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You can buy hand- some ones, now at $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 Pair. We have also opened some- thing like "100 Pairs fancy striped Curtains, at $1.48, $2.38, $3.25, $3.75 and $5.00. Then there’s the newest styles and latest novelties in plain bobiuet lace Curtains, with ruffles and insertion—4 the daintiest and prettiest curtains :season, from $4.00 to $7.00 Pair. Bobinet lace curtains with antique lace edge and insertions, $5.75, $6.50 and $7.00 Pair; ask to see them. ‘ ’ A lot of' 30x60 Smyrna Rugs—$2. 50 ones—for $1.98. New Flannelette, plain, light blue and pink, 80. a yd. Outing Flannel, all the new colorings, from 60. a yard 11 p. l2l9’ . THE . ' .5 D. M.~<~Read brought out this ,‘t Inn-MAN’S NEW BOOK The‘Strictures Upon Garfield and the _ Criticisms They Evolve. , THAT CONVENTION OF 1880. Bateman Says the Story of It Is Too Mild, and Joe Medill Says It' Is So Cruel- ly Unjust—Harry Garfield Says It I May Be Answered. CINCINNATI. Oct. 21.—Hon. Warner M. Bateman, who was one of the delegates at Jarge to the national Republican conven- tion in 1880 from Ohio and who has been a close friend of Senator Sherman in all of the latter’s contests for the presidential nominatiOn, returned here last night. Mg. Bateman said he had read the re- view or Senator Sherman’s book in the papers. I He had been in communication with Senator Sherman during the writing of the book and is intently impressed with the conservative reference to the national conventions at which Senator Sherman was defeated, and especially to the mild language covering the convention of 1880, at which General Garfield was nominated. Mr. Bateman was the manager of Senator Sherman’s interests for a year or more prior to the convention, of 1880, and for that reason refuses to be interviewed. It is evident from his reasons for not submitting to a formal interview that he has evidence of General Garfield’s course prior to the assembling of the convention in 1880, which show that the general was then. active in his own interest instead of the interest of Senator Sherman, to whom he was pledged personally as well as by the instructions .of the Ohio Republican convention. I ' It is stated-that letters are still in exist- ence in which General Garfield, before go- ing to the convention, wrote earnestly to those who were working for his nomina tion. In one letter General Garfield asked a. distinguished Republican of Pennsyl- vania whether the latter thought it would hurt the former’s prospects for General Garfield to go to the Chicago convention as the head of the Sherman forces. The Pennsylvanian advised him to go to the convention, present Sherman’s name and lead in the fight against Conkling’s plan for the unit rule, etc. The delegates at large from Ohio in 1880 were General Garfield, Governor Foster, eL-Governor Dennison and Mr. Bateman. There were many reports at the time about this “Big Four” not pulling together; that Garfield was, a candidate for the nomination himself; that Foster was a candidate for vice president on the ticket with ‘Blaine; that (Ix-Governor Denni- son, who had been in Lincoln’s cabinet, was a candidate for vice president on the ticket with Grant, and that Mr. Bateman was the only one who was sincerely work- ing for Sherman without regard to him- self. About the only thing Mr. Bateman would allow himself to be quoted on last night, while conversing with friends, was ‘ his emphatic denial of the insincerity of err-Governor Dennison. Mr. Bateman said that ex—Governor Dennison was called on repeatedly at the Chicago convention in 1880 before the balloting commenced by the Grant men and offered the second place on their ticket. Governor Dennison not only declined, but also stated most em- phatically that he would not accept the nomination and could not in honor 'do so, as he was there pledged to Sherman as the only Ohio candidate before the convention. Garfield and Foster did not attend the meetings and conferences of Dennison and Bateman with the other Ohio delegates, and there was at the time no secret among the Ohio delegates as to the attitude of thosetwo delegates at large. . , The only thing that is brought out new by the publication of . Senator Sherman’s book is the reference to letters that Gar- field wrote to certain friends in his own interest before leaving for Chicago in 1880.' Mr. Bateman had visited different states in the interest of Senator Sherman before the convention