Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-05-08

CABINET MEETING-soME THINK 1T THE
PROPER THING. WHILE OTHERS ARE ISDIG-
NANT AT B ING shut OUT
President Cleveland has issued the following:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, Nav 8.
1t has become apparent. after two months
experience. that the rnles heretofore promul-
gated regulating interviews with the President
have wholly failed in their operation. The
time which under those rules was set apart for
/ the reception OF Senator'S and Representatives
has been almost entirely spent in listening to
applications for Office, which have been be-
wildering in volume. perplsxing and exhausting
in their iteration and impossible of remem-
/ brance.
due regard for public duty. which must be
/ neglected If the present conditions continue
and an observance Of th. limitations rlaced
upon human endurance oblige me 10 decline
J from and after this date all personal interviews
with those seeking apr ointment to once ex-
| ceit as L, on my own motion. may especially
1 Invite them. The same considerations make it
inn ossible for me TO receive those who merely
| desire 20 pay their respects except the davs
and dining the hours especially designated for
| that purpose.
| earnestly request Senators and Representa-
| uNes to aid me IN securing FOR them uuin ter
| ruptcd interviews bv declining 20 Introduce
| their constituents and friends when visiting the
! Executive Man-iou during the hours designated
| for their reception. Applicants for Office viii
ONLY prejndice their proSpec's by repeated i'm
portunltS and by remaining at Washington TO
await results. GROVER CLEVELAND.
| The RUSH IS OVER.
| The rush is over. The voice of the Office
seeker will no longer be heard at the White
House. and the halls that have known b m will
| l,an E,r -l.r
| ONCE seeker has climbed daily up he White
| House stairs and whispered his requests into
| the President's ear. He has probably abored
under the opinion that being free. white and
| twenty-one and an ayowed Office seeker be had
perfect right to approach the chief Office
[ holder of the land upon business connected
| solely with offices
| He probably had pasted inside his hat few
| lines from the oIening remarks OF the Presi-
dents last inaugural address. wherein the Presi-
dent said. I'm obedience to the mandate of nv
cOuntrymen am about 10 dedicate myself to
| their service. and wherein the President gave
| a pledge of complete devotion to the interests
| and welfare of those who have honored me-
and hese may have encouraged him to hope
| that he would at all times be welcomed by the
| chief Office holder upon office business
But the office seeker has evidently worn out
| hi> welcome at the White House. He is not
wanted there any more. He is even requested
| to leave town. mind YOU. and a broad hint
/
| have no show az all for his Office. Poor fellow,
The Office seeker who has been successful and
obtained his appointment will probably say
| with righteous indignation: ''Serve em right
| the beggars. Why don't they go away and give
| the President a rest" He can afford to be in
dignant He is drawing his salary.
But how about the under dog in the fight?
Has no one a word for him-for the poor fellow
who will now have TO pack his meager gripsack
and wend his way sadly homeward. sadder
| and probably wiser man?
1T LOOKED SAD AND LONELY.
1t looked very sad and lonely around the
White House today. The deserted halls. the
empty ante rooms, the lonesome ushers and the
funereal silence over all made one feel chilly
The newspaper sharpshooters came around as
usual but they did not get shot Their prey
was gone.
few stray Office seekers wandered through
| the grounds during the morning and stood for
| a while looking sadly up at the windows Of the
| mansion with mournful faces. Everything
was bright and lovely around them. but thev
did not seem happy The White House grounds
were never prettier, the lawn was never
greener. the fountain never splashed more
merrily. but splashing fountains balmy air
and talt;er of birds only served TO mock the
misery OF the poor Office seekers VINO were shut
out from the haven of their desires by that
awfnl proclamation. Some who were not aware
of the situation marched boldly up to the door
crushing truth broken gently to them by the
ushers
Alack-a-day. it was indeed blue Monday for
the office seekers.
DISCUSSED BY THE POLITICIANS.
The Presidents proclamation formed the
chief topic OF conversation among the politi-
clans today. The expressions regarding il
varied in character according to the condition
of the speaker Senators and Representatives
with large and active constituencies were In
clined TO favor the Presidents stand for il re-
lieved them of great deal of pressure from
importuning followers who needs must be pre-
sented to the President and their claims for
Office advocated. AT the same time the procla-
nation is not taken to apply as bar to Sena-
tors and Representatives. nor TO mean that they
cannot present themselves at the White House
TO discuss patronage with the President. 1t
bars out the multitude. but lets in the select.
In other words. 1t is sauce for the goose, but
not sauce for the gander.
THE RANK AND FILE KICK
On the other hand. the rank and file of politi-
clans are loud in their denupciation of the or
der shutting out the people from personal in
terviews with the President about matters in
which they and the COMMITTEES in which they
| reside vitality interested.
They say that one reason why there has been
such a crowd in Washington and SO much
pressure upon the President is because the I'M
preston GOT ABROAD among the people that this
administration intended to break I'D ring
rule and bossism in politics, to pay less atten-
tion to the recommendations of Senators and
Representatives and local party leaders and
more to the Endorsements Of the people direct
Citizens obtained the idea that they were in
yited to come forward with candidates and to
speak up in their own right They responded
to the invitation and now find themselves
turned down at the threshold
The politicians say that the order will have
the effect of making close corporation of the
patronage system by giving Senators and Rep
resentatives the sole right to talk with the
President about appointments. and that the
President will thus be debarred from hearing
the voice of the people at large on the fitness of
candidates put forward for appointment to
Office.
SOME INDIGNATION.
The politicians express undisguised indigna-
tion at the closing sentence Of the Presidents
proclamation, which says: Applicants for Office
will only prejudice their prospects by repeated
importantly and by remaining at Washington
to await results" They think that the Presi-
dent has no right to virtually send them away
| from the city and threaten them with his dis
favor if they persist in asking for that to
which they claim perfect right in at least re-
| auesting. and which the President has himself
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