St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-03

The matter is given out only to the most
trusty compositors, and the proofs and
galleys are locked up when not in use
in burglar-proof safe. This was the
method which was adopted when
Cleveland was in the White house
before, and at this time, the govern
ment printer read the proofs himself
and made the corrections. He brought
the copy to the White house and carried
the proofs to President Cleveland in his
own hand. Then the news was not
half so valuable as it is now. Advance
information as to the financial question
is now being greedily asked for. The
whole country wants to know
what Cleveland is going to say
on the tariff. and his exact
statement as to the Hawaiian
matter would now be worth SIS a line if
it could be published now. The en-
ployes about the executive mansion ap-
preciate this, and they are silent as the
sphinx. Secretary Thurber looks wise
and says nothing. Executive Clerk
Pruden is more dumb and owl-like than
ever, and the whole White house seems
to have suddenly become tongue-tied.
MESSAGES STOLEN.
One of President Arthur's messages
was stolen and published a day or so
before it was delivered in the house of
representatives, and Grants first mes
sage was read by the whole country a
day before congress had it. One of the
most striking thefts of presidents mes
sages was one of Lincoln's, which was
gotten by Chevalier Wykoff for the
New York Herald, and it is believed
that this man obtained sight of the
message through Mrs. Lincoln. He
was living here at Washington as a
gentleman of society, rather than a
newspaper man, and when his dis
patch was published he was called
before a committee of the house of
representatives and commanded TO
state where he had gotten the message.
He replied that he was bound under a
promise of secrecy not to reveal this
matter, and it was currently reported
that Mrs. Lincoln had shown him the
message while he was out riding with
her in her carriage. President Lincoln
UldlleT.
and Wykotf finally said that the gar
dener at the White house had gotten
the manuscript and showed it to him.
His statement was evidently disbe.
lieved. for congress did nothing with
the gardener, and he afterwards re-
ceived au appointment as second lieu
tenant in the army.
HARRISON's MESSAGE.
President Harrison spent fully as
President Cleveland. He wrote them
in sections and handed the first draft
over to Miss Sanger, who transcribed
them with the typewriter and handed
/ the copy back to the president for revis-
| ion. President Harrison then went over
| this copy, changing it here and there,
and sometimes rewriting an entire para
graph. After he had finished il was
given to Miss Sanger to be again copied
| and again revised, until it exactly suited
President Harrison's ideas. He was
very particular as TO his messages, and
| his state papers will rank high for their
diction and thought. None of his mes
sages were ever published in advance,
though they were set up at the govern
ment printing office. President Harri-
son gave positive instructions as to the
care to be taken in regard to them, and
at one time he thought of having the
| printers come to the White house to set
them up. at least this report was pub
| lished at the time,
The message does not go to congress
! II typewriter form. 1t is usually sent
| in manuscript, on long sheets of gray
| blue papsr, and 1t seldom reaches con.
| gresS in the handwriting of the presi-
dent. One of the best penmsn in the