The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1881-11-01
Western Provincialism to be Ban
ished F.om the White House.

The times have changed, and the ma nners
must change with them. Not only is it an
nnunced that Ohio must take back seat, po-
liticslly, in the new regime, but a couple
Eastern journals have proclaimed that West
ern provincial manners, which have held tie |
White House since Buchanan went out, have |
departed and Eastern metropolitan, fashiona-
BILE social culture is to come in. This is well |
the White House ought to give example |
OF manners, ard the west will be glad to see
it. ..
1t now found that no people of breeding
have Inhabited the Whit. House since Buch-
anan and Miss Lane went out. Iu this judg-
ment, however, Mr.. and Mrs. Garfield are
not counted first, because Mr.. Garfield "was
not president long enough to make any
great social mark" and Though s'a Western
man with Western ideas, he possessed cor
dial amiabiiity OF disposition; aud Mrs. Gar
field has so amiable woman's character, is
so unobtrusive, and was so little disposed to
force her notions, religious or otherwise, on
the visitors to the White House that her short
stay there will be long remembered with
pleasure"
For obvious reasons the queer social At
mosphere Of the White House during Lin
coln's term is touched lightly. Andrew john
son is dismissed shortly as = man Of vulgar
ideas and vulgar associat es.
Grants is pronounced = coruptng iltu-
enre on Washington society, promoting
| fnr md al, diS,lay in u-1,inl,
adulation was paid to the rich, no matter
how they got rich or how coarse their man
ners, Hayes, 81 raw and unpublished spsci-
men of tho Ohio politician OF mediocre ahili-
ties," Mrs. Hayes affecting to make stand
against fashionable customs, by appearing
"only in plain gowns, constructed by pro-
vincisl dressmak-r but after The family had
grown accustomed to the ways of Washing
ton lite, She conceived fondness for elegant
and costly toile.s;,' but "a lack OF cultivation
and refined breeding was observable ut The
White House while Hayes occupied it. And
there were displayed there an slect alton OF
religious principles aud all ignorance OF the
ways Of the world which were either dis
guSting or amusing"
Rut now a change i, to be mado. "Gener-
Arthur is man of the world; d gentleman oil
, remarkably fine appearance, of polished man
ners, and with familiarity Of the well edu
ated society OF New \ York. That Nc come
from New York is obvious to any Experienced
observer. He bears the stamp OF gr"a
city, polite capital. He will carry into The
White House degree Of social cultivation
, which it has long lacked" To which all the
Ohios and the West will say amen. Provh
cial manners should not inhabit the govern
ment mansion Of a great nation. And tht
manners of the West are p1OYincia! 0
a course.
The White House has hardly had tast
! of New York fashionable culture. Van Blu
-, ren's single term is the only one that cen b.
counted, and he had no wife. Probably Nj
Arthur Ill reMedy his lack in this part, an
it i. to be hoped that he will bring wife wh
will be an example of New York lashouAbl
women. Our Western BardWeli Slotes an
their wives, cousins. sisters and aunts will b
e glad to take on the true metropolitan polish
e Merely as a fly in this molasses cup, W
= seem to remember that. low as were tie mar
At ners of the Grant regime, Roscoe Cnnklns
ID whom we suppose TO be the most poluhe
ot person in New York; Hamilton Fish, called
VI found him cong enial or At least useful. Va
# This the s,lauee fellowship of p lilcs?