The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-09-13

ters and I did not take II in at the
time, and your information made no
impression upon me-
Il said: Governor, I do not under
stand how that could occur. You will
understand that you said to me, that,
inasmuch as the item provided for the
payment of salaries to persons not au-
thorized by law, you could not give 1t
your approval. and that, as you had
no constitutional power to veto a part
of an item. YOU would be forced to
veto the entire item. l mentioned to
you that such a course would prob
ably result in State Treasurer Hay
woods financial ruin. as he had made
advances from time to time accord
ing to the custom which had always
prevailed, to these employees in order
that they might live, and that, If the
item was vetoed. he would be COM
PEELED to replace in the treasury all
the money so advanced You replied
Well, Haywood ought TO have known
better than TO have made any advances
to any of these unauthorized people
/ said That is not the trouble, be-
cause this item includes all the officials
provided for by the Act of 1874, and
Haywood would lose all the money ad-
vanced to them. AS to the employees
who are not provided for by the Act
of 1874, Haywood is fully protected. You
inquired how he was protected, and /
told you that he was protected by an
agreement of indemnity, stating the
terms thereof, and explaining that I
was one of the signers of that agree
ment.
The governor said: "Well, perhaps
that is so, but" he said, II already
knew of the bond, as Haywood had
told me two days before your COM
munication that he had such a bond"
After a pause, saying: Il am not sure
perhaps he told me after you had al
ready done So"
General Reeder says he told Governor
Hastings that his reply to the state
ment that he had acted discourteously
in not consulting him before announc-
ing his candidacy for the gubernatorial
nomination next year was simply that
he had not so announced himself. He
says he asked Gilkeson, of Bucks, for
the votes from that county for COVER
| nor. but this was not necessarily be-
cause he wanted the nomination.
General Reeder says the day after the
| interview quoted above he again saw
the governor, who was in company
| with Attorney General Mccormick and
that he told the governor then,
II had spoken of resigning my office
| to two persons-to my wife about the
| end of July, when l became convinced
| that l had in great degree lost your
| confidence, and more recently to Sem
ator Quay. / have felt for some time
an unwillingness to remain any longer
| in your cabinet but desired before TAX
| ing so important a step, to consult
with some person in whose friendship
| and discretion l had entire confidence.
| My mind naturally turned to Senator
| Quay, because / know he is my friend,
| and because, of all acquaintances,
there is none in whose judgment and
discretion / have so much confidence.
| Accordingly, on the night before Sen
ator Quay went to Florida. saw him
in Washington and sought his advice
on this point. He replied that he
thought 1 must be over-sensitive and
his advice was to hold the matter under
further advsement"
The governor again remarked there
| would be no fight between himself and
Senator Quay as he was going out OF
politics.
In the course of this second inter-
| view on Wednesday, l again said to
the governor that l did not intend tC
make any announcement to the pub
lie as to the causes which led TO my
resignation, except to give out the cor
respondence and that l would refer the
newspaper reporters to him for the
reasons which moved him in asking fol
my resignation; but, If any individual
or newspaper made the fact of my res,
ignation the basis of any attack upor
my personal or official integrity, that
l would defend myself. The governor
replied: There will be no such attack
II any newspaper makes any such at
tack upon your integrity, l will very
quickly put a stop to it,"
This ended the interview and tive
hours later / said goodbye to the gov.
ernor and left Harrisburg"
GOVERNOR HASTINGS SILENT.
Harrisburg, Sept. 12.-Governor Hast
ings said tonight that he has not seer
General Reeder's statement, an he viii
have nothing to say about it tonight.