The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-03-18
THE, WHITE HOUSE EARLY BIRD.

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in the treasury department.
THE WHITE HOUSE EARLY BIRD.
President CIeveland's Habits--Little
Sleep and Much Work.
Letter to the New York Sun.
ALBANY, March 1.-THE Suns Wash
ington correspondence about the new
family in the White House is eagerly
sought here every morning. Albany is
very much wrapped up in the president
and regards him as its own product,
while Mr.. Cleveland admitted before he
left here that he had grown to love AL
bany.
'.When 1 first came here as governor"
said he, "my friends used to inquire how
I liked my new home. To which l re-
piled: This is no home of mine. l be-
long to Buffalo. But long ago l ceased
to feel that way, and for more than
year 1 have enjoyed every day of my
life in Albany"
The news that ''the governor" as he
will ever be called here, has ordered
breakfast at o'clock at the White House
suggests to his friends and those of Col.
Lamont good story about Cleveland's
first days in Albany. He gave Lol. La
mont list of his appointments to be
published in the Argus, and the first
name on the list was that of Daniel S.
Lamont. The astute Colonel was then
newspaper man, accustomed to turn
ing night into day.
"What time Will YOU be at the Capitol
tomorrow 2" he inquired of the COVER
nor.
ooh. about half-past O'Clock" Mr..
Cleveland replied.
The Coloners eyes were distended.
Never, perhaps, had a governor begun
his work at such an early hour. He told
Mrs. Lamont what the new order of
| things were to be, and managed to reach
his desk at the Capitol a few minutes be-
fore o'clock. He had just taken his
seat, after having hung his hat and { toat
up, when the governor came in, half an
/ hour earlier than the time he had ap-
pointed. After that the Colonel felt him.
self taking part in race to be the earli
est at work, and seldom or never was he
distanced by the governor.
Unlike most men of his build Mr.. Cleve
land requires very little sleep. The sto
ries are very plenty here of visitors tC
the executive mansion who have stayed
up until 1 o'clock or 2 o'clock in th'
morning with the governor, and then a
6 o'clock in the morning have been awak
ened from a ahalf-completed rest by sound
of heavy footsteps and of whistling, t.
peep out of their rooms and see the gov
ernor before his looking-glass shaving
himself and whistling as cbeerfully as
schoolboy. Once shaved and fully dress
ed, the governor would then let himsel
quietly out of the front door and strid
away beyond the city's outskirts for hi
daily constitutional, in the company {
the rattling milk carts and belated true
farmers on their way to the city marke
, In a small circle of intimates he wa
known as "the break-o'-day governor
Four or five hours sleep and three ligt
and entirely plain meals day fill oI
! the programme requisite with him fl
: good health and buoyant spirits, and
pursuing the course he has begun
Washington he will be following his ma
ural bent. lie will miss the walk to al
). from the Caditol six times day, to whit
e he has been accustomed, and he N;
Y miss it so greatly as to make new d
: parture in Washington. In former time
l. before Lincoln was president, the chi
:: magistrate had the entire White Hou
d to himself and his household, and /
st work and that of his secretary were pt
If formed in rooms set apart for the pu
le pose in the Capitol. President Clevela1
e NAV return to that practice, not only
g cause it will afford him exercise, a
N more important still, enable him to l
re the White House as resting place a
id a retreat, but also because under the p
le sent arrangement there is not sutficie
as room for an ordinary household the
Ill When President Arthur desired to ent
rs tain friends, he was obliged to send the
er to hotel at night; and it is understot
ne and is probably true, that not all the s.
e. wants could be accommodated under I
Ve White House roof. In Mr.. LincOl
u time the great apartment into which C
h lers were ushered and the smaller c
ed now used by the private secretary W,
,o taken from the household either to fl
the president from daily and frequent
posure to hostile persons in the streets
ITS for some reason that is probably mons
ar istent now.