The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-04-23
Presidential Peculiarit,es.

SANSA CS0AAGSA ASAOoa
The presidents mail is very
heavy, says a Washington special
to the Detroit Free Press. Quite a
number of the letters contain appl
cations for autographs. These re-
quests are always complied with
when it is possible to do so.
"How does President Cleveland
sign his letters?" asked the Detroit
Free Press correspondent of Secre-
tary Henley to-day"
Gas a matter of fact the president
has had so little time to write since
his Inauguration that 1 can hardly
say, but L believe his usual form
is Yours truly"
GLOW about his predecessors?'
''Mr. Hayes usually wrote Sin
cerely yours Garfield, Very truly
yours and Arthur, Faithfully
yours
''Who of these was the best pen
man?'
"All wrote well, but Arthur prob
ably made the prettiest copy. 1t
| was Nci uiL1CuII, HOh6FSI, W SCU
him to write. l never saw one who
dislked more to use pen, yet he
wrote rapidly and with apparent
ease. Garfield prided himself upon
his penmanship. You know he
taught it in his younger days, but
grew careless after entering public
life, and his letters lost some OF
their symmetry and grace"
Did Garfield write many of his
own letters?
"He seldom put pen to paper.
He dictated everything to his stem
ographer. He dictated easily and
well. Mr.. Hayes, on the contrary,
seemingly enjoyed writing. 1t was
| nothing unusual for him to write q
half dozen letters before breakfast
President Arthur never dictated
He would tell US what he wanted tC
say, and we would put it in Oul
own words. His annual messages
however, he wrote himself"
"Who of the four presidents yoU
have served under were the mos
popular with the clerical force o.
the executive mansiOn?"
Mr.. Hayes. / know the politi
clans did not like him, but to thu
employees of the White House h
was always very Kind Kind 90: :nd courteous
We were all very fond of Mrs
Hayes. Every thanksgiving sh,
gave the clerks and secretaries
here an elegant dinner in the STATE
dining room. After the meal wa!
: concluded she would go down into
the east room and play 'high-spy
with the children, and entel
, into their frolics with as much yes
as if they were all members of the
same family"
Glow about the Garfield
Gen. Garfield was a delightful
man, generous, whole souled anC
, affectionate. OF Mrs. Garfield
can't say so much. She was very
reserved and we met her only at in
terYals. Gen. Garfield delighted il
a good game of billiards. He Liked
the contest there was in it. Before
} he was made president he used tC
play at the Riggs house billiard
room with Rockwell, Swain, Corbin
and other OF mis- familiars."
did his political troubles bother
him much?"
apparently not. The office
seekers worried him the most. HI
used to say he had been struggling
with ideas all his life, and it was
very tiresome to have to decide
! whether -" r should be appoint
ed to a particular vacancy. His
Judgment may have been faulty at
times, but his impulses were good.
The cast of his mind was essentially
literary. He ought never to have
entered into politics. His percep-
tons were wonderfully acute. He
caught on readily, as the boys
say"
''Did you like Arthur
owe respected him. Ne one could
be brought into relation with Gen.
Arthur and not respect him. He
was always courteous, but cold and
formal. He transacted his business
with US through his private secreta-
ry, Mr.. Philips. He had the rare
faculty of keeping people at "a dis
tance. There was something in his
manner that forbad the slightest
approach to familiarity. We all
admired President Arthur, but he
never won our hearts as others did
by reason of his unapproac habil-
ity."-Ex.