The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1885-11-21
CUR WAsIENGT0N LETTER



WAsHiNGTON. d. c., Nov. Il, 1885.
Since his Inauguration the President has ls-
sueu no order that has accustomed 50 lbuch
talk as the one excluding Office seekers @hd
their advocates from the White House.
Senators ana Members oil the House have SO
long been used to goin. 10 the President with
great delegations of OIice SEEKERS that me
sudden change WAS quite q shock. The Office
seekers themselves however, and not senators
and heiuoers, ARE those WHO most severely
crincise the order. Congrcsslnen do not
relish being ordered to stay away from the
White House when their business Is patronage,
but majority Of them are not very anxious
about tner place hunting lllcnds. they ma
IN the order new excuae Ton Avoiding res
possibility in looking after them.
The sergeant i'll command the messengers
in the main antt.-routn of the - hito House was
asked If senators and Members would be re-
| qliitCd to say if their business Wa. Uf private
or puuiic nature before being permitted to go
| un-stails. I'll is my duty" replied he. TO re
/ quire them to state whether their business ia
| public or not But suppose they refuse?"
Then their cards will not be sent up"
The Presidents tri-weekiy midday public
| tecoptIUns are new features IN lie at Tia
| White House, 1t has been customary for
Presidents after the official hour for receiving
WAS oyer to open the Executive office upstairs
| aud let the crowd rush through. Tbs Presi-
| dents coming down to the Eaet ,GUlM accom-
| Odates a much larger number OF people in a
! more comfortable manner than tue old way
| The CATERS at these receptions are mainly
brides and e. O0lIs, foreign aud native tourists
| Ihey usually enter the main anie-FVom Oh the
! " int House tiptoeing with nervous respect
iuinesd, scarcely taking Dove IA awe stTtoho,i
whisper, IN answer to inqulres the attend
anita eoleniy point them to the East Room
/ They enter this and stand or sit around All.
| mlrlu5 its beautiful furniture anu decorations
until sergeant Dinsmore throws open par d
1uldlng doors, ana the red pUIttgpgS in front Oi
| them. Then President Cleyclanl, DuGtOuet
| up in = tightly hitting bacR frUCk coat, appears
lie comes just Inside of the Room, So that he
can retire the instant he wishes A ponce
officer takes position just back OF the ser
geaut. The crowd then moves up; and Til,
hand shaklng begins.
delegation OF phiianthr0psts has beef
here TO interview the President On the ques
ton of the Rttion's treatment OF her luuIAl
wards 1T would lie difficult TO conceive how
ay new point or ri,ginui proposition oouIu b.
made on Il topic TO which public attyutiun hd
been called from every standpoint and iron
all sources Sir. Cleveland istenod to arg,S
mcnts Older than the oldest Indian, a.it, con
CURED i'll all that was said. tie then adde,
that ne was ready to act Whenever he wa
convinced u what Was the hTst and best thin!
to do If his callers cOuu puinG cut good
sound, just practical starting, lie would star
there His visitors had outlined q theurelIca
programme, the execution ii winch WOMB
involve years of effort, but they had no
pointed 10 the first sGrp, and lie Insist=d tina
the ilrst step VAS tho one he would have {
take.
The President, minated, however, that h
hoped 70 niils,c It beginning iii the right dirC(
ton, during the remaining years oi MS Admir-
lstratiun. The delegation, consisting Of Gel
Fisk hey Lyman Abbott, Hon. Erastu
br"oAs, and thers, then went to The lntciiu
Department and had II long interview wit
Secretary Lanlaf The latter said anon
he "A mali.