Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-06-14
ALL SORTS OF WANTS.
The Coulter Sex Make Life interest
ing for Private Secretary Thur

The Coulter Sex Make Life interest
Der.
For a time at the beginning Of the
present administration Private Secre-
tary Thurber was almost hourly visit
ed by women carrying bedspreads and
crazy quilts on which the president or
Mrs. Cleveland were to write names,
says the Washington Post. At last
this fad assumed such alarming proper
tons that bureau for the reception
of all such things was established
across the hall from Mr. Thurbcr's Of
fee. I cannot say. but strongly sus-
pect that the clerks were employed in
this department to sign the names, and
credulous women worked in floss and
tiloselle the names Of the head official
and his wife that had been written
by young men and women hired to
do the writing at so nlucn week.
Mr.. Thurber is besieged constantly
by women who want to see Mrs. Cleve.
land and the babies. Cant you just
take me into Mrs Clevelaud's room
and tell her who am. She won't care
and I won't do anything but look at
her." they explain in their confidential
way. When he assures them that Mrs
Cleveland is not on exhibition at that
time, they beg for special dispensa-
ton for themselves, never realizing
that if the demands of the people were
regarded Mrs. Cleveland and the chill
dren would be on inspection drill twen-
ty-four hours in every day without
moments cessation for eating or Sleep
ing.
Some people come to the private
secretary with pathetic appeals. They
want to see the president that he may
have their husbands or fathers returned
to the government employ, from which
they have been removed. The little
stories of their sorrows and trials are
quite as vivacious as they are pathetic,
and though because of the impossible
ity of it doing them any good they new
er reach the president they are not less
kindly heard by his secretary.
Sometimes women suffragiSts float
into the White House and up the softly
carpeted stairs to Mr.. Thurber. 1 re-
member one who wanted Il consulate.
She said in her manly voice, as if de-
livering a speech from the Auditorium
stage:
MIR. Secretary, it has been proved
conclusively that woman is mentally
mans equal. In endurance she is his
equal, and in morals mis- superior Mr..
Secretary, ] call upon you to know if
this is not sou
Mr.. Thurber stroked his pale drab
mustache, looked very doubtful, and
assented.
"Mr. Secretary, in the names Of the
women of these United States, in the
names of mothers who bore the vot-
ers, by the right of their intelligence
and the nobility Of their motives, I
demand that they may be given a
vote"
But, madam, I cannot enfranchise
women" said Mr.. Thurber, apprehen-
sively.
"Mr. Secretary, I don't want you to
enfranchise women, but l want you
to show your approval of bestowing
that grand and glorious privilege upon
the nobler, if weaker, sex by securing
for me consulate"
The grand clOQuence Of the speech
slightly aroused Mr.. Thurber, who said:
In order to save you time and trou-
BILE in going to the departments | will
tell you now that you are not eligible
to consulate and consequently cannot
have it, no matter how much you and
all your friends think you should -
Then he explained at considerable
length that only citizens were eligible,
and that women, not being citizens,
could not be ambassadors. 1t was i'm
possible to misunderstood such lcng-
thy and kindly explanation and the
woman was naturally deferred from
carrying the matter any further, but,
unwilling to leave without once more
asserting her dignity, she drew her.
self up to her full five feet nine and
said:
Mr. Secretary, it is an unjust ruling,
and shall see that our representative
to congress has it changed"
Up to date, however, it has not been
changed.
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