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McKinley9 s Wise Moderation
Alger's Story of How the Kindly
President Refused to Have Colonel
Roosevelt Accused and
Put on Trial.
About a year before his death,
which occurred in 1907, I met for the
Inst time Russell A. Alger, volun
teer general in the Civil war, govern
or of and United States senator from
Michigan, a strong candidate for the
Republican presidential nomination in
1SSS, and secretary of war in the
first McKinley cabinet.
"Whenever I think of William Mc
Kinley I always think first of his lov
able character, and then of his great
tact and wise discretion," said Mr. Al
ger. "And then I always recall the
time when I, as secretary of war, went
to him, as president, to complain of
one of Col. Theodore Roosevelt's acts
in Cuba.
"No one who has not served in a
cabinet, or other highly responsible po
sition under a . national administra
tion, can realize how what seem to
be trivial things, may prove to be of
the utmost consequence; so that the
tendency is for officials often to ex
aggerate really unimportant trifles tre
mendously. This is especially true dur
ing a period of great stress, as when
a war is on; and I suppose that that
was largely my state of mind when
I sought out the president in regard to
Col. Roosevelt.
"At any rate, there appeared one
morning in the newspapers the sub
stance of a communication from Col.
Roosevelt in which he appeared to crit
icise the war department because his
regiment was getting insufficient or
improper food. There was, also, a de
mand that the Rough Riders be imme
diately ordered from Cuba to some
place where the fevers that were im
pairing their health and efficiency
could be got rid of. As I read all this
I flared up instantly with indignation.
It appeared to me an improper thing
for an army officer to do, and I was es
pecially angry because the communi
cation had been made public, apparent
ly, before it had been sent to the war
department.
"In hot haste I went to the.presi
c?ent. 'Mr. President,' I said to him,
frankly, as I showed him the article,
An Unsolved Cabinet Mystery
Marshall Jewell Never Could Learn
Why the Chief Executive Forced
Him to Resign as Post
master Genera!.
In 1S73, Marshall Jewell, who had
been twice governor of Connecticut,
was sent by President Grant as minis-
! ter to Russia. The following year he
j was. recalled and given the post of
i postmaster general. Two years later
! he resigned that portfolio, and popular
i rumor had it that he was forced to do
i so because he had disagreed with the
': president over the action of Secretary
! of the Treasury Benjamin H. Bristow
' in uncovering and prosecuting the in
I ternal revenue collectors and the dis
tillers who were implicated in the
"whisky ring" frauds which cost the
government hundreds of thousands of
collars during the Grant administra
tion. That is the reason given today
for Ivlr. Jewell's resignation in his
biographies, yet Mr. Jewell himself
once assured me that he did not know
why he had been forced to resign from
the cabinet, and that he believed no
man living knew except General
Grant.
"Right up to the moment that I was
asked to resign as postmaster gen
eral," said Mr. Jewell, "I was most
happy in my relations with the presi
dent and the cabinet. Especially was
this true as regards the president him
self. It was utterly without my knowl
edge that he nominated me as minis
ter to Russia. It was also without my
knowledge that he decided to call me
to his cabinet. So, you see, I had
every reason to believe that the presi
dent" felt very kindly towards me, and
I am most positive that I entertained
only the most ccrd'.al feelings for him.
"Well, one day when the last cabi
net meeting I was destined to take
part in, had just closed and we were
cn the ' point of leaving the cabinet
room, the president turned to me.
'I would like to see you a moment aft
er the other members cf the cabinet
have gone,' he said.
"I bowed, and, standing, the presi
dent and I saw the rest of the cabinet
cut of the room. Then, with the door
eiosed.cn the laet man, the president
stepped determinedly in front of me.
'Jewell,' ho said, with a snap of his
jaws, 'I want your resignation as post
master general.'
"I was nonplussed, and I daresay I
looked it. I opened my mouth to say
something 1 don't know what. But
the president blocked me.
" 'I don't want any questions asked,'
he cautioned, "for I shall answer none.
I want your rerdnticn, and I want
ycu to write it here and now.'
