The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-29

anu ne LUX ms place on the
steps OF the church. saying he was on
private property and outside the noIicr-
mans jurisdiction. Then the church
oeacons came out and told him TN
IeaVe. And he went on the sidewalk
ana walked UP and down. Presently
Inc captain Of police came along. and
ns caIied another off1cer-a broad-bac.1-
gu oIncer-and gave him some secret
InstI ucIlons The photographer called
d sturdy negro boy who stood near
crossed his palm with silver and gave
HllI some instructions too When tha
congregation came out, Mrs CIevr-
tand stood back in the lobby WAITING
t tur q signal AS she left the church
the broad policeman stepped IN FRONT ~
the camera But the negro ar the sano.
TIME dropped ON his hands and knees
Tue photographer sprang on the negro
pack and snap" went the shutter of
the camera VI
am sorry L cannot record the try
uLlpn OF the photographer. He foun5
t WEI ne developed the plate that some-
Ihlng had happened to it believe II
was light strickland the picture wa
a failure "aS
AN amateur had as funny an experi.
ence with Mr.. Cleveland's children Tyna
serm-public part of the White houSs
grounds was locked up for the benefit
OF the little ones and no one waS s1,.,
put the nurse In moment Of forger
tuIrleSs let them stray toward fine
Ience' ana an amateur PHOTOGRAPHER
Cooh d snap at them with his hand cam.
era. me nurse saw the act ano
screaming, dragged the little ones away
~ s6Le Instance. And then the anna
teur round that he had forgotten m
take the cap off the camera.
You will not find such sacrednaes
ana eXclus1Veness at the White house
uhder this administration Mr. McKiD
ley was photographed again and again
az MS canton home after the election,
since ne came to Washington he has
been photographed at his desk in tha
presidents office and in his cabinet
room. He takes his afternoon walk
at an hour when the light is not bright
enough for very good camera results
but have no doubt he would 60 oui
half an hour earlier some day to oblige
any one who wanted a photograph
Tor a legitimate purpose, provided IA
ulu not interfere with the public BUSH
ness. The cabinet was photographed
the other day by several photogra.
phers, and f1ashlight picture of tho
people waiting for the distribution al
the pie" in the presidents corridor
was made. In fact, so much license has
peen given to the photographers that
they have made something of a nuls-
str1ction is placed on them it will be
on that account and not because thu
president and Secretary Porter are not
fully in sympathy with the right Of the
PUBIC to see just how the business Of
the government Is carried on as far
as pictures in the Illustrated papers
will show it to them.
What makes the camera business
troublesome is the fact that every pho
tographer in Washington wants the
privileges accorded to any other pho
tographer If one man takes a pho-
tograph of the president. every other
man wants the same privilege and he
usually gets it. No president has APP
pointed court photogra pher," though
the late Matthew Brady had almost a
monopoly of the business for q long
time.
The cabinet officers are as easy to APP
proach with camera as Is the presi-
dent-in fact, they take their cue from
him. [ don't mean by that that if you
bring your little snap shot to Wash
1ngton you can expect to invade the
public departments and take up tho
time Of public officials. But if you have
any claim on their attention, as the
representative of an illustrated paper
for example, you will find no difficulty
in approaching them, and meantime
you will find that it Is not considered
crime in these days to take a photo
graph of the president or any of his
cabinet if you meet them on the street
Just before the retirement OF Secre-
tary Lamont he issued an order con-
frmfng an order made about two wears
ago, and extending 1T. This order for
bids the taking of photogra pms -.
war department reservations without
permission from the secretary Of war.
The object Of the order is to prevent
foreign governments knowing the de-
tails Of our scheme Of coast defenses,
our methods of manufacturing guns,
etc.
Other nations have always forbidden
the taking of photographs of forts ard
other devices of war We have been
much more liberal in this matter But
the secretary of war saw in the growth
of our coast defense system the neces-
sity for adopting the universal rule.
Secretary Alger will see that it is OBJ
served. He knows its Importance even
better than Mr.. Lamont, because he is
q war veteran.
We have drawn the line at showing
our Notifications to foreigners for
many years, though few people know
there Is any rule on the subject. Some
time ago, when the American Society
Of Civil Engineers met in New York
city, there were four visitors from
abroad taking part In the convention
During the meeting the members vera
invited to visit Sandy Hook to ex-
anime the seacoast defenses there A
special steamer took the party to the
hook. But before it reached it's destin-
alton word was conveyed to the
foreigners that they could not visit the
works. The representatives OF the en-
gineer's Office of the army informed
them that they could visit the proving
ground, which. like the proving ground
of the navy at Indian hook, is semi
public. But they could not see the gun
lifts and the mortar batteries. The
order under which this prohibition Is
made is nearly twenty five years old.
1t states that foreigners, whether Of
ficers or private citizens, shall not be
permitted to visit any Of the gun case
mates, terrepleins batteries. planking
arrangements or mine galleries of the
seacoast defenses, the care and custody
Of which are in the engineers Office,
without the written authority of the
secretary Of war. and no person who
Is not known to the person In charge OF
the works Is to be permitted to visit
them without the secretary's authority,
whether he Is a citizen of the United
States or a foreigner. The same order
forbids photography.
George Grantham Balm.
BLESS US, WHAT NAMES!