Salt Lake Herald | 1897-04-16 | Page 4 | How Ingersoll Consoled Senator Quay during Harrison's Reign

How Ingersoll Consoled Senator Quay During Harrisons Reign Senator Masons reported disappointment disappoint-ment In failing to receive as much federal i fed-eral patronage as he thinks Is due him reminds me of a story that Tom Atchison a former law associate of Colonel Robert G Ingersoll in New York used to love to tell on exPresident Harrison says a correspondent of the Chicago TimcsRer aldIt It seems that Senator Quay often called at the White House during the Harrison administration with an application In his socket for th appointment of some friend and constituent of his to an office Inasmuch as ho had been conspicuous in the campaign that elected Harrison the Pennslyvanla senator imagined that his applications should always have precedence prece-dence and that the president should ask no questions concerning them He was oftener disappointed than pleased Finally he grew angered at the manner of his treatment by the president and while In an Irritable mood he called at the White House His Interview with Mr Harrison was quite unsatisfactory in a curse or lury ne asKea Say Mr President do you know who elected you Oh yes Very well indeed replied Mr Harrison The people cast the ballots bal-lots but the Great Jehovah ordained it I owe my election to Him not to you Quay left in a rage He had not proceeded pro-ceeded a great distance down Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania avenue before he met Colonel In gersoll Quay repeated the White House conversation Well well replied the great agnostic ISO I-So he claims that the Almighty elected him does he Humph well I have accused ac-cused the Almighty of a lot of mean I thIngs In my life but nothing so mean as electing Harrison president I I