| Show I L NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY I PLAN TO HANDLE KANDLE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE SEEKERS Ily U Eo J This dally daIly series Cerise orl of ot anecdotes IJ otel and Incidents IlI ld that throw new Interesting and nd frequently dramatic light on famous events and anc personalities or of the cast have been collected by b Edward Edwards during nearly forty years of ot more moro oc Ot lees leas Inti mate acquaintance with many of ot the leaders testier since Ince the tho Civil War Wr Kach I ch anecdote or Incident is 18 ii fresh fruh from Mr Edward Edwardea notebook and either in whole or In part parr II It constitutes constitute New New News of ot Yesterday garnered from the men who nl e the tho history or r num equally y authoritative sources As S im portent contributions of ot the Human Interest In terest sort aorl to 10 American histOry ibe these articles have hau a distinctive value all their own In n this thin column a I few rew days taA ago I 1 told how President IIa e gut got rid rul of ot man mati manof manof of ot his callers who know when to leave by b arousing In them a B desire to see IBM ee at lit close clo range the Washington monument lII then tIn In course courna of or thin Today TOd owing to the lIme Intimate lo ae ac a I enjoyed for tor many litany years jeers with the late laite 8 S Hewitt a n former form mayor of ot New York city I am inn iU ahlo l to tell tIme the th story of ot how President nt Hayeks opponent Sumuel Samuel J Tilden planned to 10 handle handis the horde of ot office seeker Ut h he Un w full tull wall wull would descend upon him bUn onro he had been o In th Ih the As AI A you said ald Hewitt all cli through h th Ih the campaign I Iwas was 05 practically Air Mr tr personal am manager er and am It wa WAIl quite natural lIat for tor him I t suppose to tell ten nut mum from time Iliac to time of some seine of ot the liming that he to do should lie be be Iw elected nl lie He wa Willi forever planning tl to tu mt moot every poll contingency and am It Itis itIs is If pretty safe re fe tot for me to 0 aay ma that theA lie be had Imd worked out la In greet great de do detail tail In hl lilt his lung long before the tie bill 11 lots luts w were r UN v t jut just what whet tie lie I would do tIe from tile the moment the he bream became the na mitt I liens Well Vett one day duy when w we low had a mo moment moment ment bent of l It lie turned tUNed to tu rne me and andou meld d You Vou ou realize realise of or course that tf It I am sin amI cl els I ted folIC there then U Is going III to 10 hn ho a prodigious oP much tush or of office seekers ken to the White WhiteHouse House floe Yes Yen I replied there ther will certaInly be b a great lIot rush for tor you will U b be the lime bat Democratic president since Inee J ll jit 0 That a just It he M replied end and d the follow fellow a who ho ar hungry for will nIh III literally II I rt II swine swarm ann down Iown upon m rae me in n 0 dro Hut But ul and her a II dry sort of nt expression tread 11 over Sir Ur s I think J Iii II b ate Mc able abl to 10 keep theta them from rom killing mv mc as sa their tire pre Pr d did den Oell William Henry liar Har liarI Icon ilton I As Al oil nil of ot u us know In every evory section of ot th Uw the country there timers 1 i Ie considerable cleavage In n the party on account of ot the greenback and silver lIver and In lit several veral of or tho the states state there theft are aro exceedingly ex serious factional disturbances Now Non the time patron age uge mongers monger ot if the different factions pour down upon me IRe Ill listen quietly to their demands demand lId and wh n they the ale aie all 1111 il through Ill JU tulU tum mm to them and anti say nay Gentlemen I believe it Is I true that you have havo ba in your slat Mat two Iwo factions of or our dir put part Let m mime make It plain to t you flU that I do wit not Intend to recognize recognise or oI filth either fu by b making this that or tt tle e other appointment In III It Its tte in an On the other oilier hand bant 1 Intend to remain absolutely neutral Therefore my I is Ie for tor you ou gentlemen to get together and agree RIRIe upon what you OU want in the time way wa of offices and then thea when you have fully tully decided tItle this tI ll earn oom to see in me I 1 wont have factional 1 tIght rights brought Into Iulo the tho While House HOUM That a added Mr r Tilden la is 1 a plan lilaC that I 1 tl raJ sure curs u will wiil work end and relieve 0 mo Di e of ot the tho great strain Iraln of tit trying to appease alt tull ll with political l favor or ore I too believe that It would have worked splendidly went on ott Mr Ir Hewitt and amid I am confident that it II would Id have kept Mr Ir from dying while the th i resl chair ohr hd hid tn lit t electoral el ral coot com mission ti l In his hie iii favor For Pur he hewa wa wu not nol a it physically strong man men and andI I fear fw t that thai hail had h he been bosti compelled tu to handle th the office n krs ker In tile the ary ar way the wear ear aar and tear loar cm on him would have bern been n too great groat for him to tu nd th the country would hews hav ha been tn b called upon It to tu mourn the death of ot et I another president killed by hy those tho Iho who hungered tot for office oat |
