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The hitherto unpublished Incident I am about to re late illustrates the point aptly, and I might add that I have always viewed with soma satisfaction the minor part played In probably helping to decide national election. . When Gen. Grant was president the elections In the state of Connecticut were held, on the first Monday of april. A state election was to be held near the close of Grant's first adminis tration, and it vas expected that as Connecticut went so would the nation go In the presidential election of the following fall. Marshall Jewell was governor and a candidate for re-elec tion. His Democratic opponent was James E. English, who had also been governor. All the politicians were con vinced that, whether Jewell or English won, the majority would be small. One slushy night in the latter part of March Jewell was driven from a country village where he had been campaigning to the railway station at Meriden, ten miles distant. While he was all alone in the station the tele graph key began to click. When a No" Made Arthur President He Escaped from Political Trap Set by the Hayes Administration to Get Him Out of the Country. Everyone interested in the career of Theodore Roosevelt is familiar with that curious destiny by which what was meant to be a political plot to re tire him from New York politics re sulted in his accession to the presiden cy by succession and to his nomina tion and election as president a little over three years later. Whenever I recall this incident I al ways think of the moment when Ches ter A. Arthur stood unconsciously at the parting of the ways when, had he gone the other way, he probably never would have sat in the presiden tial chair. Not until now have I told the incident, although I came into pos session of the facts years ago, a few days after Gen. Arthur had been re moved by President Hayes as collec tor of the port of New York. Thla occurred in 1877, and those who were in the inner circle of politics, of that day had reason to suspect that Arthur was removed as a part of the game of political chess which had for its object the nomination of John Sherman for president to succeed Hayes. At that time the New York custom house was the most powerful political influence, in the sense of con trolling party organization, in the TJnlted States. If John Sherman were to be nominated for president it would be of the highest importance that the New York custom house should not be unfriendly to him. Gen. Arthur had been for years an intimate per sonal and political friend of Roscoe Conkllng. The latter was opposed to the Sherman candidacy, and under Gen. Arthur the custom house could not be so employed politically as to aid in the proposed John Sherman nomination. So Arthur was removed a the port's collector, that one friend ly to Sherman might wield the great influence of the custom house. A few days after his removal by President Hayes I called upon Gen. Arthur at his newly opened law office. While we were talking I noticed that the general opened and shut a drawer In his desk several times. At last, with some sign of hesitation, he took a letter from the drawer. He turned to me and said, "I have been wonder ing whether I should let you know what Is in this letter. I think I will. but I can't give you a copy of it, be cause copies are sometimes lost or mislaid. I wouldn't let anyone take a copy of It." Having said this, he drew the letter from its envelope and read it to me. It was a communication from Wash ington, in which Gen. Arthur was in formed by John Sherman that, if he were willing to accept the mission to The Hague, or to Belgium, or to Switzerland, or even to Denmark, the president would be very glad to ap point him. as he read the letter I realized its great importance, and when he had tnished I assured him that I would carefully guard the missive If he would let me take it away and show it to Charles A. Dana, the editor of the New York Sun, who was then and always a warm personal friend of Gen. Arthur. "No." said the general, "I had rather not let the letter go out of my hands, but you ean tell Mr. Dana what It con tains, and say to him that I will gladly show It to him if he will call here." "Have you answered it?" I, asked. "Yes, I have answered It I said Night Wait young man he had studied telegraphy, and almost unconsciously' he read that New York was calling Albany by way of Hartford. Then, with a suddenness that made him stand stock still, he heard his own name spelled out over the wire. Listening now, with all his senses alert, there, in the solitude of that deserted railway station, he caught every word of a message going through to Albany from some of Tweed's cronies in New York city, which clearly indicated that Tweed's friends Intended sending, repeaters into Connecticut on election day. Instantly Jewell's plans were changed. Instead of going to Hartford, he took the first train to New Haven. Arrived there, he immediately called at a newspaper office and said to the editor, in whose judgment he had great confidence: "I have here a telegraph message from some of the Tammany men of New York to some one in Albany. It shows that they are to send repeaters Into this state on election day. What had I better do?" So highly respected was James E. English, and so certain was it that he would not be a party to any contem plated fraud upon the ballot, that it seemed the better part to notify him of the telegram in Gov. Jewell's pos session. Summoning me, the editor placed in my hands a sealed envelope. Instructed me to deliver it to Gov. English in per son, to tell him that it was from Gov. that I would prefer to remain a private citizen, and return to the practice of law in New York, rather than to live outside the United States." "That offer was made so as to pre vent the necessity of removing you as collector of the port," I said. Gen. Arthur returned the letter to the envelope. Then, looking at me with a whimsical smile, he said: "It is capable of that inference." Had Gen. Arthur fallen into the political trap, so to speak, set for him by the Hayes administration, to keep it from having to perform the dis agreeable work of removing nlm as collector of the port of New York, he How Lincoln Timely Offer of Appointment as Min ister to France Ended the Great Journalist's Criticism of the Administration. The following hitherto unpublished anecdote, related to me by one who was a lifelong friend of Thurlow Weed, Illustrates Lincoln's supreme gift as a politician in the best mean ing of the term. In the darkest days of the civil war, when there had been severe and con tinued reverses to the union army, when it was known to Mr. Lincoln that France and England were con templating