The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-08-29
The President away from Washington.

The President away from Washington.
One of the leading articles in poiti-
cal trade with the New York Tribune
the "no party organ" is the fact that
the president leaves Washington occas-
ionally, and like other citizens of the
free United States of America goes
somewhere else for a lit c time. The
Tribune and the lesser lights of the Lib
Rep Dem persuasion would have the
people believe that president Grant is
the only president who has ever left the
seat of Government during his term of
office. This however is not so, but is
simply one of the many whole cloth
falsehoods for which the whole family
of Lib Rep Dem organs is noted in this
campaign. If truth telling were a fa-
tai desease there is not Lib Rep Dem
paper in the country that would die Of
the complaint. They have habituated
themselves for so long tine, to utter
ing the most unfounded and unmitigated
falsehoods, that if by chance a bit Of
truth does escape them, it is the merest
accident, not intentional on their part,
and the next day, or week they go back
and so correct il, or make it over, as to
be sure to make it lie.
Well see how president Grants alb
sence from the seat of Government
really does compare with the absence Of
Ge6. Washington was lnaugerated
first president of the United States
April 30th, 1889. During the remain
ing ten months of that year he was alb
sent from the capital six weeks.
In 1870 he was absent nearly two
months. In the year 1871 he was away
from the seat Of Government over four
months.
He was absent for more than three
months in the year 1892. Another
three and half months in 1893. In
1894 he remained at Mt Nernon from
June 25th until near the end of July
having left Philadelphia the seat Of
government previous to June 10Th, for
on that day he was in Baltimore on his
way to Mt. Vernon. In October of the
same year he was away from the capital
two weeks on the business of crushing
a Pennsylvania insurrectiou, thus max
ing an absence of nearly two months il
the year 1874. In 1895 he was agair
away for more than three months. o.
the 18th day of June l796 he went Il
Mt. Vernon and remained there unit
the 2lst, day of August, making i
necessary for the Spanish Minister to g
there from Philadelphia to present hi
credentials, and again on the 2lst da
of October he is at his Mt. Verno
home.
Thus during the eight years admins
tration of George Washinton he was al
sent from the seat of Government fo
more than twenty-one months. Durin
the four years term of the Elder Adam
l he was absent from the seat of Govern
ment about seventeen months or NOR
than one third of the time. On th
4th Of March 1901 Thomas Jefferso
became president of the United State
and continued in that office until Marc
4th 1909, during which, very much
his time was spent at his old home
Monticello. In neither of these instance
does history record word OF faul
] They were at their posts during the ses
=, ions of congress, but took advantage {
the recess to recuperate. In all reasc
!, has president Grant done more in tn
!, regard. He has been at the nation
capital and held cabinet meeting nea
= ly every week since his Inauguration.
!, Now how will Mr.. Greeley cccmpal
e with Gen. Grant in this regard We
see. In April 1867 he was elected
IS delegate at large to the convention
l. amend the constitution of the State
n New York. On the 4th of June lSf
is the convention met, and Greeley az
d wered to his name at roll call, and to-