The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-08

MIN as the chief executive of the Unit
ed states. AT the same time Roscoe
Conkllng and Thomas c. Plat were
elected to the Senate from New York
and Conkiing. with his exalted ideas
OF the rights of a Senator, insisted
that they should have the distribution
OF the federal patronage in New York
But 1t appears that Garfield had
MADE certain promises that he was in
honor bound to fulfill, and a GOODNESS
arose between the New York Senators
and the President, almost by the time
or the inauguration. Garfield was ex-
ceedingly tenacious of his rights, and
General Arthur, having been elected
Vice President, and being citizen of
the State of New York, the complica-
tions were still further increased.
Arthur was one of the most perfect
gentlemen that / ever knew in all my
years of service in the United States
Senate, where l had opportunities OF
an exceptional sort of knowing and
forming opinions of men in power
Il had charge of the first eight. rows
of seats on the Republican side of the
Senate chamber, and among those
whom / served were the two Senators
from New York. l CHANGED to be In
the eloakroem of the Senate, to which
we had free access, at a time when
Senators Conkling and Plat We're in
there in deep consultation.
lNI1MAIlON.
q heard Senator Platt xsmark, after
they had conversed in a low tone for
several minutes: @
We'll, we will Just wait until we get
that telegram from New York City be-
fore we take definite action" to which
remark Senator Conklins replied with
"a nod of acquiescence
They both went back to their seats.
and returned to my post. The Sem
ate was in extra session, but there
were many members of the house who
had remained over for political reasons,
and the hotels and Hobbies were full
of congressman, several hundred OF
them being in the corridors Of the hall
of the House Of Representatives.
II expected from the remark made
by Senator Platt, that there would be
some sort of sensation sprung dur
ing the day, and 1 was on the watch
for 1T. Pretty soon, 1 suppose about
3 o'clock in the afternoon, saw a mes
senger boy hand a telegram to Mr..
Platt, who opened and read it, and
passed it across to Mr.. Conkling.
THE latter had one of the most ex-
pressive countenances / ever saw, and
as he read the dispatch, he knitted his
brOwS, Srnacked his lips, in manner
peculiar to him, who could control his
facial expression even under the very
greatest stress of excitement, and then
d WOl0, ootl DOolGu
selves writing for a few moments. and
then resumed their positions in the
most dignified manner.
A BCMBSHELL HAD FALLEN.
II afterwards learned, though I did
not know it at the time, that the tele-
gram from New York conveyed the in
formation that Robertson had been
appointed collector of customs for the
port of New York, and that a bomb
shell had fallen in the Republican
camp. But no one could have guessed
from the stern features and dignif1ed
bearing of the two New York Sena-
tors that breach had been made that
could never be healed, and that would
lead to the most tragic results.
'tAt last Senator Platt clapped his
hands, and it being my duty to walt
upon him, I rushed to his desk and he
handed me two papers, one from his
Senator Conkling, both of which had
been lying open there for several
hours, and it required no second glance
to show that they were the respective
designations of the two Senators.
ST had commission to the stationery
room of the Senate, and forgot all
about the designations. and just sim
ply stuffed them in my pocket while
I went on the other errand. Just be-
fore / went back to the Senate cham
Der some Senator moved to adjourn.
In an instant I thought Of the fact that
a motion to adjourn was not debatabIe,
and I remembered that I had in my
pocket those very important papers.
E,"I rushed up to Vice President Ar
thurs desk and told him that I had
two very important documents which
I had neglected to send in, and sug-
gested that he have them read out to
the Senate before the motion to adj
journ was passed.
ARTHUR DUMBFoUNDED.
IT have never seen such an express
sion on a mans face as that of Vice
President Arthur when the two resig-
nations were handed him. had first
shown them to Captain Bassett, the
noted sergeant alarms, and he,
glancing at the contents and realizing
the import, stood as statuesque as IL
he had been carved Of stone.
'Mr. Arthur, who always managed
to maintain his dignity on all sorts OF
occasions, did not move a muscle, but
in his eyes there was look of amaze
ment unspeakable. when he saw the
contents of the two papers. 1t was so
unexpected that even that well posted
statesman was thunderstruck and had