The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-10-28
lie VIII Still Further Seclude Himself, and
Interviews Will Not Be Granted Office
Seekers Nor Their Advocates.
How a Republican Clerk Preserved His
Manhood and His Clerkship.
Facts and Figures About the Elegant Resi-
dences Owned by Some of Our Prominent
Public Men-0ther Washington News.
THE PRESIDENTS CALLERS.

They Become So Numerous that He Will BE
Compelled to Abandon Public Receptions.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Oct. 27.-It begins to look as if
the President would have to abandon his public
and popular receptions. 1t has been the custom
of Presidents to meet groups of people who
call at the White House whenever requested to
do So Presidents Lincoln, Grant. Hayes and
Garfield always went out of their working-room
to shake hands with body of people who called
to see them, but Mr. Cleveland conceived the
idea that he would save time by selecting certain
days in the week when he would meet these Wis
itors. He selected Monday, Wednesday and
Friday as days upon which he would hold these
little levees and every afternoon about half-past
l o'clock, lie has gone down into the East Parlor
ard clasped hands with from one to two hundred
people. They are mostly strangers from differ
ent parts of the country, and it has been eonsid
cred quite proper thing and is much appre-
ciated The last reception however. developed
the fact that as the city begins to fill up for the
winter these receptions become SO large that
they cannot be accommodated. Heretofore the
President has met each Of the callers and
has lost but from five to ten minutes time, but
four weeks until each reception would consume
from thirty to forty minutes time. Although
this does not seem to. pc very much attention to
the public, it must be remembered that the
President receives people in his private room on
public business from IL to o'clock on the same
days the receptions are held, so that three days
in the week are given up wholly to the public
Cabinet meetings are held on Tuesdays and
and Thursdays, and the President reserves Sat
urdays for himself No one can be admitted to
him on Saturday, Tuesday or Thursday un-
less by special permission. Senators, represent
atives and other public officers seem not to un-
derstand that the President will not see them on
the last three days named, and persist in calling
at the White House almost daily, and insist on
having their cards sent in to his Excellency.
Very often personal friends of the President call
and rail at the attendants because they refuse to
make their presence known to the President.
They protest that Mr.. Cleveland will receive
them and make exception in their case
through old friendship, etc, and it occurs very
often every day that the messengers have to
push back gentlemen of Understanding who are
indeed the personal friends of the President.
The sergeant of the police force at the White
House says that it would seem that everybody
in the United States would visit The White
House in very few years, if one were to stand
around there as he does ard see the great
streams of humanity pour out and in And it is
strange that such very large proportion of
them are on their first visit to Washington, and
say that they expect it is their last visit.