Convention of
1880.

on the lectures which be Is 20 deliver be-
fore The Stanford University. He has de-
voted all of his leisure to the work, and
has worked the lectures out from original
sources, so that they Will probably be a
valuable contribution to legal science. l
met last night General Kitchener. who vas
TO large extent President Harrison s
political manager. and who is one Of his
closest and most confidential friends.
asked him whether it was true that Harri-
son hoped TO be TeuOminated a a candi-
date for the Presidency in 1896. He re-
replied, II personally know that there is
nothing in that story. President Harri-
son does not want TO be renominated, and
there is no organized movement among his
friends pointing toward his nomination,
and in fact he has told me that he would
not run. just after the election of 1892 he
began to get letters from all parts of the
country proposing that he be candidate
in 1896. These letters Increased as his
term approached its close, and lie had many
callers who urged the same thing He
discouraged then VI. and he seldom dis
cussed the matter. / Teaem Der two inter
views that had with him in the White
House during February OF last year.
lnese were long and CONFIDENTIAL, and In
one OF them L began to speak of the gen.
tTal sentiment in favor of his nomination.
lie shook his head positively a. l men
toned the matter, and | could see from
his features how much he resented tie
idea as went n. But | said, General,
however little you may care to think If
another n0mins ion, it ought certainly to
be great personal qualification To you to
Know that the people appreciate your adj
mDistratiOn and that they are anxious IT,
ser you again in the White House.
Pres ldent Harrison REPLIED: AS to the
personal qualification l feel that most
deeply, but as To the thought of becoming
again candidate for the Presidency l do
not haTbOr II for amoment. 1t is contrary
10 all my lnclinati0ns, and when | leave
the White House 1 expect to say good-by
10 1t forever. My life In il has not been
happy one. 1t has oeen filed with care,
and the greatest SORROWS that have come
to me have fallen upon me since | entered
these doors. My associations with it are
not happy ones, and l want 10 retire for
good from its cares and worries and
troubles. l have no idea that l Will ever
be candidate for the Presidency again,
and L do not desire it.
What has General Harrison done since
the close Of his term?" said |.
He has been practicing law. He lately
argued a big case in dianapols, and he
Is doing considerable office business in the
way of counseliDg, etc. He is one of the
dOiCob idWStio VI CbuulIN, anu U6 Is
very fond of the practice. He finds the
preparation of his law lectures much
bigger job than he anticipated, but lie is
going into the matter thoroughly, and
their delivering will be quite an event i'll
The legal warld
"How many lectures are there ?'
Il do not know, and l don't know that
the number was fixed. but understand
be expects TO 20 West some time in Feb
ruary 20 deliver them"
Il suppose he gets good price for the
work ?" SAID L.
Yes" replied General Kitchener, there
is no doubt about that. i DO not think he
would have promised 10 give them if he
did not lie has never said anything to
NE, however. about his compensation for
them, and l don't know what the amount
is. His lectures will certainly be yalu-
able. De is one of the ablest thinkers in
the country, anu L am surprised 10 find
that his great address on labor and capital,
which was delivered in Philadelphia a few
days ago, was not made more of. | don't
suppose people knew what it was TO be-
The Associated Press did not report il,
and the only place where it was published
IN full was In one of the PhiladeIp hia
papers, which called upon General
Harrison for copy of his manuscript. 1t
Is queer how the greatest efforts of oCr
famous men are sometimes lost 10 the peo-
ple."
Speaking of unknown great papers of
famous men recalls chat l had the other
night with the Rev. DR.. Power, who was
James A. Garfield's pastor during q great
part OF his Congressional career, and who
was acting as such at the time when Pres
dent Garfield was assaSslnated. He told
me that some of the best things that Gar
field ever uttered were given by him in
the lecture-room of his church He once
delivered lee ure on Ruins of Ephesus,"
which surpassed in dicIion, thought and
beauty the most of his public speeches.
But there were no reporters present, and
til ugh Garfield had spent weeks upon'it,
II never got into the newspapers or into
any edition OF Garfield's works. Garfield
was at this time in Congress-" said DIR.
Power. HE had made great study Of
The discoveries of Schliemann and others.
and he illustrated his talk with maps
which were drawn for the purpose. Ii
was an eloquent effort, full of genius"
WAS Garfield much of siudent?"
Yes, he was an indie atigable STUDENT"
replied DR.. Power He was ALWAYS add
lug something to his stock of knowledge,
and he had his Information so classified
that he could lay his hands on any subject
al moments notice. He took notes of
everything he read and fled these away in
pigeon holes. He could post himself up in
a short time on any subject which had in
terested him in times past, ana his mind
was such an analytic one that his thoughts
came out in rounded periods and as
harmonious whole. He had always some
line of study entirely apart from his work
in Congress. He was fond of the classics
and he kept up his studies of Greek and
Latin throughout his life. He reviewed his
college studies while he was in Congress,
and when he got especially tired of the
proceedings of the House he used 10 some
times take up a Latin book and read it. /
remember one day when an especially
tedious debate was going on he decided to
see how many verses of Horace he could
write from memory. He wrote out FIVE,
and when he got home that night he COM
pared his manuscript with the original,
and he found that he had not made
single mistake in writing them. He was
charming talker. was full of ideas, and
was very fond of talking of literature"
You accompanied his funeral-car TO
Cleveland, did you not, doctOr?"
Yes" was the reply. "and it was the
most affecting journey / ever made. All
along the line of road we were greeted by
the people, and at some of the stations
parties of Grand Army men knelt along
the track ana lifted up their hands in
PRAYER as the train went by.
III Is not generally known how near
PRESIDENT Garfield came to being shot in
our little church on Fourteenth street,"
IN 2 in o6 Dr H.