The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-16

reports concerning the M health q
President Cleveland are without founda
ton. Two years ago the friends of IN
president and his physician rs well wcr
much worried about him His tendenc,
/, 70 govt and rheumatism showed signs O
serious aggravation, and U was feared hi
heart might be attacked since that IN,
president has gradually recovered his nor
NAL condition and for year or more ha,
. been in prime health Much OF the i'm
provement Is due 20 careful dieting, Ton
the president like many a common NOR
tai has found Il necessary 10 De extremely
careful as 70 what ne eats and drinks. e.
pecially the latter. Mr. Cleveland rarely
tastes intoxicating liquor these days aud
when he does drink he prefers a very small!
potion of good whisky. Wine has a tcfd
eEcy 70 stir up the govt and give hmm
tNyinges In his big toe "For every drop
OF wine drink, " he said recently. Il have
70 pay dreadful penalty. You may he
sure | don't drink much. II doesn't pay ="
His Great Industry.
| The ability Of the president 70 perform
hard labor without unusual fatigue was
shown during the closing days of congress
Night after night he sat up till or in
the morning carefully examining the large
number of bills and resolutions sent him
for his approval The president has old
| fashioned ideas about this work lie will
not intruSt 10 10 his cabinet subordinatcs
| He thinks IL his duty 20 examine every
| thing with his own eyes and 10 does not
matter how unimpUtant the bill Mr.
| Cleveland looks long and earnestly be.
meath the surface 10 see if any improper
thing Is lurking there II Is only just 10
say that he has not great amount of con
hOcnce I'm the wisdom and caution of CON
gross, and nothing pieascs him better than
chance 20 score one by discovering a |
law and sending In a veto. Although he |
was up late, or rather early night after |
night, the president was at his desk the |
next morning at the usual time He is a |
hard and conscientious worker. He i a |
plodder, man OF methodical habits and |
great patience.
recently had a most interesting talk |
with a member of the cabinet concerning
the president in which l obtained some
new insight into the big man : mental and
temperamcntul equipment
Mr. Cleveland j. a very much miSun.
dcrstood man. " said this cabinet officer.
when accepted place in the cabinet. |
confess that l shared the general impress
sion as 10 the president ; way of doing
things. Like most people l had been led |
20 believe that hc ruled his cabinet with a |
rod OF iron ! actually feared that ne opcn- |
ed cabinet councils by humping the table
with % club and telling his advisers what
be wanted done very soon discovered
that this Is not true at all In fact. pre.
clsely the reverse l. the case In all NV
experience of more than three years around |
The council board l have never known the
president % speak % harsh word toanv one
% us. Nothing could be kindler or more |
friendly than hi, method
His Power of Logic.
This brings me toa phase of Mr. Cleve.
land character about which am sure the
general public has greatly mistaken no.
lions lie L. generally supposed to be
man oi violent preJuClces, OF ways SO set
a the New Eu-lunUers say that his vision |
Is oh>truytcd and hi, Judgment sadly warp
Ell one ut the great amuscmcntS i'm life |
for me Is the study OF men II isa fad OF
mine IL D. as natural for me 20 study |
man as 10 is 20 eat. Well have studied
Mr. Cleveland for more than three years.
and ] can say that he has one of the most |
perfect mental machines ! ever saw He i |
Just Ike Carlyle In that he has almost |
Iaulilc~> powers 90 logic. In every cues.
uon which does not involve personality M |
all. which Is purely one OF principle and |
reason. Mr. Cleveland Is a. uncrringas the
law oi gravity lie thinks along a straight
line. and IL Is very rarely indeed that ne
makes a mistake He has the reputation
OF being bull headed, and It is true that ,
when once his mind is made up he clings
tendclou>ly 10 his conclusions But To sav
that he Is stubborn or unreasonable is To 4
say what rs not true. for can remember
a number ot Instances IN which the presi
dent has admitted himself o. De in the
wrong and ha> admitted it too, in the
presence or all the members Of his cabinet
10 takes a strong and well balanced
man 10 do this under circumstances where G
there is every temptation to have his own
way and decline TO admit himself 10 be in
the wrong have known the president To q
submit TO the cabinet some message or =
order written 10y himself at great cost ar {
time and labor. for the president doe.
everything with painstaking and thor
ouEhness, only 10 have some new evidence |
OF thought IN reference 20 il brought for
ward by members Of the cabinet | have
Seen tHe president pause 10 think about o
.Ie-- De-" things and then cxclam.
.3 are right, and have been on the
wrong track ! anu glad we got thi, right a
before % was too late n
And tA.G hc would tear up his mann I,
.ertFt right before our eyes That is the
1-t 90 man Mr. Cleveland is He has a
Fhtt ! cali intellectual honesty. I'm that no 5
prejudice. no prcdctermnation is permit &
ed o. mar the process by which he seeks i,
he truth and justice OF any question
which he Is called upon 10 decide.
sympathy and Prejudice.
Take it I'M the matter OF pardons The
PRESIDENT considers only the facts He
Permits himself to he swayed neither by
as sympathies nor his prejudiccs 1t is
common notion that petition for pardon g
igned by senators who are on friendly a
erms with the president will be more n
ikely To secure favorable action than any a
'ther But that Is not true The names
IN petition have not the slightest weight o
n the president, eyes h
have been speaking about matters n
which are imucrsonal I'm personal mat Il
ers, such ~ appointments, Mr.. Clcye
ana mind Is not rs clear and ncrring u
lie has personal prcjudices and resent. Il
hchts aud sometimes these are very | X
troug This l. his weakness. II he were
IS strong in this feature as he Is in the y
'thcr, he would lo one Of the greatest mon | II
hat ever sat in the White House II he
'ad more tact in dealing with men he
would hcaimnSt uuapproachablc as a lead.
r OF thought and Of men In this country A"
WALTER WELLMAN. II
rHEEL WERE FISH. cl