"I wr.s nonplussed before; I was
dazel now. Her" I was being asked
to resign as poctmaster general and
v Id tlxi. no reason would be given
'in my opinion, this is a clear case of
insubordination, a direct violation of
the rules of military discipine. More
over, I think the seriousness of the
situation Is greatly aggravated by the
fact that this communication, which
should never have been written in the
first place, was given to the press be
fore it .was sent to the war depart
ment.' "The president calmly put on his
eye-glasses and read the article very
carefully.
" 'Well, what do you think is best to
do about It?' he asked very quietly,
when he had finished.
"I saw that he was not disturbed In
the least, apparently, by what I had
brought to his notice; but that had no
tendency to cool my. indignation. I
had been irritated by many things
since the beginning of the war; I had
been severely criticised, as you know,
and possibly that made me a little
bit en the raw. So, in answer to the
president's question, I exclaimed,
bluntly:
" 'Why, Mr. President, it seems to
me that it is a case calling clearly for
court martial. I am laying it before
you with that object in mind.'
"The president glanced again at the
article. Then he removed his eye
Negro Convinced President
Blanche K. Bruce Made Grover Cleve
land Understand Why He Could
Not Accept Reappointment
as Registrar of Treasury.
The first negro to serve in the Unit
ed States senate was the late Blanche
K. Bruce. Elected a member of that
body in 1875 from Mississippi, when
that state was undergoing reconstruc
tion, he remained a senator until 1881,
when he was appointed registrar of
the treasury by President Garfield.
That position Bruce was still hold
ing when Grover Cleveland was inau
gurated president for the first time.
There was a good deal of interest in
the purposo of the new president re
specting the office of registrar. It was
me for forcing me to take this action.
What a situation! I believe it is
unique in the history of the cabinet.
And there was only one thing for me
to do I saw that clearly. That was
to comply with the president's wishes,
and as speedily as possible. So, then
and there, I took the paper and pen
that he proffered me and sat down at
the cabinet table and wrote out my
resignation. Then I handed it to the
president, who vouchsafed not a word,
and I turned on my heel and depart
ed." "And you don't know to this day
why the president demanded your
resignation?" I asked.
"No, I do not," Mr. Jewell replied,
"and I believe I never shall. For
some time following my resignation,
some of my friends trted to learn the
reason, but were met with silence.
Since then I have tried many a time
to explain Grant's action to myself,
but always without success. I know
for a certainty, however, that I was
not forced out of the cabinet because
of any disagreement with the presi
dent over the manner of the prosecu
tion of the 'whisky ring' frauds. There
never was any such disagreement be
tween us, nor any other disagreement
up to the time that I left the cabinet.
So far as I know, only Grant himself
knows why he made me resign, and I
have a feeling that I shall go to my
grave with the mystery unsolved."
My talk with Mr. Jewell took place
a little while before he, as chairman
of the Republican national committee,
led his party to victory in the cam
paign of 1880. Three years later he
died, and to the best of my knowledge
and belief, and that of some of hi3
closest friends, he never learned why
he was so peremptorily ousted from
the postmaster generalship.
(Copyright, 1910, by E. J. Edwards. All
Kights Reserved.)
Eternity In the Heart.
"Thou hast put eternity into the
heart." No man can bound his life
with the years that pass between birth
and death. Even the child feels im
pulses that were born centuries before
his time, and the old man passes out
of life nursing hopes and seeing vi
sions that belong to the ages to come.
Eternity dwells in every human life.
Mixed.
An old lady and her daughter
stopped outside the Lyceum theater
to study the announcement concern
ing the pantomime. "Who's the gal as
plays the lovicr?" asked the old lady.
"Jane Eyre," replied the daughter.
"Jane Eyre!" exclaimed the old lady
In amazement. "Well, what part, for
goodness sake, does East Lynne
play?" London Opinion.
glasses from his nose, and fastened his
gaze upon me.
" 'Oh, no,' he began and there was
the beginning of a smile on hi3 lips,
and his voice was as gentle and kind
ly as a woman's, 'that would not do at
all. I think I understand Col. Roose
velt very well. He undoubtedly was
thinking of hi3 soldiers of their suf
ferings when he wrote as he did, and
was anxious that something should be
done for their health and comfort,
If there was any fault on his part, it was
the fault of impulsive kindness. Tech
nically you may be right, but we can
not afford to bo too technical. Oh, no,
it would never do to summon Col.
