Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1877-06-08
White House Life,

Cor. Pttsburg Commercial.
OF the present occupants of the
Executive Mansion, out of respect for
their expressed wish, little will be
said, and that simply to correct the
inaccuracies and foolish imaginings
of that irresponsible class of writer's
who without success have INDUCED
in any amount of gush which has
much offended the sense of delicacy
of the President and his estimable Ia
dy. The life of the President and
that of the companion OF .his house
hold has been one of transformations
and steady application to the duties
and responsibilities of whatever sta
ton, whether public or private, they
have been called TO fill. The Presi-
dents father was native of Connec-
ticut, and Il blacksmith. His father
removed to Ohio in 1917 and died
FIVE years later.
Rutherford Birchard Hayes, now
President of the United States, was
born October 4, 1922, three months
after his fathers death. The mother,
charged with the care of three faith
erless children, devoted herself to
their proper mental and moral cul-
ture. Rutherford received q college
course at Kenyon, and was graduated
in the law at Harvard. His first in
terest in politics was in the Harrison
campaign, and in his political affilia-
tions he has always been Wing or a
Republican. His main energies,
however, were directed to the prac-
tice of his profession (the law in the
city of Cincinnati. On December
80, 1852, he married Lucy Ware
Webb, of Cincinnati. She belonged
to q family of prominence in Ken
lucky, but was born in 1881, in the
city of Chilllcothe, Ohio. She was
educated at the Wesleyan Female
Seminary of Cincinnati, under the
charge of DR.. Wilbur. In 1854 Mr..
Hayes formed a partnership with w.
X. Rogers and r. M. Corwine, both
lawyers of note. Between Mr.. Reg-
ers and himself a friendship was then
most closely established, and through
all the varying circumstances of life
it has grown stronger and deeper.
When exalted to the highest office
in the gift of the people it was an act
worthy Of the man that he should
call into the intimate personal and
official relations Of private secretary
this time-tried friend.
The President is an early riser. At
six in the morning he is at his desk
in his sleeping apartment, enjoying
the pleasures of correspondence with
the friends of the humber walks of
his career, and whom he now remem-
bers with even stronger affection. In
an apartment in another portion of
the Executive Mansion, Mr.. Rogers,
the private secretary, also an early
riser, is at his desk engaged in the
personal affairs which demand his at
tention. At about o'clock the
President is accustomed to repair to
the room of his private secretary,
from whence, after the salutations of
the morning, they leave the building
together to enjoy the fresh air and
interchange of views upon questions
of public and private interest. In
their morning strolls they seek the
less frequented streets and parks,
that they may be undisturbcd by the
gaze of passers.
BY nine o'clock the President and
his private secretary have returned,
and at that hour breakfast together
with the family. AT the table are
the President, Mrs. Hayes, Mr.. Rog-
ers, Webb Hayes, the two young
children and such guests rs may be
visiting at the Executive Mansion.
After breakfast the President goes
to the Cabinet room and Mr.. Rogers
to his own office, and they begin the
duties Of the day. The stated hours
of business, however, are from 10 A.
M. to 2. NJ, except Tuesdays and
Fridays, Cabinet days, and Saturdays.
At p. NJ, the President leaves his
office for lunch, after which he some
times returns to the Cabinet room to
meet some personal friend or other
person by special appointment. The
dining hour is 6 p. NJ.
The President and Mrs. Hayes
have always been noted through
their public career for their generous
hospitality. In the Executive Man
sion their domestic life is the same
as the Colonel Hayes of the Twenty
third Ohio volunteers, the Mr.. Hayes,
Governor of the State of Ohio, or
the simple Mr.. Hayes, of Fremont.
All the rooms are filled with guests
and at their table any friend of the
family at hand is invited to lunch or
dine, the rule being always to have
all the seats at the table filled when
there are friends to fill them.
After dinner the President and
Mrs. Hayes withdraw to the recep-
ton room, or to the library up stairs,
where Mrs. Hayes receives her per-
sonal friends.
During the war for the Union, as
Major, Lieutenant Colonel and Col
onel, Mr. Hayes fought with valor
and distinction in the brilliant CAM