Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-09-09
MIR. HAYES EXPLAINS MS LETTER.

her husband at breakfast, as she un-
folded the Ohio State journal, which
next to the World is her favorite news
paper, $50 your letter of acceptance has
come out?'
"Has it, my love?" replied the Gov
ernor, "I understood that it would
hardly be ready before Tuesday night.
Mrs. Hayes read in silence for few
moments; then with wild surprise, as
it appeared to your correspondent, who
had, with true journalistic instinct, con-
cealed himself beneath the breakfast
table, said:
"Why, Ruthy, what do you mean by
saying, the resolutions are in accord
with my views?" You know as we'll as
I do that when the platform was adopt
ed you told me yourself that the money
plank wasn't match with your inter
view in the Commercial.
"Hush! my love, hush! said the Gov
e-nor with uneasiness; suppose some
of the servants should overhear you
What wrote was " Most of the resolu.
tions are in accord with my views," and
I suppose the printers made mistake. "
There was silence, broken only by
the munching of toast, till the teapot
was set down with violence that made
the table crockery jump. Then Mrs.
Hayes low, fute-like tones, full OF
melody as the murmur Of hidden
brook, we're heard.
Rutherford, you say: If elected
shall conduct the administration of
the government upon these principles,
and all constitutional powers vested in
the Executive will be employed to es-
tablish this reform" Can you sit in
that chair and look me in the face after
writing that? Didn't you promise me
about Brother, and Cousin Webb, and
your nephew Edward, and Aunt Jeru-
shas three boys and all the family!
What did I hear you tell MIR. Schurz
about Madrid? Why did Mr.. Blaine tele-
graph you that if he had the Depart.
ment of the Interior he would not prove
a deadhead in the enterprise and to
burn the letters SO there couldn't be
any more Mulliganing? What did you
write to Mr.. Cameron? What did you
promise Mr.. Chandler? And after all
this to 20 and write"
"But. my angel" expostulated the
compromise candidate; didn't write
it. I shall make q point of telling ST.
mon he put that too strong. But these
letters are only matters OF form; they
don't mean anything"
80, they don't, don't they?" replied
Mrs. Hayes, with, as the reporter in
ferred, sarcastic smile. I suppose,
Mr.. Hayes, this dosen't mean anything
either, where you come out for single
Presidential term? I suppose Mr..
Hayes, you didn't mean anything
when you told Mr.. Crumbie to try and
find a good tenant for the house for
eight years from next March? I sup
pose you didn't mean anything when
you ran three times for Governor and
twice for Congress ?"
But, Libbie, my darling" said
Ohio's favorite son, "you know as well
as do that it was fixed q month ago
that was to retire and cast the whole
weight of the administration influence
for"
"I know it, but didn't you tell me
that before 1880 you'd put up job on
him so that his name would never go
before the Convention, and that SO, 900
Federal office-holders was big thing
to buck against ?"
"Dear, dear, how little women know
about politicsr' said the great War
Congressman; "but, my dear, Sam
Bard should not have been quite SO un-
animous in inserting his one.term views.
l told them beforehand, Write what
you please and sign my name to it, but
don't say anything decided"
There was silence for some time, un-
til Mrs. Hayes remarked:
Rutherford Burchard Hayes, didn't
you say last year that this school ques-
ton was all poppycock and that the
General Government had about as
much business to pass an amendment
about the school fund as it had to de-
care that you shouldn't eat beans on
Monday. And look at what you say
here"
Madam" was the reply of the Gov
ernor, in tone full of suppressed pas
sion, "you will not understand me. I
am just as responsible for that d-d
letter (here Mrs. Hayes put her tiny,
snowy, perfectly moulded fingers to her
Lshell-like, pink-tipped ears, ornamented
with simple but priceless solitaire dia-
mond earings) as I am for the ten COM
mandmentsP I didn't write line on
it; I haven't seen it yet; I don't know
what Simon Cameron wrote about civil
service reform; and Sam Bard about
one term; and Judge Kelly about q
sound currency; and Grant, who hasn't
much education, or religion, or acquain-
tance with the Constitution, or regard
for it, about the school question; or
Spencer and Packard about the South /;
or Babcock about the punishment of all
public officers who betray public trusts;
Logan about frugality in public affairs;
or Morton about fraternal spirit of
harmony. But want you to under
stand madam, that as sure as Nebuchad-
nezzer eat blue grass, if I am pusillani.
NOUS I don't want to be told 90 by you
in my own-thst is. in the State of
Ohio's own house. The Presidential
lightning dosent often strike q man,
and it very rarely strikes man like me.
II you want to receive company in the
White House you had better be pru-
dent: 1t will only be because you are
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