National Republican., 1877-05-03
OUR COMPLAINT BOOK.
Mrs. President Hayes and tho Fashio

Mrs. President HAYES and tho Fashions.
EDITOR REPUBLICAN: Your valuable Jour-
nal OF Monday, contained an article under tho
above heading copied from the San Francisco
Chroaieie, In which It Is said;
"we are told that she mrs. Hsycs) has take.
the yulEsrIty Of ostentaiiOus living so prevalent
In Washington &C."
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success, chiefly for the reason that
AT present the vast majority are daEIled and
eauIpssc,, The Inverted isckeys and prOiaso en-.
te,taln%ents Of the vulgar rich"
,ravaganee in dress and vulgar estentation in lv-
ing, they doubtless exist In Washington society,
as In other cities, but TO much larger extent In
the sensational reports Of the leter-writers than
In reality. Whether Mrs. Hayes has resolved rs
stated or not is not material, it known. What
dseiarstion on the subject hut her her example, as as
seen OF all, is indeed 'praiseworthy," and its
value can hardly be overestimatcd.
and true dignity Of fcharacter-quaiities suited to
her high st alton, to the times, and which vast
majority Of the American people will not fail to
Chronteie that they are so largely innuenced by
the false glitter and sham OF meretricious high
ans m ,osa ss ss
look for their proper illustration to those in ex
ated stations, they VIII not accept the froth that
D.
The course Of Mrs. Hayes shows her to be the
worthy representative OF true American woman
hood, and will secure for her an honorable place
among those who have benefited their race and
country. ID.
The Chief OF Police Responsible for Dread
Swindling.
EDITOR REPUBLICAN: In relation 10 tho ar
rest and punishment Of those dishonest bakers
recently convicted Of selling to their customers
bread Of light weight, It appears that ''at spe-
cial meeting Of tho Master Bakers Society, the
Chair stated that he, in company with several
police to request him to have all bread weighed,
which reqsest he had complied with" In ac-
cordance with that request "the chief OF police
the city to keep a sharp eye on all the bakers and
bakers carts, and arrest them If they found thom
We We learn % from mi: that We really have law
for the protection Of tho people against the use
OF fraudulent weights and measures. and regu-
lating the weight OF bread-that It shall be Of .
standard Of not less than sixteen ounces to the
''si No doue, the fram.A OF tha, law contemplated
its faithful administration and execution; but
how, In the name Of sense, could Il be admins.
tered or executed unless our paid oficials at
tended TO their datiesf We conclude that, from
dead letter, else why did It become necessary
that a delegation Of citizens had to be appointed
to watt onths Ohief Of Pslice with request to =
I believe no further interest 10 taken In this
matter. nor has any inquiry been instituted, to
my knowledge, in order to discover for what
length OF time the swlndle had been going on,
and which, but for the request that has been
made, might have gone on undecte eted for the
next ten years or more. No doubt this swlndle
will continue, even by other parties, unless &C.
tive measures be adopted for the preyention Of
distress caused by stagnation OF business, the
thousands of unemployed operatives In our now
afflicted country, and the but little employment
had by others OF tho working classes, many
OF them earning but q ssanty pit
tAuce wherswith to buy bread for thsmseIve,
and their suffering families, and then to think
that they are eheated by dishonest parties, who
would fiin grow rich on even the small income,
Of their toll and labor-apd that we have law
for their protection, securing to them fair equiv
| alent for an honest outlay of money; but thai
those laws, from cool indifference, or want o
| action, have not been enforced, Is simply out
rageous.
Very respectfully, J. X.