assembled in 1880, and at the request of Senator "Sherman Mr. Bate- man was made the Ohio member of the committee on credentials. He had attend- ed many of the state conventions, at which delegates were selected, especially in the south, and knew nearly all the conditions of the contest. He was also familiar with the delegates, and it was believed that he had an accumulation of evidence on the defeat of Sherman by those in other states than Ohio who were pledged to Sherman. Other delegates here who were at the convention tell about talking with General Garfield when Wisconsin led ed by casting her vote for him. Among the reports here that have been current for some time is one that General Garfield on the next bale lot, when other states fell in with Wiscon- sin, turned to Mr. Bateman and asked what this meant. Mr. Bateman is said to have replied, “You know.” After Garfield’s nomination he asked Mr. Bateman to go to Senator Sherman and testify as to his sincerity. It is said by those who wore in the Ohio delegation at that time that Mr. Bateman would not promise to do so, and that no one but Sherman and Bateman knew what took place when they got together. Mr. Bateman is familiar with what is in Sherman’s book, but a friend remarked to Mr. Bateman that the latter could write a more interesting book even than that of the senator. Mr. Bateman, however, in- . sists that he quit politics after the conven- tion of 1880, and that he would not submit ,even to a political interview, especially one bearing on such personal and eonfi-. dential relations - as he had with Senator Sherman in 1880 and his colleagues of the Ohio delegation. ' EDITOR MEDILL’S OPINION. He Say- That Sherman Has Done a Great Injustice to Garfield. '1' CHICAGO, Oct. 21.—In answer to the question, “What do you think of Senator? Sherman’s book?” Hen. Joseph Medill, publisher of The Tribune, said: “I regard it as a very interesting con- tribution to the political literature of party politics and personal, incidents in regard be high and leading politiciansnt the. last A _ . “Equal and Exact Justice to all ' Edmunds of Vermont. would be against his Norwaik, Conn. Monday latching, (Pitcher 21,1895. ~ ‘ i I. . o . o a“ ‘ Men of Whatever State or Persuaszon, Relcgwus or Political.”——Jafitnos J ‘4: j Price One "Cent... 40 years of Ameridan history. The Book is Very much such a volume as I should look for from its author, who is noted for his plainness of criticism and his sharpness of prejudice. motives are calculated to cause him often 'to do injustice to his contemporaries and his opponents. ”The portion of his book which win in- - ' vite the severest criticism is that relating to the course of General Garfield in the convention, whose proceedings wound up with his own nomination for president while he was leading the forces of Sher- man. I think thatIMr. Sherman’s insinu- ations or inuendees upon Garfield are very unjust and very wide of the truth. I speak from a pretty close personal ac« quaintance with General Garfield, com4 mencing as far back as 1852. “It should be remembered that Mr. Sherman did not have the united support of the delegates from his own state. Nine of the 14 Ohio delegates voted for Blaine on 35 ballots, extending over five days. Mr. Sherman had 34 votes throughout to the thirty-fifth ballot, and my recollection is that one vote was steadfastly cast for This division oi his own forces very seriously weakened his chances for the nemination. General Garfield made every effort to induce the Blaine men of the Ohio delegation, after casting a few ballots, to support Sherman, but all his persuasion was in vain. “On the evening before the last day's balloting I heard a. rumor that the Wis 'consin delegation, which had been sup- porting Blaine and Washburne, intended to make a break for Garfield on the next morning. That night I sought him out at his hotel to inquire what he knew about this purpose.“ He said he knew no more than I did, but that he totally disavowod all responsibility for it; that it would not be done with ,his consent; that it protest; that it wduld be construed as an act of bad faith against Sherman; that he came to the convention to advocate Mr. Sherman’s claims in good faith; that he had worked for him all in his power and hoped yet to see his nomination take place. “The vote at that time stood 306 for Grant, 275 for Blaine, 90 to 100 for Sher- man and the rest scattering. I said to Garfield in reply: ‘It‘must be manifest to the friends of Mr. Sherman that it is not possible for him to receive the nomination after five days of balloting and not in- creasing his strength. Why would it not be best for the Ohio delegation to unite on Blaine? If you give him the 44 Ohio votes, he would get enough from other states op- posed to a third term to secure his nomi< nation.’ ‘.‘Mr. Garfield replied with some sharp- ness and feeling that, although he loved James G. Blaine as well as any public man in the United States, he would not consent to any such proposition. He in- tended to stick to Sherman to the end of the struggle. And he did stick to Sher- man until the convention by a spontaneous movement next day gave him 400 votes on the thirty-sixth ballot, and amid tremen. dous cheering he was declared the nomi- nee while he was standing up waving his arms and expostulating against what was being done. The convention would not listen. No man who was present could believe that it was a theatrical perform- ance rehearsed for that occasion. That it was a real, genuine and spontaneous ac- tion on the part of nearly all who cast their votes for him was evident to every intelligent observer. “The absolute fact is that General Gar- field led the forces against the third term with so Inuch ability and power that he made a deep impression on the whole con- vention and the crowd of spectators. When he placed Sherman in nomination, he pronounced the strongest eulogy on the Ohio statesman that he ever received up to that time or since. As read in cold type, it was the most eloquent and power‘ fully eulogistic speech made by any orator in behalf of any candidate, not even ex- cepting that great effort of Roscoe Conk- ling in behalf of General Grant. Before General Garfield had finished and when he was winding up his peroration voices were heard in the gallery shouting, ‘Why not nominate Garfield?’ “He had carried away thousands by his eloquent arguments. Of course these men were influenced by the two other great speeches he had made—the one against the unit rule and the other against the expul- sion of Campbell. It may be said with absolute truth that his eloquent argu- ments gave him the nomination against- his own sincere protest, and it is utterly unfair and cruelly unjust for John Sher- man, for whom he worked so hard and put forth such great efforts, to cast asper- sions on his memory by insinuating that he was untrue to his leadership of the Sherman forces. _ “Sherman is one of our great men whose chief ambition in life he has not succeeded in attaining.” llI’CULLOUGH'S CRITICISBI. —_—— . He Says That Senator Sherman Is a Man With a. Grievance. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 21.-—Speakinglast night of Senator John Sherman’s book, just published, giving his recollections 01 “Forty Years In the House, Senate and Cabinet,” Mr. McCullough of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat said: “The book is evidently a valuable con- tribution to current political history, but the synopsis already published shows it'to be full of the errors of prejudice, such use man with a grievance is apt to write. Ever since 1876 Mr. Sherman has been, so far as the presidency is concerned, a man with a grievance. That year, finding his own nomination impracticable, he threw his strength for Hayes and nominated him at Cincinnati and defeated Blaine, who in turn defeated him in 1880, and who said a few days beforethe nomination of Garfield that if the nominee should happen to be an Ohio man his name would not be Sher- man. .- ” . ’ ' "‘ “One of the glaring errors of the book is the” assertion that the nomination of Chester .A. Arthur‘ for‘ vice president in 1880 was the whim of Roscoe Conkling to annoy President Hayes. I know very well that Qonkiing did not seek the nomi- nation of Arthur and did not approve of it. ‘ My God,’ exclaimed Conkling when first informed during a recess of the con- vention that Arthur was being pushed for the place, ‘is be considering it?’ “This was attenthe place hadheen of- \ His suspicion of other men’s . tered EL?