Show WAS IN MOHR ex gov Kel kellogy loga 3 on tho the charges of sherman HE TELLS PART OF THE STORY GirCel ds friends wore were working on tho the louisiana loul siana delegation aaion stet steadily A member of the ohio delegation predicted ills his nomination from the first bellog tells of senn senatorial executive sessions copyright ISM by george grantham bain washington D C nov I 1 ex gov kellogg ot of louisiana now a winter resident of washington has been a conspicuous figure in the national conventions ve vent lotions lit ions of the republican pirty party p ever since ahli lit debut in louisiana p it lie he wished to do it lie he could write art an entertaining story of the political deals chich have preceded the nomination of 0 col cadi oil of 0 the republican candidates for or tile ilic presidency in ili a quarter ot of a ren century tury ond and he could devote several chapters ot of the work to the D disappointments point ments of 0 john sherman gov kellogg has seen ar mr sherman cuc euc hered out ot of the nomination ahr three e times and he be knows just how the game was played each time cut but in spite ot of tile the sympathy and warm marm friendship which gov kellogg feels for senator sherman Slier nian lie deprecates the publication at this time of those chapters in Sher shermans mans reminiscences naich are now stirring up dis dissension among the friends of 0 mr sher mans old opponents tor for the nomination gov kellogg was an eye cye ot of t the he nomination ot of Garil tild a witness at close range lie ile pat bat at the tha head ot of the louisiana idelt gation directly across the wele aisle horn floal gen garfield when the iho convention stampeded to him all AH the talk about garfield being awakened and told that he had been nominated Is stuff lie ha said raid to me in his quarters at the Shoie Sho icham liam a few nights flights ago garneld garfield was in the convention e tion hall in his seal I 1 shook hands with him a few minutes after the nomination wis was made when the motion to make tile tha nomination unanimous was put he sat rat with nith beed head lie ile was very white while and lio lie seemed dis I 1 he e ald lid not look up when the co conen mention tion was che cheering cring and going wild over the nomination I 1 akad gov cov kellogg Kellog ff it he thought Gattl eld was a party to tho the movement to nominate him 1 I do not know he sold said everybody else seemed to know it and a great many foresaw ills hla nomination the tor for hira him was going on oi for at least a week beffie the convention met I 1 think in the oldo ohio delegation del gihon was a n man timed sheldon lie ile was front from alyria lie he had lived in lousiana Lou slana lor for a number of ysais and had represented a louisiana district in congress tor for tour four years fit at least ills wile wife owned it a farm near I 1 believe and at it the end ot of its his last terlie in congress he went there to live two years later the louisiana delegates to the republican convention were surprised to find him a delo delegate gate from ohio mr sheldon nas a close friend of 0 garneld garfield he had bad his start staff in the war and he vi was as work working I 1 ng hard tor for garfield 9 nomination ila having ing in the louisiana delegation lie he naturally did a great deal of work there I 1 sa saw W him as soon as I 1 reached chicago other influences were at work to too 0 and lid before we had been in chicago chicag long ions telegrams began to pour in on us urging us to vote tor for garneld garfield judge pardee parde who was after afterward ivard promoted by president ident garneld garfield vas has especially active the I 1 d day the convention met I 1 saw a ath shaldon to J when n iwas I 1 was on my w way a y to the hall lie he told tile that garneld garfield was as good as nominated afterward the tha men who were arranging the break nere mere buzz ng around around garneld garfield and run running n ing here and there but I 1 dont say G garneld ar field knew what was being done I 1 understand that when the break ca camo mo he turned to those who were pitt sitting ng near him end and made some protest do you think lie he was earnest in his woric fir arr sherman 7 ile he was not in charge ot of the sherman forces there were tour four men at the tha head ot of the ohio delegation bateman dennison denelson Denn lson foster and garfield bateman was really the head of 0 the delegation and ho he did most of the hard work it cost him a great deal of 0 money and lie he yes was so disgusted with the result that he went out of politics and he has stayed out ever since garneld garfield if part in tile the convention was vas to make the speech nominating lie he made a very strong too could mr din sherman have been nominated it if gorac lda name had not been used oil oh yes thre there la is very little doubt that lie he would have been nominated sherman was very bitter about his defeat and when the president named sheldon Sli eldon to le be governor ot of new Al mexico exico sherman held up the nomination for or a long time ono ona day I 1 asked him to allow it to be confirmed dont you think you have punished sheldon enough I 1 asked you know just as w well e 11 as I 1 do that tatt that man was a tra traitor aitor 0 said ald mr bir sherman he could not have hav c been elected a delegate it lie ho had not been under pledge to vote for me and you know lie he was working for garneld garfield all the tha time I 1 talked with him a little longer and finally he ha paid ald welt well I 1 am going to a dinner tonight and I 1 will not be at the executive session se salon it you want to do anything with nomination I 1 will not be present to object I 1 called UD the no sheldon nomination that day and it was sheldon Is living in los angeles cal and a son sen ator who saw him not long ago told me lie he hoard heard the N w hole story f from rom his lips REMOVAL in connection with the garfield noal nomination governor kellogg spoke booke 0 of the relations ot of to arthur and he described the ses session salon of 0 the senate in which the removal of 0 arthur was brought about there was history making tor for you lie he raid paid alth some enthus enthusiasm lasin the night before tile the vote vas mas taken one of administration men called at my hotel to arg mo me to vote for or the tha president I 1 said that I 1 not do it conkling was at the head of my committee on commerce lie he had always stood with me in my tights fights and I 1 felt that I 1 must vote for him I 1 was placed in a peculiar