The Portland daily press., 1896-10-30

son.then Secretary OF. StatNIafterwaro FNs,
ident of the United States. Anna fayhs
was mem Der of her sisters fanny anu
great favorite In Washington socAeoy;
Gilbert Stuart painted her porua ie 1nu
one day at sitting she oompialneo on".
IL was really too bad that ne LAY .:s.
painted a portrait of himself In1 81 s.ss
at once with few swift yet skll.Lui
touches Of his brush introducau carl.
cature of his own features as palC "a
1ne aIapery which at the time Nc was
painting
Anna Payne was twenty two wnen
sne was married to. Richard Cults. so lone
hao sne been member of Mrs. MAUI
sons household that her separation from
IL by her marriage was q matter OF oeep
regret both to Mr.. and Mrs. Madison.
Ihe latest bioRrapher of Dolly Madison
describes Richard Cults at the time Of
his marriage as "a dark haired. broad
brOwed, handsome young man. .
regarded with favor by many bright eyes
10 Washington, and quite squire Oh
DANES at home and abroad; and she
adds: "Mr. and Mrs. Madison appear
to have been entirely satisfied with the
character and position of Mr.. Quits.
but to Mrs. Madison it was q trial to give
up even partially the sister who had been
| like daughter to her, and the District
of Maine where Anna must look forward
to making her future home was farther
from Virginia than it is today from
Alaska"
The wedding was made the social
event of the season. The presents were
numerous. and according to the custom
of the time they were largely the work
OF those who gave them, or were planned
by them, ana consisted of embroidery
| paintings, ETC. The wife of the Russian
| min icto DON ho
usual wedding present in Russia, tw
wine coolers, one filed with salt, the
other with bread. the staff of life.
After uhs wedding. Mr.. Cults and his
bride departed in a carriage for their
Northern home. Mrs. Madison after
their departure, wrote to friend: lone
of the ereatest grieis of my life has come
to me in parting for the tirst time from
my sister child" and She followed the
young couple on their Journey with
messages Of love, and reports of public
and private matters at the capital.
1t was doubtless about this time that
Richard Quits erected the house at Saco
which became hishome during the re.
mainder of his residence in that place.
Ii was a large, square house with front
door in the middle and stood on the sfto
now occupied by the Saco and Biddeford
Savings Bank, and near the storehouse
of the York Manufacturing Company.
In the campaign that preceded the first
election of Abraham Lincoln as Presi-
dent of the United States, Stephen A.
Douglas, Mr. Lincoln's competitor, came
to Saco to deliver a political address. A
platform was erected from which the adj
dress WAS to be delivered, and w. P.
Haines, ESQ.,, in introducing Mr..
Douglas (who had married November
20, 1856, Adele daughter OF James Mad
ison Quits, la son of Richard Cutts) said
that the spot selected for the erection of
this platform was near the site OF the
house in which the grandfather of MI.
Douglass wife once lived. 1t was
pleasant location for a dwelling. In front
of it were two terraces, and there was a
large orchard in the rear. But with all
its attractiveness, it could hardly have
erdeared itself to Mrs. Cults. whose life
had been spent amid very different sur
r0undings. Mrs. Madison once wrote to
her from her Virginia home. Montpelier:
Il wish, dearest, you had Just such a
country home as this: l truly believe
it is the happiest and most true life and
would be the best for you and your
children. Dou btless in these words
there was not ever a remote reference
to Saco but in all probability we shall
not greatly err If we suppose that Mrs.
Cults never came to regard her residence
in the far away District of Maine as
her home. Her interests were elsewhere,
and more and more as the years rolled
on this became true Of the interests of
Mr., Cults also. !
Because of his vote in favor of the de-
claration of war (of 1922, Mr.. Cults
found ON returning to Saco that many
who had hitherto supported him were
no unfriendly. He announced himself,
however, as a candidate for reelection.
Mr.. Cutts's opponent at the polls was
Cryus King, also of Saco, and half
brother Of Rufus King. He was a law
yer, eminent in his profession and a
forci BILE and an accomplished orator. At
the election which was held, November
2, 1912, Mr.. King received 2177 votes,
defeating Mr.. Cults who received 1897
votes. In his own town Saco, Mr.. Cults
received 200 votes ana MIR. King only 70,
but Wells gave Mr.. King 622 votes and
Mr.. ECutts Al. A majority of the voters in
this district, rs elsewhere in New Eng
land, believed that the war was nm
necessary and harmful 10 the best intel
ests of the country aud this opposition
Mr.. Quits was unable to overcome.
His term of office expired on the third
of March, 1918. In his twelve years Of
service in Congress he bad won the
favorable opinion Of men of the high
est standing In public life, and on the
third of June he again entered the SER
VICE OF the government as SuperlnCenQ-
emit General Of Military Supplies. This
office, which was made necessary by
tha war, was one of great responsibility,
and one that required for the SUCCESS
full performance of its duties large bust
ness abilities and training. In every
way Mr.. Cults met its requirements rem
dering the government unwearied and
intelligent service.
Afterward he became president of the
office of discount and deposit of tie
Bank of the United States. This position
he vacated March 3, 1877, when the Office
of Second Comptroller of tho Treasury
was established, and Mr.. Cults. who
had evidently discharged his official .du-
ties In such a way as to suggest his IT.
ness for the position, was appointed TO
the new office by President Munroe.
This Office he held until 1899, when be
Was removed by jackson, and be then
returned to private life. Financially
he had suffered heavily, first by the war,
and later by unfortunate investments
in North Carolina gold mine;and when
Mrs. Madison, afterithe.. death of her hus-
band in 1886, returned to Washington,
Mr.. Cutts's house on Lafayette square
came into her possession, and she made
1t her home.