Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-07-17

host of others 10 keep you busy and | haven't had any special business here and supposed your time was occupied" ...-. .e...
 Even so, I'd have been very glad to see you any time,' said Cleveland. What is 1t you want to see me about?" said Troup, not giving the president chance to spring any thing on him.
 They tell me you have made some changes in the Connec icut office since your assuming the col lectorship."
 Yes, I have" was the answer. Many" asked the president. Yes, I've replaced the entire force with new men,
 All demoetats, too. aren't they, and replacing with republieans?"
 Yes, sir"
 You are familiar with my ideas on the civil service, take r." re- marked Cleveland. Were those removals for political reasons?"r
 "Mr President" replied Troup, i When I received my commission found that five other men had to go on my bond of $50,O00 apiece, mak- 1 ing. a bond of $250,000. That was the first thing; the second was that my office does business of over s1,000,000 year. for which those five men and myself are responsible The men who were in he office there may be all right; I don't know any thing about them, but I wanted men did know something about and owe it to my bondsmen to have them. l I've appointed men I believe to be efficient and naturally took them from my party while I could get good men there, I think I've i'm proved the service. If any of those men proves unworthy, however, he'll go out quick and if I cant get an efficient dem6trat to succeed him, | I'll appoint a republican - I'm not spoilsman, but If you mean to in innate that I'm not to have free hand in such matters and be able to assure myself that the affairs of my offices are conducted in a straight way, I'll write my resignation right now so quickly that you won't see me do it."
 How Harrison Got Him Out.
 President Harrison didn't get | Troup out so easily, either. The re- publicans and mugwumps had had so much to say about civil service re- form that when his term under Cleveland was up he put that right up to them. The first intimation he had that anything was going to hap pen was when he received a letter from the late Senator Hawley saying that he and Senator Platt had settled on a man for Troup's successor and he supposed the latter would like to resign rather than he replaced with out the formality. Troup promptly wrote in reply that heaa had no thought of doing anything of the kind, believed he had been admins tering the office efficiently and asked on what account they wished him re- moved. .r -.#-
 Hawley wrote back that he would be as frank as Troup had been, that his appointment had been made be- cause of politics and he was about to remove him and have another man appointed for the same reasonsr But Troup wouldn't resign. He wrote twice to William Windom, the secre- tary of the treasury, informing him of the situation and asking what pro- priety there could be in removing him unless there were charges against him and, if there were, what t.waS fhoir- na frtra Tba,- u.ara oour teous letters, and the second was registered, and the registry card came back signed, but windom didn't answer either. The next Col lector Troup knew he receive notice that he was no longer Collector Troup, and to turn oyer the impedi- menta of the office to his successor. Somewhat later he met the late Senator Platt of Connecticut, with whom he was very friendly-though Platt was republican---in the Fifth Avenue hotel in New York and Win dom was with him.
 q. want to have you meet Secre- tary Windom," said Platt, and intro- duced him.
 ''I don't know about Mir Windom," !" remarked the ex-collector. Tive written him a couple os courteous letters to which he never gave any attention at all."
 Whats that? Written me let ters7" Windom inquired. Troup told him the circumstances. ''Troup." said the secretary when he : had finished. putting his hand on the New Haven mans shoulder, that was a long time ago"
 Colonel Troup gets that title from his colIectorship days. Some newr- paper man with passion for ab- breviation mentioned him as "Coll'' Troup and the elimination of one 'l'' was easy. He has done no military service. nor served on a governors stan.
 In Boston Troup did his first newspaper work, on William Lloyd GarTison's Liberator. and became i'm bGed with that great mans ideas. ! His experiences in Boston were pleas ant and very educative, but he sought a larger sphere and through letter from Garrison to Wendell Phillips obtained from the latter q letter to John Russell Young. then managing editor of the New York Tribune. This led to a position with . the Tribune. where Troup staid some time. later going to the Mail and still later to the Citizen. with Mylss 0'ReilIy. Those eays of the civil Usr and tha Iafar sefa were sff--