Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-14
ON THE WHITE HOUSE STEPS.
Pen Pictures of the Men who Serve
Cleveland and the Glorious Nation.

Pen Pictures Of the Men who Serve
Cleveland and the Glorious Nation.
"Carp," in Cleveland Leader.
| stood for half an hour at the front
door of the White House yesterday and
watched the different Cabinet ministers
as they came in to attend the regular
meeting Of the Cabinet, which is held at
II O'Clock on three days Of the week.
Postmaster General Villas was the first
to arrive. He came promptly on the
stroke of II, in the stylish coupe which he
keeps at the expense of the government.
His horse is magnificent dapple gray,
and he has an English cOachman with
stiff side wbiskers Of the same color as
the horse. This cOachman is a skeleton
in livery. He sits as straight as a line
and as solemn as a funeral while ne
drives along at a smart trot. Mr.. Villas
brings his assistant with him, and he is
the most business-like Of the Cabinet
ministers. When be jumped from his
coupe on to the White House dOorsteps
he had a portfolio as big as that Of an art
ist under his arm, and his left hand held a
bundle OF papers. He stopped not mo-
ment, but rushed into the White House
and hurried up the steps.
Next came the Secretary Of the Treasu-
~ IN a twO-hOrse closed carriage. The
Treasury adjOins the White House. but il
takes two horses and double carriage 10
bring Mr.. Manning half block. Man
ming is the Jumbo OF the Cabinet. He is
much like Cleveland, and about the W hite
House strangers always take him for the
President. An Albany he and the Gov
ernOr we're dubbed the two DromiOs.
Manning seldom hurries. He stepped
slowly from the carriage to-day and
saunlered into the Executive Mansion as
though he expected % 1--we to the age OF
Methuselah. He brought no papers with
him, and walked up the steps with his
hands behind his back, slowly, heavily
and solemnlY.
The next conner was the Secretary OF
State, who came on foot from the state
Department. walking along iauntily with
bamboo stick In his hand and tall
white hat upon his head. He stepped
lightly into the vestibule and then went
up the stairs three at a time, looking FOR
an the world like an English parson who
cares more for fun than for religion. Bust
ness was evidently not troubling him, and
be had no papers 10 bis hands.
After Bavard came Secretary Lamar in
the carriage which he paid for out OF bis
own rocket. Lamar is not well, and he
does not look we'll lie had q light oyercoat
over his arm, though the thermometer was
away up IN the eighties, and he walked
ND the steps aud into the Cabinet cham
Der with n weary tread. The last time be
was here 10 Cabinet meeting be did not
feel able 10 mount the stairs, and he had
10 be taken up in the elevator.
Endicott and Garland were absent from
the city Yesterday, and they did not, Of
course. appear, but Whitney was present,
and be came IN last Of all. 1t must have
been II $50 o'clock before he was seen
walking slowly across from the big gran
ite nile In which his department Is. A
gentleman was with him, aud the two
stopped at the White House door and
talked for some moments. while the Presi-
dent ana the rest OF the Ministers waited
upstairs for them. AZ last he entered
and calmly walked up the stairs, as though
he was first. instead of last.