| Show i OUR VICE I PRESIDENTS AND HOW THEYWERE CHOSEN Clmwlp I and Story About the MPH Who Imo I hold I I tile aoooiid Place on UioSiiooeuHlul TIckotH = IIAII JIIJ it ifbM and II an lift ftnUnti UtrtStrltt Oaitei Outeft IhodnJ f attaint nnitnt to MMt7irt Men HUo I lUtt KtKieJ tA Sty al Ihnltn and llritllaf DM HtMtr Iotlhv FmUmty laiMhc lire ftnUtnt If Campo OiJtowAfow OlnwAWAM TrltM Ar1ri < > 4Srn iimMrtut Thames Jtftnon JtAt Adams cheese 1 I Sr and IMII C CUI wll i > Oa naUtmy CtmftJ Atllultn t I ttaUi Slttfa d John rfHrt CHUintffm Huttt fnMmHut aIN a-IN lilt Oftnitn at linn Ittni Jeettor Ittlljthltaltl rtk o Osrtmter tfslot Urqsadme t > f the Mw Sr I out June both Sg6 il I q ° c HO IS TO lIEn I lIE-n on 0 r J he Hepubliwn I oo o ell I candidate for 1 9 is I ° o I Vice President i i 1 Torn 1 teed NI11 W I I ben ble possibility I I j i I If possi-bility If McKln I i W Rffl r > v to > y hcod 1 U llie I I I cjel Hut 1 i I I l KenllnmtolJ 1 I turns up his r4 I little a tea + e I I lt2 1Ls 4iand sneers It V I i whenever the l I place Is I mentioned men-tioned In connection whit him And still In many respects the tics presidency I presi-dency Is far batter than Ihe srxaVership It pays 3000 annually and It It a four v ears Job 1Vhen Jefferson wac elected lo It he said il WM the only office of which 1110 could not tell whether he wanted want-ed II or not Its holder his lo work lest than two scars during the whole lime and as far at labor It I concerned Ie 1 gets t fjioou for this amount cf wok It has also a big percentage In favor ol the presidency and the 50000 job In the While House There have been twenty three prcxldentsand < of these more than sixteen per cent have pollen there through the vice presidency Tyler Mllmore Johnson and Arthur bad almost t al-most full terms In the White House I though the deaths of the heads of the ticket resident I Han lion died during the tame bar that he inaugurated and gays Tyler an almost tour years term Lincoln had hardly served a 1 month 07 his second term before he gave S place lo Johnson Garfield WAS inaugurated 1 inaugu-rated In the spring and before summer was at its full he was shot by Gulieau 1 and a few months later gave lace to Arthur while Xach Taylorlnaururaltd = In 1849 In 1850 was supplanted by Mil i and Flllmor OKIAT IIIN DONT WANT ir yr the presidency li a good job It Is a fat j jfand Mill many ofuur great men riu nut em to renHte It A niirn her of the lost famous men ol our history his-tory hnv e retied II Thomas A heed w11 Ion I ticks loll humiliated I i when he WAS placed on the ticket wills Cleeland lie intended in-tended to decline and It look tome per iuailon to make him accept IL He Mid to hit Iilendt that he did not object to IW i llho being I corned on tile ticket wills Tildes I who was the acknowledged leader of hid party tint he considered Cleveland a much lesser light than i himself ICVill I lannl hal l Hamlm did not want the vice presl dcncy and far tome lime alter the con venllun ol io + he debuted whether should decide It or not He hid told the Maine delegates that lie would not lie a Candida unit they bid promised to respect his wishes Silll he was nominated on the tecond ballot U hen the news was brought lo him he was very Indignant and It look lien Wade Fdotr 1 eiMiiden and others of Ill friends to persuade him to run They ltlled him In a body lie held out against them until they told him Hut hit rcluiil to boa candldae would l be fatal lo the ticket Said lien Wade Hamlln If you dont run theyll think you are strata and Jour fear will be taken M Indicative of QUI defeat > Ulult IhalV I said hlarttlin Vou dont mean that That Just hall 1 do meanrep Ben Wade What Sou mean they nay tint 1 am alrald l lo run un the Utmiblkan ticket Veen Senator Hamlm tlutt what I mean meanell then replied l Humlln I I shad run and be damned them At a remit of I the Interview llamlin I did run and he proved a strong addition 10 tits htdet He I and Uncoln were on the moat Iricndly tetras and It sass through llamlin largely that Lincoln chose Seward ItA his Secretary Mate lie treated Hamlln well lvledhh him somewhat about stale matter and gate hint what he Hauled Inthewayol appolnlrngnis ILLNatANU MID HIS taco IKUIUCNTt Many vice presidents however have Iol bc < n rca lonely treated l by III pre I i 1 ileni tre 1 lent I tlei lan I rm < lu