Roosevelt before a court martial, in
view of the kindly sympathy he had
for his soldiers when ho wrote that
communication.'
"Of course," continued Mr. Alger,
"there was no appeal from the presi
dent's decision. Rut I went back to
the war department still indignant at
Col. Roosevelt; and not until some
days later did I begin to realize that
the president had shown the wisest
kind of discretion in the matter. In
deed, when I recall all that President
McKinley had to bear in those war
days I am more than ever impressed
with the wisdom of his judgment in
refusing to authorize the court martial
of Col. Roosevelt."
(Copyright, 1910, by VI. J. Kdwards. All
nights Reserved.)
political influence were anxious to
serve as registrar, yet many of the
president's friends predicted that he
would keep Bruce In the ofilce. How
ever, another appointment was made
in due course and not until McKinley
became president did the former reg
istrar emerge from private life, when
he again became registrar of the treas
ury, remaining in that position until
his death the following year.
And yet, for all that Bruce was not
reappointed registrar by President
Cleveland, the latter very earnestly
desired that the colored man should
accept reappointment.
Shortly after his inauguration and
while he was considering various mi
nor, though Important appointments,
the president sent a messenger to the
registrar of the treasury, asking that
official to call upon him. Bruce re
sponded promptly and was received
with great courtesy.
"Senator Bruce," said the presi
dent, "I have had many applications
from my personal friends to appoint
some one of my own party as registrar
of the treasury. But I have only one
mind about this appointment since my
election. I am going to reappoint you.
And no appointment that I could make
would give me more gratification."
Bruce was clearly taken aback.
"Why, Mr. President," he said, "I had
not expected anything like this. And
I thank you from the bottom of my
heart, and I shall always remember
with gratitude this proof of your confi
dence in me. But, Mr. President, it
is impossible; you must not make this
appointment."
It was the president's turn to show
surprise. And he did it. "But why?"
he asked. "There Is no good reason
why you should not serve under a
Democratic administration."
"No good personal reason, Mr.
President," ' responded the registrar,
courteously. "But there is an impera
tive political reason why I could not
accept the office."
Again the president showed plainly
his surprise. "What is that?" he
queried. "I don't understand. I can
think of no reason whatsoever that
should deter you from taking an ap
pointment from me."
'Mr. President," said Senator Bruce,
"I don't like to say it to you, and I
hope you will understand that I say it
only to make clear my position to you,
since you have offered me this ap
pointment but if I should accept of
fice any office whatever under a
Democratic administration, my people
could never be persuaded that I had
not betrayed them."
For a considerable period the presi
dent looked steadily at the negro be
fore him, and the longer he looked
the less certain was Bruce of the ef
fect of his explanation on the presi
dent. But at last the latter spoke..
"Senator Bruce," ho said, "if that is
your feeling you cannot afford to ac
cept my offer. And though I had not
looked at the matter in that light you
have convinced me that your reason
is a good one that your decision is
the only proper one. But let me tell
you that the day is surely coming
when your people will not regard It
as a betrayal of trust for one of their
race to accept high appointment from
a Democratic president."
(Copyright, 1910. by E. J. Edwards. All
Kights Reserved.)
Soon Done.
"He tells everything he knows."
"Yes; and he can tell everything he
knows In less time than it takes tha
average man to wind his watch.
Same, but Different. -
Mrs. A. Didn't her constant sink
ing in the fiat annoy you?
Mrs. B. Not so much as the con
stant flat in her singing.
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Sundey School Lcisoa fcr Feb. 12, 1311
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LESSON TEXT-1 Kln.ss 13:1, 2; 17-10.
Memory Verses 3, 31.
GOLDEN TEXT "Cbor.se y.u this day
whom y will sorve." ,lr sh. 2I:!j.
TIME Threo to thr.-e nrvl ono-hnlf
yearn after Elijah first wtrnoil Aha:). 15e
twoon H. C. 920-f'OO tor STS-S5T).
rLACE The Oivnt niretlnir wns on
Mount Carmol, near its summit. The sit
uation so far from the oui.tal would
lenvp the meetlnir unmolested by tho city
hoodlums, and Jezeb-l'n Inlluwe.
