Show I r NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY THE QUININE AND WHISKY THAT KEPT LEVI P MORTON OUT OP OF A CABINET SEAT Dy By J E Edwards ThIs dally daily series of oC anecdotes arid ond I that throw now interesting and frequently dramatic lI light hL on famous events end ond perl personalities ot et the pMt past have a been collected by Edwards during r trendy catty years S of mere or less d h 3 mate acquaintance al wl with many contrys gt leaders since I f the c Civil 1 War Cach anecdote Or er Incident Is from Mr Edwards Edvards notebook and either It her itt In whole hole or In part It New News ot of Yesterday garnered from the tho moms men who the tho from C eq t sources As Im contributions ot of the tho Human Interest tort Bort to American history these articles havo a distinctive value all their II own Member or of Congress tram from New NewYork NewYork York minister to France dent of the United States under Den Ben Harrison later governor of oC Now New NewYork York and for tor man many years a financial leader Iader or of the metropolis Levi P Morton now In his year has had a crowded lifo and been the central figure In many Interesting anecdotes But the stony ot of Mr Mar Mor Morton Marton ton that his friend the tho lato Joint John It II Starin the shipping man ot of New York took especial delight In telling hOod had to do with the quinine and whisky that hat worked to keep Mr lr Mar Mor Morton Marton ton out of cabinet Mr Morton MOlton and I 1 were members of 01 tire the national h use ot of representatives tives when Garfield Garfielda a few days das before his inauguration sent for tor Morton and offered him the portfolio ot of secretary of the tho nay naV said Mr Starin to rae me one da day Mor Morton ton lon gratefully accepted the tho honor then no sooner hind had Ire he reached his Washington homo honse than ho became so ill III that ho he hall had to take to iris his bed bedIn bedIn In tire tho meantime Senator who lI as you know bore boro no love for tor Garfield learned that Mor Morton Morton ton was to be In the tho now situation that was waI not at an all pleasing to tire the senator for Ire he did not pro mesa lose to have an any stalwart Republican can officially connected with the tho Garfield administration It if ho he could help It So ire ho sent for tor me as 1 a close friend or of Mortons atul me to ten tell him that the tho was very anxious to sea Bee him I replied that Mr Morton was sick abed Yell Wail retorted Conkling he ha Is not so desperately Ill III Illis Is he as to make It impossible for tor him to see you OU for a few tew minutes So I 1 went to Mr Ir Mortons house houge and hIm In his room resting upon the tho bed and clad In a bathrobe His looks were sufficient to show mo me that ho was wag really quite III I asked him what tire the mattel was wasI I 1 have hae had a severe chill ire he replied I think a sort or of malarial chill chili and I certain certainly nm cia laid up with witha a hard cold Senator Is vor very anxious to see you ou and It Is important that ho hosee see seo you toda today I began But protested Mr Morton how can I call upon the senator when r I ram Iam am hard hardly I able ble to stand up In my myown myown own room l lYou You say youve youe had Irad a sort of malarial chillI I can fix YOU ou so you OU can make the tho visit with safety I 1 said All you ou neet need is 15 a good dose dos ot of quinine and whisk and I 1 wilt will get It for you Mi 21 Morton protested feebly yet et I saw lIaw that ho he was realI really Ver er anxious to meet the senator So I 1 wont vont to nt L neighboring drug store and sot got a vcr very stiff dose of quinine and a 0 halt half flask ot of good whisky Returning to Mr lr room I gave JIe him all ortho or tho quinine and a good deal of at the tho whisk In n a tow few moments he ha be began an to feel Ceol the effects of at tire tho dose and saM saint that ho he believed Ire he would bo be able after actor nil to call upon Senator Conkling So I a 11 carrIage placed Mr Mor Morton Morton ton In It got Ot In myself and tho lio driver to go mu M quickly as pos pea elble to Senator on Street By the time limo we se d there thero the quinine arId and whisk were doing their work lIy Mr Motions weak eak Iy I confessed that his head was buzzing and cracking and seemed almost ready to burst from the tho effects of oC the un unaccustomed unaccustomed accustomed stimulants and ire he certain I did look pitiful when ho he met tho senator and was wall asked b bhim by him It If It vero true that he had sic ac accepted tire tho offer or of tire tho navy secretary ship from Garfield Yes Morton managed to sa say anti and then tire tho senator In his powerful way uny expressed his opinion of oC the tho IncomIng president and finally wound up by Insisting that Mr Ir Mor Morton Morton ton as a good stalwart Republican should hove have nothing to do with tire the now administration Poor POOl Morton listened to tire the master I harangue as rut IS his condition would let hIm But Dut nil tire the time lime his one thought ws was to get that aching buzzing splitting head or of his back to tobed tobed bed as quickly as possible and when ihen tire tho senator handed handell him paper and lIked asked hint hIm to write out a declination of the tho cabinet honor then and there therewith with trembling fingers and tt 11 brain hardly realizing what he was doln doing ire he briefly Informed Garfield that ho could not be his secreta of at the navy Thon Thonas as quickly na as ho he could get there he went home honre and amid to bed But continued Mr Starin It If Mr Morton tad lied not been n a sick man I doubt Senator Conkling would have fOUnd him irim at tho mo critical tIne In and amId vcr very likely when Ire he had got itt In with him It would trace have been too late to pro pre prevail vail upon Mr Mc Morton to withdraw his acceptance Anyway Anway General Gar Garfield lold j clearl clearly understood tire tho reason for that withdrawal was he quIckly mu 10 cast his cabinet and largely largel to show he Lore boro no lii III will toward Mr Morton subsequently him us minister to France And to Paris Mor ton went though Ire he had longed with nil all iris his heart to sit In cabinet |