Daily Republican., 1888-04-12
a LARaE MAIL.

ginning to get heavy again. When
he first came into office he got more
letters each day than had any of his
! predecessors within the memory of the
old employees OF the White House
They came in fron b all parts of the
country, and were addressed In all
sorts Of chirogruphy y, and in a great
variety of forms, varying from simple
l"Grover, President of America" to
Ellis Excellency, II on. Grover Cleve.
land, Esq, President OF the United
States of America, AT Washington. !"
Most of them were marked "Private, "
!"Personaw or "Codfdcntia'." For q
while it kert three len busy; finally,
when 1t was found that the replies to
these letters did not contain commits
sions there was gr eat falling off In
the mall until it got down to ordinary
proportions. But ed dch striking period
in his executive ca reer has brought
,about renewal OF Mr.. Cleveland's
correspondence When he got mar
iried the letters of congratulation were
ia marvel, and then Mrs. Cleveland
came to share his burdens, and she got
more than her share of the eorrrspon-
dencs. She did what be usually does
mot, answered many of her letters her.
. self. She is fond df writing and did
much OF 1t when he first entered the
White House, but she is more dis
eliminating now tina n she was at frst.
Then again the Presidents CORE
spondence dropped of But the ap.
proach OF the Presidential contest, the
talk OF opposition, the tariff message,
tho preparations for the Convention,
and all those things have aroused all
the ready letter. writer's In the country,
aud the Presidential mail is almost as
large now as when the whole Demo
cratic party expectt I'D 10 get into OF
fee.
The President himself sees but few
of the letters address ed to him. They
are all opened at firAt by clerk who
has long been in the Executive Office.
The fact that they Are marked "pri-
vaie" or personal y does no good.
Quite the contrary. If they did not
open the rest these would certainly
not be sent to the President. InYa.
| rlably they are begging letters and
Mr. Cleveland never hears of them.
There Is no other ditizen in the coun'
try who has such D censorship ovel
his mail. Boys at Vhe Jesuit College
have more freedom pf correspondence
than does the Preaident. His letters
lare intercepted and torn open. They
are answered and thrown into thu
waste basket without his having hat
the pleasure of readiug them. Thi
is one OF the disadv antages of being ,
+. President. 1t has t|een the same will
jail Presidents durin these latter days
II is done, though, with his full sane
+, ton and consent. An letters directed
to the President go through the haudt
iot Colonel Lamont or his executive
clork, and those it is thought the Presi
dent ought to or wants TO see are Sc
aside and sent in 10 him. The res
are looked over and separated int
two classes those from persons of ap
) psrently sound mind and those from
"cranks " The crank" letters ar,
never answered They are all put to
gether, and there is pigeon. holt
marked 'crank," where they are fie(
laway. The lot of them would make i
I volume of curious eading matter.
4 All the other lettd rs are ans wered by
the Executive clerk, according to hi
lown notion, and the President neve
hears of them. They are letters tha
, there is no necessity for him to see
Many OF them are d t the character re
, ,ceiyed constantly by editors OF news
papers, asking to HI We bets settled, o
flor the solution o some problem II
mathematics, or for information a
to some historical event-the assump
:, ton always being hat the Presiden
is informed on al subjects. Other
are asking what disposition has beeI
made of certain application papers, o
advice as to what branch Of the ser
: vice the writer had better enter. Som
arc to suggest the use OF u certain sor
of liver pills. Som e.imes motherl,
iold lady will suggest an herb tea /,
prevent the accumulation of fat ant
: Isecure steady actibn oil the heart ant
: liver.
When the clerk writes that thes
, letters have been received and dul,
Iconsidered, the wriIer is usually salts
! flied that he has tou nd his way to tn
i. President. Some correspondents writ
frar,,l, rl,,