The Great Secretary-of-State Interview
per.—You say he is going to give—oh, has given another interview; well, quick, what did he say?—gathered all the reporters in his room, eh? well, go on—yes—had the interview read? Oh, I understand, from stenographer's notes. Go on—what? what's that last? No, before that—oh,—yes—yes—no, really?—what!—Good Heavens! go on—(Say, Van Cise, do you hear that?)"
Van Cise, five feet away, in the other telephone box, answered by way of several miles of wire, "Yes, yes, yes (go on, Hopper)."
Hopper went on: "Well, first, you understand, Young, the stenographer, got down to the question, 'What is the cause of the administration's antagonism toward Holliday?' and the answer was 'I'm not aware that any antagonism has been manifested toward General Hol—' Hello? Hello there? Can you hear?"
"Yes, shut up, go on."
—"'toward General Holliday on the part of the administration.' Then several of the fellows who were there at the first interview nodded their heads and said, 'There! what did I tell you? That's the cause of the young
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