Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-06

fhe President h Interview ed Or Oar
sDeeial CsrrespsRdenf.
Srsp~EfHe Special 70 Post nssllss-zesr.
WAszNoEox, March 81 eallsd at the
white House this evening. Il vas
soneShst difficult 20 gain adaissisn.
OCT one OF my personal friends. who d
= cook IN the Presidents hoasshoId,
kindly left . basement entry unlocked.
snd ] Rot IN By passing throaeh the
coal eei!ar. After prolonged search
found Mr.. Cleveland in the b0tlsr's
/ pantry, coached in the farthess c0rne 2,
aud tanning himself With q meat cleav-
er. As / entered he uttered q sigh of
relief. and Uarmared. All / thought
/ Is wac Mstoalfe and Harris. Do ysu
sRow, those miserable men have doQQed
ny footsteps ali this blessed dsy. /
haven't had moments peaos. vas
Just hidisg from them, bat they have
found me six times since noon. and /
am afraid they will drop on this place
At this junctare there was q noise in
the hall way, and the unhappy man
made q frantic rush toward the door,
throwing his whole weight against il
and calling for me to help push. As ne
one tried TO enter, hswever, be gradual
~ relaxed his effort and after carefully
adjusting the lock, said With a van
smile, Il was sure that was Joe kuhn's
step. fou see Kuhn and Harris and
Metcalfe are always together
The President then sat down On an
empty srscker-box and turning 20 me,
said. Well, what mission do you
want ~
None, Grover, none" / answered
earnestly. Il only sish to ask about
your policy in regard 30 Washington
Territory. ! am only an humble news
paper man"
A heavenly smile lis ap his face as be
Rrasped nay hand and whispered ecstat-
leally, You are the first man | have
seen for q month who don't want an
office. Sit down; sit down." and he
pushed forward broken tea chest.
Nov. Grover ] said quietly, I'VE
havest much time, and | have some
questions to ask. Hurry up with your
answers, because | know Harris and
Metcalfe will be here soon" Here the
President glanced sasagely at the cleav-
en-. I'm the first place, do yoa know
Alex. Montaomeryf
DO / know Alex 2 Well, I should
glance to glimmer. Oh, yes Alex is
to be Commissioner of the General Land
Ofhee. IN ship him along to the Sen
ate tomorrow"
And Ostrander ~
oh, yes; old Doc Ostrander; /
think he 10 10 be Governor isu't be ?''
do not know" said in some as
Constituent. "Yoa ought to know"
well, l DON'T" be said, confiden-
TALLY. You zee left that 10 the Ter
ritorial Central Committee. think
they are going to appoint Ostrander,
bat ! prefer Bsriah Brown. You see
Beriah-"
Then you know Bsriah Brown 2"
N-no, not personally, but Villas does.
You see, Brown and Bill Villas were
boys together. Bill says be ia O brick,
and would like to appoint him. bat I
am bound hand and foot by that blasted
committee. Here; have got letter
from them in my pocket. You see they
say We must give them Ostrandsr, Kuhn,
Harris, Metcalfe and White. do wish
that didn't have to, bat what the con-
mittee says must 90"
"Do you know Butler p
what Hillory Well, rather. He
10 an old line Democrat. II il wasn't
for that plagued committee ] would find
a soft place for him. And, nov, young
man, as We are speaking of Washington
Territory, want TO show you some
thing"
Here tbs President, after fumbling
arouRd the region of his shirt bosom for
an instant drew forth a small, morocco,
gilt edged book, pretty well worn.
See" he said with look of pride, "I
took the oath Of office on that preoioas
volume. Look at it,"
took the historic book and opened
the clasp. | was surprised to SEQ that
the pages Of Scripture had been care
fully removed. and substituted for them
were slips evidently cut frem the COL
unns II q newspaper.
"Ah," | mufmured delighted, some
unknown writings Of jefferson, of Jack
sen or of Douglas, the Bible of your
Democratic faith. the -"
No, no." answered Cleveland brisk
ly, those are the able and fearless edi-
torisls written In aid Of the Democratic
cause by John Miller Murphy and Col
onei Frank j. Parker during the late
campaign. On them took my cath, by
them | -"
Here there was rush and 9 crash.
The door was burst open, and Harris,
Metcaife and Kuhn rushed in, followed
by horde OF office-see ksrs. The IN
happy Presidents dew into corner, bar
rieaded himself behind q table and re-
sisted the onslaught desperately. He
was, however, finally oserpowered, and
howling with anguish, he was borne TO
the East Room, where he vas oombelled
to sign ak hundred and ninsty-two
nominations. While the fight was In
progress. your correspondent quietly
Withdrew.