Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-02-28

sps cial Correspondence Of the Sunday ReCiHer.
WARRINGTON, February 27.-"President
Cleveland will never be married man
mark that" said Bufalosn to your cor
respondent today. "WbyH Well, he is a
social philosopher. Or, in other words, he
philosophers on social affairs. I had q
long talk about household affairs the
other evening, and l tell you he has q
bushel of sense about them, all practicable,
too. But he won't marry. He believes
certain persons were born to fill certain
positions. he believes in foreordination-
at least 60 far as being at the head of q
family is concerned"
Does Mr.. Cleveland believe he was born
to be bachelor"
Precisely. He said it was all very we'll
hr other people to get married and raise
families and all that, but as for Grover
Cleveland the idea was SO foreign to his
tastessthat he had long ago concluded to
remain single man. The more he saw and
heard and the more he thought of it the
more be was convinced of the truth OF tbs
sdage that our first thoughts are our best
Thoughts. He has mapped out in his
mind an ideal bachelor, maiden, wife, hus-
band, and has distinct ideas about how
they should live. Ny what a pious old
husband he would make if he would live up
to his creed"
Then he thinks there is reform in being
a husbandY
yes, he believes that the domesticity
of home is o part of mans religion
that there is something even more sacred
in the marital than the church vow, be-
cause in the former you link the lite OF
one with your cwn, while III the latter you
stand alone. Mr.. Cleveland and his SIS
ter both believe they must remain single.
But in this matter think the latter may
be little selfish There is nothing selfish
about him. he is very companionable,
and he is generous. He has a system tor
everything, you know, even to his gener-
osity, and | guess he must be systematic
in his way of concluding that 1t was de-
creed that he should be bachelor"
Isn't he getting tired of life at the
White House, l inquired
The Buffalo man smiled.
"Mr. Cleveland woulda't get tired any
where. He has the hspplest way of ad-
iusling himself to the circumstances aud
making himself comfortable and satisfied
of any man I've: saw. have gone fish.
ing with him up north. Now, people may
talk as much as they please, but the man
who can trudge along river bank all day
without catching fab and neither swear
nor get drunk is good one. remember
once ID have walked full ten miles with
him, fishing, and along in the afternoon,
when we began 10 get tired and had caught
nothing, Nj Cleveland drsWled out, in a
wav that made me roar with laughter
oh let eli down in the shade and have
a little game and give the fish rest, It's
evident the suckers are all away from home
TO, day. -
The President bears up under his bur-
dens, does he notY
He tells me he has gained several
pounds, on account Of sitting 30 quietly at
his desk suppose the thing he misses
most is the exercise he was used to, even
sfter he became Governor He was fond
of putting his arm inthAt Of a friend, after
his six o'clock dinner, and wander.
ing away out on the unfrequented
streets, and talking and staying out till
le'e AS | sat With hiH in the White
House the other evening, where it was 80
quiet you could hear pin drop, he ex'
claimed: 1t would seem like Sunday
here every day if 'twere not for the Office
seekers | remarked that | supposed the
men who came 10 see about offices were
therefore Godsend, when he said: !
think prefer it to be Sunday. "
He Decent seem to get used to giving
out offices2'
well, he ia enough at home in that
but he says the men who get them are I'M
apprecistive; that they take them as mat.
ter of course presume it is because he
has been 80 frequently imposed upon lie
told me that be could name men who had
induced him to make bad appointments,
4 aud who, when the discovery was made,
never came around, but just left him TO do
the best he could. tell you he is an ar
dent friend, except when it comes to dis
peuse the functions of his office. He has
high notion of what g man should be
who il Oil elevated officer. He told me, in
referring to General Grant having carried
his friendships into the White House,
where he rewarded those he liked, thGt he
believed that was a great mistake, as all
people should bs on level With the Presi-
dent. But he is not without his prejudices,
l have discovered"
~
1t is very seldom that State has more
than one distinguished member or Senator.
One man generally stands out in the dele
CATION away ahead OF all others aud takes
the houors, as among the members of the
lower house Reed is the leading man from
Maine, ~ all odds; Long outshiues sll
others from Massachusetts; Hisco0k is the
most prominent from New York; Carlisle
from Kentucky; Hammond from Georgia;
Mckinley from Ohio, etc. But Pennsyl-
vanis has remarkable delegation. | will
only mention the guintette from Ph,lsdel- !
pbia, as they are ell men OF remarkable
ability.
This quintette is composed Of Kelley |
Bingham, Randall, 0'Neill and Hsrmer.
All have been long in public life. Judge
Kelley is known not only in this but all
Euglishspeaking countries as the Father
OF the House" He is p years old and |
has been q member OF the House for over
twenty-five years, and has been in Office of
some kind since he was quite q young |
man, having hrst learned the jeseler's
trade, then prscticed law anu Being elected
Prosecuting Attorney as an introduction
into public lite. He is noted chiefly for
his work in behalf ftariff protection, hav-
ing for many years been selected as the
tariff leader on the Republican side. Be
iug over sly feet in height md sparely
built Jadge Kelley is get comparatively
active man
ExSpeaker Randall ia only SO years old,
and is now on his twenty third year in the
House. he is sent here, it is claimed,
from Republican district, but this he de
MES. His majority at the last election was