The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-05

and as the two part they seem well
pleased.
MKINLEY AND A COLORED MAN
Now a third man has hold of the
president. 1t is the colored man of
whom / spoke of as thinking he owned
the mansion. The president shakes
hands with him as cordially as he did
with Foraker and moves to one side,
resting his arm upon the white mantel
as he talks. The colored citizen does
the same, putting his right hand in
his pocket and vehemently urging his
claim for a conSulShip to one of the
West Indies islands. The president di-
reefs him to file his paper with the
sidered, and then. takes UP another
caller. He does not allow much time
for any one, but at the same time does
not seem impatient. AS the time goes
on he hurries his reception, and L time
him by my watch. There is a man
who wants land agency in Dakota.
He gets ten seconds. The next man
is a senator from Washington state;
he gets fifteen seconds. Now Blair, of
New Hampshire, is talking. You re-
member how he used to take up the
time of the senate. speaking for hours
and hours at stretch. The president
gives him three minutes, which is 1--WE
times as much as any one has had so
far this morning. And so it goes on;
ten seconds, twenty seconds, one
minute, seven seconds. ten seconds,
fourteen seconds, five seconds and four
seconds. The last two are audiences
with men who merely want to pay
their respects and shake the president
by hand AS 1 look 1 wonder whether
any mortal mind could hold impress
sions thus forced upon it. The presi-
dent has now been talking an hour,
and he has chatted with nearly hun
dred different men on hundred d1Her-
ent subjects. 1 don't believe that
call of this kind is worth the value
of wooden toothpick. The president
cannot possibly remember the names
of the people who call upon him, much
less their requests. The probability
is that he saves himself as much as
possible and tries to forget each mat
ter as soon as he passes upon it. Sup
pose he did otherwise? He has been
receiving in this way for almost ten
months. Had he allowed each talk to
make an impression upon the gray
matter of his brain, that matter would
long ago have been pounded into the
mush of insanity. e
ITEMS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT.
The president does an immense deal
of business outside Of receiving and
talking with people. He settles scores
of matters every day by looking over
papers. He tells Secretary Porter how
to answer several hundred letters.
With all his work, he finds time to pay
special attention to his friends. If a
stranger whom he especially likes is
in the city he is asked to the White
house to dine, andSif, as was the case
with one of his old commanders, he
happens to get hurt while in Washing
ton. the president is very sure to call
upon him and see that he is comfort
ably situated. One secret of Mr.. Nc
Kinley,s being able to do so much work
lies in the fact that ne has a good di-
gestion and good conscience. He
never worries. He says if he did he
would go crazy. 1t is his rule to do
the work of each day as itscomes and
let it go. The result is that he does
not fret, he does not say impatient
things and when he goes to bed he can
sleep. He holds his own in the cabinet.
am told that he is head and shoulders
above his secretaries. as to most mat
tiers relating. to the administration. He
grasps things quickly and often set
ties a knotty prdbleFp with word.
A sToRYSoF5THE WAR.
The president Is fond of society. He
likes music and is especially inclined
to singing Methodist hymns and
topical songs. He isSa good story tell
er, and relieves HIS mind now and then
in this way. He sometimes drifts into
"reminiscences of his army experiences.
The other night while out driving he
told of a midnight journey which he
had taken when he was a boy soldier