The record-union., 1896-04-07
THE BRIDEGROOM AND THE RE
PORTERS.

PORIERS.
Ex-President Harrison was married
yesterday to a mature, sensible woman
to whom he is deeply attached and who
respects and loves him. General Har-
rison had right to marry; he did we'll
to marry, being a man of strong do
mestic tastes. That his children op
posed the marriage only proves that
they are silly and meanly selfish, since
the marriage, so far from being disre-
spectful to the memory of their mother,
does it honor. Now there was nothing
extraordinary about General Harrison's
marrying the second time. 1t was his
business, and no one has any right to
drag it into greater publicity than he
sees fit to give it.
But the Paul Pry reporters Of thenews-
gathering associations think differently.
They are wide-awake to the demands
of public TASTE but their conception Of
what is news is something to make the
gods wonder. Yesterday we were told
by this tribe Of gabbers that Mr.. Har-
rison spent a quiet Sunday; just why
this should be emphasized since he was
not about to be hanged is not clear. We
are then informed that this distin-
guished American citizen retired at 9
o'clock after dining, This Is strange;
why he did not retire first and dine af-
forwards will go down the aisles of time
Of
the ages. The public will never wholly
forgive the -gatherers that they
stopped short at this and failed to as
certain how the ex-President slept.
However, as he retired at 8 and arose
at yesterday, we may assume that he
rested well, since he put in ten good
hours beneath the covers, and there
fore probably enjoyed the repose he
sought
We are told that on arising the Cen
eral put in some time overhauling his
mait-probably the reportorial corps
Of the news gathering associations kept
watch at the keyhole the live-long night
In order to be accurate in this respect,
and for which devotion to duty a CRATE
full world will make due acknowledge
ment The mail, we are told, occupied
the General until 9 in the morning, at
which hour he went to breakfast. For
this important detail in the movements
of an ex-President of the American Re-
public on the eve of a second marriage
we are indebted everlastingly to the re-
porters. It gives us a valuable insight
into the mental and physical condition
of man who is about to once more
surround himself with all the comforts
Of home.
Either the Generals mail was Of first
and absorbing interest to him, or else
he arose with no appetite for food, for
the ordinary man under normal condi-
tions rarely waltz two hours for his
morning meal. There is, then, some
ground for the suspicion that the Cen
eral labored under nervous fears In con-
templating the last but one of the break
fasts alone Of which he was to partake.
This is justified moreover by the further
statement Of the reporters that the Cen
eral went to his meal in company with
that grim warrior, Colonel Corcoran,
u S. A. Here, for the first time, the
reporters fail us unpardonably; they
We're sadly derelict in neglecting to as
certain by wire, or otherwise, whether
Colonel Corcoran was detailed to this
escort duty by the Commander-in-
Chief Of the Army Of the United States
out Of commiseration for the distin-
guished American in the last hours OF
his loneliness.
1t next appears in the important re-
cital that the ex-President talked for
some time with Daniel T. Ramsdell, but
why are we not given the details, or a,
least an outline of that conversation? II
is all important that 1t should be
known, for the fate of empires and the
destiny of worlds may depend upon
what was said by the prospective bride
groom and his attendant usher We are
justified in this assumption because. af-
ter along conversation General Harrison
sat down and wrote many letters. Now
what were they about? Why are the
contents of those creations of Mr.. Har-
rison's brain sealed against the desire
of an expectant public?
It appears that the next thing tn,