Show ABOUT interviews irow how some afi submit to tho art until recently mr blanno tino lias has boon been one of the most difficult men inon in tap 0 o country to interview anil and ovon even now will only talk for publication with his most int intimate imato friends in tile alio profession anil and then almost always insists upon revising the interview alexander II if stephens was equally particular time and again whilo while mr illaine was engaged in his hardest political struggles I 1 havo have tried to got gob a tow few words for my lily paper upon tho the results lio lie hall had accomplished I 1 remember that only two years before lie ho was beaten for tho the presidential nomination in 1880 and then became tho the secretary ot of state in Gar garfielda fields cabinet I 1 was a guest at his couso in augusta august writes frank A burr in Lippin lippincotts cotts ito iio had just won one of tho the most bitterly contested state campaigns in fit his political career I 1 asked hira him fur for a statement t of tho the situation and so sumo in 0 little story of how lie ho hall had won ion t tho 1 0 battle senator lialo halo was present att at tho 0 moment mr alito turned to in mo 0 qui quickly ebly antl anil said pleasantly oh interview halo date lie ho pan can toll yo you I 1 all about it I 1 do detest being quoted quote a in the newspapers in tho the form ut of an interview t ter view two years later when lio lie was assailed bout about his youth south american policy ono one tho the most important incidents ot of fils hia ro mark ablo career ho be at once sought tho the form of an interview and ana two long ones from him were printed lit in nearly every newspaper in the land lie ho wanted to roach reach tho the general public us well as tile statesmen ot of tho the country and lie acknowledged that tho the only way to do it was in a conversational form since that time lie ho lias has always sou sought gIst the interview when attacked upon any important matter liichi which lii cli lie ho daares ilus lrea to answer in awer no greater tributo could bo be paid to tho the loncy ot of tills this class of newspaper work gendral grant giant was tho the best man to interview I 1 over ever rout met lie jio would only talk to a person whom lie ho know well and then hu ho could tell you what you ion wanted to know in ili tower fower words than any man I 1 oci ever made an inquiry or of lie was as very pleasant to newspaper nien men in whom hu he had confidence lint but chen uno line camo came about whom hom lio lie did nos boc know or trust you jet got it word out butof of him with a crombar croN bar lio lie never cured murli to talk for putli publication cation and never ever did to silly any extent upon public matica matic 3 except to john busholl Rit Shull young youn ralio iby aliv atty i newl nt wl onil d niest bubb maali assou I 1 rat ba dinv inv n y bieros of daily with thoi tho po pen n of ihla dyff qt ablo as an editor correspond ent descriptive ivo writer wilier ur or of t bip from froin all sorts burta of of lion was the only public man mail I 1 over ever met who nimr would he be interviewed ter tor viewed for or publication upon any suh aub jcck whatever ever llo lie once told auld 1110 so that ho he would rather havo have a mail mad do sut set upon him than tu to 1 hano io a lie nou man sent after hini him for a talk i 0 u o or three times in lis hla life tuter vies veto printed with him which liu lie amer intended should RO beyond the alio ills room and nu no never itie inen nir n alio ho quoted him had bad uno aide abdor orllo orlie respondent discharged irum from the llin ild lor for publishing a talk with him chith occurred at tho the breakfast table and mr bents e tt direct directed C d that tic lie should nover again atilo tito fur for ills his paper cavid lais davis could nut nul bo be interviewed whilo win lc liu lie hiis us a lustica lus ticy ut of OJO iho su pr ln RK aw luvirt it il nut havo have been Ilu llor and alter aller liu lie betanio a united aldass ays believed him acl it to bu be un oil tuu the high ruid ruail ru id to lo tile deney dency ind and vas abrald to talk lest lio lie luxoro tits his chances of got rotting goptill till thero I 1 never divor d him olleo and wat hut WAS lor fur tajo llio citory ut of how lincoln was waa nominated in ill isoo I 1 told hills that I 1 halt had already secured 1110 recollections ut of two ul of tile mon inon abo bo illicit operated with willi him ho drew himself up tip and said vory very seriously there are only four men naho vho know tile tho history of sir mr nomination and any ono of u theist inua auld lo bo 10 a fool to tell tel I 1 it charles Su guinner iriner was liy by no moans means an aas easy y man to bo be led into a talk upon public matters after thu the passage of tile treaty of washington I 1 oneo interviewed him as to tho the meaning of tho the damage batna go claim clair not of that instrument jio ito was exceedingly cee dign tiled although in his own apartments with its ills dressing gognon gown on lie ilo spoke with will great deliberation and to tho the point I 1 could readily remember every thing that lio lie said although ho be was talking upon a very im subject colonel robert R G ingersoll like general gordon of georgia urgia is just juht tile kind of a roan man that a journalist liles to meet fur for business purposes aro are line talkers and say oil ginal things it if tho the subject Is very important colonel in ili gersell will write it out fur for you sell whilo while you ou wait halt llo lie do dins 9 dislike to bo be misquoted and lie ho says s iya that often miss tho the mark that ho he prefers to do the nork ork himself whon he bo will talk at atall all john sherman Is a diff difficult lault man to interview ter view but ho he does docs not seriously object to it in fact lie ho is ery pleasant with a writer ho he knows hut but despite his great ability ho he Is not fluent and it is very hard to got from tho the cry best ork k with v 1 h him anything any more than luan a r cold 0 1 statement t t ment of facts senator edmunds can never ho be interviewed upon any subject ills chum whilo while in the iho senate S senator thuren Thur irn nicknamed tho the old roman was vry much liko like him |