The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-07-26

Ing LuG W. hoh sly AANeN%S
couGhsnt guard the entrance.
Inside hall runs through the entire
length of the house, intersected by anoth-
er in the middle, A parlor is upon the
left hand side as you go in.
1t is furnished beautifully and contains
pictures, books and bric-a broc that could
not have been the unassisted collection OF
bachelor. An oil painting OF Samuel
j. Tilden himself stands upon an easel in
one corner of the room. The table is
covered with books that have evidently
been opened and studied. Upon the
table, also, is huge volume filled with
portraits.
HIS WORKSHOP.
Upon the other side of the hall is anoth-
or parler now transformed into the Gov
errors workshop. A library desk stands
in the centre, at which the Governor is
very probably hard at work writing. A
book. case here is crammed with CALI
bound books of law or reference. News
papers files lay strewn about the floor.
Every chair has an open newspaper or
two lying on it and piles of them encum.
Der the floor. The trash basket is filled
with the yellow wrappers in which they
came. Into the work-a day world the
arts invade as IN the parlor. Handsome
busts of famous men look down upon the
Presidential aspirsnt from the mantel and
from numerous brackets, fine water cOlors
and engravings swing upon the walls,
and the furniture here as we'll as every.
where else in the house includes all. the
later cunning devices Of the furniture
man to secure hitherto unknown comforts
among his sofas and rockers.
Beyond this room is smaller room,
and, crossing . wide hall, still another,
ali work rooms, where Col Pelton and
his clerks carry on the business relegated
to them by the Governor. The dining
room is on the same floor and opens on
an enchanting greenhouse
The dwelling belongs TO Robert L..
johnson, and is rented to the Governor
at $4,000 n year, n sum exactly the
amount of his salary, The State allows
yearly $4,000 for rent OF the Governors
house. SO that Governor TiIden pays
out 5000 to secure u mansion wherein
the Inequalities of the Chief Magistrate
of the Empire State may be tittingly dis
persed. The charge that he was renting
so fine house ut so nigh rent alto
gether at the expense of the State, which
some Journals have made, thus tails to the
ground.
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS.
Access to the princeIy home of the
Governor is very easy. A servant An
swers your ring at the bell, and in reply
to your inquiry shows you into the parlor
if the Governor is engaged, and if not lets
YOU walk right into his presence in his
work room. The slight-built man at the
table usually rises, and without word
extends his hand to you. He discerns at
once, probably by study of your feat
ures, whether you have called upsn busl-
ness or curiosity, and whether that bust.
ness is slight or important, and he dis
poses of YOU in an instant. If that busi-
ness is slight he has one Formulas "See
FELTON," and he motions you, possibly to-
wards the inner work room, where the
Colonel is engaged. If the business is
something beyond the ordinary, he bids
YOU sit down and devotes himself strenu-
ously at once 10 your case. In all his talk
with you there are several things notice
able at once. He looks you openly and
frankly in the eye. There is no lodging
your glance He listens rather more than
he talks. He appears anxious to hear
what YOU have to say. And when you
have had your say he soon sums up the
importance of it and gives you an answer
He is able to say mo" upon rejecting
quite as readily as ayes" II he were not,
his executive business would never have
been kept so we'll in hand as it Is.
Recently one Of the most fascinating
and gifted women in the State begged
HIM for one boon for the obtaining Of
which her whole life is devoted-the par
don of loved one from life sentence.
So strong and moving was her appeal
that the Governors private secretary and
the Lieutenant Governor each Joined
their appeals with hers. With a tear in
his eve, his hands clssped, and every mus.
Gle of his face betrsying bis emotion, the
Governor said, MADAM, l cannot"
This is the Governor during business
hours. Socially, among companionsble
few, he is pleasant and jovisl as the bes.
bon eomerad., and is not incapable OF
smart and bright things.
THE LADY OF THE HOUSE,.
A. there is no Mrs. Tilden, the sister
of the Governor, Mrs. Pelton, would be
the chief lady of the White House in case
of the Governors promotion. She Is a
few years younger than the Governor and
has a decided resemblance 10 him, though
her face Is much fuller. There is pink
about the complexion and freshness in
the face that tell of youthful beauty well
preserved. She is sfable and social, and
u considered among all who have been
the recipients OF her Inequalities to be
most charming hostess. Her daughter.in'
law. Mrs. William T. Pelton, would as.
sist her in dispensing the Inequalities Of
the White House if the Governor should
win the race. She is also a charming
woman, with q pleasant face and agreea.
BILE manners. A daughter OF Colonel
Pslton, twelve years Of age, completes
the feminine list.
Col. Pslton, the chief Of oil work for