Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1879-08-20

Public Opinion---A Racy biography OF
tpe Heroine OF SEP adal.
To the Editcr o. tho rrEbune.
Little Kate Chase, when a mare child
was the head of her fathers establish
nept; her own inothar and twe step
mothers having died before she was a
dozen year, Old she YVES mere
schodl, ,giil when she presided al his re-
seption wlIei' he was Governor Of Ohio;
was hiig 1t and beautiful, and spoiled
With adulation, with.no mother 10
gpiae her. She was ambitious. and
brave, and daring and reckless, and
i7ug'ity and defiant; but always lI.lsch
so,oTed by her friends. She was often
tro sble AID the subject OF gossip,
a,.d secmad 10 rely OF her father 10 get
h7f out Of scrapes Ohio. in those
lays, was aEay West; aud Western
y;i4s general defy Eastern ideas of rro-
p.i .iy, SO o large allowance should be
made Tor her escapades on She tomboy
theory.
OF course her fathers political enc
mics were willing 70 believe the worst
but this is not easily reccnciled with
the fact OF her being tlle mother of
large family Of lovely children.
siiEee their remoyal 20 Washington
the consuming desire of her life has
been 10 be First Lady In pursuance
OF this silly ambition she used 30 be
rude TO Mrs. Lincoln in demanding
equality or precedence. 1t was TO gain
this, the great ambitionofher life, that
she urge3 l,er father into the candsacy
for the Presidency aud defeated the i'm
peachmeat et President Johnson.
While ne was President, through her
'rienlsh.p with Mrs. Patterson, she
shone nc the White House, brt had
,hat stauneh matron, Mrs Wade, pre-
sided there, Kate must have takef a
5afal seat 50, through profuse hospi.
ta'ity. pretty toilets. constant attend
nee ia the gallery, and smiles, mods,
scented notes, bouqu-ss, and soon and
80 forth, she turaed tl.e scale ana kept
Ir. JOilImon IN place.
s.bel powe., Tt5s country isrul-
cd 5y the women who live i9 Washing
ton. All That men do, in electioas, is
TO send doagh for them TO bnead, and
rJ'l and pat, and pat into shape.
kare Case and Winnie Rearl were the
two most successful moulders OF dough
hat ever met in that city of unbaked
bFead 10 be this, It was not heces-
sl-y that they should be bad womens
Nay. I should think il isipo sibe that
tiaey could have exeted the influence
5he. didif they had been impure.
Wpat arag required va. 20 be pretty
aad ,'hatsy, and cunning and captivar-
ug. and keep tsiose booAy ineu hop
ping about ike the li.te bali under
Siguor Elit's thimb!s'. Z isnot q
,-clpr 81 vice 50 ,lnch rs 81 2Iit o. hand
--or at ii-,;, 40 it appeared to me;
and | watched "rh"ir tr;r'f 4aj tAeir
.eann-r ,Fretg5 CLOSELY. Aen in au-
rhcrity ii@e TO be amu'cd and battered,
JFd Nh. Straeua Is an adept III art Of
fAn-siRg and fiatleYing Them %.
Ti'e property let b. her father had
ueen contisoated by the taxes levied 20
f:nr2t the great Soy. Sheaperd seal,
nd she set her Wits 10 work to get
hose taxes RENTED / thiak there
sas not a rropcrty- holder iii the Dis
\ So 81 tot mbia VINO wouii not Have
( .elt - ai,d y'aht thst BIS o. hes tax
.iiOuid have been cut down at lsast
ne naif. while 6teN stpggerei under
hat o1d laid upon them by the theft
ol mon iiiQh In place.
Ile United States Scaote. no doutt.
rem t.cd the taxes On the old home Ol
JGd-e Chase out OF respect t9 his mem.
Tore. ttAd no doubt, his daushter used
n,r po%Oa6l miuence ~iCh Senator
Qoud.ag 10 induce him to act as the
representative Of herself aud sisters ~
pl0curing Iiat remission.
'Iners-5s not necessarily any impro
lrietJ - his presenting the case, and
. even urging the IN sage OF the mcaa-
ure rs personal favor TO himself; That
Mrs. SJiague did send Louquets md
notes 10 his de K would seem ( in u
cate that her mode Of lobbying Wai ~
the most graceful, highly-appTovet
and innocent kind Had her relations
with Senator Conkling been criminal
I they would scarcely have blossoneG
out INFO the.e public iDanifestat1cns.
Z That very small patteiii ~ a man,
Ier husband. once proposed M th'
nited StatesS,enate TO employ and pay
lady clerks ia the Departments on the
sauie riaa that he did factory girls
and ali the soul he has must have becr
tr.ttling around in his little body IKE a
igain OF mustard seed IN a dry gourd,
\ or iie wouid .hxSe gone to Washington
last winter Oh the tirst scandal. and
Quietly notified Senator Conkling that
liIe nga rights at stake and children 20
protect. ~ f.sss. p 4.
l. .I3le fact that Senator Cons ltn0 vent
openly TO Sprague' h0dst t&king his
IuniS. shows that Ar Spr1gue had not
not piven him reason 40 understand he
..ouIa not be welcome: ass.- aarv
The whole affair seems like another
instance ef constitutional willfullness