Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1881-02-10
Bsllaire Independent. 4th inst.

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| PRESIDENT HAYES has had many sore
trials during his term of office. He has
with patience endured the sneers OF
Conkling, the whining complaints OF
the disappointed office-seekers. the jibes
of the bitter and llliberal Democrats, but
he has maintained his serenity until last
week. l. I. Mack, Republican, of the
Sandusky Register, and c. n. Gaumer
Democrat, of the st. Clairsville Gazette
refused to call at the White House. 9th
ers of the Editorial Association attend
ed and paid their respects, but these two
stubbornly refused to go into his pres
ence. Hayes had heard of the editorial
jaunting party, and expected to see them
all, but most did he expect to see MessrS.
Mack and Gaumer. He had cOnsoled
himself with the hope that these impla-
cables were about to accept in its true
spirit the policy of peace and concilia-
ton, and that his administration, now
drawing to close, would be nicely
rounded off by resumption of cordial
relations with these two great leaders of
the hostiles. All Washington was on
tiptoe in regard to the great occurrence.
Most people thought these two infuen-
tial leaders would forget the past and
grasp the Presidents hand. In the halls
of Congress it was whispered that Mack
and Gaumer were about to call on the
President. When Conkling heard it he
looked like man VINO feels that his
friends are deserting him. John Sher-
man smiled, and remarked that this
coming event was another of the good
results of resumption. Wall Street
heard the rumOr, and government bonds
and all kinds of stocks stiffened. Jay
Gould said at once that he did not he
| lieve Mack and Gaumer would call on
the President, and he sold stocks, large
ly for future delivery, showing that he
knew his men well. The hour for call
ing arrived; there was an oppressive
quiet. All the editors present signified
their desire to call except Mack aud
Gaumer. They stood up and stubborn
ly declared that they could never, never
be reconciled. Nothing so magnificent
in its way has occurred since the proud
and naughty Earl Douglass refused to
grasp in friendship the proffered hand
of MarmiOn. The bronze Goddess of
Liberty on the dome of the Capitol wept
until people below on the avenues and
in the Capitol grounds had to put up
their umbrellas. The poor grief-strick-
en- Goddess made frantic efforts to stop
the flow of tears by wiping her eyes with
the scaRt drapery that hides her lower
limbs. This is the first time the God
dess has ever been known to weep. and
Mack and Gaumer both stood there and
coldly watched without ever rendering
their handkerchiefs. They could not do
SO without compromising their immense
stock of great principles. when the
President learned Mack and Gaumer had
refused to call the light went out of his
face, and he could scarcely control his
feelings until the visitors were gone. A
gloom has settled on him; John Sher-
mans hopeful smile is gone; govern
ment bonds are quoted dull and lower"
Jay Gould is the only man who really
enjoys it, though he only chuckles and
says to his most intimate friends: 81
knew the men too well not to know that
they would never become reconciled to
Hayes"