The morning times., 1895-12-22
No President Ever Had So Many
Guards Around Him.
rs In FEAR OF HIS LIFE
7. WAS Marked During His First Ierm
Rut Has Become Much More fro-
,c,.d-Twenty-se Policemen
and Two SerEeants on Du'' h' '"o
White House-Used To be r'u''

f-a,,,,l safety and the danger Oh NE -
p, os is President Cleveland. Anu
snrt Of thing has grown upon mn.
=, ,,as in the first term; Mr.. Laiiioh' "'7
private secretary
.Daniel." nm from a
PRESIDENT Cleveland started up
co, of papers with the word an,e
.rart,amau appeared at the uoor az ''..Na.a 'i,.
s,,oment. a glance told his Keen in'e' go
What was needed. The freslu.n n,.,n,r at
-, n startled cast on his race loohe Is,
WIN s.ai 'l,,'.,n over his lett shoulder Every
the new Wo - acouputy. New York, Knows
schoolboy IN ERIE eoN
that is bad luck. ,,. low unou the
ui' min clear beam of light lay Jpn ,,i his
"A ~ ,rh.re he had fallen asleep oNcI -i.Ii.a i.s
r1rt This caught his eye wien nv ,rhsnce
and he turned instinctNeiy W ai,rm fol-
II came. The sudden ciliii v.
i-I ond h, called his secretary. ,.
Ianout's first move was the Is Is
no touched a button and nan d s. So,
or jnca ndrscents filed the room Mi VIZ, ct
Mr. Cleveland, reassureu' stiiiN t'is,I.ssIv
Lis chair. Mr.. Lamont glu.u NO., ',.s,, sone
tobis side and began soitly 10 i.h ',.,,ict, he
',,at,ors of immatcrial gossip Will, wn.'n ran
matters u, i,,nrpst and soothe his patron
and friend.
GAS TURNED OFF
ro-d or explanation is due hohrlvs, 's,
or the Capital City. lIey ,uS nn
ue,.st ue' nd that Washington mas iohe -, w.
at the mercy of a most powcilui ,,i,, li,oi ih.re
has hern a standing order 'haV ,,,,,ia the
is moonlight no gas goes. ,,.,1a ,,nn the
President had dozed OH III d n', ,ai,hful
-. I,ad come for moonlight ana Id W ~,
hour hau 80 ,ii, ,,,nnouoiy had turned OH the
Gas from the White House. -i,.,,t srd-
t.DanioI >, remarked the Presiueh' -
5opIv as his secretary was eipuIuE So, ,Sn-
" along the current OF S!hah ''iN go" ],,,ntnp
rratulnting himself that ne We v,,ntinn
sarsIv ont of the unfortunate per'ui ~, ,t.,
..Danel, do you know """'
month IA ~. remembered that Mr.. Cleve-
-" strong card has always peth i. his
Iurk and he has relied on the fan ~,
n,her everything else deserted uliil. ,,,,
yves. sir''-with "A pTemohi'ono' VI
..It is the thirteenth ,,,,,,
..,nS has ihat no meaning for YOU:
..Tnt of itself, sir and cold chlh crep'
over him. .,,.,c pu, wait. It is
,,orct "a and ! u. m, as you WIZ ho,e u, w
-, song of the cuckoo from yonu'l y,' i,,,,,-
nat istbe thirteenth hour OF the uas lis
H"' ,,,.,1 rom morning till evening.
-, engaged on the thirtecnthpost
nonth senator Becks and Represent
,y;,I;s, candidate for Louisvihe, the
"a Thompson
SOMETHING CREAKED.
..rbcn | passed thirteen peope !
ne from Manning's after uHiilei, ,taH 7
= dreaming of the thirteenth "nen '.i,,,,
Ike. And, Daniel lhefe was :,
o. ~, NV. coffee. cup when had flnlsiitu
- ~ - Heavens. what is
tI.ri?'' ,.,. os weird,
9th Jumped to their feet as 49,, MSmu,
..oting sound crept through the corrnicis
,,d a cold current swung a priNa'e u'o'
1.-THE rear partly open. II, ,,,o sacr..
