urged Colonel Walsh’s appointment. He
knew that, and he knew that 1 loved him
devotedly, and that h ie was his opportuni- ■
ty—a vacancy’, with his friend loading the
power of appointment. And yet in the lace t
of all those facts, he came to me and said: ;
’Governor, I know some ot my tri»‘nds have
been kind enough t > sugge-t my name to
you in connection with tliis high ofli • . but
1 want you to eliminate that abs, lutely
from votir mind for I am in no sense a can
didate. 1 have come to you in the inter
est of my friend, .Major Cmnnimg. a man
whom 1 know is in every way vvotthv oi
the high otliee, and 1 want you to appoint
him.’ That," continued th" governor,
“shows the character of the man. He has
spent his life in working for his frienw,
and it gives me more pleasure than 1 can
Bay, to be able to honor him.
Everybody Was Flensed.
