Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1884-12-18

washfuston Chats.

wonmlmRtOm Cm0uDs
saw the President on Monday In the
White House library, where he now
sees his visitors. Grant and Hayes
preferred the Cabinet room. Mr.. Ar
thur always Bees every one in the IL
brary. When be is talking with his
general visitors he stands up. When
he 10 receiving special callers he sits
behind small writing desk and wheel
visitor, who Is seated in chair upon
the left. have never seen the Presi.
dent look so we'll ph hysically. His color is
good. His complexion is clear. His
flesh looks solid and has lost the f1abby
look of q year ago, when he was in such
poor health. He was dressed in q snug
fitting suit, dark-mixed goods. A
red rosebud was in the tight, narrow
lapel Of his four. button cutaway coat.
The President is always willing to
talk freely with people III whom he has
confidence. Newspaper correspondents
who treat him fairly find the President
as accessible as any of the public men
at Washington. He has prejud ice
against interviews. He thinks it is not
In keeping with the dignity of the po-
sition. So during his administration
no interview coming from him has been
published. His reasons for such poll.
cy are very simple. Upon public mat.
ters he has regular channels for com.
municating his views. Private mat.
ters he thinks no President shonld ever
take up for public discussion.
asked him Monday IL he would not
say something in answer to the criti-
cism that he had not given his party
the aid he should have during the cam
paign. / said to him "Some of Mr..
Blaine's friends think you could have
saved New York, and they charge you
with more than indifference" The
| whoever excused himself, In his opinion,
accused himself, and he should not
depart from his rule of silence, no
matter what criticism was made. He
did not care to talk about the New
York Senatorship, beyond his referring
me to his private secretary, Mr.. Phil
lips, who was authorized to say all the
President desired to have said upon the
subject.
The President in talking about his
daily work spoke of one of the severest
tasks he has during the day, and that is
his reception of his general callers. He
stands up all through his reception
of this class. This generally occupies
three hours. He has in this work to be
constantly shifting his position to cut
short too impoytunate interviewers, and
has to stand always on guard against too
great a demand upon his attention. He
is not always able to escape from the
house to take his horseback rides Gin the
afternoon, as at times the demands
upon him are SO pressing from people
who know how to break through the
most iDfiexible rules.
The President believes that the Execu.
| tive should be provided with house
separate and entirely distinct from the
| seen fit to embody this suggestion in his
messages to Congress. This explains
his fondness for living out at the cottage
In the Soldiers Home. He said Mon.
day You have no idea how depress.
ing and fatiRuing 1t is to live in the
same house where you work. The
downtown business man in New York
would feel quite differently IL after the
close of his day he were to sit down in
the atmosphere of his office to find rest
and recreation instead of going uptown
TO cut loose absolutely from everything
'oX2aertaa sams 18th Jack h1 RON a5 CT sh 66fsry
asked Mr.. Phillips to give me Mr..
Arthur's position 80 far as the New
York Senatorship is concerned. He
said
"The President is not a candidate,
has not been and will not be. No one
is authorized to speak for him or to put
him in the position of seeking the hon
or. He will not do anything, from the
first to the last, inconsistent with this
position"
"Then what is there in the story Of
the rumored withdrawal of his name
reported ?"
There is absolutely no truth in it.
The President could not withdraw from
a position he mas never occupied, that
of a candidate"
| might he not take some such action
If his friends should persist in dragging
his name through hopeless fight 2"
cannot speak as to what may or
may not be done in the future. Ger
tainly no contingency has as yet arisen
| which calls for single word or act
from him relating to the matter"
The President will, when President
eject Cleveland arrives in Washington,
tenderto him the Use Of any room orrooms
In the White House for the purpose of
| consulting with any of his friends. He
will also give him dinner a few days,
before his own retirement from officia'
life. These courtesies he regards as
due Mr.. Cleveland, and when it comes
to fulfilling the requirements of cour-
tesy the President permits no one to
| surpass him.