Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 July 1880 — Enthusiasm for Garfield. [ARTICLE]
Enthusiasm for Garfield.
There is no use in saying that Garfield has never developed any enthusiasm. Listen to this : When Chittenden had secured Garfield’s service for the Chicago paving ring, he wrote to McClellan and De Golyer as follows : “ To-day's and to-night's work has secured the assistance of Gen. Garfield. You cannot overrate this occasion. Re is Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, and holds the purse strings of the national treasury. Through him must com# ev&'ydoUar of appropriation, I need not say that I now feel oertatn of tvaoett." '■*
