Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-04-24

AUTOGRAPHS.
How the Flends Carry on in Wash
lngton-Secrect Sessions.
Special Correspondence of the 1SrkR-OcEAS.l
WASHINGTON, April 2O.-Although the
president is quiet and leads an orderly,
business like life which would seem to
furnish no food for gossip, they again
have him about to be married. 1t would
be very remarkable if he could find any
time for love making or love thinking in
the midst of his present duties. In the
early morning his desk presents IN in.
teresting sight. Papers Of every de.
scription are there, pertaining to almost
every subject, and the writing on the
envelopes is a study. People resort to
every means to catch his ear and eye
and present their claims after their own
style. personal" is written on most of
the letters addressed to him, but his mail
is gone through by Col. Lamont and the
sub-secretaries and only the really per-
sonal and Important letters are laid on
the executive desk. One of the presi.
dents duties is that of appeasing the au-
tograph craze. Whether he takes pleas.
ure in this or not, he is resigned and
goes through it good naturally. He us.
ually writes his signature in this way,
"Grover Cleveland, April 16, 1856,
When he goes to his Office in the norm
ing Doorkeeper Loeffler, three times a
week, takes in a little load of autograph
albums and lays them before him. The
president has never refused to write his
name in these books, but Lnefler is
careful not to burden him with too many
at a time. Afew weeks ago some ladies
interested in n of the charitable insti-
buttons of this city, called on Mr.. Oleve.
land and requested that he donate his
signature to be voted for at q fair to be
given for the benefit of the charity. He
sliced. a piece Of paper, then stopped
and opening a drawer pulled out his
check book, filled it in for q substantial
amount and signed it, giving it to them
with the remark, 81 guess that auto
graph will do more good"
Not only do residents of this city and
visitors leave their albums with the pres
ident's doorkeeper for the presidential
autograph, but by every mail, also, come
letters requesting the president to send
his autograph to the writers. Some
times he varies the way of writing his
name by following the date with "Exe-
cutive mansion or white house," but
never writes president.
Autograph hunters are always plenti-
full about the capitol as we'll as the white
house. Leading senators and represen-
tatives are daily solicited for their sigma
lures by visitors and residents. Most of
them are accommodating and comply
With the request Of the page who seeks
them, book in hand but lhave noticed
that the new members show the greatest
~alacrity IN satisfying this demand.
There are real Autograph fiends' who
make a business Of collecting. They 60
aboutit Systematically, setting apart one
portion of their book for senators, an
other for representatives, supreme court
justices, cabinet officers, poets, histor-
ians. authors and preachers. During the
sessions of congress the pages make
. quite a good thing of procuring the au-
tOgraphs of members for such collec.
tons.
Some of the albums left at the white
house contain autographs of great inter.
est. In one was the chirography Of 10.
siah Henson, the original of Harriet
Beecher Stoves "Uncle Tom," written
III 1873, when Henson was eighty-nine
years of age. One of Wendell Phillips
peculiarities was 10 write with his name
the words "Peace if possible, justice al
any cost" "a characteristic of the evan.
gelist Moody is to write before his name
John xiv g." in the hope of Installing
a seed Of Christianity into the minds Of
those who read by causing them o prefer
to that chapter of the Testament.
The contest in the senate for the prac
teal abolition of the secret sessions is
now going on and the indications arr
that it will go on until the question shall
be decided. 1t is politics that is back O
the movement on both sides of thu
chamber. The Republicans believe tina
by making public all that the commit
tees have gathered and may gather al
to the controlling reasons for making
changes in office, they will be able t
show that the administration has beer
influenced more by political reasons
than by civil service ideas. The Demo
Gratis are not willing to subject them
selves to the charge Of being afraid to lie
the public know all that the senate maN
learn with regard to removals. Thu
Democratic senators freely charge tina
the proposition is a political move OF
part of their opponents, but as mi of tn,
prominent Democrats of the body said
1--WE can't afford to oppose it, because j
Is O popular move"
Senator Logan said, THE secrets o
Of executive sessions were let out il
some way" Was there ever an execu
tive session to consider an importan
matter from which something had no
leaked out? The newspaper men 20
the sedrets from somebody-Mr. Logan
did not know from whom-probabl.
from the splttons or the desks of tn
senate chamber-of course not from an,
senator.
Wild Cherry and Tar.
Everybody knows the virtues of viii,
cherry and tar as a relief and cure for an,
affection of the throat and lungs. Com
bined with there two ingrediens are
few simple healing remedies in the com
position Of DR.. Bosanko's Cough an
Lung Syrup, making it just the articl
you should always have in the house, 70
coughs, colds Group and bronchitis. Pric
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