The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-07-19
HAYES EXPLAINS.
M. Letter of Acceptance Explained
nv tne Family CircIe-What
ReDortcr Heard Under IL
BreRkIn Table.
From the New York World.l

,,d Mrs. Hayes this morning to hel
Lnshonda Mt breakfast, as she untoldeC
The ohio State Journal, which is neXt
h THE World, is her layoritc newspaper
va your letter of acceptance has con,
out"
.IIas it, my love p replied the Gov
oroor Il understood that it would
hardly be ready before Tuesday night.
Mrs Hayes read in silence for a few
moments, then, with wild surprise, as
h appeared to your correspondent, who
md with trucioWnalistic instinct con
caaled himself beneath the breakfast
table. said:
why Ruthy, what do You mean by
saving the resolutions are in accord with
my yiewsY You know as well as do
that when the platform was adopted
YOU told me yourself that the money
blank WASH TIA match with your inter
view in The Commercial"
"Ilu,h my love, hush" said the
Governor with uneasiness; Suppose
some of the servants should overhcar
Won What wrote was Most of the
rsoIutons arein accord with my views,
and suppose the printers made a mis-,
take,
There was silence, broken only by the
mmching of toast until the teapot was
set down with violence that made the
table crockery Jump. Then Mrs. Hayes
Ow, Aute-lile tones, as full ofmclody as
the murmur Of q hidden brook were
heard
Ruthenord, 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 establish
this reform Can You sit in that chair
and look me in the face after writing
that? Didn't you promise me about
brother Peter, and cousin Webb and
your nephew Edward, and aunt Je-
Sshas three boys, and all the family?
What did | hear you tell Nj Schurz
about Madrid? Why did Ar. Blaine
telegraph you that il he had the De-
partmcnt 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 eXpostulatcd the
compromise candidate, i didn't write
it. ! shall make point Of telling 81
mon that he made that too strong, But
these letters are only matters Of form
they don't mean anything
"Oh they don't, don't they replied
Mrs Hayes, with, as the reporter interr-
ed, sarcastic smile. 81 suppose, Mr.
HAYES, this doesn't mean anything,
either where you come out for single
Presidential term? | suppose Mr..
Hayes. when you told Mr. Cromble to
try and find good tenant for the house
oreight years from next March? | sup
pose you didn't mean anything when
YOU ran three times for Governor and
twice for Congressy
But, Libbie, my darling" said Ohio
hvorite son, you know as well as dC
that it was fixed month ago that
was to retire and cast the whole weight
Of the administration for
a know it, but ddn you tell me thai
before 1880 you'd put up job on him
so that his name would never 90 before
the convention, and that $4,000 Fedora
Othceholdcrs were Il big thing to buct
agalnsty
Dear, dear, how little women know
about politics ?' said the great war oon
gresham; "but, my dear Sam Bar,
should not have been quite so unanI
nous in inserting his one-term views.
| told them beforehand, write VIVA
you please and sign my name to II, ou
don't say anything decided"
There was silence for some time, unit
Mrs. Hayes remarked
Rutherford Orchard Hayes, dldn
you say last year that this school que,
ton was all poppycock, and that I'll
general Government has about as niue
business to pass an amendment "ooU
the school fund as it had to declare tina
You shouldn't eat beans on Monday
And look at what you say here
Madame" was the reply of the to-
crnOr, in a tone full of suppressed pa
Sion you will not understand me,
am Just as responsible for that ID lie
ter (here Mrs. Hayes put her TN,
snowy perfectly-moulded fingers to hi
shclllike, pink tipped cars, ornament.
with simple but priceless solitaire I'll
mond earrings) as am for the ten col
mandments? | didn't write line
IT. | haven't seen it yet; don
know what Simon Cameron wro
about civil service reform, al
Sam. Bard about one term; al
Judge Kelly about sound currency; ah
dmnt who hasn't much education,
religion, or acquaintance with the &C,
sutution or regard for it, about u
school question; or Spencer ana FAC
ara about the south; or Babcock aoo
The punishment of all public Once
Who betray public trusts or Logan aoo
rngality in public affairs; orabout Nc
IONS iraternal spirit of harmony bu
want you to understand madame that
sure as Nebuchadnez1ar ate blue'gra
i am pusillanimous don't want
Se told so by you in my own-that Is,
me State of Ohio's own house. !
residential lightning doesn't OF
"flke man, and it very rarely SUI
"lnan likeme If you want to rece
ttompany in the White House you i
OeI'er be prudent. 1t will only be
Tuse YOU are the wife of Preside
mrs Hayes rose to her full queel
He'gNl and replied with clear met