Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-02

when the old gentleman asked that his
young friend be made bank examiner
forthwith. all that the President would
say was: Il will give it very careful con
sideration;. | Will consider it very thor
oughly.", At that point the old gentle
man felt the arm of somebody behind
Pass right along. please. Pass RICH;
along. Don't delay the President after he
has heard the case" And thus he was
pushed along the line; but as If for mo-
vey the scene. he wheeled around to one
side and stood watching the President
and his line of callers, Here. again tn,
the White House officials. who told him
that people We're not allowed to stav in
the room after they had transacted their
business. 1t was not long after that the
old carpet-bag was packed full again
and its owner was walking back down
Pennsylvania avenue to the Baltimore &;
Ohio station. a much sadder and wiser
ture times in telling people how well h
knows the major.
There is still another man in town who
knew the major so we'll that his neigh
bors in western Pennsylvania raised $50
by subscription to send him on to Wash
ington. This man was an old schoolmate
of William Mckinley. He assured his
neighb o,,,s that their intimacy was such
ment position with a good salary would
surely be his. AS the old schoolmate was
very poor his neighbors thought 1t would
raise enough money to let him get on ia
Washington to avail himself of this grea
and unique opportunity. He was some
what disappointed on reaching here in
not having a talk with William on in
auguration day. but he started for tn
White House bright and early the next
morning. The first piece of good forum .
about by the crowd, was a sight of tn
Presidents sister, who was then visitin ,
at the White House. She, too. had been
a schoolmate forty years before. Miss
door of the White House to the carriage.
The police officers had pushed back the
crowd. so as to provide an open space
through which she could pass. The OF
schoolmate was pretty well back in this
crowd. and there was comparative still
ness. AS Miss Mckinley came in view.
however. so enthusiastic did he become & I
the sight of partly familiar face. that
crying in clear voice. that rose dis
tinctly above the crowd: Hello. Helen b:
don't you remember me?'A cheer Ct
laughter went up. from the, assembled
throng. Miss Mckinley smiled and bowe l
very pleasantly. but did not seek to ex
tricate her old friend from the surging
man reached the President he found that
the memory of their old school acquain-
tance was very much less distinct to
William than to him In fact. he said in
You see | was so much older in school
than William that he may not have
known me at all. but l can remember
how his father looked just as well as ii
he was standing before me now" Thii
man, too. has gone home and henceforth
when his neighborS take up a subscrip-
ton it will be for immediate relief. AMI
not to capitalize his acquaintance vita
the President of the United States.
Judge Hiborn of California. related al
interesting incident last Friday. evening
at the dinner given by Nathaniel McKay
in honor of John ID. Long.
ct beats all how many condolences arr
suggested to me by this gathering. |
used to go to Hebron Academy in the it,
tie town of Hebron in Maine. One of the
boys there was named Eugene Hale: he
was remarkably good scholar es-
pecially in recitation. Another one of TIL
boys in that school noted for his excel
lence in Latin was John Long: We three
went in different directions after leaving
that good old academy. but we have all
brought up in Washington"