Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1896-11-12

sleety rain at this time. and the new
President, with barred head. promises
to forget himself. his own welfare, his
opinions and his ambitions in the inter
ests Of the people. The rain baptizes
his head with this decision. The people
look on from their comfortable plat
forms, sheltered by umbrellas, and ap-
plaud. The President IL practicing
self-sacrifice, but he will have a cold
in his head without doubt. Cleveland
had mild attack of grip after his last
inaugural. Whew, how it showed ut
the hour for the inaugural address,!
The proceedings before the Inaugural
ton require study on the part of the
incoming President. His duty is to be
in Washington on March 4, ready to
go to work. His term of servitude Is
four years, dating from that hour. Gus
tom makes him do more. The day be-
fore the Inauguration the President
elect arrives In Washington. There Is
always a crowd to meet him mt the sta
ton, and from the minute he registers
at the hotel with his "suiter-in other
words, his wife and relatives-he must
hold an informal reception. He must
take his primary lesson in affability.
No matter IL they do press in while he
is taking his MONDAY bite to urge
postoffice appointment. No matter IL
Mrs. Brown, from Cobunkus, does ar
rive with the coffee and after-luncheon
smoke to beg button off the Presiden-
tial coat Luncheon, coffee, cigars, all
must be given up, and the President
must smile and smile again.
In the afternoon the President-elect
goes to call at the White House upon
the President. His object is to notify
him that he is in Washington, and Is
ready to assume the duties OF office.
| He makes a call of ten minutes and
| goes back to his hotel. Within an hour
| the President calls at the hotel and no.
| titles the incoming President that he
| is ready to deliver up the keys Of state.
| In the evening all dine together at the
White House. The next morning, the
| 4th of March. the new President goes
| to the White House at IL o'clock. In a
little while the Senate Reception Com
mittee calls there and all get into car
lriages to go to the Capitol for the in
auguration. There are the two Presi-
dents. the two Cabinets, the head Of the
| army. the commander of the navy and
| n large citizens escort. A few prellm-
inaries In the Senate and the President
finds himself upon the porch of the
| Capitol addressing the crowd--in the
storm.
A duty which the President has to
learn early in his career Is the writing
of harmonious messages. Not only
must he write correctly, but he must
be able to word his messages and proc
lamations so that they go to the hearts
of the people. This often requires
study on his part. The most trying
proclamation ever issued was the
| Thanksgiving message sent out by
President Arthur a few weeks after
| Garfield's death. There was some
curiosity to see how he would word
| such message at such time. But his
supreme tact rose to the occasion. The
incoming President should always
learn TACT To be without 1t has made
enemies for many a good Executive.
The President must learn to bear
| physical disturbance. Grant was
wakened from his sleep at 2:30 the
morning the Butler "salary-grab" bill
was passed. The Presidents approval
was necessary. BY 10 o'clock the Presi-
dent had read the bill, approved 1t, and
word was carried to the Capitol to that
effect That meant work In the wee
sma' hours. When the bin was repeal
ed the President worked none the less
faithfully.
The President must learn to intro
duce. Not merely to pronounce names,
but to conduct the art Of presentation
In manner that shall be acceptable
to all peoples and all nations. And at
dinners he must be the gracious host,
presenting, greeting, leading the way