Show I NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY y THE eTHE rHE PRESIDENT AND THE WARRIOR WHO THOUGHT ALIKE Hy By ly J K It I dwarda Fd wa rd Till Thus daily I series Herles fOeri of anecdotes and ad Incidents Incident that throw n new w and nd frequently dramatic tight on a famous events and personalities t of or tin the past line have been collected by b Edwrds during nearly forty lort years year of 01 more I Ore or lees lea 1 pate te acquaintance with mAn many of or the Country II leader since aloes the th t Civil war h anecdote ee er Incident I freak from from Mr Ed notebook and nd either In whole or la In part pert It constitute Nw New News Newl of or from the men who made aide the Mw the UIa history or from equally authoritative sources lour AS M tm I of ot the he Human Interest In sort sert ot or American history th these alas healas Jere brave dl rt have ban a distinctly value all aU own There Thre were many man strange rII dittoes denoM de In connection with my m association ton tion with President aa ai a ilium m bit ber of hi hi I cabinet said Id postmaster general Thomas Thoma L U James Jm Jam recently But Bat I sometime sometimes think that the tit moat Interesting of ot them occurred t during durl an n afternoon 1 I spent with Glad Gladstone tone ton at t hl hi b country tome horn of ot lla u den dent t 1 went to the national Rf convention of IM held In Chicago a aa ai aa aaa aia a spectator My M personal Imp Ma waa wa that either lIber Blaine or John Joltn Purr Sher Sherman Purrman man would be nominated for President I 1 did dd not see se how It woe wan possible for Cor Benator Cnn and said the Ih who were wen trading leading the battle In favor ot of Grants third nomination to tl succeed au When I heard Ik mag address In which he ho placed John Jha In III nomination for tha thu Ih presidency It seemed med to me ms taut In all the th United Stales Bates you YOl could And no Republican more Inure worthy of 01 the nom nomination and election than himself That ThI however was waa only a passing paMI thought although h after altar Oar field nal wa w wea nominated 1 I recalled the vivid impression he h made upon me by hi hl bladd address add Within a few tew hours hour alter after his lilo nom mam nomination friend Mr Sir Ir Henry whom airfield afterwards afterward appointed United Unit State marsh mar ha for Cor th tile the District of Columbia Columb called upon U n me and nd naked me If It It II would b be convenient for lor me mo mein tn in the th course rou of an n hour or two to call catl upon General Garfield lUa n h ho he caked to 10 see aee mr meT me I ventured ven ventured to say y T Yes In III n fact I have come com directly from him hint to you ou wits was w the reply relly Of or course rou 1 I felt highly hll honored by bythe bythe the Ua Invitation and nd In the course of nt half halt an en n hour was waa w heartily received by Garfield He II had apartment In tn the theold theold theon old on Orand Grand Pacific hotel hot He lie led me to the th sofa after I had congratulated him at t down by my side aide Id and nd entered upon a very chatty anal ami an medial con rott venation variation II H Ire wa wu Perfectly natural In it hs hi demeanor He Ile n seemed I to be he un tin unaffected affected rr by hta triumph t and i even thought I 1 11 a I hint ot III either weariness or Iad In hla hl tone toM or 0 manner By B and end ny BY I J felt fat that It Il was wan time tl for Cn me to ou go and n sa I prepared to take lak my m leave Ive I Oar 1111 ne once 0 more lie He look my hand IId In III his hie and this thi time tI there t was a sad lad note not In hid hie hi voice olea aa a R he M sad II I 1 urn Nn now JIOW discovering that next to the hour hout of defeat the lit hour Is I that of DC vic ale Yr victory tory lory tol I pondered pandered Ion long ong over that thai strange tran remark nark but I know lenow now that thI In the moment of f victory there tHIro often Mme comes an n overwhelming sense of DC the therea responsibilities rea It Barries arries Some Borne year yam later I J was waa wa visiting In III England and an was waa with my tam fam family Uy ily and on one nee or two American friends l to n a tea t and RII lawn party at It was wae w then that thI I 1 ant met net Gladstone He It took tonk me through the park pointed out nut Its If lM I beauties u U especially the great greAtt tree t talked tariff for Cor a while and nJ then 1 me m to 10 tell him something about General something of nf hl hi his personal nal characteristics and whether er I It true that Garfield was wan all II hi his hili mature life III a student of the th Virgil tl Homer and the other writer of nC antiquity Mr JIll Gladstone was Immensely In when witton I told him of s habit of oC reading a R page pa of oC some om classic every fir morning while he h dressed 01 Thi Then n some association of ideas Ida bringing the Ih Incident to In mind I 1 repeated repealed what Gar Or flew fleU had h aId said to me m In III Chicago hk when I J congratulated him the th second lOnd time upon his hie hI nomination for the Presidency Gladstone was wan w clearly learly startled d He its stopped for or an 1 Instant In hi his walk and turned hIs hla hi treat great unfathomable eyes eves upon me m Did he ha say RaY that h hp he ex exclaimed 11 claimed Why that was waa exactly wh what hat t the th fluke Duke of Wellington n said Maid aft after T Waterloo |