The Durham daily globe. (Durham, N.C.) 1889-1894, 1892-12-02
WILL PRACTICE Law
President Harrison Will Return 10
His Old Job.
Colonel Heath Gives Is S0me Inside
Figures
HIS wIFE's ILLNESS DOES HIM VI
Doctors, Servants, Nurses Rob Him Right
and Left, and Explain That They
Lost Sleep and Time.

WAsHINGToN, Dec g Especial IF
it were not for the presidents ability to
practice law there would actually be
reason for seriously considering his
means Of livelihood"
The above expression, uttered by a
member of the presidents household to
your correspondent, to day, "as said in
connection with some comments upon
an article which was recently widely
| published, upon the subject Of President
| Harrison's probable savings from his sal
ary during the past four years. The
writer of the article figured that Presi-
ident Harrison had probably saved or
would by the 4th of March save 100000
from the 100000 which he will then
| have drawn"
| 81 have no doubt" continued the mem
ber of the presidents family, that,
upon the face of things, people who visit
the White House and who have kept
casual run Of affairs public here, believe
the estimate of saving Of 100000 out
of 100000 salary i8 conservative and
reasonable. Bot it is far from correct.
President Harrison will go out of this
house next March with less than $50, ,0G0
Of the 100000 he will have drawn as
salary in four years. Where has it gone :?
Well, the channels for spending money
here are as devious and various as are
the rivers of the mountains, and | might
add that thousand dollars make about
as much Of an impression here as the ad-
dition of a drop of water would make to
the Mississippi.
AN impression prevails that the pres
ident can live, if he wants to, out Of the
contingent fund of the White House. The
contingent fund is a nightmare and a
bugabOO. 1t isn't sufficient to keep up
repairs and pay the men and women
who work here. 1t requires close figur-
ing TO make ends meet. There is large
force of clerks and watChmen about
here and it takes great deal of money
10 DO thr paperiDg, painting, frescolng,
rarpeting, to pay for the heat and light
rnd water and thousand other things
"Why," said he, "do you know that
President Harrison has bad to pay the
expenses of the stables out of his own
pocket? He has And he has had no
opportunity 10 pay many of the legiti-
mate expenses of running the house for
; the public out of the contingent fund
The White House has undergone thor
ough renovation during the past four
years. From the paper on the walls, the
carpets, painting, etc, to the chinaware
and almost everything else in the dining
! room, the kitchen and bed chambers, there
D has been new work, new things. 1t re-
qui ed economy here, there, everyw here
4 The president has been a liberal enter
n tainer during the past three years There
| has been scarcely a day when visitors
have not been in the White House, and
u much of the time we have been glad tC
have all our spare rooms full OF our
Il friends There have been many state
dinners, private dinners, luncheons anc
, | breakfasts. All these have been paid fol
| out of the presidents private funds He
q has made no effort to stint the position
he occupies when it came TO entertain
ing; and yet he has not been lavish. lie
has simply tried 10 be decent, and 10 have
oroper appreciation Of the position ht
holds.
~ hen President Harrison goes out o.
! the White House he will not be worth
all told, 500, 600 He will not be a poor
man, in the sense Cf having nothing
out for an eX president, and a man Of HI:
J abilities. he will he in extremely ordinary
( circumstances His determination 10 re
sumo the practice of law at IndiaHapoih
J. has not been solely frem desire TO sc
lcure recreation. His income when h'
quits this house will not be near enough
TO maintain him with proper dignity
mean that he could not entertain hi
= friends as he would wish and keep up hi
Il station in life unless he added by his Owl
exertions 10 his income. The presiden
y has had TO carry many expenses OF
lprivate nature for many years. tie ha