IIIlIk ih + tu t i i pre idem has nil more rlii hid I In any olher ell as i lie snub IHI Hcndrick again awl agtut i and Hen I I kI 11od r Ironble I In Kellliig even he smallest uflire for hb I friends One place whirl he wanted wn the po l rlHce at Indi mapolil Hr had to I cool ids heels In the amr roonw r f the While House to get II and Hr i ticks said that Cleveland n n il tint sad at the outer galesson al pliant hcfjte he limited him the t uliun He l said that three had not I nn s time within twenty five years that lie could not have gotten this jiadany I other Democrat been Iresldeni far the mere tusking and that be was mil elf day alter iluy and tint the office 1r 1rl r ln w as finally given to him apparently nun matter ol charily The snub which llendrlcks received from Clvvtland and Ins cabinet lAnk deep Inlu his oul and h WM tn Ignored I by them that at one lime he wanted to resign IhU toss at the end of the hint session of the Senate I alter he cano Into ounce snit It was only the requests ot hit Irltni that kept him front doing I si And rlilll il was llend r rich that carried Indiana in 1 1884 and not Cleveland and the loss of tin stale I would have > eftattd the ticket Adlal Stevenson Is I is to most point i al 111 with rreoldent Cleveland lie hat little loflutnce with the administration administra-tion and hit only IUUOIHRC coniists ul the appoinunint of I a seintiry a tiles I < ncr n telegraph operator and a telegraphers Toes are all connected con-nected with the Senate and Cleveland would not think ol consulting httventun about tm Imu jrwnt appolalmcnt I IIOW visa IVPNn Alii 1H1I81IP Tills snubbing of vice presidents by I the president hat bUll common Irom almost the beginning ol the government During most ul our admlnlttralloiM the president and vice praideut hate been at loggerhead Thomas tllerwn I at vice president under Adams was lye leader vf the opposition Ho eipected lo hive omethlni fit do with toe id mini tration when he was first elected but 1retidcnt Adams snubbed him attic at-tic start and ha gave It 1 up Adams was disgusted when Icllcrson was elected 1 as I II hit sticctMur He would i not wait I In Washington to tee the Inauguration but drove oil In hit curle the night beloia In order to be out of llhe way Airun UUII Ill one ul the vice pretufenu under un-der ll leflenon They top were llgatmr most ot the lime nnJ It was throng lellerson that Iljrr Will finally prosecuted tar treason It it I hardly poutble that President John Julucy Adams and his vice prewdent lolin Co Ca boull had anything In common and Imldent Jackson von know 1 ihreiltned lo I hang Calhoun on account ol the nullification matters which were gotten up In South Carolina during Jackson pretldtnc when Calhoun was again tree 1 president Jackson got along very well with his eri Va second i vice president 1 I Van Duren because be-cause Jackson was king and Van hums J tll tfgl merely his factotum an lluieni tics prttldent wat Kichard M Johntun of Crataeky the first vice priaiuent chosen w1 ul I die cghenles lie was the nun who UlcJ ncjimoli real bid an Chief but his name is now aliiosi furgotten john Tyler was cllner at lung at Harrlwiillvtd Millatd lUlmore had little Inlluence wnlic 7ICO T av or wat alive and Andrew Jolmtcn had no Influence lo speak of until the dcatli ol Abraham Lincoln bj far nsl 1 learn we hive never hail a vice president who has ruled the president cr directed the adminlttrallun It li said that Juhn Adams tiled do this when he wjs vice pr dent i n r 11 111011 but Wohs I I n t + n hur I ultl I n 1 I n b + own 1 ol n Ad ml s id i I II I i i c bit iquiie lealou of n3lilnj tun h Prominence nnd In the I memoirs of Ogle Taylor published privam rlrculnilon ome > e rs tu you l Adal ree will alma a stayelehiitla how Adams re puked a ma ulm hail used lhs words C i ore Wojhi mi + n and lolin I Adams V irr President Adams Mill sly limn you Miould not inv George Vaihlnftton and Juhn Adam > but John Admit and George Vathlugton for John Adams 1 made George Withlngton ALIt Tice raasina NTa Some ol the ablest of our statesmen have held the vice ptctidintlal oilier but theft I reputntlonn have been nude outside ol fI ft Iook I at heb fln The names are great enough Take John C llrrckmrldgr Vie Iresl lent will ill ehanan George tl I Dailss who reigned with PolkjonI William K King ice resident