Show e cute az raised the roof for grant maine milne lumberman made it clear to greeley and depew that the pine tree state was not for them in 1872 when hora e greeley op posing general grant rant was running for president as the cand liate of the lib eral republican party the new york state bianch of hat pirty nominated chauncey M depew for nant governor the liberal republican na lional wanted to make a strong campaign ta in the state of maine which then as now held an early fall state election and so it sent mr depew into maine to make several addresses his ills first wa waa set sel to be in Le wigton the home of the late nelson nelbon dingley there was a strong trong libera liberal republican sen diment among he college men ot of the pine tree state and so it happened that at the lewiston meeting mr depew found himself or 01 the platform with the president of bates college and several of h s professors prote sors as well as with the parta pa leaders in that lo 10 bality and the liege president acted as chairman of the meeting the rhe hall was mas ackel but mr de pew noticed tha while the audience was orderly it was not very demon stra strati tire he did his best bet to warm it up b it without any great success though he drew forth plenty of ap from the college men on the platform i the flat bed hed the college pres ident rose fellow citizens he ex claimed claim d the nominee of the liberal republican party for fer president horace greeley Is a citizen of new york the distinguished gentleman we have heard tonight 19 1 a nominee of the liberal lean party of new lork for lieutenant governor I 1 move three cheers toi foi the distin aguish d sobs solis of new york our candi dates horace greeley and chauncey AT M depew aberi u he braced himself swung hia his arms and ad shouted hip hip his own emrah and that of those who occupied the platform with him greeted him again he waved his arms with an imar asive gestore hip flip hip he lie shouted the only response was his own hur rah and that of two professors for a third time he waved his arms and hip hip he cried his own hurrah was the only re thel then there arose in the center of the house a giant of a lumberman fl li ho bo had a good na natured face and a voice that had plainly been trained by ma ching it with the winds of winter in the lumber camps platt squelched conkling 40 former postmaster general james story of the final rupture be tween the two united states senators from new york many have been the anecdotes told of senator thomas C platt since his death a few weeks ago and many of them hae have had some reference to hia his intimate mate relations for nearly 20 years with roscoe conkling whose name Is still traditional as that of one ot of the great forces in the united states senate between 1866 and 1881 the sudden resignation of senators conk ling and platt from the senate in 1881 as a result of their quarrel with pres ident garfield Is historic but to only a few of senator platt platts s old friends has it been known all these years exactly the time and the manner in which his long freind ship with sena tor conkling was broken I 1 was passing down broadway one morning I 1 think it must have been in the spring of 1883 said former gar Garti garfield held eld changed A his A Is mind min C how general barnum persuaded the president to appoint to M gitary academy son who was born on great battle day A day or two after his con on had grad bated from I 1 cint in the sum mer of 1885 1 I chai ced to meet the late gen henry A barnum who was one of the fighting leaders of the ar my of the poto nac As I 1 cong ratu him on his son sone E success his face beamed than ne broke out with and do 3 ou on know the boy got into NJ est point on the strength of a story that I 1 toll president garfield shortly after tifa 1 atlon it was this way the general con tinned I 1 was very i that my eon son should receive a presidential ap to west point I 1 suppose I 1 had sentiment 1 reasons tor for feeling that at wiy but mj friends told me that it was doubtful whether I 1 would be able to get a presidential appoint ment though there v pas as no doubt about li 1 boy a receiving a congles elonar ai al nevertheless I 1 mad up my mind to see pre president ident Carf lela lct himself about the matter and I 1 went t 11 washington there I 1 sought out the congressman from my di district and asked him if he won would id so eo with me to the white house he ile eyed me a suspiciously and then put the aup tion squarely squat ely to me what do aoi oi vi aalt ant to see garfield to fo 9 you see he had heard that I 1 wanted a pre presidential appointment to west po nt at I 1 want to ask the president to appoint my son to th west point military academy I 1 said no use the congressman replied I 1 learned only yeste day that the president has ent the names of all the presidential appointments to west wea point co fo this year to secretary of nv war ar lincoln never min mini I 1 I 1 bald I 1 want you to go with me and though I 1 saw that he did lid not arelisa the errand very much he consented to accompany me A e fo to nd th alii lent in the cab inet room my ay iy companion introduced me and then started to say something about my relations to the republican party when the president interrupted oh hp he said I 1 know kno general bar nun very ver v well ell r recollect meeting you when I 1 N was as in tn ne v york city just before th lenthal election to talk over the i oli political situation with some of my friends I 1 didi didt t think that thit you would remember me mr president I 1 said oh yes he said and I 1 recall too that you were desperately wound ed at malvern hill I 1 have heard that the wound has never healed that is true mr air president I 1 an sv sered