interference, or, at least, the raising of the blockade, and when Secretary of the Treasury Chase was trying to establish a satisfactory cur rency system, the New York Herald, in an earnest, not unkindly, but se verely critical way, reproached the ad ministration at Washington. At that time the Herald was regarded in Eu rope as the leading American newspa per, and because of this fact the posi tion taken by the founder of the Her ald, James Gordon Bennett, gave Mr." Lincoln serious concern. He was anx ious to obtain the support of, and to put an end to criticism by, the Herald. He did it by one master stroke of tact, skillful diplomacy and an intuitive un derstanding of the character of Mr. Bennett. Late one afternoon Thurlow Weed, the master politician of New York state, called by appointment upon James Gordon Bennett at his beautiful country place, as it then was, on the upper end of Manhattan Island. The two great Journalists strolled for an hour or so through the beautiful grounds and national park that was a part of Mr. Bennett's country estate. They talked of men and events for a while, and also of the growth of New York city, which, Mr. Bennett said, would ultimately convert the upper end of Manhattan island, then a for est, into a residence district. At last Mr. Weed said and I am re peating the words as they were told to me by Mr. Weed's friend: "Mr. Bennett, I have recently seen President Lincoln. He is greatly dis turbed about the situation in France. You know, of course, that Louis Napo leon was Just prevented, and by fortu nate accident, from recognizing the southern confederacy, or, at least, from declaring that France would attempt to lift our blockade?" "Yes," replied Mr. Bennett, "I know about that. I know the part you had in it, and what signal service you were able to give to the United States at that time. Tell me more about it." Thereupon Mr. Weed narrated to Mr. Bennett the extraordinary circum Jewell, and to wait for his reply. Ig norant, at that time, of the envelope's contents, I hastened to carry out my instructions, routed the Democratic candidate out of bed, saw him start visibly as he read the slip of paper. ana carried Daca witn me nis - assur ance that he would be at the newspa per office as soon as he could dress. It was midnight when he entered. "What is this about a telegram V asked Gov, English, when the formal greetings were over. Gov. Jewell read the telegram, and then handed the slip of paper upon which it was written to Gov. English. "This is, indeed, a surprise and irri tation to me," said Gov. English. "I hape you know me well enough," he continued, "not to make it necessary for me to assure you that I would not for an instant 'keep the office of gov ernor unless I received the honest vote of a majority of the electors. Let me take a copy of this telegram." A copy v as handed to him. There is every reason to believe that next day Gov. English communi cated with some of his party heelers; at any rate, he discovered the genuine ness of the telegram to be unques tioned, and summarily checked the at tempt to run Tammany repeaters into Connecticut. In other words, because of his sterling honesty, a Democratic gubernatorial candidate caused the election of his opponent by a plurality of 150, and, probably, the re-election of President Grant the following Novem ber. None except Gov. Jewell and one or two of his more intimate friends knew until this day how that .decisive telegram was obtained. (Copyright, 1309, by E. J. Edwards.) would have been out of the country when the Republican national conven tion of 1880 met. He would have been our minister at either The Hague, Bel gium, Switzerland, or Denmark, of three years' standing. He would have lost his immediate personal grip on New York politics. He would not have headed the New York delegation to the convention. He would have been "out of sight, out of mind." And be cause of this fact, in all probability, when the New York delegates were given the privilege of selecting the candidate for vice-president the name of Chester A. Arthur would not have been considered. And so another than its bearer would have succeeded James R. Garfield as president of the United States. , (Copyright, 1909, by E. J. Edwards.) Won Bennett stances which made it possible for him to prevent Louis Napoleon from declaring It to be France's purpose to raise the union blockade of the con federate ports. Mr. Bennett was deep ly interested in this secret history. Concluding his narrative, Mr. Weed continued: "Now, Mr. Bennett, the situation re mains critical in France. President Lincoln is very anxious that we shall be represented at Paris by a minister who understands the French people one for whom Louis Napoleon has cor dial feeling and at the same time by a man who is a conspicuous and influ ential . American citizen. President Lincoln has asked me to put myself into communication with you to say to you that if you will accept the post of minister to France he will gladly nom inate you for that office, feeling that your -service there would be of the highest value to the United States.' Equally delighted and surprised at the unexpected turn of affairs, Mr. Bennett expressed his high apprecia tion of the distinguished honor that Mr. Lincoln proposed to confer on him, adding that for him it was a greater honor to have been thought of by the president in this connection than any he could obtain by actually filling the French mission. But it seemed to him that he and the Herald v.--uld be of greater service to the union were he to remain in this coun try in Immediate touch each day with his newspaper. He therefore was sure that he ought to instruct Mr. Weed to say to the president that, while he highly appreciated the honor, yet he believed his post of duty was at home. After this interview President Lin coln and nls administration had no more cordial or valuable supporter than James Gordon Bennett. (Copyright, 1309, by E. J. Edwards.) Preachers Not Overpaid. In England the early Methodist preacher, when away from home, was expected to get his food from his con gregation, and when at home was al lowed 36 cents a day, with the stipu lation that the acceptance of an invi tation to dine led to a due deduction. His wife was allowed 96 cents a week. with a further concession of five dol lars a quarter for each child. At the Bristol conference of 1752. however, a definite salary was fixed. For the fu ture the preacher was able to call $60 a year his very own. At a Distance. ' Small Elmer was playing with his mother's opera glasses. Happening to look at her through the big end, he exclaimed: "Oh, mamma, you are so far away you look like a distant relatival" Chicago News. 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