St. James in his epi&tle toils us that
Ilijnh had prayed earnestly that "it
might not rain," because the famine
tr-cemed to be the only way by which
people could be brought to repentance,
and that now, at the end of three
years and a half, he again prayed that
it might rain.
His heart was full of pity. He saw
'signs of. repentance. Tho time was
ripe for reform; and Elijah prayed lo
God for the blessed rain. God saw
too. But it was wisest and most ef
fective for all that the rain should
come from God in answer to the proph
et's prayer. For the fact that the
relief came from the true God through
his prophet would complete the work
of the famine and draw men to the
giver of the blessing.
Elijah sent for the king to some to
him. The prophet was the greater
and had more power. That Ahab came
at all, shows that he recognized the
power of the prophet, and of the true
God; and that he had' been humbled
fcy the famine experience. Ahab's first
words were: "Are thou he that trou
bloth Israel?" lie had no word to say
of his own sin; he forgot the iniquity
of the people of the land, in which
he had been the leader; he took no
note of the hand of Jehovah in the ca
lamity, and spoke as if the whole mat
ter had been a mere personal differ
ence between him and Elijah. I-liijah
replied, "I have not troubled Israel;
but thou, and thy father's house." Eli
jah then proposed that the question as
to who was the true God should be
put to a fair and satisfactory test.
They built an altar, placed the sac
rificial bullock upon it, and put no
fire under it. There were too many eyes
upon them for any trickery, and not
knowing what kind of a test was to be
expected, they had no opportunity to
prepare for any deceit. It would al
most seem as if tricks not unlike that
practiced year after year at the
Greek Easter at Jerusalem were fa
miliar to that age. Some of the fa
thers expressly state that the idola
trous priests of an earlier time were
accustomed to set fire to the sacri
fice from hollow places concealed be
neath the altar, and it was an old tra
dition that the Baal prophets had con
cealed a man fcr that purpose beneath
their aitar, but that he had died from
suffocation." They called on Baal till
mid day, and yet no answer of fire
came. EHjah mocked them. He held
up tho mirror before them and point
ed out to the people the real situation.
They grew frenzied in their excite
ment, and cut themselves with their
wepons. Herodian describes the dance
of He'iogabalus round the altar of the
Emesne sun-god, and Apuleius de
scribes at length the fanatic leapings
nnd gashings of the execrable Gali.
Their feeling was that God was well
pleased with such tortures and pains.
The only sufferings with which God
is pleased are those which men under
go fcr tho sake of helping and sav
ing their fellow men; such as Christ's
sufferings on the cross, and Paul's
sufferings to give men the Gospel.
They prophesied and cried in wild
ecstacies, like those in ancient time
who thus in excited frenzies pretend
ed to be filled with the power of their
deities.
There was no answer, though they
continued their exertions till the time
of the offering of the evening oblation.
And Elijah said, "Come near unS
me," so that they could see and hear,
and could know that there was no con
cealment or trickery.
He repaired the altar of the Lord
that was broken down. Go this altar
the wood and the sacrifice were laid.
The fire of the Lord fell, not an acci
dental stroke of lightning, fcr the sky
wa3 clear of cloud. It was simply
the direct act of God's will upon the
laws of nature. No mere natural act
such as Baalites or anyone else could
do, would prove that it was Gad him
self who wa3 summoning them to obe
dience. It would be a strange God,
and Father, that could not use his
own laws of Nature to produce a
moral effect. The proof was the more
decisive because the divine fire not
only consumed the offering, hut the
water and the very stones of the al
tar. Tho people fell on their faces, and
they said, "The Lord, he is God! the
Lord, he Is God."
This was a decisive, yet no mere
sudden change; but one for which the
famine, announced from God, had for
three years been preparing them; just
a3 the fire on the day of Pentecost
came to disciples who had had three
years of training under Jesus.
Elijah went up to the highest point
of Carmel where a wide horizon of the
sea wa3 visible, and prayed for rain,
prayed "the effectual fervent prayer
of a righteous man," which "availcth
much." He sent hi3 servant to watch
for the answer. And it came in abun
dant rain.
For Israel there cams a new Joy in
tho rain. It was the proof of forgive
ness. It was the assurance of the di
vine favor. It "fell on the evil and
tho good;" on the evil to make' them
good, and on the good to make them
better, with new love, new hope, new
joy In their God and Rodecmer.
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