ered I 1 have been compelled to u wear ear a seton eer ever since the battle thus the conversation ran on for some time and then the president asked me what he could do tor for me I 1 hae have come I 1 said to ask you to appoint my son to the west point mil gitary academy the president presidents s manner changed in scantly his cordially cordiality left him to such a degree that hd he was visibly annoyed I 1 haqq have already made out the prest appointments for the year he said shortly and sent them over to secretary lincoln they cannot be changed W well wil il mr president I 1 want you to hear my stoia I 1 said bald I 1 was des pera tely wounded at the battle of mal vern hill as you know the bullet passed passel holt way around my body I 1 was left for dead on the field I 1 was found by the confederates nursed bach back to life by b them and finally ex changed since then I 1 have been an invalid it was ws while I 1 was lying in the con federate hospital a prisoner of war that I 1 was told that a son had been born to me on the dav of the battle of malvern hill he ile v vas as born about the time I 1 lay a one dead upon the field and as I 1 lay uon ulon my bed of pain f gating with al my strength that I 1 rr ight see my boy I 1 made a vow to myself it as that if ever I 1 got back home that boy should be christ ened malvern hill barnum and he v waa a mr presiding dint as soon as I 1 had cuff clentis recovered to be sent horn and now he anto to be a eol 1 I dier mr president don t you think that chave I 1 have a ight to ask you to appoint h in As I 1 ceased I 1 eal ing the president came up to me ire ind q iced lay my hand band general barnum he lip said in a voice th tint thit it clearly howrd me he was to ched yours Is an appeal that I 1 cannot much a I 1 hate to do it I 1 will have 0 break my word to same some ore I 1 will write a little note h iou on will III lie ile to secretary lin coin coln it will I 1 instruct him to substitute the came rame of your son lor top some one of the names I 1 have air any sent to him but general b before fore you yot hand him the note tel him the story you have just told me that h iray understand copyright 1910 by E J edwards I 1 nov fellow citizens be he shrilled forth they have tried to give three cheers for those nevi I 1 move that we just take the roof off for gen eral grant grand In stanly broke loose and the chee cheering ing lasted for ten min utes so that the root roof actually seemed almost to vibrate with it through it all sat mr depew and jhb the college prea pres ident and the professors and when it was ended silently and gently they departed from that hall from that hour forth mr depew never doubted tor for whom milne mane would go 90 hell bent in the tall fall and today he laughs whenever he recalls the in aident but never eo so heartily as did general grant when the story was tol I 1 to him for the first time at a little dinner given in his honor just before be he started upon his trip around the world copyright 1910 by E I 1 edwards postmaster V thomas L james who at one time was on intimate terms with both senator conelli g and senator platt when I 1 met mr platt t near the corner of wall street and J broad v ay I 1 noticed that he seemed somewhat excited usually no matter how much senator platt was distributed he was able to keep his composure and was in fact the perfect master of himself in that respect therefore Tue I 1 asked t him it there were anything particular ly out of the way he ile took my arm and walked slowly down wall street talking to me all the time until we r reached hed the customs house yes I 1 am disturbed he con fessel I 1 am mad clear through I 1 can usually keep my temper but I 1 have been unable to dj di that this morn ing besides that I 1 have broken def det if finitely and finally with roscoe conk t ling what was the mattera I 1 asked j 1 in astonishment I 1 was coming to my office from the elevated railroad station said the senator when I 1 saw a considerable crowd collected in front of the main entrance of my office building A ino f ment later I 1 recognized rescue roscoe conk ling standing in the center of it he ile was in a violent temper I 1 saw his head nodding and his arms swinging in the air as though he was beating it with his fists I 1 wondered who the unfortunate victim of his great gift of tongue lashing was who do you suppose it was it i was jay gould lie ile stood with big bead head corked a little to one side per ertly silent I 1 never saw him when he looked so inconspicuous you know what a little man he Is physical ly but he looked littler than ever b be e side conkling I 1 made my w way a y through the crowd which greatly rel dished the scene and I 1 could hear e enough that conkling was tongue lashing mr gould on account of some article that bad had appeared in a news paper of which he though mr gould was the owner I 1 went up to conkling and sald said to him senator I 1 see that you and mr could gould are in some hot discussion here this Is no place for it you are attracting a crowd come up in to my office where you will be and unseen conkling turned upon me like a tiger what jay gould had been getting I 1 got I 1 never was called such names as conkling showered upon me but I 1 stood perfectly quiet and so did mr gould at last when mr conkling was out of breath I 1 turned to mr gould mr nip gould I 1 said I 1 am sorry to 0 o have met you this morning under hese these distressing circumstances I 1 shall ibave have to bid you good morning then I 1 turned to senator conk ing ling and straightened up before him AS for you ou sir I 1 said you may go 90 to 0 hell I 1 never want to speak to you gain again or want you to speak to me SO 30 you see I 1 have at last done wibb conkling |