The Washington herald., 1911-02-05

against Republican who wore god
clothes and shaved more than. once q
week. I was doing stunts for the Daily
Eagle. my fathers newspaper. A reporter
came In with an account Of one Of Jerry's
first political meetings. Jerry had pulled
up his trousers in the sight Of his parti.
sans. saying: Thank heaven. your candi-
date, my friends. don't wear silk under
clothing: he don't wear any at all, as a
matter Of fact
1.-The reporter showed me his copy
Underwear didn't mean anything. Plenty
Of men would have sympathized with
Jerry on that proposition. So I pen
ciled the word out and substituted
socks
est person in the Populistic outfit He
was a good friend Of mine. although !
ridiculed and fought him all the time.
Publicity did him good. and he was
smart enough to see 1t. I heard him
conclude a. speech in which he spoke
of the hidden currents far beneath the
surface Of the ocean. The thought was
strong and fine. But I found the same
thing afterward in Cariyle's Trench
Revolution" and accused Jerry Of bur-
glary and larceny to his face.
"'You are wrong. Victor he said with
out winking an eye. I used quotation
niesi no III MY cfSSSsAs Ses yoS N1oh oSS
them
when he died I preached a sermon at
his grave. 1t was a pretty good one.
some persons said. Mrs. Simpson made
the request. Jerry had read Socrates.
and so he was not an atheist. His last
words. the nurse Of the hospital told me.
were. And this is the Demon meaning
the good spirit described by the Greek
philosopher
J. G. Carlisle and Detective Burns.
The recent .eath Of John Griffin Car
Isle. Secretary of the Treasurer under
President Cleveland, recalls an incident
in the extraordinary career Of William
]. Burns, the detective who worked up the
pending graft cases against certain off,
GERS of the Illinois Central Railroad.
II was in the Secret Service of the gov
ernment at the time" Burns said to me,
speaking Of some of the comedy which
occasionally brighters his business. 'Mr.
Carlisle was Secretary OF the Treasury.
The State officials Of Mississippi were
half Democrats and half Populists. They
were eminent financiers of that particu-
lariy y-crazy period when pumpkins and
onions were supposed to be the equiva-
lents Of cash in the banks. Being obliged
to raise $.5o.0o0 a year for interest on the
State debt. they got out warrants that
were so near like real money that citi-
zens often took them by mistake. Busi-
ness men in Mississippi wrote to Secre-
tary Carlisle in complaint. asking, by the
way. II the State officers were not vio-
lating the law of Congress which i'm
posed a tax Of 10 per cent on such cur
rency.
mo Mr.. Carlisle answered, and he
was vigorous man, they are counter
feiters.'
INSTRUCTED by Mr.. Carlisle himself. I
went to jackson authorized to demand the
plates and all of the issue on hand and to
exact a promise that the warrants out
standing would be called in at once. I
stopped at the principal hotel and repre-
sented myself as a newspaper reporter
from the North. The landlord unwitting-
ly became my secret assistant, much to
his later disgust. After i got the lay Of
the land and had seen some Of the war;
rants passed in trade, called on the gov
ernor and automatically made my de-
mands. The governor summoned the
auditor and treasurer. the latter being a
very robust and>peppery man and rather
loud and dogmatic with respect to the
rights Of a sovereign State.
Next I visited the United States dis
trict attorney. When I asked him to
prepare complaints for the arrest Of the
governor, auditor. and treasurer for coun-
terfeiting. he said 1 was crazy and then
went through the preliminary motions Of
falling dead. That afternoon the landlord
Of the hotel took me to a secluded room
locked the door and then hoarsely whis-
pered in my ear that I was to be assas-
sinated. A man. whose word was good
and whose aim was sure, had told him so.
There's train at s o'clock tonight
the landlord said. You go to the station
after dafk-a boy will show you a round
about way-and board the last car on
the opposite side. I'll be there and will
hand your baggage to the brakeman
My friend. replied, I shall have you
before the grand jury that you may give
the name Of my prospective assassin
landlord wyiggilng~ like a
worm on a stick-I walked downstairs
and into the street and to another con-
ference with the district attorney.
well. we came within three votes Of
the governor. auditor. and treas
urer Of Mississippi. The jury was COM
posed Of their own neighbors. Ultimate
" the case was settled by arresting the
plate pnakers in Philadelphia. members Of
4 reputable engraving firm. They were
fined and Mississippi surrendered the
plates to the United States government"
Copyright. 1911, By James B. Monow.)