The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-09

fTimberlake. hen they added to the
story until they had him the father of
Feggy's two children and made her
out to be a woman without shame.
When the friend told Jackson that
through Peggy o'Neal the appointment
of Eaton as a Cabinet officer would
bring scandal to the administration. the
President asked for proof that Peggy
friend could furnish nothing except that
II was general gossip. This enraged
me general. He declared that If there
Vas Was 4 p sirtuopssg oPd ,T woman on earth it
than he and his wife had known her
TO be he could not believe. For the
eVtl-minded he had no tolerance. For
those who attacked women he had an
abiding hatred. So he ordered his
friend Y OF his sight.
But those who attacked Peggy O'Neal
were mostly women, and when Eaton
became Secretary of War the. Peggy
90nneeTallca wa Never peE Eaa b 8 wer Or such sins as
i Cabinet was made up of Van
Buren, Secretary of State: Eaton. Secre-
dary OF War;&Ingham. Secretary of the
Treasury; Branch, Secretary of ths
Navy: Berrien. Acknowledgement and
was a bachelor and Barry q widower.
y others were married, and their
WiEes at once put the ban on Peggy
ONeal, As the women Of the Cabinet
tai, their decision bound their follow.
ers. At the first reception in the
White House some women left when.
rtSegsy o,Meal arrived. Thereafter
she was not to be present. OF all the
women In the official set only two. the
wives of foreign minister's. would re-
ceiNe the prescribed woman.
The Talk OF the Country.
Of course Washington talked OF LITTLE
else than Peggy O'Neal. and soon the
whole country talked of her. Neyar
Vas Womanss name so mcrcilessly as
saiied. me stories of her vicious con-
almost everything possible for woman
to do. In vain did Jackson try TO stem
the scandal. He asked his Cabinet
members to aid him. Van Buren,.
r rba nead fourtler and bachelor. was
barry. the widower. But Inghanl,
Branch and Bcrren argued that 1t was
!uie 70 endeaVor to influence their
TM,a VA on IN suen mater. And SO it was.
hldply would have challenged any man
ne could have fastened tho stories on.
6lt ne could not challenge overyhody.
m hat way,d wquld he have resigned, but
INC truth OF the charges, And poor
spurning her, what could SHE do?
rn dacKs mad fought mutiny an the
lie had checked those outbreaKs Nv
hans'ng one of the ringlcadcrs. But
ne could not hang a wife Of a Cabinet
PegEyse o, tor refusing to associate with
Week after week tho fight continued.
Grilniy. determincdly. jackson per-
sisted In showing every mnrRHo Of re-
spect to Mrs. Eaton. When his niece,
re + was INC wife of his private sec
ner, Go home. my dear, to Tennessec.n
Next day he had a new prtvate sec
rotary. pttsale seNSo.
The Sluudcrcr.g
out Iachson, being a man OF action,
was not willing to Let tho war drag
~ iia.tllis manner, He determined
me- firmly believed would bring the
and p~uinstakingly lie ~intarrogate
eXery man and woman in his ilnme-
IiaIe circle regarding the stories they
f haa hnard T amd who had been their In
they had heard the tales III -. o+ireiess
energy no continued this inquiry and
vas gradually making progress when
iinag VS. : le attsser' frogm h RsS MY ~ Ess SCI
clergyman Of PhiladelpbhiiaM nontaining
aetlnite charges against Mrs! Eas.topas,
mniGn,ne aeciared no was III position
sons 70 .o whom General Jackson had
charges we're the result Of
2 tetaer Jackson had sent to him.
t, was not all, Another olergyman
w cnv S ! 1sco Mr., campbeli. Of Washington,
Mnich most Of the Observation-Disclosures
Peggy O'Neal. go erosatory W
de ffinal ptr r. Mnn1 nov had something
HLMo to the VIVA House.
s - mao psen a chief justice in Tennes
see, and ne held a regular Itnndirciai IN.
fESlsy; %ith she two nen as ' Witnesses,
thlae g down; Ely had no proof, Worse
suan mat he had no bal is avenF Yor
suspiclon. Campbell was is a ! Worse
hsteriaa 10 ch WAS The pastor Of the Press
era err pToRs DOWN compieteiv whasnn Yen
m auekson questioned lin rhis ex-
hh. n1n OF the two cl ern, mar, na1 was
sss,a in.the presence az ~ ~ :, " IN
after n JACKSON dsss i'm more than six months
Vas as absolute an eSpos me 20 f GIsif IS II.
~ = 'ass stories circulated as 7ptsosstbiY