The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-03-15

goes to the wrong door .atter heiTeaches
the landing on which the Presidents
Office il situated. lie does not know
the doorkeeper, and he asks the wrong
man ii the President is in. lie looks Mt
the bust Of Lincoln iR tho waiting room
as ii he were ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Curlosilies. The mig irana containing
pictures of all the Presidents, which
hangs in the waiting room, has more
than u casual interest for him, He
walks up and down the lobby with a
nervous air, as il he did not know lust
how to behave in the presence oil the
chief magistrate, 8hom he expects to
see so soon. .9fT. ..IIl.
lie carries his card in his hand while
he waits, lie looks with worshipiul
mien on the distinguished men who
ONE out from tho inner room, where
the President is, and studies the APP
pearance OF the steuographers, tele-
graph operators, aud Others OF the
white house force as they move care
lessly about the place. II he was smok-
ing a cigar when he reached tho white
house grounds, he LETT it at the gate,
When ne has been here u week and has
called AT the While house, everyday he
will hold on to,his. ctkar ahllbhlH even
up into the waiting room just outside
the Presidents office,
On his first visit he takes of his hat
before he goes up the stairs just outside
the east room, hut a(terwMd he will
keep ii on until the moment word comes
that he NAV enter 10 see the President.
On his first visit he speaks in 4 low,
subdued zone, Next week he will talk
in tones OF ordinary conversation, On
his first visit he will be comparatively
patient while lie is outside, and will
obey the Injunction OF the doorkeeper
to be seated. After u time he will have
overcome this and insist on going to
the executive office at ono and waiting
within until the other visitors have
gone,
The President receives his callers in
the room on the south front OF the man
sion, up one flight and a little to the
east OF the centre OF the building, He
has q wonderful amount OF endurance
and n wonderful quantity OF good nature.
Not one OF the many hundreds who
have called ON him since Inauguration
has complained OF any impatienCe in
his manneror GOODNESS in his treatment.
But, ut the same time, he has made very
few promises.
Are your papers IN file in the proper
Department. he has asked the appli-
eants.
'They are" has been repeated by
many OF the great throng.
THAT is the proper way to 90 about
this matter" tho President has replied.
In many cases he has given the APP
plicant assurance that he will remem-
Der what has been told him. and that
due consideration will be given to his
case. In rare instances he has discussed
the political situation in the state from
which the applicant came.
-
A man from New Hampshire aud one
from Georgia sat on the sofa in tho cor
ridor the other day, aud they fell into
conversation. The Georgia man had
seen the President once. The New
Hampshire man had not.
Ever g. in TO see Grover?' asked the
New Hampshire man, with a little nerv-
usness
ever sec him? Wal, / reckon !
have, sar," said the Georgian. well
acquainted with him. l knew him be-
TO- he was elected, sar. l fit for him in
the campaign, and ii l do say it, sar, it
wp1 owing to my work that we give him
LOGO more votes than any Democrat
ever got in the county before, sar."
"How'd ye find the old man now he's
in the white house?" asked the New
Hampshire man.
"Glad to see me. SAYS he, old man,
come in and | says to him, Grover,
old man, we landed yer, didn't We? l
told him | wanted to thank him per-
sonally fer appointin' lIoke Smith.
Thank God, the ponies are re~cognizedp
| said to him1 Any pony Democrats in
your section Ar2"
"What are pony Democrats ~ asked
the New Hampshire man.
"Why, the kid Democracy" replied
the Georgian. THE men that is OPP
posed to the old.time, beto'-the.war
Democrats"
There amt no SIGH thing in New
Hampshire" was the reply. They
amt but one kind Of Democrats there.
They's Just Democrats an amt much on
the split"
"Want any Officer" asked the Georgia
man.
mo" was the reply, ~ don't wantno
office, but they's got to BIZ u change in
the mail route between my town and
Boscawen or else the whole town'll go
square agin tho Democratic party. Pm
one Of tho Seeleckmen there, on ii it
hadn't been for me the town would have
gone Republican. The route used to 90
past my house, but Bill Chandler.had it
changed. .Nowl'm agoin' to hevGrover
put it back where it used ter be. AS it
is now, | hev ter foot it q mile 0u' a half
fer my mall"
The New Hampshire man was soon
admitted TO see the President. lie came
out in about three minutes.
Some OF tho non who. come here for
office every year never go away. They
stay until they have not got the price
Of a ticket. There is one man now
working in n dry goods store who came
for office eight years Rgo. He had been
a state senator, aud after failing to Sc
cure recognition dared not 20 back to
his village and face tho crowd that
knew the object oil his visit. Some
who ~sOtiriae the Office seeker say that
that the rapid increase in the populN.
ton OF this city Is due to tho great
crowd Of office seekers which comes at
every change in administration and
can never again raise tho car faro to got
home again.
The disappointment which Is bound
to come to many has only just begun
to show itself. Nearly all 7 buoyed
up with hope, They tro numerous