New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-20
8 PRESIDENTS DAILY I.IE'


MYSTIC Axp SOCIAL LIFE on mn eaisyItfH
FAMILY.
ivRon A STAFF CORRESPONDENT or TnB 4RnrxiE
WASHINGTON, March 1e--The routine pf1ne w6kr
Of the White House constantly increases The eala
Presidents were nos ayen allowed Q prirnto 1eeSc4
tary by law They had to pay for ail aieri ekt =
sistapcs out Of their own salaries. AfterWacd 6o1
secretary ives provided for then al assptant W.
added From Administration to Administsa zion ~
WORKING force grew By the addition o. eEsFAs, o. ~
detail OF Army officers until what is practically
Bureau or Appointments hos grown up lpalddine
the private secretary, there are now eeFep psfsoag
attached to CHS bureau and their places Are a pee
cures. Often they are busy until Late as night
bringing up the deye work. If they allow IL to gbt
behind 1t IL next 20 impossible 70 deal with 1t sat
factory. Perhaps description OF the current cdea
duties Of the Presidents personal sta may intsret
sorne readers Anenotmoas mail 10 received every !
day The piie OF lettcrs Is deposited upon tho depE
of the private secretary, Mr.. Brown, and he 6nd
Mr. Headley the executive clerk OPEN snd ciAssii9
them. OF course it Is impossible for the Presldeft
to read all the letters addressed to him. he should
undertake the Job be would have little time 5or
anything else. But II is important that be shoold
be able to select from the mas such letters a. ha
wants to read. So there is system OF briefnR the
correspondence letter by letter on broad sheets u
paper and making sort Of unbound volume Of thu
sheets Of each day. BY gancing over these abstracts
the President can see Id few minutes what lettsra
there are requiring his attention among the hndreda
that daily arve Such Of the letters a. are applicas
tlons for Office and more than tenths arsnf ta
class. are put each into long envelope which I
has printed form on it's back for indorsemeut with
name date. Office applied for and remarks. Mcst
Of these letters are distributed each ay ia tLe say
era departments and 90 upon thcir iles There ete
however. several tiles in the White House of
official letters to which the President may wish 10
refer, another of applications and recommendations
in cases pending for bis decsiop, one of personal
letters. and one which would furnish cnrioas read
ing to students of huan nature, called the eccens
trc file. An hour spent In looking over the con-
tents of this file would make the LEAST msanthropo
man bslsve that half the world had gone crazy. OF
eause him to apply to America the bitter remark Of
Carlvle. who said that Rnaland visa inhabited by
80 600 Of people. principally fools.
THE pREslDESTiAL scRAP.BooE
President Hayes carried OF 20 Fremont the eccens
trio en of his Administration. thinking it could not
be by any stretch Of the imagination vai
able public property Hayes was great collector
of material Of personal OF historical interest and be
had an active assistant in hts son Webb. Al the
newspaper criticisms on tie p iicy and appoints
ments of his Administration were carefully pres
served by him. He took with him small library Of
scrap-books filed with such clippings. Speaking Of
these scrap-books must not forget TO mention IN
connection with the otice work of the White Hol1e,
the fact that there is pest similar TO thas of an
exchange reader in daily newspaper ofice. Thisl
place is filed by Mr.. Morton, who served
under President Hayes. He goes through (
two or three hundred papers day.
cuts out everything he thinks the President
ought 70 see aEranges ha clippings In topical scynp-
book end tahesf the bocNs IN opcs . aay fos t5a
Presidents inspection. BY this system GfreHinent
can II he oivas sufeiek time to the matter keen
sIn,ost as wall r,ostsd On opInioa g tie cisf.
a.oSs % "s' ps's % P"A.o 'P'''s.. - Wy eA7'sf
Editor OF great daiiy.
THE WHITE Hous. STAFF,
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t1onso .,sfT; H. yU r. C.oo, a.
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among tne servants ol sno HOUSE, man VINO was ap-
po'eu W ne - ~. ntensi SUI
nus nanie Is nsroers' anu sne prpc'pai dooi
Mr. Loenier, was puS IN niS piaco Dy rresipehs
"i,,n' uii' ~ tooo =,
Ane uOes nis "otA veiiitu oS
Soieeu ~ 'nv se1et"l yt.sss'
seere'aEy M oTo"o, ana Sir. heaeiey nave.
room 10 themselves WIN TWO pay WINDOWS iookinS
out on the fotoiaac ana tne virginia mus ana
door ieadng 70 the Ffesiaepvs roou Ao]oinlngi =
d smai'er room whero MI. rruuon, tne ass.ssshs ss
private secretary Keeps WIN tue aiu Two
the records OF appointments anu removals ~
formidable ieather-bound volumes iike the lecsen
In conn nting-honse.
Besides the stan OF secretaries ana CLERKS taere
What might DO called an oinclai stan Oh serYanu'
who are appointed by the President and whose
salaries are provided for By Congress In the annual
appropriations 1t consists OF steward, doorkeeper
four assistant doorkeepers messenger four assis<
tant mess engers, two OF whom are mounted
watchman and fireman. There is also ~ tslegrapH
.a 90 @ sncS ~ the
man tue cook and the walters, are paid by tbs
President. The repairs and the general good ordsr
OF the house, s furnt ure and It's conservatory aE4