Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-06-15
Are About all the President Sees
These Days.
.rHE MODES OF THESE sCRAABLERs.
Next Big Changes in the Indian
Agencies - Loves Labor
Lost.
GENERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES,
Sn1.isl o az Regisl.,.

WASHiNGTON, June l4.-1he EEesAHeH'S
patieut, but even be sometimes gets tired OF
this constant mad rush for Offices 10 -
friend who called on him the other day ne |
remarked ,ba, he was thoroughly tired OF
this scramble. Il see nobody but office
seekers. Every body who comes wants an |
Office for himself or for his nearest friend, |
and talks Of nothing else. When he can't !
get what he wants he mAigns the other tel
lows who sre in 8 fair way to get it, makes
himself generally disagreeable, finally goes
Of mad and abuses me and the administra-
ton generally.
1t is not much to be wondered, too, that
he does get ,igsd and out Of patience some
times To stand or sit at the White House
door for small part of each day shows you
something of the rush that there is constant
" for pace There seems to be no end to
il. The olEce-seekers are coming aud
going constantly. If you stop BY the
desk Of the Presidents usher, Charlie
I.oeffler, good uatured German an ex-
soldier. who las been at the Presidents
door for fifteen or twenty years. you will
see pack Of cards on the desk. They in
dicate the callers Of the day except as to the
members Of Congress. They do not send
in their cards, but merely their names
Charley keeps their names on slip Of
paper, however, so that be always has the
naEe of every one who has called each day.
If you ask him to let you see the pile Of
cards he readily consents. You ind them
l. represen: all sections OF the country.
Scrp of them are handsome, engraved
caIds, 9th, rs Tr!t1sn With great care, others
rrintai. and still others scrawled with
lead pencil tor the occasion. They show
something OF the constant run" there IS
upon the President 1t is really surprising
to see the gall some people exhibit IN call
ing upon the Chief Magistrate of the coun-
try. They seem to think no more Of taking
his time for the simple purpose of making
friendly call than as though he were some
personal friend who had nothing to take
his time. Ths President seems to have
loarued pretty well the art Of disposing OF
his callers with celebrity. He does not
merely admit them one at a time.
He knows better than that. He can dis
pose of a man in three minutes who would
take halt hour Of his time if he were
alone. So be lets them come in in squads
and ranged about the room, take their turns.
He stands as much as possible, for even
this has q tendency to hurry the visitor.
Put man in q chair, give him your undi-
yided attention, and he is in no hurry But
stand and talk TO him in a wsy that shows
that you are anxious to get through the in
terview. and he will be pretty prompt. A
Congressman talking about the difficulty Of
getting any Of the Presidents time said to
your correspondent: 81 find It almost i'm
possible to get more than few minutes
with him. have been here weeks, and
then with no satisfaction. The room isal-
WAYS full OF people, everyone looking at you
and trying to hear what you are saying and
wondering when you are going to get
through and give them 9 chance. The
President, Of course, is anxious to get
through as soon as possible, and while he
listens patiently you feel like cutting your
talk of in the middle, especially when he
stands up puts out one foot to take step
towards the next man, showing you that he
is anxious for you TO get out OF the way. l
don't blame the President for wanting to
cut the matter short, for il is a constant
strain upon him, and he must get swtully
bored. but there is little satisfaction in it for
the caller, especially when he is getting
scores Of le.,sl every day wanting to know
WY re does %. see the President and have
ID or tha: appointment made at once.
Raid on the Indian Agents.
One ofthe rext things to be done in the
way Of removals will be a general change
of the men who manage the affairs for the
Indian. Commissioner Atkins is quietly
getting ready for long trip among the
Indians. He will go away up north, to the
line of the British possessions, across to the |
Pacific coast, and down along the section |
inhabited By the Indians until he reaches |
the I ne Of Mexico. He intends to visit as |
many Of the agencies as possible, perhaps |
all OF them. and make thorough inquiry |
into the situation. He has been very slow |
about making or recommending changes |
thus far, but will not always be so |
He has been unanimously advised as to |
what be ought 20 do for the noble red man, |
and how he ought to turn out every man
now employed in the Indian service. He |
will wait, however, until he sees the situa- |
ton for himself before taking action. After |
MS TtSIIQ II Is tA pcCtcu buoA NhOA0 VIII 70 o Il
coed many changes The namber Of apph-
caticas for these Indian offices, agent post !
trader and tha, sort Of thing is perfectly |
surprising. There is an impression that |
the average pos: trader makes from $4,000 |
to $40 coca year, that the position OF Indian |
agent is one fRll of good things, and that
tie inspectOcships are about the next best |
thing 70 q cabinet Office, at least you would |
suppose so from the large number OF aP2h- |
cations for them.
Loves Labor Lost.
Among the curiosities 81 the museum Of |
the POsioACe Department is one evidently |
intended fUs some gentlemen who has |
sought the protection Of Canadian laws 1t
is an ordinary shirt cuff upon which IS
drawn in ink a sketch Of fleeing debtor,
gripssck in hand, pursued by half hundred
anxious creditors with bills in hand. Above
is the inscription, Discovered after the de-
parture Of the great skipper, and under
meath is the following:
Oh phat blessing the railroads are;
How happy [ telt In the little car,
Which waited me on Eard 50 lar away
From the men Who tnsiSted that 1 should pay.
They would have my money or ruin ny name
But beat them al AZ their little game,
And think I conceded 10 them enough
" hen l went Of and left them this little cuff.
Assistant Secretary of Interior.
WASHINGTON, June l4.-Ex-C Congressman
George A. Post, of PennsylFsnis, who has
been prominently spoken Of in connection
i'll tba of6rs Of aecond assistant Secretary