New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-03-10
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, March 5, 1885,

stand the general lack of consideration
shown by the public for the physical
welfare of the President. Our demo-
cratic system of government tends to
make the Office an exceedingly trying
one, in more senses than one. General
Grant once said that nothing he had
undergone as soldier ever came so
near killing him as the physical. strain
which came upon him at frst..as Presi-
dent, and that it was only by making
arrangements to protect himself and
secure some privacy and retirement
that he survived it. At no time since
he became President. until now, has
Mr.. Cleveland been inclined to admit
that the claims upon his attention were
impairing his health, or his energies.
Now, however, he finds that the readi-
ness he has evinced to meet all persons
who chose to call upon him, and the
patience he has maintained in listening,
has been strained. Persons run to the
President upon all occasions, and upon
all manner of errands, and frequently
upon business which could be better
transacted at one of the Departments.
During the forenoon each day the long
row of chairs and. sofas in the ante
room are occupied by persons, each
awaiting an interview with the Presi.
dent. At twelve o'clock crowd of
hand-shakers await him in the east
room, and he makes his escape. only
to be pursued to his private office by
importunate persons, who insist upon
his granting them private interviews.
This program has been carried out
regularly each day, until the President
finds that the physical strain imposed
by the necessity attending to the public
business of his Office during the small
hours If the night is beginning to make
itself felt upon his constitution. There
will probably hereafter be fewer hours
for visitors, and more time during the
day devoted to public business at the
White House.
During the past two or three months
meetings of prominent citizens have
been held from time to time to consider
the advisability of q permanent Ameri.
can Exposition in this city, to be inaug.
urated rs a Worlds Exposition in 1892
the 40Oth anniversary of the discovery
OF America. AT q large and enthusiasts
tic meeting held at Wizards Hotel, on
Thursday evening last, resolutions were
adopted. directing the chairman to ap.
point 4 committee of: twenty-one to
formulate plan in furtherance of the
objects of the meeting. Itis proposed
TO erect = grand American Museum, in
the Smithsonian Grounds, which will
be devoted to exhibits from the United
States, Mexico. Chill, Peru, Brazil, and
the other States of North, Central and
South America. Among the other
buildings proposed is one in which
equal space will be allotted to each of
the States to display their respective
resources. An American art gallery
has been suggested as the nucleus for
rare works of art and paintings of his.
toric value, which the various Ameri-
can governments would doubtless de-
sire to contribute.
Senator Edmunds has introduced
bill which provides for the inspection
of meats to be exported, and gives to
the President authority to suspend i'm
pertation from countries which unjust
~ Disseminated against on the theory
that they were supposed to be diseased,
when it was obvious that the only de-
sire was to exclude them.
The investigation, now in progress,
to ascertain whether any persons on
the Households are holding places and
receiving salaries without performing
labor has resulted in the discovery that
a number of newspaper correspondents
are on the rolls as laborers, and have
been receiving salaries ranging from
S72O to $500 per year. The great OBJ
lection to the acceptance of committee
service by newspaper correspondents is
that it tends to disarm them as critics,
and that from the nature of their posi-
tons they are in q manner bound to
protect the interests of their patrons
whenever occasion arises.
The House of Representatives, this
week, does not offer such attractions to
visitors IS the Senate. Nothing but
silver may be heard from it for some
time. The fnancials debate began
there regularly Tuesday. Ten days
have been set apar. for the subject and
sixty members have prepared speeches
on it. At the close of this discussion