Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-01-23

VIE ~ ave systematically
kept record of the comments passed by the
press upon his administration. Mr.. johnson
used to lay aside those newspapers in which he
found anything that particularly caught his
fancy, whether complimentary or otherwise.
and when he had accumulated enough to make
volume of considerable size have them bound
together: He also regarded the whole litera-
ture OF his office, SO to speak, as his personal
property. When he left the White House he
caused all the papers he had coilected-printed
and written. bound and unbound. public and
private in character, including letters, dis
patches, memoranda, proclamations and every
thing else which could be of the slightest use
for political or historical purposes-to be bum
died into wagons and carried off, no one knows
whittier. 1t il presumed that he had in view
literary work of some magnitude, consist
ing chiefly of defense of his administration
and that he gathered up these data on account
OF their value original sources OF informa-
ton; but the effect Of his action has been to
put historians of his era to incalculable trouble
and annoyance and to confine their researches
almost wholly to depar tmental records and the
old newspaper files stored here and there in
libraries. So thoroughly did he carry out his
plan that when President Grant came into the
Mhlte House there was not scrap of paper
the size OF copper cent to be found in any
oesk or cupboard or drawer in the building.
GEN. GRANTS PRACTICE.
Grant had different practice. He did not
care great deal about the ''cross roads, press,
but he had more or less regard for public SEN
timent in the populous centers. as reflected in
the few newspapers of high standing east, west
and south, and especially in New York CITY,
orders and Io;d ~, H. ~. 49, ~ 81. us
thus much OF a tribute to the authority of
iieved that ba wonIa 800 80 ~. 80.
another tbonobt and .ho ,s;ia 80 o,,, n,a,.er
would be swent off and carr;ed aw.v Z, tSs
waste basket unreal Al othor tir,aS 10 ,ronIS
glance them over 70 see what sots Of
his administration those nesly oJ;tors bod
found to nick Nsws in tbot 5oy
On still other occas;ons bn, ,Iase
most rare. he wonld coreYuIIy road tbrorcb tbo
whole lot and take enouob interaat in their
statements 10 make soma ;nnn;rios ~ h;s snh-
ordnates concernine r. irs Mon tioroa ~ tha,,
1t is belieyed that his bab,t of connorI,- ;nnnr
inn the newspaners and ,.einn a., ny sioa
for himself was LARGELY the csrsd ~ tha tot
that so many % ,ha o,nsn;,a; -. IL
good renute Of his observation-disclosures naoh 'n1
giant proportions beYore attract;ng b;s stten-
tion--the friendly warnings uttered by the
press passing by him unnoticed till too late to
checx the growth OF a scandal.
PRESIDENT HAYES SCRAP BOOKS.
IL was PRESIDENT Hayes who first introduced
INTO the White House the scrap books as we
ma them there today. He did not care for
general discussions of the state Of the country,
but he wanted overy little scrap and item.
either navs or ed;toria, ub,ob -afarroa e. -,
or To Mrs Uavss WI, ha ra,iuad 80, " . ai,'
he had to hire men NV the dsv 20 hn1 M niIE is
treasures and shiT tber 70 Error ~ 80 ~ aS
be has since DESTROYED them he has nerbans
ali told the n,ost romartaIIa oaTaot; of @
sonal memorahilia tbot wos 49, 1nt .o ~, h.
nv anv ono in Ar,ericar rnbI;o nv. o. 'oeeA
prasidan, G,rsnIJ's -, =,
shot that ha Ia harJ,n 81. o,iioo was 81
dat;;ta - nc 80 .ba .i'to W uIveiop any
- he % 80; ;t,i ." ~ S y. VIC Ate.oiy
on IL III. awa"n,ia - ri ". comments l
tha J;rsn.in, ~ ~ no.erei' uuuer
ia' pno,r IL. "a th I .. o.an-
IA wban Az Hraat %, - go ~; ~, , so inSS,
NJ ~, 80. 1912 emo AZ .no ian oi 1901
81 =; ha,oIT tS "a .iio gu ma
70 tS ID oonai, W wy aHo feho'ea IL
W ~ pras;Iont sr,h
49, $50 49, ~, ,st 'otn aiso nhe scrap
az, -. 80 ~ IL 'no ! Iosiueh.
M, n,',s;Io uu' INA. was TTi''en ABOUT
dnmn 20 tho da,, - III" aoath e, i' ieniaineu
estad in tho ;mtarnoI ,'oii,io. os 10y in'oi
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COL LAMONT INDUSTRIOUS WORK.
President Cleveland did not leave the GULL
ing of his matter to the care Of anybody who
bannened N find II corvop;o,t Col Isuon,
-. -, 49, 49,, 90 ..o-.,
"eh''nrouSh tne he"p Vi executive exchanges
every day with his own hands, marking an arti
Gle here and q paragraph there, and having
some one follow him with a pair of shears and
cut out what he had marked. The rest of the
printed stuff was thrown away and only a mart
OF what was cut reached the Presidents own
eve. Many of the clippings did not go into the
books at ali, but we're filed away i'm the
coloners desk drawers for a more eff
fective use. These were usually articles not
intrinsicaly worth keeping, but contained a
sheer or an attack from some poor devil of an
editor who felt that the distribution of patron
age in his neighborhood had been made with
shocking disregard Of his personal interests
After firing his broadside of censure the critic
was very apt to conclude, as he heard no re-
Spouse from the Executive Mansion, that no
one there hau hoticeu IL. Deiusive fancy!
thnt son,o ..d we" eutSe. 30 isishinoahs
the poet puts it-wouid not take the tronble to
mark copy of his nastiest fling and for
ward 1t either to the President or to
; ;ne eoIonei. az. In ne course OF Few months
ARA hard sieddina tbe e%;.o n a,iY peGon,e
nine yor q oovernn,s,t SaIorv go 80 J1s.n "
m j., Wa.6;rgton With $685. 81, To ~ .uIh
mpsndat;ons o. annni"trant ~ 'a ~ ieeo! ir
Cite ,shicb ,or,S II -. ~ W eone Pe'!y
shnss Eorostfni n, the yraodpr as ,ri ,,,f ~
ha haa 49, Nonrina o n ; s; win |niE i
wh;ia hafora fba haS 49,, .ras. oil,y niue
most rnaorjyncoI sr;end ond S iieu my .ne
adm;n;strat;on anil nm ord;ns in aI T,aI;a. VI ste
uIarv soaroair sufsoaa -. EneiIsn Nocao-
;nto words "a ha annrooc pus us enSonluns
rrs..mca Rr. app oa'ngu sne exec utive
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