Loring
was an able man of agreeable manners, and had performed admirably
every public duty he had undertaken. I said that the Doctor
had felt a little disturbed, I thought, that I had refused
to call a meeting of the Massachusetts delegation to press
his name upon the President for a Cabinet office, to which
President Harrison replied, "I put my foot on that pretty
quick." Dr. Loring had been a great friend and supporter
of Mr. Blaine, the Secretary of State. I conjectured, although
the President did not say so, that the choice of Dr. Loring
had been made at the Secretary's instance.
The President then said that he wanted to talk with me about
the English Mission, which had troubled him a good deal. He
mentioned the names of several prominent men in different
parts of the country, including Robert Lincoln and Mr. Jewett,
an eminent lawyer in Chicago, whose name was earnestly pressed
upon him by the Senators from Illinois. I said that I had
known Mr. Lincoln pretty well when he was in President Garfield's
and Mr. Arthur's Cabinet, and thought very highly of him.
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