Hayes On Temperance

The Miuncapolis Tribuno of April 17tb, published an extract from a private letter to its editor froni ex I're-ident I layes, in the course of wliicli he niakes tbe following cas ual reference to oertain published statemonis, to whiih lii atientioo had Ibeen called,impofaiaxtbecoosuteDcy ofhia tempcrance princip!e and practice. Mr. Hayes says: "YVith r.lcrcnce to the matter to whicb you cali iiiy attention, I have only this to sy ; When I becatue President I was fully oaneittlll tbat wbatever wight be tbe a-e ia otber eountries and with other people, in ourcliuiate, and with the excitable, nervuu.i temperament of our people, the habitual use of intoxicating drinks -was not safe. I reparded the dangcr of the babit as ASwally great ia politica! and officia! life. It seemed to me that to exclude liquors trutii the White House would be wise and useful as an examplc, and would be approved by good people genenlly. The suggestioo was particularly agrecablo to Mrs. H. Slio has Im'cii a total abstinence wonian trom childbood. We bad never u ed liquors in our home, and it was dotermined to continue our home custom in this respect in our official residcooe in Washington afl we bad done at Columbus. I was not a total abstainer when I became president, but the diacussion which arqse over tbe chango at the executive mansión soon satisfied me that thcre was no half-way house ia this matter. During tbegreaterpartof my term, at least durirfg the last three ycars, I have rxien in practice as in theory a consistent total abxtincncc man, and sball continue to be 80. AJI statements, including the om: you end me, inconsistent with the foregong are untrue and without foundation."