wllh 1icrce all of these mtll ail go down in hiilury through other acts than those done during tnelr vice iresidenct i Then there were lil I bndge Gerry a singer ol the Dsclara lion of t Indtpcndenct and I the author of the astern of a ranging nJ Icglslillvo I this tracts lor rokigienknuil purpottt railed alien bhrrume get uinnderlng Gonrge CI nton of New torn Schuyler tolfax i who was mixed up 1 in tho Credit Mobil Icr Henry Willtun and others once fa mum but nUll foremen There have been altogether lwcutlhrec vice presidents eecl1 by thin people Of IheM five have tin d h in office three have = VI II Cr risen to the presidency by j ekciion four have gotten ho this While I House h bv the rhlt1I y Lt death of the President and none have through their Iwollloiu made reputations whiCh will CHitlsH n century AHIIIIK At VILI IRltlUENr AND IAU IBT Speaking vice president who have become rekent < by the denih ol their chiefs the best of lIe four may he saW tube Chats A Arthur He was lu a large extent a poliiician pure and amipl until he became president He then developed I Into n salesman and II did his l I best to give an honest admlnUlratlon During the fight between Garfield and Lonkllng he reinmistrated with Garfield and asked Hut the chiicllomtle nand nation ol Kobertsi as collector the tort ol New York be withdrawn Alter lie I became < < president lie foisted tu oblige Ills pollilial friends when they I asked II lot much 01 political I grounds I and at ono time In 1 reply to sucis a re aunt 1 slid I determined when I entered this I opine that resident I Arthur should be I olla mm and Chester A Arthur another and I am lorry to say that President Arthur bail had lo do many Ihliiz which C A Arthur diJnt like and leave many things undone which C A Arthur Mould have btoxi glad lu do had President Presi-dent Arthur lien his way clear to do them FANG 55 I A HHBIK I have hearil It ald that Conklmg did not want Arthur to accept the vice presidency and advised him to decline it Arthur replied that It wu a great honor an i he thought he would accept It Ho lid accept and by Guileaut tulle bi 1 caneprcsldent Ju ga Tyner who wa 1ustniasterGeatiul under Grant toll me that Arthur was much dlisanslud vilth the olhccntt first lie sad he hid never been au unhappy m his life as during du-ring his lust three months In thin While Huu > e and that he would not accept tha II nomination again if it were altered him on a silver palter I lleloie the end of I Is fern Iluoer hue wa chenlnit for It Ihouxli ur r stva Il1e i hat1 + hips ol his Ii Icon J i n rd Ih vanity I of rlI Ir1 It was shout lint lime that a New York friend f called upon him Ihlt friend was a lushness I man and Arthur In talkIng talk-Ing lo him wan Inc teed to doubt his statement that he bad 110 ambition la hold a political portion I suppose von woiil I not care to be a member of tongmtr asked resident I Arthur with a smile No said the man I would 1101 How about the cabinet I would not have II Prrtldtnt Arthur laughed and looked Incredulous be went on Hut the presidency How about being president presi-dent of the United Slates Thai Is cer lalnly something lo ulh lorI lor-I do not want II replied the man i1 think I our petition Is I R high one and that whether our ailmlnlitratt It sue cesslut or not your name will become hittoric Ilul Mr President whit Is all that The highest political lame Is only a bubble which no matter how Iridescent Irides-cent bt III hues ulll when It breiks be hut n spot ol suds upon the floor As the president heard this his lace clouded He rOle from his chair and Mid In an emphatic voice My dear sir you are right The presidency It I the most uncomfortable disagreeable and unsatiLut0ry place lit the world Ian I-an bound here as a vice I dare not tie1t IY Irlen 1 s noel I nor punUli my enemies en-emies yl I bate not an hour Cto myself I and I am mure of a slat e thin the most persecuted ol me chain gang > m the southern it t < t raterdav I shook binds with five hundred eo ismen I 3 lt hll i wfshcd T and women who simply wished to look upon Hie chief magistrate ol the republic At the end nil of the electricity wit taken out of me I was exhausted went lo bed like a crushed rag There li nothing In the presidency and you liavc summer up the whole In your remark re-mark that Fame 1 Is a bubble and broken bro-ken Is but soils