The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-03
THE LOAVES AND FISH
TROUBLE IN STORE FOR M,klNley
IN GIVING THEM OUT.

"s""s "hfch Every
President Must Go Through-Army Of
Place Hunters That Be.Iege Him-He
VIII Not Know Rest For Months.
Mr.. Mckinley will not really realize
that he is president until the rush for
Office begins, and then he will know
beyond doubt that he is not only in
the highest Office within the gift of the
American people, but that one of the
most important duties of that Office is
the appointment of several thousand
other fellows to Office.
Neither in the civilized nor in the
uncivilized world can the scenes attend.
Ing the first days in Office of a president
OF the United States be duplicated.
They are unique. Dear to the heart of
every American who wants to under.
take the great trust of holding a public
Office, they are to some extent food for
amusement and satire to the remainder
of Christendom.
We do things on a gigantic scale. We
have the biggest trees, the biggest wa.
terfall, the biggest public buildings the
biggest (and possibly the ugliest) mon
ument, the biggest political campaigns
and the biggest inaugural pageant. No
other country can hold a candle to us.
We take the patisserie, as the French
would say.
The feelings Of candidate for the
presidency must be strange in the ex-
treme, but almost any one of us would
like to feel them.
But if the mere fact of the candidacy
must make the candidate feel queer,
what must il be for him when he rides
up 1.-THE avenue" in the presence Of
1000. 900 people, flags flying, drums
beating, bayonets glistening, soldiers
and citizens marching, the crowd roar.
ing, the whole world talking of but the
one supreme thing, the melancholy fell
low who is going out sitting beside the
triumphant fellow who is going in and
trying to look as il he enjoyed it-all
frantic, all lunatic, all believing and
screaming. ''The king is deadl Long
live the kingl"
That is the way the government ad-
ministration of the highest civilization
the world has ever known is hustled in.
to Office. Then comes the ball of the in
'auguration, when all who can pay the
fee jam and crowd and crush and
scream and swear in unison for four or
five hours, the president and his family
in the midst of them, the dancers fight.
ing for space to trip, perspiring, catch
ing cold, inviting and often getting
pneumonia or grip or fever.
That is the grand and solemn finale
of the business of putting president in
Office, and it must almost seem possible
that it is enough to make the president
wish that we had the simpler and more
impressive forms in vogue at the induc-
ton of an Indian or Ashanti chieftain.
All this red fire moil at an end, the
new president finds himself at peace, as
he fondly hopes, transferred at last from
his humble home to the historic man.
sion where so many of his predecessors
have dwelt for "a time. Now he is mas
ter of the situation. He is behind strong
| doors, locked. guarded on the outside
by faithful human mastiffs, who are
yet further re-enforced by Gordon OF
police. 1t is impossible he should be
disturbed except by friends whom he in
vites and wishes to see.
His cabinet is selected, not without
some friction, on account Of the persist
ence of the arguments of boss politicians
whose. business it is to have friends al
court.
| He has had to abandon many of his
own views in regard to the construction
of the little machine of personal advisers
and heads of departments in response tC
the demands of the greater machine
which dominates the party which made
him president.
The senate is in extraordinary session
for the purpose Of confirming members
of the cabinet and their immediate as
sistants. There is no friction here. The
senate kindly permits, except on rare
occasions, the president and the man
ayers to control the personality of th'
presidents political family.
The first day or two of the stay O
the executive in the White House Il
passed in comparative quiet and securi
ty
Then
Prestol
Change!
Bang, bangl goes the doorbell be
fore the guards are we'll awake OF
morning. Senators, representatives.
bosses, state and local; big and little
politicians-the littler they are the big
yer their assumption Of Importance
stream up the pavements. Carriage
whirl through the great iron gates ant
up the drives. Anterooms are crowded
with pushing and insistent crowd
They struggle for precedence to gain
hearing
They resort to all sorts OF tricks ant
devices to induce the guards to CIV
them the advantage of q minute. al
hour, a day, for there are so many o
them that some are forced to go da.
after day before they can get hearing
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