“ P. Mertbfi and 'décl’iFed by him and after an ineffectual effort to present the name of Stewart L. Woodford had been made. Conkling washed his hands of the whole busines of the conven- tion aft-er the defeat of Grant. The choked and sobbing utterances in which, as the chief advocate of the nomination of Grant, he moved to make the nomination of Gar- field unanimous is well remembered by all who were in the hall at the time, He apologized on the ground of a bad cold, but the trouble with him was a bad cry. After that he left the hall and took very little interest in the subsequent proceed- ings.” \VHAT HARRY GARFIELD SAYS. .fi Family Conference and Maybe an Answer to Sherman. CLEVELAND, Oct. fall—The eldest son or the late president, Harry A. Garfield, was seen yestbrday, and while averse to ex- pressing himself finally, said: “I would much prefer not to be quoted or to say anything on the subject. It has been the policy of the family not to reply to charges that are - made against my fa- ther, and we have never given any atten- tion to such as the Roscoe Conkling mat- ter and other things of that kind. There are in the possession of the family all the letters, manuscripts, diaries and such ma- terial that was left by my father, and it is our intention to answer all charges in th form of a biography.I , . “I do know one thing. I am and have been a warm admirer and friend of Sena- ~ tor Sherman, and I know that my father always was. Of course Senator Sherman has a perfect right to his own opinions, as has everybody else. The nomination in 1880 was considered by my father’s friends and by nearly everybody to be the result of a peculiar condition of affairs. What- ever Senator Sherman may think of it is his own matter, and he has a right to his own opinions. It may be that we will have something to say regarding this matter, but I will not say that we will or will not. I could only say that after a conference with the family and looking over some of the papers. . “It does not seem to me right or proper for any one to make charges by inference, but they should be substantiated by pa- pers and documents. I do not care to en- ter into a controversy over it and prefer not to dscuss the matter until I have seen the book.” AIKENS' RECOLLECTIONS. He Says That Garfield Made No Trade For ' the Nomination. ' MILWAUKEE, Oct. 21.-—A. J. Aikens of The Evening Wisconsin sdid: “I attended the national Republican convention that nominated James A. Garfield for president in 1880 and was present at all sessions. i heard all the nominating speeches and remember particularly the speech of Mr. Garfield nominating John Sherman in be- half of the Ohio delegation. The opening of this speech .was such that no man who heard it can forget it. Not only, the mat- ter, but the manner of Mr. Garfield indi- cated great zeal, truthfulness and earnest- ness in his nomination of Senator Sher-. man. The ballotng went on from day to day . until the thirty-sifth ballot, when Mr. Garfield was nominated with a whoop and a hurrah, as every one knows. “ The night before his nomination I call- ed upon Mr. Garfield with a view to‘secur- ing his consent to accept the nomination if tendered to him. Mr. Garfield‘s manner in rejecting all overtures could not be mis- taken by any man who heard such an in- terview as I had with him. And it is due to the truth of history and the memory of Mr. Garfield that he made no trade‘or ar~ rangeinent by which he should receive that nomination. He was taken up by the whirlwind, as autumn leaves, and carried into the presidential chair.” Harrison Can’t Be Reached. SARATOGA. Oct. 21.—-So strict is the quarantine maintained that General Har- rison cannot be reached. A reporter called at the McKee cottage to seek an interview with the ex-president on Senator Shel" man’s book and sent a note to General Harrison, but no written reply could be returned, as quarantine regulations pre- vent anything being passed from the scar- let fever chamber. Ex-Governor Foraker’s Comment. COLUMBUS, 0., Oct. 21.-—Ex-Governor Foraker, being asked What he knew or thought about Senator Sherman‘s new book, replied: “I have not seen the book. I do not know anything about its'contents, but if, as stated in the newspapers, it criti- cises prominent Republicans, I am sorry the proof. sheets could not have been with‘ held until after the election.” ' Tideed by IIjStrike. IUNIONfrOWN, Pa, Oct. 21.—All the mines but three along the Yough river art closed by a strike against a reduction in wages. r Ten Sweet Caperal _ _Little . Cigars f [-35 v' sewer ALL. census: :3 ADDISON , BROWN. traumas, Great Sale of E BOSTOEN STORE. ’ comp. Inn AND WALL STREETS, ’ NORWALK. GREETINGS res SATURDAY. IERWEAR. . We have just purchased ten cases of Wool and Cotton-Undergarments, assorted, for Men, Women and Children, at prices that enables us, with a. fair profit, we offer the biggest values ever put on a drygoeds counter. 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