Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-03-31
HAYES EXPENSES.
On what Did fife Spend S33.5OO IA
Year.
Washington Republic.

Mr.. Hayes, since his return to Ohio,
had himself interviewed by the Cleve-
land Herald with reference to DISPOSE
ton of his income as president. He
sets down his four years expenses at
$50, 900, and he says he paid $4,000 for
the expenses of the Visiting statesmen"
to Louisiana, which would leave 500 900
of the 100000 received by him as sala-
ry, Mr.. Hayes, so he says, owed $4,000
when he entered upon the duties of his
Office ''mostly on account" of requests
charged on the Burchard estate" he
paid 10000 of these debts out of his
salary, and has $4,000 as evidence of
his four years presidency. 1t would
thus appear that Mr.. Hayes has $4,000
in debts staring him in the face. On
his way to Fremont he said he would
take up his residence again in that town
mot only on account of the pleasant
associations of that place, but because
he could not afford to keep up the style
of living which would be expected of an
ex-president in large city" When
Mr.. Hayes became president he was re-
garded as wealthy man, not only by
the public at large, but by the people
of Ohio, who were familiar with his cir
cumstances. The question naturally
comes up what has become of his
money? | venture to say that there is
not a single public man nor an intelli-
gent citizen of Washington who has
not noted the economies of the White
House who will believe that Mr.. Hayes
expenses while president were $50, 800
year. We all know, for the Hayes
family have boastfully proclaimed the
fact from the gilded parlors of the eX-
ecutive mansion to the cattle-shows OF
the Pacific coast, that wine had no
place in the White House purchases
Thus the biggest source of
outlay i'll all previous presidential
housekeeping was avoided. 1t is al
most equally well known that the pres
ident did not have to pay for fuel, gas,
house rent, furniture, vegetables, or
flowers, and that, with two or three ex-
ceptions, the servants were paid by the
government. He bought the most of
his meats and groceries at cost prices
from the army cOmmissary, and it is a
matter of record that he drew his sal |
ary every month in advance, and thus
made interest on his monthly allow |
ance. In his travels about the country
he never paid any railroad fare, and it
is even said that he was always dead |
headed at hotels. Mr. Hayes, so far as
dilgent inquiry can ascertain, never
gave anything toward the campaign
expenses OF the republican party (al- |
though he did allow the assessment Of
the clerks while pretending to oppose
it, , and when the poor of Washington
were freezing and starving, and when |
foreign ministers bountifully assisted to |
stay the general suffering, the late oc-
cupants of the white house, so far as |
the records show, gave only a barrel of
frozen apples to the children's hospital
In view of all these facts, will some do |
nestle economist kindly explain how
Mr.. Hayes could have got rid of $33,
500 year as the legitimate expenses of
the white mouse? 1t must not be for
gotten that Mr.. Hayes was q good man |
in all his walks. He had none of the
vices of the ordinary man. His enjoy |
ments were all IN the home circle. He |
did not 90 the theatre nor to the opera; |
he did not smoke; he was plain in
dress; he drank liquor and wine only |
at other peoples expense; he gave no |
prizes to public schools; he did not
drive fast horses, and he had no fancy |
for dogs; he did not gamble; he did not
buy lottery tickets; he did not buy
books and works of art; and there We're
no female scandals connected with his
administration. Then what did he do
with all the money? Nobody in Wash
ington can figure up an actual expendi-
ture of even $4,000 a year. From the
present outlook the American people
will soon be called upon to help anoth-
err ex-president out of his poverty.