Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-04-29
A POLITICAL ROMANCE.
How Theo Hofer Won His
Bride and Scooped the
Postoffice

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/ 1t is now settled fact that about
July first Tbeo Hofer will have charge
of the Carson Postoffice, his appoint
ment by the President having been |
confirmed by the Senate.
Thore is quite a little romance be-
hind the appointment and the story is
worth the telling: About a year ago.
without any warning to anyone, young
HOfer insaded the Stewart mansion
and packed Senator Stewards grand
daughter off bodily and married her.
At first the town was astOnished and
then it applauded the Lochinvar dash
of the transaction and every body IN
Carson was glad that love match had
ended so happily, and the young couple
was congratulated on all sides.
The most astonished people were the
grandparents of the lovely bride. She
had not consulted them and they did
not like it any too well. The Senator
is philosophical man and lie never
kicks much at anything, but grand ma
Stewart was sizzling hot when the
news reached her. She had expected
Bessie Fox to wed wealth and station.
an Ambassador, member of the For
/ eign Legation or something of that
sort, but Miss Bessie had met some of
those foreign chaps in Washington
and she didn't go very much on them.
When she met Theo it was love at first
sight on both sides, and SO they got
married on shoe string aud started
out in life.
Every one who knew Theo said.
''Leave him alone, he will come out all
d right, Tor they knew he was well
equipped with brains, determination
e and an excellent education. He went
up to Gardnerville and accepted the
principalship of the school and the
good old fashioned German people of
that section, who go good deal on
e love matches, received the couple with
J. open arms.
Some of them predicted that the
Q young bride, being granddaught
!
on airs, but they found that she did
nothing of the kind and at once she
q became about the most popular person
r in town.
Then rumor has it that the irate gran
dame, to whom once mention Of the
marriage was like dropping beef steak
g. into hot skillet, had begun to tt ink the
o. matter over and concluded that the grand
: daught had a will Of her own, thereby
showing dash Of the Commodore Foot
blood that she had come honestly by
e Then some letters passed between the
n two and to make a long story short tht
;. bride has convinced the grandmother
"a that she made no mistake in selecting
native born son Of the sagebrush in pre-
ference to some foreign duck with biz
III whiskers and handles to his name.
is She pleaded that a State that had k ep
10 her grandfather in the T. S Senate 70
a. over q quarter of century was goo,
enough to furnish husbands for any O
the family.
Meanwhile lot of expectant polit
We clans were waiting for Harry Days tern
oe to expire under the Civil Service rule
he and everything was in readiness to cary
rs the pie. About dozen old war horse
he of the party and several young ones, wel
ed after the Office and no one considere
TheO. Hofer even a Dewey possibility.
The granddaughter, who sabies politi,
incidentally mentioned, in letter
Stewart as if by accident, that IL
". W. T. people were vowing that The
would never get it and that they had a
their knives out Now if yeu want
- see Stewart jump oat of bed at $50 a. n
'ai like member Of the S. F. Fire Depar
~ meat with general alarm on, just viii
N per Y. 4 L. K. r. Co. in his ear, eith
III ear.
WI Inside of twenty-four hours the Pres
dent had sent ia Hofer's name and
very short order the place was his.
Of The news hit the V. 4 T. people like
;. leddyte explosion and the people of Ca
son, they were glad the young couple hs
~ won out.
d! The PostOffice, under Mr.. Days ma
agement, has been about as perfect
ft managed as such an institution could b
at He has always been exceptionally accor
modating and polite and his ret,reme
is only on the grounds that he is De,
n" ecrat. Mr.. Hoter is capable, gentleman
IN and honest and his many friends predi
that ne will keep the Office up to Il
same standard of excellence that is h
maintained during the incumbency
his predecessor.