The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-09-05

around the various large hotels In
Washington. AS have said he is ever
present. You can't get quit of him. He
will insist upon quoting passages from
some of his best speeches. He will bore
and button-h hole you about to death
and finally the whole business will VIM
mn By his asking if you have anv loose
change in your pocket that Won could
lend him for q day or tWo-iu until he
receives a certain sum OF monsy
which Senator this and Representative
that has owed him for a considerable
time In this way money is often ten
dered out of pity. 1t can easily be seen
that this type of man has ssen better
DAYS. He is intelligent and smart, but
through dissipated habits he is COM
PEELED to wear clothing that is thresd-
bare; hat that has seen better days;
a pair of boots that are thin in the up
pers and down in the heel. From a
man of responsibility and position, he
has descended to what is known as a
'deadbeat." He is in Washington, of
course, looking after some Office, which
he is as likely to get as the man in the
moon. Yet he lives in hope. He Dor
rows from his Congressman or any
body else who will lend to him. He
ruPs long account with his landlady,
and his food he picks up at the various
free lunch bars. With five cents. with
which he purchases glass of beer, he
can pick and PICK until he manages to
get, not square meal, bu- enough TO
appease hunger for the time being.
But all Office seekers are not Of this
class. Thousands of respectable people
come to Washington to seek a posi-
ton to better their condition in life.
MANY hnUnunp OFnoftU dis
appointed. They leave home with q
considerable sum of money and upon
their arrival in Washington they put
up at some respectable stopping pace.
They feel assured, from what they have
been told by their Congressman, that
they will soon get position of some
kind, and they feel perfectly content To
walk around for several weeks. By and
by they begin to think that. after
month OF two has passed away and no
position has been obtained, that Pres
ident Cleveland is too slow, that he
ought to wave up and turn out Repub-
licans to make room for Democrats
on the principle that to the Victors be
long the spoils." Many DISAPPOINTED
office seeker of this ciass'have [ met in
Washington, men of ability and re
spectability. The money they had
brought with them was now getting
very low and the prospect of obtaining
a position even at the end of two, three
or four months was no brighter than it
was the first day they arrived in the
city. Ultimately such person gets
disheartened. and as soon as his money
Is done, ne strikes for home with no good
feelings towards the Administration.
or the heads of departments, as the
case may be He thinks he has been
badly treated, and threatens all sorts of
vengeance against the Democratic party,
Presi :ent Cleveland in particular. The
Office seeker, of course, has no use for
civil service reform. In his opinion
every Democrat ought to fill the office
now filled by Republicans. In this,
perhaps, be is not far wrOng, but it
should be remembered that it takes
time to bring about such a revolution.
Cleveland has done a tremendous
amount of work since he entered the
White House; and SO far as removals
are concerned l believe he will do some
thing sweeping in that line before the
meeting of Congress in Decemb + next.
The Democrat leaders are bringing great
pressure to bear upon him IN this dlrec-
ton, and in view of the fall elections,
and the absolute necessity of having a
Democratic majority il the House, he
may be moved TO display greater activ-
ity In the next few months than he
has displayed IN the past. Party diff
ferences will have to be healed up
and liberal distribution of the
offices will go long way to ELL up the
breach. At present President Cleve-
land is enjoying q we'll deserved holi-
day All cuisines at the White House
is suspended, and probably will be for
some weeks to come. His hands will
be full when he returns but with the
assistance of Col Lamont, one of the
most capable of private secretaries in
the country, he will soon clear the
tables of accumulated correspondence
and get down to solid business. He is a
terror to work, and at the same time
has pleasant wcrd for every one who
is fortunate enough to have an audience
with HIM. His patience. however, is
sometimes very sorely tried. He has to
listen to a great many things that do
not legitimately belong to his depart
ment. He Is safely guarded neverthe-
less. from "crankS," a good many of
whom are always floating about Wash
ingtOn. They come from all parts of
the country and are imbued with the
idea thai unless the President follows
the line of policy they willmark out the
government will go to pieces. Several
OF these half demented people have
got into the White House, but as soon
as they were asked by the attendant to
state the nature of their business, it was
instantly discovered that their minds
were unbalanced and that they had
better be handed over to the tender
mercies Of the police. and their friends
as soon as possible. The Guiteau tribe
are not not all dead yet. The President,
however. seems to have no fear for
his safety. While in the city he drives
all around. in the company of his
wife, every afternoon. Sometimes
Mrs. Cleveland drives out alone
for the purpose of doing some shop
ping, but the mobbing she has received
when recognized in a store has made
her visits on the street very few. 1t ap-
pears she is very fond of birds. One
day waile the President was out OF
town she had the coachmau dress in
plain clothes and drive her down to
bird store on Pennsylvania Avenue.
She had scarcely got into the store be-
fore some one on the side walk recog-
nized the coachman, and the "cat was
out of the bag" Immediately. a crowd
gathered around the door and she had