Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-04
BILL NYE TO THE PRESIDENT.

DEAR S1R-The painful duty of turning
over to you the administration of these
United States and the key to the front
door of the White House has been as
signed to me-. You will find the key
hanging inside the storm door and the
cistern pole up stairs in the hay NOW of
the barn.
It is expected that you will make such
changes in your cabinet and other furni-
ture as you may see fit. The asparagus
bed, however, will need little top dress
ing in the spring, and you can do as you
see fit about putting pillowshams upon
the pie-plant bed. In your attitude
teward foreign powers you will, of course,
have your own ideas, and a suggestion
from noe at this time would be entirely
out OF place. Govern the people with
firm yet gentle hand, and put little rat
poison down stairs where it will do the
most good.
have made great many suggestions
to the outgoing administration relative to
the transfer of the Indian bureau from
the department of the interior TO that of
the "Sweet Bye and Bye" The Indian,
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annoyance to me, several of their number
having jumped one of my most valuable
mining claims on White River. Still |
do not complain of that. This mine,
however, am convinced would be good
paying property if properly worked, and
should you at any time wish to take the
regular army and such other help as you
may need and recapture it from our red
brother would be glad to give you
controlling interest in it
You will observe, upon taking posses
sion of the admin tration, that the navy
is little weather beaten and wormy. [
would suggest that it be newly painted
in the spring, IF it had been my good
fortune to receive majority of the
people for the office which you now hold,
| should have painted the pavy red
Still, that need not influence you in
the course which you may see fit to
adopt.
You will find all papers in their ap-
propriate pigeon-holes, and small jar of
cucumber pickles down cellar, which
were left over, and 70 which you will be
perfectly welcome. The aspirities aud
heart burnings that were the immediate
result of a hot and unusually bitter
campaign, are now all buried. Take
these pickles and use them as though
they were your own. They are none too
good for you. You deserve them We
may differ politically, but that need not
interfere with our warm, personal friend
ship.
You will also find half ton of coal
left oyer, and an old ak in the wcodshea
which man from Ohio left US to have
ground. Of course you do not make a
business of receiving presents, but you
cannot refuse..to receive these as slight
testimonial of regard, and not in the
nature of hribe.
There are many affairs of great moment
which have not enumerated in this
brief letter, because [ felt some little
deliciacy and timidity about appearing to
be at all dictaterial or officious about a
matter wherein the public might charge
me with interference.
hope you will receive the foregoing
in friendly spirit, and whatever your
convictions may be upon great questions
of national interest, either foreign or
domestic, that you will not undertake to
blow out the gas on retiring, and that
You will in other ways realize the fond
anticipations which are new cherished on
your behalf by mighty people whose
aggregated eye is now on to you.
BILL NYE.
P. S.-You will be a little surprised
no doubt, to find no soap in the laundry
or bath rooms. 1t probably got into the
campaign in some way and was absorbed
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