Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-06-13

president under Washington but Wash
iugton had n mind OF his own. Ohm
Adams Is lid i1 have been quite Jealous
Of Ma1hiurton's prominence, and IN the
mcmolm OF ode Taylor, published Tor
private circulation some years $50, YOU
will find a story telling how Adams &c
hukcd q man who had used III words
G. orgc Washington and John Adams.
Vice President Adams said;
MY man. YOU should not sav George
Washington and John Adams, but John
Adams and George Washington. for
John Adams made George Washington"
AnLE wcE PRESIDENTS.
Some OF the ablest Of our statesmen
have held the vice presidential office,
but their regulations have been made
outside OF H. Look at the list. The
names are great enough. Take John &.
breckenridge, Vice President with Blu.
chanau, George ". Diills, who reigned
with Polk; aud William X. King. Vice
President with PicrcC-all Of these men
will 70 down in history through other
acts Than those done during their vice
prcsidcucies. Then there were III.
bridge Gerry, a singer OF the Dsclatl.
ton Of Independence, and the author OF
the system Of changing legislative dis.
iicis ior congressional purposes, called.
alter his name. rcrNm anderiug: George
Clinton oil New York, Schuyler Colhx,
who was mixed up iu the Credit Mobil
Iicr. Henry Wilson and others. once IA
nous, but now forgotten. There have
been, altogether, twcnty.threc vice
presidents elected by the people OF
these live have died ia office, three have
risen 10 the presidency by election, four
have gotten TO the White House by the
death Of the President and none have
through Their positions made regulations
which will outlast a century.
Arthur IS vicE PRESIDENT AND rREst.
uENT.
Speaking Of vice presidents who have
become president by the death Of their
chiefs, the best uf tie four may be said
10 be Chester a. Arthur lie was TO a
large extent politician pure and simple
until he became president. lie then
developed into statesman, aud did his
best to give an homes, administration,
During the fight between Garfield and
Consling he demonstrated with Garfield,
aud asked that the Objectionable nami.
nation OF Robertson as collector Of the
port OF New York be Withdrawn. Alter
he became president he refused TO
obligc his political friends when they
asked for much on political grounds,
and at one time, la reply to such &c.
quest, said.
81 determined when / entered this
Office that President Arthur should be
one man aud Chester a. Arthur another.
and ana sorry 20 say that President
Arthur has had 10 DO many thiu2s which
e. a. Arthur didn't Ike, and leave
many things uudonc which {. A. Arthur
would have btel glad to do had Presi.
dent Arthur seen his way clear to do
them"
PAM is 4 UyHuLE.
have heard :, saiI that ConkIing did
not want Arthur to accept the vice
presidency and advised him to decline IL.
Arthur replied that % was a great honor
an he thought lie would accept Il. lie
did accept Il and by Gulteau's bullet be.
came president Judge Tyner, who ". !
| Postmaster Geuelal under Grant, told
me that Arthur was much dissatisfied
with the office at iiIst. lie said he had
never been so unhappy ~ his life as du.
ring his hgst three months 10 the White
! House, and that he would not accept the
nomination again II Il were offered him
on a silver pallcr. Before the end OF