The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-10-05
"HE[L0 JUHN''~
Jeffersonian Simplicity as Seen
In McLean's House.
SORRY MR.. M'LEAN Is NOT HOME"

Zine SERVANT. Cara tor ,icL.an's Coi-
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The fo..cWi..g IS ,anan from the city
s,,l.y {. C...~ mall, u, ior the
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na,i, srcr:er. cl' N.Ie street. resi-
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ing tie , ..
"Jcha H. Ii - president Wash
ington e. lit Co. El9 Tenth Street
II. W.; hor e.5co | street N. W."
At the eas,al,, crd CT the Union de-
pot at Columbus s,.rds the pa,ace car
"Ohio,' which is u1cd excius Te.y by
Mr.. Mclean as a rc1.@srce Wnile on
the rail. This car is fittcd up i'll a style
worthy of the czar of all the Rl sslas'
and it suits Mr.. Mclean so well that
he has used it for more thaa NO years
to make his trips to and from Wash
ington.
AS a candidate for governor MIR. Nc
Lean decided that it would not be best
to have his mail addressed to Palace
Car Ohio" so he rented the splendid
Kelley residence on East Broad street
in Columbus and moved some of his
camp equipage into the house last
week. The Democrats generally were
much disappointed because Mclean
did not go to one of the Columbus
hotels like most of the prominent men
who visit Columbus.
"Jeffersonian simplicity" is said to
be dear to the hearts of Democrats.
and McLean's lieutenants had thor
ouehly advertised him as plain man
of the people," There Is great disap-
pointment among Democrats to find
that instead of plain man of the peo-
ple" McLean's residence is in all it's
appointments the home of an aristo-
crat.
He picked out the finest residence In
Columbus for his camp ground, and he
brought eight servants from Washing
ton. The one servant left in charge
of the place by the Kelley family was
also retained by Mclean. Mr.. and
Mrs. Mclean and their one son have
five men servants and four maid serv-
ants to care for them while in Column
bus. All the servants are in livery ex-
cept the major domo who watches the
front door.
This individual is pattern for serv-
ants. He dresses in broadcloth with
a swallowtail coat, spotless white shirt
and white gloves. He takes the card
of any gentleman who calls to see Mr..
Mclean and brings the answer "at
home" or mot at home" 1t is his
duty to see that persons who have not
the hallmark of wealth or high breed
ing are given the answer mot at
home" Mclean has given the pass
word to a few of his henchmen who
have neither wealth nor breeding, for
they are as much his servants as the
others who wear livery, and these are
"plain people" who are admitted with
In the aristocratic portals of the Kelley
house.
John R. Mclean has lived in Wash
ington for Is years, and mingled only
with the most exclusive set. Good au-
thorities place his wealth at $15,000,-
OO0-which is nearly all in stocks and
bonds. Washington society has always
laughed at his political pretensions,
thinking that he was only amusing
himself, and the spectacle Of Mclean
shaking hands at country fairs with
common" Ohio people is talked about
in exclusive Washington society as the
greatest joke of the year. But some
how many leading Democrats fail to
enjoy it,
lTHURMAN'S TRITE SAYING,