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I think he noticed and numbered every button on our coats. A friend of mine was walking with him through Cleveland one day, when Garfield stopped and darted down a cellar-way, asking his companion to follow, and briefly pausing to explain himself. The sign, 'Saws and Files, was over the door, and in the depths was heard a regular clicking sound.
General Garfield occupied this seat of honor, with President Hayes on his right and Chief Justice Waite on his left. It was an impressive scene.
D'ye think at my age I wud be contint to dash fr'm wan justice coort to another pleadin' f'r habyas-corpus writs or test me principles iv personal expansion in a Noo Jarsey village? he says. 'I'd rather be a dead prisidint thin a live ex-prisidint. If I have anny pollytical ambition I'd rather be a Grant or a Garfield thin a Cleveland or a Harrison, he says.
Twelve miles from a railway, a mere agricultural centre, of the rough back-country sort, all brand new and dreary looking, with a couple of wooden churches, half a dozen wooden shops, two new intersecting streets with wooden sidewalks, and that was all. But the place suited Garfield far better than an older and more dignified university would have done.
The State of New York was carried by the Republicans, and Garfield indisputably elected President of the United States. There was a vast amount of worry in making up the cabinet, and Mr. Conkling's hand appeared, but not with a gesture of conciliation. He and Garfield were of incompatible temper.
Conkling was the master spirit and became the acknowledged leader of those who desired the nomination of General Grant. General Garfield bore little part in the management, and was not there to represent the main body of those who opposed General Grant's candidacy.
"No, it's a stowaway. The conundrum is to know what to do with the little rascal." "Meaning who?" "James A. Garfield Welch. I found him tucked away in my berth, very much the worse for wear." The Englishman helped himself to asparagus tips and laughed. "He's certainly a persevering young beggar. He hung around me for three days trying to persuade me to take him. Now he's here on French leave."
The Senate, which met in executive session when General Garfield was inaugurated, showed many changes. Vice-President Wheeler, who had served in Congress long and well, was replaced by General Arthur, whose war record in the State of New York had won him many friends. Senators Allen Thurman and Matt.
He had no idea of concealing anything, and told such queer stories as this: The morning of his nomination the fact that this was from Garfield himself is certain one of his relatives from Michigan saw him and said: "Jim, you are going to be nominated to-day.
As to particular persons and sections, General Garfield was so guarded that he gave no impression as to the States that would be represented, except that Iowa should have a place in the Cabinet. As to whether it was to be Mr. Wilson or Mr. Allison, or some one else, the President-elect dropped no hint.
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