The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-14

His Country Calls Him to the Whit.
House or Not, lie VIII Love the Sweet,
of Quiet DomestIcity-Mrs, Mckinley
Talks at Length and Gives Her Views OF
Great Many Things-McKinley a Pri.
waite Citizen.
Columbus, o.. Jan 81 am not per-
Knitting anything of that kind TO inter
fere with my happiness or my sleep
Don't you know that it does not make sc
much difference where a man is as what
he is? It depends a great deal upon
what is inside a mans breast whether
he is happy either in public life or in
private life.'
SO spoke Governor Mckinley today al
his rooms in the Neil House to the rep
resentative, when it was suggested tc
, him that thousands Of people do not be-
heve his retirement to private life today
will be for very long period.
THAT letter of General Sherman to
Secretary Blaine the governor contin-
led, ''in which he constrasts the sweet
sess Of his own home to anything that
IS outside Of IL, is to my mind the true
conception Of what is the wisest and
best way Of looking at the future"
GLAD TO RETURN.
Il am afraid my husband looks upon a
return to home-working with more
pleasure than even I do" said Mrs. Nc
Kinley during the governors absence
He does not seem to think am strong
enough TO take a very active part in
housekeeping, though l am better now
than I have been for twenty years,
guess.
have been perfectly happy with ouI
life here. You see, we have our own
suite Of rooms. They overlook the state
house yard. ! can stand at the window
and watch him as he goes to his office
and SO soon as he crosses the street lle
always turns round TO take off his hat to
me, and then I can watch him return al
noon and evening.
Besides. I think for an invalid have
solved the whole problem of housekeep-
Ing here in the most satisfactory man.
ner, I know. All our meals are brought
up to Us here, and we can have whom
we want to dinner or need have no one.
Then all the linen, all the tableware and
everything Of that kind is kept especial
ly for our own use, so that I am sure II
could not be nicer at home. OF course,
IL my husband thought I was we'll
enough to take care Of the house myself,
| would love to do It, but as he doesn't,
| DO not see how anything could be bet
ter than this"
When Mrs. Mckinley was asked if 1t
was not true as a rule that the wives OF
p1blhc men found less facination in pub
Tic life than their husbands, she replied!
81 think with many women 1t is true.
Public life in America is a most eXpens-
I've paStime. With my husband, l am
sure IL has been constant outlay,
which the salary Of a member of con-
gress at $1,000, or a governor Of Ohio, at
$4,000, has never adequately supplied.
Why any man wants such positions, I
ann sure, IS more than l can see. Just
think of 1t, for instance. that a state of
the Importance and wealth of Ohio has
not an executive mansion, and its gov
ernor IS expected to entertain as he
must on a salary of IS, 900 per annum. I
Fan say these things now, for I am soon
to leave here, but the legislature ought
TO provide the governor with a house
suitable to the position. Don't you think
SOP"
'lHave you become Injured to hotel
life, then, so you prefer it to housekeep-
lng?"
NOT NEW TO WHITE HOUSE.
"Oh, no, but Mr.. Mckinley doesn't
think I ought to do much when I am in
my house, that Is all. I have had a good
deal Of hotel life, though. In Washing
ton We lived at the Ebbitt for many
years. OF course, that was in President
Hayes term of office, and the president
and Mr.. Mckinley were great friends,
so that we always went to the White
House for our Sunday dinners, and
when the President and Mrs. Hayes
were invited somewhere out of town for
a week or so they asked Mr.. Mckinley
and myself 10 come up there and keep
house for them. We had the place all
TO ourselves for ten days or so. and I
had all Of the White House then l ever
vared for. We had the comforts, and
none of the discOmfOrts, and ! think
that was more than almost anyone else
has ever found there.
mo. / think Mr.. Mckinley has earn
ed d rest, and if I had my way, l would
carry him off for a year broad before
he did anything at all again. We have
friends in the Bermudas who are anxi-
Gus TO have US come there. too, but Mr..
Mckinley is not fond Of sea voyages, so
We VIII go back to Canton, where l hope
he VIII he able to get the rest he needs. .
u have accepted an invitation. to at
tend a social engagement in Cincinnati
on Thursday" said the governor upon
his return, land l suppose that will
really be our last day in Columbus. Our
return to Canton is going to be very
pleasant think. because. for one thing
where we both began our married life,
and whore we will be able in a quiet way
soon 10 celebrate our twenty-fifth ami
versary. I shall be glad of the rest. and
] am looking forward with considerable
pleasure to getting back to the little
home. which is now about ready for us,
ard very pleasantit viii be. | am sure"
DO you expect to be able TO secure
any rest at home, with the national cam
paign so near?"
Il am going home without a secre tary
or even a stenographer. Mr.. Boyle, my
secretary. leaves for the south next
week. and l have no need Of any other.
There has been talk in Cleveland papers
about the Ohio delegates to ST. Louis.
but have not even considered the mat
ter Of Che delegation, and have not lifted
my litrle finger to influence the selection
Of anyone. All the complimentary
things that have been said of me by my
friends come in private letters, and
when these are answered as all my let
tiers are. l am glad TO acknowledge them.
but that is all. l so into private life
glad TO know 1 am getting nearer TO
what Mr. Lincoln was pleased 10 call
the common people, and am not both
ering myself about anything else.
i have accepted an invitation 10 de-
liver an address before the Hamilton
club IN Chicago February j, and that is
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