Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-06-14

House. She could not stand the abuse
of her beloved daughter any longer"
they whispered about. 1t is bad day
for this infainy and its dirty dissemina-
tors, when Mrs. Folsom Calmly tells
the Herdld's Paris correspondent that
she sails for home next week. and goes
"direct from News York to Washing
ton" In all, she showed that she knew
both Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland thorough
~. Within the last two weeks your
correspondent said one day to the Pres
ident that these infamous stories were
more widely and persistently circulat-
ed than perhaps he knew, and that it
seemed worth while to put an end to
them by plain statement in the press
from any of the large number of per-
sons who are so familiar at the White
House tnat they can speak with knowl-
edge. The President replied to your
correspondent:
II don't believe it is worth that no.
tice. Of course these stories have come
to US here and they have been the SUBJ
ject of constant joking here in the house
between Mrs. Cleveland and myself
aud with our friends. They are too
absurdly false for notice, think, and
do hate to have my wife's name
brought into any discussion. Her eyes
flash once in awhile when these tales
are brought to us and she has several
times been on the point of saying some
thing indignant to the public, but
don't believe it is matter which she
or or our friends ought to notice.
don't believe any one will credit these
stories who does not want to. Our
house has been filled with visitors;
many of Mrs. Cleveland's friends have
been in for days, and some for weeks
at time. She herself is constantly
seen by the public. The little woman
does not look like an abused wife, and
her own young friends know very well
that she is happy wife, for she often
wishes them as happy married life as
we have together. No, will not con-
sent to your writing anything on the
matter. My wife and I can, 1 believe.
trust to the manly and Christian spirit
of our cOuntrymen and women to whom
this malignant persecution and secret
poisoning of regulations must surely
be odiOus. Some things we may hold
to he too contemplate for notice."
Miss Katharine Willard, of Chicago,
between whom and Mrs. Cleveland an
intimate friendship has existed for
years, in a conversation to-day said:
II am justly indignant at the circula-
every particular. / have been staying
in Washington since January last. A
fortnight of this time / spent at the
White House as Mrs. Cleveland's guest.
l can fely say that have seen her
almost daily for the past five months.
I have the greatest admiration for Mr..
Cleveland. [ admire him more than
any other gentleman ever met. 1t is
wicked to say that he treats his wife
discourteously. On the contrary, he is
most kind and considerate of her. I
have known many happy home circles,
but none so happy as that at the White
House. The President is the most I'M
selfish of men. While not demonstra-
tive in public, in their private relations
he shows his affection for Mrs. Cleve-
land in thousand ways, and I know,
too, ths t this affection is fully recipro-
Gated. Mrs. Cleveland is a happy wife,
and she has known how to make Mr..
cheerful, joyous and buoyant spirit
makes her a joy and a solace to her
husband. She feels the cares and bur-
dens of her station as she inevitably
must. Her school friends relate that
her chief complaint is that her hus-
bands time and her own are so much
taken up with public duties that she
does not see enough of Mr.. Cleveland"
The President of the United States is
the only person who is by his position
defenceless against secret or open cal
jimmy. He and his wife must bear and
suffer in silence whatever pain and
persecution the vilest and most ground
less calumnes can inflict. But that is
the more reason why honorable men
and women should resent these attacks
upon them. 1t ought to be a reason
why they should be spared.