The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-03-30
$4,000 a YEAR TO SHAKE HANDS.
President Cleveland Facetious Over
the Bore BE Is Subjected To.

ErSSld9nC cleveland Eac5uiOu5 over
the Bore he Is Subjected To.
WASHINGTON, March 29.-The fact that
except for one hour on yesterday only per-
sons having special engagements had been
able TO see the President since Saturday ao~
counted for tine throng which besiegsd him
this morning, and which was the largest
and most aggressive since he came into
Office. At o'clock the cabinet room, into
which the more distinguished visitors are
shown, and through which the President
has TO pass in going from the private part
of the house to his Office, was we'll filed
with senators and representatives, who
DOunced upon him as soon as he ap-
pesred from the library and held him
80 that he never got into his office until
O'clock, when he tore away from the crowd.
which had been steadily growing and
seemed as large as ever, in order to take a
breath for a minute or two in his office be-
fore going down to the east room, where
several hundred people were waiting to
shake hands with him. By the time be got
through with this handshaking and got
away TO his luncheon il was not strange
! that he was tired out
THE WORK TELLING ON HIM.
Working night after night until or 2
o'clock in order TO keep up with the busi-
ness which his constant callers have kept
| him from during the day, and getting up at
or o'clock in the morning, is telling even
| on Mr.. Cleveland's strong frame and cour-
ageous spirit, and unless he gets some relief
| either through the falling off in the number
of callers, or by thS application Of more
stringent rules to guard his working hours.
he will be sick man before many days. II
the expenditure of time and effort required
by the callers was generally necessary
or useful it would not be so
bad, but three-fourths of the callers
need not go to the white house at all
and the constant succession Of them wiping
out the impression which each is trying to
make on the Presidents mind converts the
| whole performance into farce. 1t prac-
| tically amounts to one long handshaking.
! As the President said the other day to a
sympathizing friend, "You would think
was being paid $50 900 year TO shake
hands" Half the people who went TO the
| dent could not get TO him for the throng
and the other half, as a rule, accomplished
nothing BY talking to him.
THE PRESIDENT WORN OUT.
President Cleveland was worn out to.
| day by the necessity which compelled
| him to shake hands and talk with
| scores of office-seekers. He showed ex-
| oessive weariness in his face and in
his manner For three hours and a
| half he stood In his office and
talked with importuning senators
| and representatives and their conveys
of more persistent and more interested con
| stituents who are anxious TO serve the gov
ernment. A man Of less sturdy constitu-
! ton than that possessed by President Cleye-
land could not have stood the strain on his
| mind and body. and as it was he was COM
| pletely tired out before his official day
was over. One o'clock is the hour
at which the President closes
| his door to callers who wish TO see him on
| business. When that time arrived to-day
| there was still a large crowd of people
waiting in the cabinet room, but trHe to his
prescribed method, he left them there and
went downstairs into the east room, where
several hundred people, including a number
of ladies', awaited a chance to shake
hands with the chief executive. This
crowd was disposed Of in short order, and
the President went to luncheon. 1t was the
| hardest daY he has had since his insugura-
| tiOn. The number of people who saw him
on business was much larger than on any
other reception day.