Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-22
o,v wHE PRESIDENT RECEIVES
vavaed Urchin as welcome at the
,rhtre House as PompOus Politi-
ran. The pAilazslphia Record,

Ragged lrCuAH As WcASoAhO - -
white House as PompOus Poliu-
clan.
.sHINGToN, Sept. 1s.-EVery Mon
wednesday and Friday nowadays,
s.,,n II o'clock in the morning until / IN
.ho afternoon, CT perhaps till SEINE days
..o President OF the United States re-
ives visitors. On these occasions ne
sosa not sit in stately style at the head
Mine cabinet table in the cabinet room,
Ibid Rutherford B. Hayes; but, stand
IN the oval library room, he receives
,''1 callers as any gentleman might
ue does not stand quite sun,
Arfhur used to do, at one end OF.
.so room, all the people present
In,ssin0 in procession before him; but the
p"oners having been arranged around the
LII m the full capacity OF the big red
,sothar chairs and sofas, he walks S"onnO
i,oo rignt to left, shaking hands with
norh caller and listening 10 what he mas
,"sav as long as patience is virtue.
he a GOOD listener. Braced firmly on
his strong legs. with his head attentiVely
,rclined. he can listen to the dreariest
tSIssr for minutes without manltesting
s,, feeling. His patience is only equaled
t' his salf-pOssession. Yet he knows
,!o+ outside in the Cabinet room, the
prryate Secretary's room, the Executive
Iark,s room, and in the cor
r,5ors are many other callers who
want to see him during his three hours
reception. and so he does not allow any
me an undue proportion of his time. At IL
e,cIock COL Leot1er, his gray-haired door
.separ. usbers in the first batch of callers,
rroinrflv shutting off the stream when
,bs oval of people is complete. The Pres
don't who has been at his broad, oaken
dask there in the big bow-window ever
since Q o'clock, rises and cOurteously ad-
dresses the first caller OH his right. SOhe
roes around the room. As fast as it is
emitted it is filled again, I'M
M O'Clock, when the doors
ire closed for the day. What do all
bese people want? Most Of them want
,imply Ito pay their respects" They
nave or have not, as the case may be-
alters Of introduction to the President.
Tbey present them, if they have them, and
shake him by the hand and say anything
tnev can remember at that critical mo-
ment of what they had prepared to say.
Irtbev haven't, then they go through the
rest OF the operation Just the same. The
women who call ''tO pay respects" are
always more self-possessed than the men.
They are very apt to say something
who is very quick at repartee,
makes a witty retort, and so what
would otherwise be iptolerably monotO-
nous is frightened up. Most Of the others
are otliceseekers, although there are few
who have special requests to make, like
that of the delegation of shipping mer-
chants Of Philadelphia sent here the other
day to ask a pardon for Capt. Percy. All
the Office seekers are self-pessessed.
Even the men overcome their timiditY
wheD they want office. la this class are
included most of the Senators and Repre-
sentatiVes who call on the President
The great majority want Offices for their
friends. That may be one reason why
the President is not 50 glad to see the
room fill up with Senators
and Representatives as with their
constituents. Certain it is that
be can be very stern and for
bidding in his reception Of some Congress
sional demand for Offices, and very sym
pathetic and gracious in his treatment Of
some poor needy soul who asks for his
right, A statesman Of the old school,
speaking OF his first visit to the PBesi
dent, sad the other day: Nv hile / await
ed my turn in the library | observed very
carefully his reception OF those who pre-
coded me. l saw that he received Senators,
representatives and other politicians
with great reserve. He st0ed very
straight. He held his head high.
said to myself; Il am afraid he is.
too unbending. l am afraid be won't do
But presently the President spied little
girl poorly clad In one corser of
the room, and as soon as he saw her tim
idly standing there he left the great poll
tieians, and, crossing over to her, asked
her what she desired. He listened to her
story as cOurteously as though she had
been the highest lady In the land, and
tEzn answered her IN the gentlest manner
possible. Having done so, he conducted
her TO the door with as much respect as
be could have shown to any one. And
then | said to myself, You were mis-
taken. He can unbend, and he Will
do.'" Other men and women have found
out that the President has q very tender
sympathy Tor the needy and the helpless,
Is well as a stern Indignation for all
forms Of falsehO0d and hypocrisy. Some
one or some delegation in almost every
4 week callers bears an invitation to the
ttesldeut TO attend some social affair or
\ other, from the dinner which the Iroquois
ciub OF Chicago, proposes to give in No
Vember IN honor of the first anniversary
Oh his election, to a seattle show" which
some New England agricultural associa-
Won Is ABOUT to hold, or a school exhibit
uon over IN Georgetown. To all these
invitations the President has but
one reply. 1t was never better
Il gwen than when, last spring,
Uoy' Boteler, of West Virginia,
anu Governors Smith and Holiday, of
1 virginia, asked him TO attend the agri-
cultural fair about to be held at Win
CHESTER, Va. Gentlemen" said the
resident, II would like to go. but can
not leave the public business. Some
ZINES ! think there ought to be two Pres
!uents-one 10 attend the dinners and the
,elTs and have good time socially, and
s'e olner 10 attend TO the public duties
"illcl the people elected him to perform"
III mat event" said Gov. BOteler, very
,ItaPPlly, 81 feel sure that you would be