The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-04

StaIpeded-aH but the Idllhlui oOo "AiO
stood until the end loyal TO their CHOSEN
leader, the hero of AppomatoX-to James
a. Garfield. The rift in the party was
a wide one. especially in the state Of
New York, and Garfield, who had been
the lieutenant of Mr.. Sherman, was per-
haps not unreasonably accused of hav-
ing fostered the schism, in the interest of
the candidate whose place he came TO oc-
cupy. The feeling against him on the part
of the "stalwarts," as the followers OF
Grant We're called, was very deep, ana
their imprecations, II not LOUD were Dill
ter Ii was especially with the view OF
overcoming this antipathy, which II not
piAcalea, al was thought by some might
( enaanger his election, that General Car
fed, some few weeks after his homlnallon
came 20 New York and Tor several Gays
occupied quarters al the Fifth Avenue
hotel. Some of the things that occurred
there at this time, We're widely ana hotly
discussed and have passed into party
history. One incident however, which
came within my personal knowledge, mas
never, so far as L am aware, been gwen
publicity. Indeed, ] am not sure that
any person except those mentioned herein
ever had any knowledge of it.
i was al the Tune ln retreat IN the CITY
engaged in revising the copy and reading
the proofs OF a work, the writing OF whlch
had been a matter of great diflculty- one
day 7 received a letter from Mr. Ihomas
M. Nichol who, during the campaign,
OIEuDdE4 lIiE pDS4llOl VI a P4lAaNN oSSA y
tary TO General Garfield, asking me 10
call upon him at his hotel
JIM GARFIELDS BoYHOOD.
NV acquaintance with the Republican
candidate for tie presidency had been
peculiar one. When d lad of nine or ten.
on a visit to some relatives in Chester,
Ohio, a student-boarder of the family be-
came for the nonce my ideal OF young
mannooG. / cannot remember what he
did to awaken my admiration, except
that he was not above being kind to a
small boy-a most rare quAlly III the
youth OF seventeen. However, Jim
Garfield, as he was called in the family.
not only did not snub the bashful lad, as
il was clearly his right to do, by reason
Of his eight years OF seniority, but even
took him 10 the morning exercises OF
The seminary he was attending-the hrSt
time, by the way that the boy had ever
entered an institution of learning above
the rank of A district school-told him
the names of all the people on the plat
form and shared with him the book out
of which the hymn was sung. How wei
/ remember my sensation as l stood in
the narrow aisle during the singing of
that hymn. L did not sing, but l think
everyone else did. There was great
wave Of sound that echoed through the
bare room, but l was absorbed in watch
ing the ieader-preceptor suppose he
woul1 be called now. He stood in front
of the aisle on one side of which was
wall of young men and OH the other a
rustling mass of young women. Looking
down between them l had a fair view
OF his performance. lie FACED the audi
ence and with a slender baton, marked
the measure, and with sun0ry gestures
indicated the expression. He beat his
book, tossed his head backward, swayed
his body, scoWled and smiled in a way
quite wonderful TO a country lad who
had never seen the like before After
the exercises were over, made bold to
ask my idol just what his performance
had to do with the music-and q con-
sequence was introduced to the maestro.
and my remark repeated, greatly TO my
confusion and the amusement of others.
/ do not doubt that / made myself a
thorough nuisance to the young student.
Everything in his environment was SO
new to me that ! could not help asking
questions. HIS books, his study, the ire
quent ringing OF the seminary bell-the
idea that grown-up people should keep
on studying the same as the children in
the little school house at home. l re-
member hanging about the room, exam
ming over and over again the books he
studied, and wondering at the size of some
Of them. l presume these were dictionar-
les. 1t struck me cuTiously, too, that all
his books were covered with cloth-uni-
formly dull brown calico, with small
white spot.
one day. it must havws~been Wednes-
day / went with him Va some literary
exercises in the chapel OF the seminary.
1T was the first time / ever heard him
speak, and though ! have no memory
of a word he said, whether it was orig
inal or merely defamation, I do remem-
Der that / was thoroughly impressed
with the performance and wondered that
everybody else was not equally so. An
other day, l SUPPOSE it was a Saturday,
Jim went fishing with one of my cousins
and myself in the mill pond. We fished
from a slab raft which ne built and
school room. The pond was full of fish
and water snakes. Some Of the latter
crawled up on the raft. Jim fished
steadily and as ! recall successfully. My
cousin and soon tired of the sport and
wished TO 20 home. To appe2se. he told
US the Latin names of the fishes and
stories of fishing. He promised TO set
trap in the cellar for us to catch a rat
and did so after supper-baiting it with a
piece Of pancake.
When / met him next. he was chief
Of staff of the army of the Cumberland.
and / a lieutenant in the line. Having
business at headquarters one day, I re-
called myself to his recollection. After
that we met now and then, and in the
years following the close of the war,
had some correspondence in regard to the
political condition at the south, though a
supporter of General Grant for the nomin-
alton Of 1880, ] had as editor of the Den
yer Times, predicted the nomination of
General Garfield months before being one
of the first to arrive at the conclusion
that this would he the logical result of
the fractional conflict then pending.
A REMARKABLE DOCUMENT.
Under these circumstances. j was not
surprised at the summons Of Mr.. Nichol
to meet the presidential candidate and
on sending in my name at the hour desig-
mated. was at once admitted to his
private room. Of the conversation that
ensued. il is unnecessary here to speak
When the matter for which 1t was chiefly
intended had been decided, General Gar
field said 20 Mr.. Nichol:
"Show The judge that document which
came in the mail this morning from Bal
tinore; it will interest him.
So saving he excused himself 10 meet
callers. NNOfn;Sincr in
short time and asking me to remain until
ne did so Mr.. Nichol. after searching
among the papers on the table. finally
recalled that he had placed this parti-
cular communication in his pocket and
drew it forth and read it. 1t was a horo-
scope OF General Garfield cast by some
astrologer whose name / have forgotten
writing from Baltimore. 1t was the re-
suit. it seemed, Of information regarding
hour Of birth, etc. and other astroloei-
cal data which had been solicited in pre-
vious letters. and referred TO a former
enc dated something more than year
before, in which the writer had predicted
the nomination OF AIR. Garfield and some
other things not at that time generally
known. IL was accompanied by a chart
showing planetary positions and the like
and declared the election of General Car
field aud the hearty cooperation of Cen
eral Grant to that end. the details of the
inauguration and the unexpected rupture
of the Republican party Immediately en-
suing.
guration," continued the soothsayer
There are indications that you will meet
with serious personal calamity. A
strange ard malign presence threatens
TO invade the House of Life You viii
be physically Frustrated, it would seem
by violence, but it may be the result of
some sudden attack of disease For a
long time your life will be in serious
peril and 1 am unable to determine
whether you VIII eventually recover. but
think the indications are that you will
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