The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-07-05

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Inc President is quick to act on first
IMPRESSIONS and to make up his mind
aoOu' men from his initial encounter
with them. He prides himself on the ae-
curacy of his judgment and clings obsti-
nately TO whatever conception he NAV
nave formed about them at the outset
1t takes much more than the mere opin-
ION OF critics to disabuse his mind NJ
Impressions. good or bad, about men with
"hom ne has been brought in personal
contact
knowing this peculiarly. shrewd politi-
clans and men Of the world have made
IL their business TO study his weaknesses
and to plan their campaigns against the
white house with the primary idea of
making a stunning FIRST impression
1t has been discovered that the President
is very fond of a good story. He detests
broad vulgarity. but thoroughly delights
In hearing jokes on politicians, bright
descriptions of events that have come
under the observation of narrators and
quiek-witted conversations on current hap
penings Of pending politics. He revels in
good hunting and fishing stories. and never
enjoys himself so we'll as when in the So
ciety of sportsmen who are also clever
story-tellers.
president Cleveland became partial to
the negro Taylor, recorder of deeds for
the District of Columbia, through the
latter's genius as a story-teller. He had
appointed Taylor minister to Liberia dur
ing his first term, a position the latter
held only a month or so, and on his re-
turn to the United States he RECALLED the
PRESIDENT with a story of his entrance
into the African republic. The recital
convulsed the President, and he never
forgot it.
Impressed with the importance and dig
nifty OF his office, Taylor had provided HIM
self with a most elaborate wardrobe in
Guiding dozen or more suits of clothing
OF every style and cut known to the fash
ionable tailor On arrival at his dest.-
nation he appareled himself magnificently
and went ashore. He was met there by a
delegation of natives headed by the prime
minister, and, according to the story.
there was not enough clothing on the 400
or 500 people in waiting to wad a gun.
He was received with due pomp and GER
emony and was escorted to the capital.
which was a few miles inland, a monde
script equipage, something like a dray,
honor.
was placed on top of the conveyance and
dragged the entire distance by the naked
negroes, who were headed by a band dis
coursing music in true African style Ac-
cording to the veracious chronicler he
employed the prime minister to act as
his butler, and out of regard for the dig
nifty of his position, insisted upon the man
wearing clothing of civilized cut, and to
make sure gave the p. NJ. one of his own
suits. II was this portion OF the narra-
tive that pleased the President so i'm
mensely. Taylor told with great elabo-
ration of detail how the prime minister
would make his appearance one day clad
in nothing more than a shirt collar and a
pair of stockings; the next day he wore
nothing but belt, the next only a high
hat and pair OF shoes, the next a necktie
and dress-coat, and so on through tho
list. The description ended with the man.
ner in which the prime minister finally
turned up one morning with most de-
Jected aspect, explaining how he had been
unable to put a pair of trousers over his
head. He had thrust his arms into the
legs. but had not been able to get any
further.
Taylor has very dramatic way of tell
ing story, and every minute of the
half hour taken up in this recital con-
veyed to the President a most grotesque
picture. He never got through laugh
ing at the extravagant sketch, and when
he was reelected for a second term he
FASTENED to reward Taylor by appoint
ment to the office he now holds, drag
ging him from far-off Kansas and placing
him in charge of the most lucrative of all
the federal offices in the District of Co.
lumbia. How he has stuck to Taylor
through all manner of prosecutions is
passage in history with which the en-
tire country is familiar. A great many
persons are unable to understand the rea-
son of the Presidents affection for this
man Taylor, who is in reality. a very COM
mon, course sort Of a fellow. with nothing
TO commend him but gift of story telling
end a sort of rude eloquence in his own
defense. He has made the President be-
lieVe that he is a most abused man, and
has aroused all the intense partisanship
in the executives bosom.
One time when the President was Wis
iting Chicago during the worlds fair he
met Col. John S. Cooper, the lawyer.
Cooper is something of a taiSer himself
and in a five minute conversation he had
with the President he told colossal fish
story in which he represented himself
as the hero in an encounter with a musk
ellunge of leviathan proportions. The bat
tie took place in one of the northern lakes
of Wisconsin, and from all accounts the
fish that the colonel landed would have
made a load for two freight cars. The
President was greatly impressed with the
yarn, and to this day he never fails 10
refer to Col. Cooper whenever anybody
from Chicago RECALLS him with fishy sto-
nv. He calls the colonel "Muskelunge
Cooper" title by which he is rapidly ac-
quirng national fame.
Wash" Hesing of Chicago captured the
President by the breezy, offhand manner
in which he predicted a 1900 Cleveland
majority in Illinois in 1892. Wash" was
laughed at all over the United States for
his prediction, but when the returns came
in it was shown that he was not very far
out of the way, and he received a vast
amount of advertisement as a consequence.
The President remembered the prophecy,
and in due course of time rewarded the au-
dacious Wash" with a good fat office.
Mr.. Hesing never comes to Washington
that he does not call on the President, and
the executive always appears glad to see
him.
Senator Villas of Wisconsin is another
one of the Presidents prime personal fav-
orites. Villas. by virtue of the fact that
he was presiding officer of the national
convention of 1884, became chairman of
the notification committee that called upon
Gov. Grover Cleveland to inform him that
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