relation to the tha administration but I 1 felt thal tha what I 1 tad bad done to seat cat ilayev had repaid any debt I 1 owed it 11 ay my iy visitor asked me the number of connovers Con overs room Senator conover of 0 Ilor florida lda and I 1 told him then lie he left me now novi conkling bad boon been rood good to conover and silencer and those people from tile the south anil and it was supposed they would stick to him in the fight hut but I 1 was afraid ot of conover Conov tr the next day glnn the debate was coming to a close I 1 saw conover sitting on one 0 of f thu the couches talking wit k stanley wa wax lettola let leadlie toll ne the bight tor for the administration coulling Con saw law it t too 00 for ho he carne came over to mi me and asked me ma how I 1 thought conover was going to voto vote I 1 told him that iwas I 1 wai afraid ho he was going to voto veto with the administration spencer and I 1 fult sure were all right hut but I 1 was afraid of conevera Co Con novera overs volt vole fitt h he e raid paid ho he always called me pitt how la is tant that man erml g birto t and avith 7 0 O mi his thumb lie he indicated blaine I 1 said I 1 thought main a was iva s going to vote vole with W I 1 ill him blin iv I 1 d antly he had heard something of theo the kind but lie he wila waa incredulous then I 1 told him something had said to me ho asked e d me c vms to go BO to conover and tell him it if allt lie was going to vote against conkling ho he would be like the dog doe who wallowed in the gutter cutter for a cracker and aad saw its oth other e r dog doe get it I 1 did speak to cono vor vcr and repeated thil that to jilin him after our conversation conkling went ont hack back to his big seat feat arid and pat eat lingering fingering 11 hla a imperial biarnes BI alnes sent seat was a little to the right and behind crinkling just junt as the tha presiding officer was about to call tor for a vote mr elline blaine el line nrose arose and addressed the chair no ile came forward an and d stand standing I 1 ng between two desks made one of 0 the p prettiest rett lest little fifteen minute speeches I 1 ever heard opposing arthurs removal As ho he went on conkling kept getting lower find and lower in his chair and I 1 could see he was melting under the influence ot of 13 NInes words that speech camo came very near bringing a reconciliation between islalee mil and conkling conkling when the vote was taken there were just thirteen of us on Con klings side bide including conkling himself conover ivas against him crinkling told me ma afterward lie he had heard I 1 would vote veto against him it if there thera was a 6 close vote but I 1 know that was not so he sald said b because acau se ye you u voted when your name was w as called call e 1 when the result wa was i still in doubt A long lone time afterward I 1 met stanley matthews and he told me he did riot not blame me tor for voting tor for conkling Con klins MAT MATTHEWS S confirmation fatio X 1 I always called matthews my judge continued gov kellogg my aly vote confirmed him as justice of tho the supreme court and the remarkable part of it was I 1 did not know my vote was needed 11 I 1 urged the governor to tell me the story of that vote 1 I was in the lobby lie he said paid and I 1 did not know the vote was being taken we e had atad no bells in abo those e days to call senators to the chamber As I 1 stood in the lobby a race came running by crying that the vote was be belne I 1 ng taken 1 I hurried into the chamber the clerk has just handed the roll call to the presiding officer and in another minute lie would have announced tile vote v 0 to I 1 said mr president lie he recognized me and I 1 voted aye when the vote was announced it vas aa found d that been judge matthews A s h hid a it been ocil confirmed n fir tied by a M majority of one wit it I 1 had not come into tho chamber when on I 1 did he be would have been rejected tor for the question was on an motion strangely Sti angely enough it was mattheiss Matthew ss note ote which decided the contest for my seat scat in the senate senator kellogg cast one other deciding vote under similar conditions but in ili a matter of 0 much less significance still it involves an anecdote of 0 charles sumner which Is worth telling 1 I had aldays a deiy kindly felline for william pitt res fessenden senden sald said mr kellogg because of the similarity of 0 our names one day he asked rals me to vote tor for something in ili which he was interested and I 1 did so senator sumner said to me not long ions afterward can you gl gi e 0 me any good reason why you i noted doted lor for that bill I 1 ap pp ald I 1 chui coui not except that mr bessei nolen had asked me to vote tor for it it lie ile snorted in his way that Is no reason which should govern a senator of the united states in casting his vote he said I 1 replied that perhaps it was note not but it was the only reason I 1 could give not long afterward the tha sundry civil bill being under debate sumner offered nu an amendment appropriating pria ting for the expedition nye of nevada offered an amendment to the amendment providing that it if the expedition found the tha north pole it should bring back a piece of it to put in tho the smithsonian then he be made mada a long speech ridiculing the tion sumner who nho did not uke uka nye made no attempt to reply he simply sat and snorted when nye had finished his speech of course lie he withdrew tile the amendment and the vote note was taken on I 1 was out of the chamber at tho the time and when I 1 re r turned tho the clerk was handing the roll call to the presiding officer sumner put his hands to his mouth and called out in a loud whisper kellogg Koll ogK kel engg vote aye I 1 voted aye and when the result was announced it was found that my vote had carried the amendment I 1 walked over to where sumner was sitting and pat fat down beside him then I 1 slid said very deliberately senator can you give me any good reason why I 1 voted tor forI that amendment 1 I you were quite right he said quite right vall well the fact Is 13 wd said 1 I 11 1 I voted for that amendment because you asked mo me to do so just as I 1 voted w with ith res fessenden senden the other day it may be all wrong but I 1 am built that way I 1 gov kellogg refused I 1 to discuss sen ator sherman a comments on any other of the national nal conventions because he does not care to get into a controversy but ho be Is looking forward to conic kilkenny times growing out of the publication of shermans Sher mans book GEORGE BAIN |