The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1877-08-25
SWINGING ROUND.

President HAYES, like Andy johnson, seems
to find such pleasant Utilization OF his vanity
| in the popular adulation that is always freely
paid to any president or other conspicuous
pub func in this country on his travels mat
| he can hardly rest in Washington over month
at a time without picking mp three or four OF
"thc,c people associated with me in the gov
Ielnmcnt," and taking 'swng around some
middle state, southern state, or New England
state circle, Doubtless one of the most pleas
ant concomiants of these presidential peri
prinations is the deadhcading that accompah-
les them Tom Scott or some other railroad
king furnishes either choice drawing room
car free Of charge, or sends, as the Vermont
railroad president did, his own private car
And then all the grub, champaign and other
accessories to the early breakfasts, state am
ners and ouiet teas are with like protusion OF
lberalitv dcadheadcd All this of course, al
forls his excelency and" these people IA vast
deal of pleasant recreation at very moderate
personal expense
1t would take many columns to chronicle
the movements Of the presidential party dur
inr the past week on their circuit through New
England, with attendant speeches and incl
dents; but it can be said briefly that by Fri
day of last week the party had got from Ben
nington, whittier they had gone to attend the
battle celebration, to Rutland, VT, where MI
HAYES, wife, children, and several cabinet min
listers were the guests of Gov. Page. On Satur-
day the party in the private carr OF President
Smith of the VT G. railroad, went to Brattlc-
boro. and on the 18th to Windsor At each of
these places, it must be understood, there was
a railroad depot reception" with little speeches
from Hayes Key, DevenS, &c; and it was at
Windsor that the President spent quiet, de
lightful New England Sabbath-going to-
mcctn' three limestone of the sweetest OF
his life" Monday the party proceeded to-
the White Mountains, on the top of which
there was another reception, at which, after a
little speech from Hayes, he introduced Reyes
as Il man who "was greatly wrong in the past
but is greatly right now At another place
the same gentleman was introduced as IAN in
diyidual who did distinguished service in the
late war; (ls rebcl) 1t was while at the
White Mountain that the most notable incident
of the trip occurred, being the receipt of for
NAL invitation from the Governor of Maine for
the party to visit that state, accompanied with
an offer from Blaine to the president and party
of the hospitality of his home. The party
reluctantly" declined. On Tuesday they
started homeward, having on Thursday got
this side of Worcester, Mass.
There is nothing notable connected with the
trip beyond what accompanied the like trip of
ANDY Johnson and his cabinet or would that
of any other president; with this difference,
that there is no precedent in or history where
on similar occasions-not even in Grants
time--the presidential speeches were such
triviality and hogwash. Presi-
dent Hayes has done some good things, and
while there is evidently nothing in his charac-
ter or makeup that will ever raise him above
a respectable mediocrity, some friend ought to
tell him plainly that in no other position
does he show off to such overpowering disad-
vantage as when he attempts "A happy i'm
reply to reception speech or to-
make witty post prandal splurge.