.wait a moment, sir, sald the ~ ST.
- racoycrinr himself. II think l know
w,bat II is" He slipped from the rooiI, room
II,,,-n a hack way to the basement, 'iuu
in n uornent when Ice returned the ihd '''i '''
draft had ceased. ,.. .>e,,
..Tbc polIccinan was away from ms pos' .N
and had left the door agar ! 9,,e W.. ni,,,,s
call him To- account anu o'u'i' 49,
of tin. door oiled" ~ a., no.
u,,r handsome Dennis Aullaly' ule ~
,,,,,,n had been courting his hhthieeh
O.Counor for half an hour IN the Elodlliihs :
ana M his hurry had left the uoor s!aI !,
but he had a story TO tell oil sIsion ~,
.narchist whiskers waving IN the VIM
Jnwn the lower grounds aud chase III
,r.tvtIi,ht 70 explain his absence from ms
most. To sustain IL were BITS OF u'o's'
soil clinging TO his shoes ,,,
..Dapiel," said the President gravely'
"we have not sufficient guard. lhere
ourbt TO be a man or two to take care Oh
n sentry at the door. Make requisition
unon thrmajor of police for four more men,.
PLENTY OF POLICEMEN
And n Svos done. Soft continued through
a., remainder of the first administrator
eight policemen on duty at the nlte loV-
twice as many as any other fresluehl ever
fonnd il necessary TO have except III 'iiiie
of danger IN war days -,
when President Harrison came In we
faI
his nredecessor had left him to report al
beaduuarters for duty else where. He fouhu
the fourmen. two for day, ana dtwoIof iis NJ
at the front and rear doors OF the Executive
Mansion amply sufficient to suppieuielt
tho wotchfuiness of the ordinary patrol
on thastreets This number had been mann.
tanned from time when the memory VI
man ran not to the contrary, and 1t was
enough. n.,,,,,
CIeveland's reinsta tement along WIN us
Matching Paramount Blount to HaWal
was the recall of the four extra poncein~en ~
10 the White House force. rms number
seemed sufficient till one April day, a little
loss than two months after the inauguration
The discussion of the attacks on tue eoio
reserve in the Treasury was on ana mao
reached the stage of bitterness and there was
considerable wild talk
A crank came one day possessed with the
House and he lad an especiai commission
to guard it and save the country. He was
a well-iresScd fellow and gave no sign
whatever of lack of mental balance. He
passed the guards without any trouble ana
was at Mr.. Thurbers room.
FAT WAS IN THE FIRE.
There he was called on to explain the
purnose of his visit He did so i'll the most
strairht.iorward matter of fact way, but
when Mr.. Thurber opposed his plan to ta Ike
his station over the cleaning heap OF gold
which disordered fancy placed under tue
Presidents table, the visitor became violent
and threatened to throw the Secretary out oil
one of the east windows. He was prevented
only bv the Intervention of a United States
Senator who came in at the moment on q
visit TO the President.
or course the Senator told Mr.. Cleveland
and as soon as he was gone Mr.. Thurber
was called in. Orders were given to deny
an audience to everybody for half an hour
The inner door was locked and the two went
into executive session.
Mr.. Thurber sat trembling and toying
with the rubber end of his pencil and looked
composed.
Marrow escape" said Mr.. Cleveland
gently. How did 1t happen?'
Then Mr.. Thurber told how the fellow
who was OF athletic build had insisted he
knew that the bulk of the treasure was
kept at the White House. not at the big
building across Fifteenth street, as popu
larry supposed. He went into an elaborate
argument, showing the reasonableness oi
his position and the absurdity of thinking
that this money, which was an emergency
fund, not intended at all for Treasury
uses should be kept anywhere except under
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