Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-04-17
TO DOWN GEN. GRANT.
Macrum Incident Recalls an Inter-
esting Incident OF For
mer Congress-.

Washington, d. c., April 10.-The
Macrum investigation recalls an episode
that occurred in the Forty-fourth Con-
Sress, when the Democrats were trying
to down Gen. Grant A congressman Of
the name of Glover from Missouri got
himself appointed chairman Of a COM
mlttee to throw out dragnets in every
possible direction. hoping to haul up
scandals on the administration, and the
widest kind of testimony was accepted,
provided that it reflected upon the honor
of the President. Glover had for SER
geant-at-arms of his committee an &C.
centric individual known as Alphabet"
Wilcox, because he had half Il dozen
initials
One morning when politics was boil
ing hot Glover passed the word around
the reporters gallery that he had I'M
covered the biggest kind of a sensation,
and would have a witness before his
committee at 3 o'clock that very after
noon whose evidence would not leave q
vestlge of Gen. Grants reputation. In
TACT, he went SO far as to predict that
the PRESIDENT would send his resignation
10 Congress as soon as he learned the
testimony against him.
Inc committee room was damned full
OF reporters long before 3 o'clock, rest
less, ANXIOUS men, conscious of Glovers
vicious disposition, doubtful of his pre-
dlcnons, but nevertheless confident of
sensation.
Promptly at the hour the huge form
OF Alphabet" Wilcox emerged from an
inner room accompanied by q weazen-
raced little man i'll a funeral suit of
black broadcloth and wearing a white
Lnen tie and pair of well-worn and
faded black kid gloves. He said he was
a, tailor by trade and lived over in
Georgetown, where he had formerly
been prosperous and happy, but his bust
ness had been ruined, his family had
been broken up, his home had been de-
stroyed and his happiness was forever
gone, because OF the interference of Cen
Grant IN his domestic affairs-where-
upon everybody drew long breath.
That little tailor swore that Gen. Grant
was IN the habit of leaving the white.
house between l and 2 o'clock every
morning, forcing his way into his hum
bic home and behaving himself in such a
daughters had been compelled to leave
the house to save their regulations.
After the witness had described the
behavior of Gen. Grant at his latest Wis
1t, which had occurred only few nights
before, Mr.. Glover inquired why he had
not called for the police. The tailor
looked up IN surprise, and remarked that
the police could not do any good. be-
cause IT any one else entered the house
Gen. Grant would instantly vanish.
But they could guard the doors and
the windows" suggested Glover.
No the witness replied; that is i'm
possible: NO human power can restrain
a spirit
"A Spirit shrielled Glover. "a spirit.r'
Yes, replied the witness. calmly.
Gen Grant never came to my house in
person, but always in spirit
1t was his disembodied soul that had
been committing all the capers of which
the tailor complained.
1t only took second for the audience
of excited newspaper correspondents to
grasp the situation, and then they let out
a yell that could have been heard across
the Potomac. 1t appeared that the wit
ness was Il demented Spiritualist who
nad met wilcox at q seance few nights
before and had told him this extraordi-
nary story. That was the end of Clio
vers investigations. and the matter was
never reported to the House.