Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-07-29
A WHY'S lNFL lI ENTE.
TIE Changes It's Working in the Habits ofthe
President.


A Washington CORES pondent OF The
Rochester Union writes: When Mrs Gro
verl Cleveland, shortly after her marriage,
succeeded. at Deer Park, in persuading
President Cleveland ia unbend so far as
TO invite a couple Of news paper cores
pondents to call at the cottage where the
bridal couple were spending their brief
honeymoon, in order to CLEAN the best
things from a batch of Geographic mess
ages of congratulation it was predicted
that the lady had only begun to exercise
amellowing influence and that presently
she would be making herself felt in way
to greatly increase the popularity of her
leige lord With the tact of a bright and
amiable woman, she had noticed that with
all his democratic traits the was person
ally inclined TO be exclusive to aristOcrat.
ic extent To overcome this IL " Ashing
ton means to overcome it for the whole
country, for every little thing that is
done here by the president and his wife
Is known to the writers, is sent off TO the
whole country by wire, and has its weight
in establishing impressions of the host Of
men who hold the executive power of the
people. The little incident of the visit to
the shooting festival, including the pet
ting of little Dutch baby, went great
way, and it cost but little effort. The
prediction was then name that the next
popular thing the president would do
would be TO take walk down Pennsyl-
vania avenue in the same free and indie.
pendent democratic way that Grant used
to promenade, nOdding to everybody who
said Good day" and acting very much as
if he enjoyed the rare privilege of being
citizen on foot. Well, that prediction
has been verified, and for a very interest
ting reason.
Secretary Manning started yesterday
morning from the Warm Springs of Bath
county, West Virginia, on his way to
Watch Hill; accompanied by his wife and
daughter. The president had been in
formed that they were to reach Washing
ton about 10 o'clock in the evening, and
that change woald be made to the New
York train at the depot SO he set out in
the white house carriage, carrying a fine
bouquet from the conservatory, and nav
ing Col. Lamont as a companion AS the
train was late, the president and his secre-
tary walked up and down the platform
until its arrival, and then greeted the sec
rotary most cordially. He spent three
quarters of an hour before the departure
chatting with Mr.. Manning, who is plain
ly in better condition than when he left
for the springs, and babe him a reluctant
goodbye soon after II o'clock. Then, in
stead of taking the white house carriage,
the president and Col Lamont sauntered
slowly up Pennsylvania avenue. Wash
ington is an early town. There are very
few persons on the avenue so late as II
O'Clock and the president, in his blue serge
suit and straw hat, and Lamont IN his
rather heavy gray faock coat, escaped no
tice except from a very few young men
who met them. These chance young men,
however, made bold to salute the presi-
dent, who, rather more graciously than
usual, touched his straw hat. in passing.
The Washingtonians are sensitive about
this public appearance. They feel that
the president ought to be 'one of u.s.
that he should rely upon thtt prevailing
sense of propriety that exists to be free
from interruption or annoyance, and be
entirely different from Gen. Arthur, who,
from laziness or feeling of insecurity,
never permitted himself to walk in the
streets after he was president unless at
wierd hours of the early part of the morn
ing and then only upon retired streets.