Year: 1878

his visitor by tn. arm and marching him out
Of the room. | do not learn that the
gentleman WIS unduly persistent-he
merely asked second time TO be heard,
when perhaps 10 ought to have taken the
first refusal for an answer. II Is not claimed
that any improper propoaal was made. l
doubted the story myself until Il was con-
frmed by other evidence, though | knew my
informant TO beone of the most careful and
conscientious of gentlemen, and that he had
the story direct from the lips of the Senator
who witnessed tie strange scene. II is true,
according to the Senator's story as related to
me, that the visitor insisted with some persist
enty upon being heard but he had perfect
right to do so under the circumstances.


Upon this statement which is quite cir
cumstantial, and refers to United States
Senator for its authenticity, we shall make
no comment at present. But the editor Of
the Express furnishes the following scrap Of
Executive-cbnnber history which he re-
ceived from the lips of the venerable and


highly-respcctal Representative of the
Southwestern District of New York in the
present Congress, and which, to our knowl-
edge has been repeated by him TO others:


Not many days ago we had occasion TO listen
and II was with intense Indignation that We
listened) to the story Of one of our most re-
spected Representatives In Congress, a vcnera-
bic and distinguished Republican, who was n
trusted political leader in New York before
Mr. HAYES was heard Of, as he narrated his
last experience in calling upon the President.
He had called before, he said, and really want
ed to think well Of Mr.. HAYES, intending to
give the Administration all the support he hon
estly could. But he soon became satisfied that
the President did not want his friendship. On
his last visit-"and II will he the last one" he
added signifcantly-he was kept waiting In
the ante room thrcc-qunrtcrs of an hosr after
his card had been sent in. While cooling his
heels in this agreeable way, in came a promi-
nent Southern member of the same House, aud
the Presidents door opened for him US IL by
magic certainly, as matter OF course,
not even requiring the formality of pre-.
vious announcement by card. That
was enough for me-" said our distinguished
friend 81 didn't wait any longer, and shall
not 90 again. II was no.ncw thing for him,
though IL was TO me. The President has
chosen his friends but the men who did the
most to elect him are not among them" This
story at least Is true. Were We to give the
name of the venerable man who told it to us
las we have told it TO you rcadcr), It would go
| the rounds, and there is hardly Republican
in the Empire State who would not almost feel
that the President had wilfully placed per-
sonal afiront upon him. IN .!vidually.


We arc inclined to give full credit TO the
above narration, for the reason that the cir
cumstanccs have been detailed TO us by one
of the parties referred TO, and not by the
President. We regret TO believe it, for the
reason that the venerable gentleman who
received this marked aliront is among
the most highly respected and honored
representatives of the people and of the
Republican party in the State Of New York.
He did not deserve such treatment at the
hands of any President, be he Democratic
or Republican, or neutral, and, in the Ian
guage of the Albany EreHiHy journal, we
refer to il with profound pain and sorrow"