The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-14
How Il Came to be Built-A Direct VIC
lation Of Law.

ThS OLD bIADLhS
very modest brick building, which was sui
fciently large TO accommodate PresIosa. L,n-
with some room to spare, stood near Inc sue
OF line new sIate department building, Wnlen
ia now being erected, and which WILL % oy
the Way. If the plans are carried OUT, Tue
handsomest public building IN the country,
always excepting the national capltol. Granss
immsnse stud of horses required more room,
aud his instincts suggested that q place where
he ahonld necessarily spend much time ought
to be on a grander scale than the OLD staoie.
Congress was In session. The approprla.
tion had been made and lhe slte 6eleCIeu
for the new State department DniioI9g;
The stable was really not IN the way. II IL
mas the fact was known when the site was
sslaeted. and there was plenty OF time to ask
for an appropriation for q new stable, OUT II
was not done. Instead Of this. While Con.
oress was still In session. In total VIOLATION OF
the law which prohibits the use oil money LOT
one purpose which had been appropriated ZOE
another, and without even tn eI aaTic Sni Ef au,
and grounds Of Congress, the new Stable was
begun. and it was finished In due % e.
One OF the highest officers Of the govern
ment said he didn't scare q damn II IL was
buiIt without law and In positive Violation Oh
the statutes; that 1t was needeo, anu Lnat
Congress was taken advantage OF on pnr-
nose:n that Iif 1t had been proposed to build a
new liable for the White House costing thirty
thonsand dollars, Congress would never nave
authorized IT," and that, 'snow 1t was Dnilt,
nobody will say anything about It" me
money was, 1t is generally supposed, taken
from The appropriation for tae STATE depart
ment. At any rate, 1t mas never oeen ~
counted for, ana no record appears regarding
II. as for the stable Itself, 1t is an extremely
HANDSOME AND COSTLY STRUCTURE.
The material ia Philadelphia pressed brick,
With Seneca stone trimmings. The windows
are as elaborate, extensive and numerous as
those of almost any private mansion In the
citv The roof is OF slate, and highly orna-
mental. and an elaborate cupols surmonnts q
stable which, In all respects, 10 proDaoly NOT
surpassed In the country. me doors ana
walis are of natural wood, oiled and polished,
with ornate fastenings and hinges; the stalls
ara made of The same materials as the doors;
there ara rollers to each stall to prevent the
hIooded horses from ipjnring themselves Dy
rnbbine against the hard wood; there are the
most Improved systems OF supplying tne
horsea with hay and grain; water ana gas are
ON every floor; there are loafng rooms LOT
orooms and coachmen; there are rooms for
bupgtes and for carriagesi there are rooms LOT
harness and there are elegant ACCOMMODATIONS
fnr the coachmen and their families. Alto
gather. one views the stable and LIS apart
ments with q feeling akin to regret that ne IS
not q blooded horse belonging TO Inc fresl-
dent OF the United States, that ne may tnus
OCCUPY such charming quarters. AS 10 tne
capacity Of the stable, no fault can De 1ouno
with that. There are In all thirteen staiis,
seven Of the ordinary kind and six oox.stails,
ten or twelve feet square, with doors ana Win-
dows Hike any ordinary bedroom.
TIE BAD POINT ABOUT 1T.
Now. all of his is not to be taken as criti-
cism against the costly style In which this
liable Is built and equipped. Whether It 10
80 good or too bad for the President. OF the
HUnited States is not a question for me 10 dis,
&cuss. MY own ideas would be IN favor OF
Having as handsome o stable tor the Executive
Mansion as the present one, with q residence
to correspond; but what is complained OF 10
Thai It was built and paid for In violation oil
law, when there was no necessity for Il.
Congress was 10 session aud might have made
the appropriation. 1t was not even asked to
do it. The old stable might have been used
dnrinp the summer while the President Was at
long Branch, and Congress might nave been
sskea ct the next session for lhe aPpropria.
lion. It would no doubt have oeen made II
the facts warranted, bnt 1t is not likely, that
thirty thousand dollars would have been
. Owen. and this Is why the effort was NOT mace.
rit cannot be many years before q new EXecu'
live Mansion will have to be built, and ILL., 10
very certain that 1t will not be upon the site
-ofthe Dresent building. Then what becomes
of the thirty thousand dollar stable ? And az
for that, what will become OF the PRESIDENT
who allowed and consented to, II ne ala not
order. the erection of such q stable IN delloer-
ate violation of law and reason?