Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-10-11

AT l:oU P. N. Mr. HARRISON goes 10
lunch by back stairway, lest someone
tackle him on the way down. On Tues
days and Fridays. however, at noon he
has to preside at meetings with the Cabi-
| net, on which occasions he must give de-
cisions on matters relating to each depart
ment. These meetings usually last up to
2 or o'clock, thus making the Presidents
! luncheon late. OF course, members of
Congress do not restrict themselves to the
| morning for their calls. They come in all
| day long, each member OF the Presidents
party regarding the Chief Executive as
man to be consulted, abused, and confded
in at pleasure. There is dispute as to
who would be the best Postmaster for
Quidnunc, La. A fight is going on in that
district, and delegations in behalf of this
candidate and that have come all the way
| to Washington TO see the President on the
subject. Of course all the delegations are
Republican, and whatever the Presidents
action is his nomination is referred to as
unpopular" So it is with all nomina-
| lions.
At 5 P. NJ. Mr.. Harrison wishes to go
| driving. He steals out by back way and
| thus makes his escape, to drive with this
or that noted politician with whom he is
obliged to discuss questions of State. He
comes back, puts on evening dress and goes
to dinner. At the table he entertains by
necessity people whom he has invited to
| dine for reasons purely political. More
shop.
BETWEEN TWO FIRES.
incidentally, he is conscious that the
eye of the nation is upon him. If he
serves wine at the repast the Prohibition
crowd will go for him in the public prints;
supposing that he provides only water, the
opposition newspapers will accuse him of
| being temperance fanatic, and, worse
still, of niggardliness. Hayes, who spent
four times more money on spreads at the
White House than any other President
before or since, was violently attacked for
his stinginess, simply because he provided
no wine. And yet ON a single entertain
ment he spent $4,000. After dinner the
specially favored in public life come to
consult the President about what they
| particularly want. and they usually refuse
go away until they get it.
But suppose that Mr. Harrison exc
| cutes another st-agetic movement, and, in
1 SlSdu VI III lllc w llLC I1OuSt, cues
out to a reception or dinner. There again
he is badgered, compelled to shake hands
with every one, and stared at because he
is a public person. And it is ten to one
that he will be cornered by some office
seeking guest and made sorry that he
came. If it can be said that one man who
does nothing but work is outdone in that
respect by another, Mr. Cleveland outdid
Mr.. Harrison. Arthur tried to get some
pleasure out of the presidency, but he
made doleful failure out of it. The OPP
position newspapers charged him with the
crime of being late riser, but it was also
true that ne was an owl. Much of his
| work was done far into the night hours.
| Among other things one should not forget
to mention that Mr.. Harrison is Mayor,
to all intents and purposes, of Washington
and the District OF Columbia, and that he
is obliged to control municipal affairs as
we'll as those of the nation. But whatever
the President of the United States may do
| he is always sure of ferocious attack by
the public prints, with accompanying illus
trations of himself in every distressing
guise by the most expert caricaturists in
| the land.
MECCA FOR CRANKS.
| Last, but not least important, the Presi-
dents dwelling is the Mecca to which all
the cranks in the country make pilgrimages
when they can. TO protect Mr.. Harrison
from torture by them, from physical as
sault, from assassination even, he has to
be surrounded by Gordon of guards. At
every reception he gives each guest has to
pass the scrutiny of six watchful sentinels
before the visitor gets near the Chief Mag
istrate. At all hours the lobby of the
White House is patroled by these men,
each of whom is especially selected for his
skill as detective as well as for muscular
strength. Captain Densmore, who has
command of the squad, is reckoned the
most expert Judge of cranks in this coun-
| try. His first lieutenant has an upper
arm that is as big as an ordinary mans
thigh, and his fellows are all athletes. The
squad has plenty to do. Dozens of persons
afflicted with one form or another of de-
mentia are turned away by them from the
Executive Mansion every day. The mo-
ment an individual appears whose aspect
is not entirely satisfactory, he is asked
what his business is, and, unless his reply
| is reassuring, he is not admitted.
A few days ago man called to see Mr.
Harrison with tin box under his arm.
Tin boxes are suspicious articles, and he
was pressed closely about his errand.
Finally he said that he had new kind of
religion in the box to show the President.
OF course that settled him. Perhaps the
funniest of all the queer people who come
to the White House are those who demand
permission to visit the most private rooms
of the President, on the ground that they,
as representatives of the public, own the
establishment Thanks to the precautions
taken, Mr. Harrison is safe in his OWE
dwelling Lincoln was not murdered in
the Executive Mansion it was at the the
alter he was attacked. Garfield was assas-
sinated at railroad station. Any crank
who attempted to get at the Chief Magis
trate to attack him in the White House
would be grabbed, disarmed and carried
off to the nearest police station with sur
prising celebrity. You would be astonished
to see the method by which any one who
makes himself Objectionable at the White
House is disposed of. Once in awhile
man will unavoidably get in at reception
who is under the influence of liquor. In
such case the offending person is literally
passed from one guard to another and
thrown into the driveway before he real
lies what has happened to HIM. There is
a regular drill for this performance, and
practice makes perfect.
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