The times., 1897-08-19


missed, and also d piece for her ddugt-
ter in tie New orleans custom-house. This
was about last May, and il so shocked
the mother that she made the proper rep
reservations 10 the Treasury Department,
| and is about To- be reinstated without
the assistance of Mr.. wimbeny.
The story as printed is about as follows:
Protests against his appointment, how
! ever, have been so numerous and OF Sucn
! strength as to make Secretary Gage de
clare that he would never consent TO the
! appointment On one occasion 500 women,
I wives OF the best known bankers, lawyers
and professional men of New. Orleans, sent
TO Mrs. G age, by personal representative,
n petition giving Wimberly's record in New
Orleans ana protesting against his APP
pcintineHt. Wiinherly was denounced in the
/ strongest language as a man OF such NAL
| OGOrous nOtoriety as TO make lis appoint
! TIgnt a national outrage. All these things
Secretary Gage laid before Mckinley, and
| the latter consented TO defer the appoint
n'ent for several months at least, with d
halr promise that he would appoint some
one else Not long ago, however, after Il
visit from Hanna, he made out the commits
/ sion, signed ii and sent il to Gage. The
| latter declined TO approve the appointment.
| and consequently t has been hanging ever
since.
The latest phase in the win.berIy
case is but a few days old, but has its
beginning back in the early part of MAY.
On the 9TH of that month Mrs MathiIde
Guyol, of New Orleans, was dismissed
from the Sixth Auditors ce She
naturally began to work for reinstate-
nent, and, securing the support OF
/ number of LouisianIaus, Went uo Mr.. Vim
| berly, who was then in Washington, and
asked MIN TO help her to secure re-
! appointment. Mrs Guyol had been treated
| bg all the other Louisiana men she had
/ approached with the greatest courtesy.
as her family is one OF the Oldest and
best known il New Orleans Wimberly
received Mrs. Guyors request for assist
ance in IA brHtally, nIatter-of-fact way,
/ and before the conversation had pro-
ceeded beyond the initial stages asked
Haven't you daughter about eighteen
years old2'
Mrs. Guyoi was thrown Off her feet men
tally, and did not know what TO answer
u question. so apparently Irrelevant Mr.
| Wimherly, however, did not give her time
to recover from her confusion before he
said:
bi SSSui- your Bcd BltuGiIfneut IN the
| Treasury Department, and VIII appoint
youI daughter tc position in the office OF
tho collector of customs in New Orleans,
but ana here he sunk his voice TO a
whisper
''1he proposition was one so hoIrifying to
Mrs Guyol that she hurried from VIM
heriy's presence as though he had been
some vile monster. Not until a few weeks
5 ago did she oil ff,. ~, ,.,,,,,
rEopositi0n made by WimbeTly Even then
she was chiy forced to this course when
size learned that Ninlberly was blocking
at every point her attempts to secure a
reinstatement ia the classified service.
Immediately On learning of WimberIy's
action ex-senator Kellogg of Louisiana.
State Senator Watts and several other
LouisianianS secured Mrs. Guyol's affidayit
TO her charges and filed it with Secretary
Gage. Mrs. Guyol went with them, and
when she had told her story Mr.. Gage
was too horrified 10 discuss the matter,
only promising To see that Mr.. WiInherlys
attempts 10 secure the New Orleans col.
lectorship would be thwarted.
Inis nan IS simply ir!air Gus Gag.
said to an official who was present when
Mrs. Guyo told her stcry; his appoint
ment would be disgrace to the party and
to the country"
Mr. Vanderlip was called on Yesterday
afternoon by a reporter for The Times.
and he promptly discredited two of the
important allegations. He said that there
was no commission made out; that. in
fact, the appointment had not been made
There was consequently no ilI-feeIing of
any kind between the President and Mr..
Gage. Mr.. yanderlip said that he had
not the slightest doubt that, If tie appoint-
ment were made by Mr.. Mckinley, it
would be accepted without challenge,
Mr.. Vanderlip was asked what there
was in the statement Of affidavits being
on file from Mrs. Mathilde Guyol Mr..
Nanderlip said that he would not make
any statement whatever on the sublect,
and dismissed it. II was not good Of
ficiai form to talk about such records,
If they existed.
Nj. yanderip's statement that Mr. Sage
wonid ;lceePt the nomina ton of Mr.. Win.
l'eriy if made completely backcapped the
statement that Mr. Gage would resign
first, or that he had expressed himself for
publication to the disadvantage of Mr.. Win
beTley.
Mrs. Guyol and her da ughter live at 4Ia
Third street northwest. They formerly
lived 81 1HT II stfeetnorthwest, where, ac-
ooraing 70 accounts there given, they were
called on several times by Mr.. Vim herly,
who expressed much dispIeasure when they
were not al home when he expected them
They are comfortably fixed at their new
quarters, where they moved about Nav
last.
! Mis- Guyol declined absolutely to saw one
word on the subject. She was asked ;f
I she had made such an affidavit Il de-
cline TO answer" She said. Would YOU
permit the publication Of such things ii they
Were not true without coinment?',
Il decline to answer she said. .sI
viii only say that it Is reported that
have been reinstated and that statement
is not true''
AS matter Of fact, Mrs Guyol has not
been reinstated. MIR. Vanderlip admitted
| that 1t was a mistake. She had, how
ever, been appointed. and was waiting only
to be sworn i'll.
The daughter OF Mrs. Guyoi was present