—Samuel J. Tilden.
That is a mistake. The present President of the United States is Rutherford B. Hayes.
—He is, is he? Yes, just about as much as I'm owner of Central Park, when I sit down on a bench there.
What do you mean?
—I mean to say a man can't be President of this country unless he is elected, and Hayes was never elected.
Who was elected then?
—Why, Samuel J. Tilden, to be sure!
Then how did Hayes get in?
—He had some "statesmen" working for him, who kept the right man out and pushed him in.
Do you really mean that?