Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-05
-McKlnley and the coIored MAN.

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Now a third man has hold Of the presi-
dent. 1t is the colored man of whom I
spoke as thinking he owned the man
sion sic co, The president shakes hand with him
the white mantel as he talks. The .colored
S.iafn in o Sis pocket sas sa and pahsanng h,s ur 1sfhs
his claim for consulship to one of the
West Indies islands. The president di-
Department and they will be considered,
ana then takes UP. another caller. He does
not allow much time for any one. but at
AS the time goes on he hurries his recep-
ton. and l time him BY my watch. There
kota.HHe gets ten Seconds d. 1Theaf next man nan
Is a senator from Washington. state: he
gets fifteen seconds Now Blair Of New
he used to take up the time of the senate.
speaking for hours and hours at a stretch.
The president gives him three minutes.
WHICH is hve times as much as any one
Eas had so far this morning. And so 1t
goes on; ten seconds. twenty seconds. four
onds. The last two are audiences with
men who merely want to pay their respects
and shake the president by the hand. AS I
look l wonder whether. any mortal mind
could hold Impressions thus forced upon it.
The president has now been talking an
hundred different men on a hundred differ
emit subjects. I don't believe that a call of
this Kin is worth the value of a wooden
kOSNIlPIShs In plSSlotIIl / pOSSiuty
remember the names Of the people who
call upon him. much less their requests;
The m %IrSS6a as So. Il that I'll he ,, saves - himself farsaf
Suppose he did otherwise. He has been
months. Had he allowed. each talk to
o %Sh his a bra anp' that matter aPSa we Would Sdaik long aeas aso
sanity.
Gossipy Items About the President.
The president does an immense deal of
business outside of receiving and talking
with people. He settles scores of matters
ssasy se sas Gy P ISS = how sxet to p answer se eve
eral hundred letters. With all his work.
he finds time to pay special attention to
| cisIly likes is in the city he is asked to
the White House to dine. and If. as was the
happens to get hurt while in Washington.
the president is very sure to call upon
him and %n see eot that ~ ne Ms Is S %oRin1sy b s,fu-
able to do so much work lies in the fact
hat he has a good digestion and a good
conscience. He never worries; He says II
to do the work Of each day as it com $
and let it go: The result is that he does
and and l When ne he ego goes to bed he can sleep.
He holds his own in the cabinet. / am told
that he Is head and shoulders above his
to the administration: He grasps things
quickly and often settles a knotty problem
with a word.
A Story of the War.
The president is fond of society. He likes
music and Is especially inclined to singing
Methodist hymns and topical songs. He is
a good story teller, and relieves his mind
now and then in this way. He sometimes
drifts into "reminiscences of his army eX-
periences. The other night while out driv-
ing he told of a midnight journey which he
had taken when. he was a boy soldier In
the army. He had been ordered by his
general to go ahead and find the location of
a certain body of troops. His regiment was
almost surrounded by rebels. and he had
Is ride very carefully for fear of stumbling
uron a rebel picket. He tells how he felt
as he trotted along through the DARKNESS;
ard how his heart jumped into his throat
when he heard the words. in a pronounced
Southern accent:
Halt! Who goes thar"
He knew thai no Northerner ever pro-
ncunced the word there thar" and he
turned his horse and rode rapidly the other
way. A few moments later he was stopped
again. but the voice this time had q Yankee
twang and its words were:. Halt! Who
goes there?" The president says that as
coon as he heard the word there pro-
nounced in that way he knew that he was
among friends.
President Mckinley and His Mother
President Mckinley sometimes speaks OF