now tied LECIIKLU HKBsrsn Vice President Arthur when hi tc came President tetalned Garflelda cabinet for some lime He I soon adopted new political advisers however und this has been the case In i s nearly every luch instance John Tyler had a real Irouble with Harrisonsciblnet I I knew Pretldtnt lylcil ton quits well Ho wat private teerettry at the While 1 lament i thin lime hit lather was president I presi-dent and was close In tits councils of the bdmlniitrntlon Ho told me that Daniel Webster tried to dictate lo hit lather at to what ho should do Tyler was the first MCC president who became president I by the death of his chief and It was a question unto huw he should be I treited home r the ttnteamenthought be should sign bit papers AS acting president I and that rP should i not have I the honors and dignities of a full lleilf cd president Atthcfiritubinct meeting alter lairisont I deaths slid President lylets Ion to me all ol Harrisons cabinet came together and Prwldent Tyler told them that he Intcndid lo continue con-tinue them in office lor a lime at least At tins I Daniel I cbsler who was Secretary Secre-tary ol State mtI flnI that case Mr President 1 tuppoio that the rules ul I Alo Hattlions l cabinet will continue m force Ah1 said President Tyler I dunt know about that What were the rules The rules were replied Webster that all lr measures should ete brought I i bclore the cabinet and tint each member mem-ber of the cabinet should hate ona vOle the majority ruling In all cnes President Tyler looked at Wcbiter n ralhu queerly lor a moment Theprop olilion scented to hlnl a Ocdc all Y pre 1 sumptuoui one lushly he ealdt No Mr Webtlcr I cannot Agree ton r > to-n > tuch conditions I am Hit Pretl dent and I am responsible for this acts of tint administration 1 shall bring such matters a > item proper to me before the cabinet and I shall be alwayt glad ol 1 Inl tha j II ly 1 jour help In the way ol advice I and tug geillon but at to the Anal decision that mut test whir me If any one of the CII tenet docs not w ih 10 agree talhtto condition he is at liberty to leave 1 shall be sorry lo lose huts but I cannot help it Thlt was enough to settle Webster lie 1 gave up the hope of running the ad mini nation but continued In the cabinet cabi-net for some time at Secretary of State remaining there after the other members had resigned HOW QUEUES son THE rRESIUCNCV Webster wat Anxious to be president of the United Stales He I got the presi dential Itch early and It stuck to boa up lathe day of hit death He was tioml nated by Massachusetts as a candidate In iSj but got oral the electoral t vole J nWul tlt of lint I slate Van llnrcn belrc l ccleJ president Hit only real chance ol getting get-ting I lo the While I House was through 1c hOp She vice presidency but 1w 1 this he In dignantly refused When the whlgs were discussing the nomination of lad Taylor tai3 Wcbilcr toot asked he would take she place cl vice president He said he did not think iiiucn ol aul diets at president and reluicd r lo accept It The result 8c was that 11 went to cm I more who nt Tavlort death got the place t for I which Webster bad longed hi vain Den Wndo came within two or three I chances of becoming president I or vice prctident I Ho was talked ol as > candi I date for the presidency in I860 and 1 have heard it 1 aid that he loll caste largely by a report which was circulated about there being Insanity In his family This report was 1 am told untrue Wade would have succeeded Andrew Johnson l as President 1 had Johnson been he n Illo impeached At lean Ibis It said to have been the program of the Impeachment managers Ha would have made a striking president and would have ruled the country with an Iron hand I met him Jutt before his death at t Jeflcrson Ohio and tuJ l an Interview with him Ills hair at that lime was at while at mow but lilt mental vigor was unlm paired I lie handled things without tones and had diclJed views on all subject sub-ject It was about this time Hut he was asked as lo what he thought ol Henry Watd Hecclicr who was the great preacher ol the day He raised I ids band as he replied and brought It down on hula tunes with a slap sjinj Iltcclier Ilctchcr bang llecchei I don like llctcberl llercher haiknocKcd hell out of religion nnd religion without hell Is no better than pork without sail CF e Gut ta |
