The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-06
SEEN IN THE ANTERoON,
VARIOUS VISITORS THATsEEK Arm.
ENCE WITH TIE PRESIDENT
Comedy and Tragedy suEEcsted- busy Tina,
for Secretary Porter A CoIorcd Ma.
worth K~nowinE-No Boited Door, Nou

Il1uhllg NilIOHkVu WIN pVOIlO nv nhNe soma.
thing to ask for. and their requests embrace ,
thousand and one matters which havs no reIa.
ton to places in the Governments employ. 7,
offices were the only things sought, the problem
would DO comparatively easy. As 1t Is, the bus,.
ness quarters Of the White House for manv
hours every day present to the observing eve.
kaleidoscope picture, ever changing, with new
forms and faces going and coming-somc,imc,
Offering elements of the ludicrous, but more
often suggesting the tragic.
You would go far TO find such an assemb,avs
OF hopes doomed to disappointment a. arr gath.
cred in tho anteroom Of the President. Win
for example, is that sad.faccd woman who M,
patiently waitingl burrows made by tear, ar,
on her checks. Once, perhaps, she was yopn,
and pretty: but her husband died. and lcr son.
her idol and hope, went wrong. He took to evil
courses, and finally he killed a man in a harro,n
brawl. The jury called It murder, and thu
slayer was condemned to be hanged. The GOV.
ernor Of the State refused a pardon, and now
the mothers only hope Is that She may gain
propitiatory word from the kind hcartci Major.
BY her side, his hat clasped ncryOu.,v h.
tween his knees, is n wizcned man. on whose
face the word crank" is written Il. rlalnh "A
II in printed letters. Beneath his char he has
n perpetual motion machine. which II" la,upt
Office has refused to consider. All h. needs l.,
written line from Major NcKin ey to make m
a millionaire. In strong %contrast with min -
gentleman OF distinguished appearance. Who
able disgust. He is really a very impur,,n,
citizen from a distant Commonwealth. imlh,s
waited for three hours because his name +. M.
known to the subordinates who guard lie
More resigned is the expression Of another IN.
dividual just opposite. Somehow he Aa- failed
to secure the recognition for which Ia. has ten
striving. Every day for many Wccn- lie lts
been waiting for a chance to pay homage 20 'iis
Presidents secretary, but only once has D., .ota
thu. Zid aud flar h. ha..W a-
SO was what he looked for. but nov h" woult 70
glad 10 get anything at $50 a mouth. r hrrag
with hope deferred, he has movc,i m.arN..s
from a frst-class hotel into a boarding huu.n,.u
lately he has been subsisting TO some extent N
The door OF the secretary's room opens and
out pops a man with an extremely eheerI.. *;
upon the melancholy looking assembling with
Multiplying gaze; then. putting on his la, Win
appears. It is evident that he IL I. successful
| applicant. There are some such, but they are
not those who come and whine for them on fie
Executive door mat. Nevertheless, IL doe hap
and persistence an Individual will worry the
President into throwing him a bone.
There Is nothing more e5asperating TO the
consequence make his way through the serr-ta.
ry's room and enter without a moments delay,
the portal being thrown wide open with a respect.
full bow by the colored man in charge of that
duty, This. presumably, is a member OF Congress.
retary's room he passes directly and without tor.
mality into the immediate presence OF the Chic,
important visitor may have to say, while others,
previously admitted, step back and wait.
ler y sa ao1epoo oe Gis s epST 9 st snat MAJOR "a r; Mehin.
way at the east end of the Executive Manson,
on ont, the l seS0nd floor; It is eSs Of from The pr:
double door. On either side Of this piece OF hall
way are the office rooms Of The White House,
the secretary room on the right as you enter;
the, telegraph room and a room occupied by sew.
guard. so that nobody may intrude. The portal
Of Secretary Porter is tended by q co!ored serv-
dqty for years, and Who knows everybody.
summons Is a man worth being polite TO. He
51tsment dietase sne Persons fes1 ; som aeem as F Res oms
to tSk spea Such sG hl ind liRRsSfaiisvs sEs s sps s this sn Is a m,s
words. they fnd themselves on the outside.
Porter. PRESENTLY, St inde eain' that "a sp sen, Ie mar;
emerEes., He comes out chiefly for TIE purpose
sir es' % dismi 81 With Sffsai a f spPR @aFds W S5S RI hs de
according TO them definite interviews.
him with a few rapid rtisfS words aHist 3, e eRp SRRfoaG ast
in d =fe1 o an p aIsas Which NH hoI probably n.
the slightest attention TO him. but passes
directly across the hallway TO where the sad.
faced woman already mentioned is sitting. He
as he explains 10 her that the President has no
authority to pardon criminals convicted under
case a line OF favorable recommendation on the
subject, addressed to the Governor, viii procure
99sly. but promises TO lay the matter before
MajoE Mckinley. He knows that Mr.. Cleveland
e%liSiting grave criticism thereby.
me eye OF the secretary suddenly falls iron
rns a MeaifT whom citizen bs r, from q dis TAT Som
General he eNclaims, why didn't yon VIZ
Tish! f'1and the two disappear ~tof"'hc-,
had been hoping TO get the ear OF the Pr4,,-
dents factotum, foply for a moment, ~ln>i1at.y
table near the window. wake up. and one o,
them hsstens TO make inquiries As 70 the don
has bestowed snch exceptional attention, IL
name having been ascertained. the newspaper
him on his way down stairs for Information .
to the purpose OF his visit and the sphjr t.ma;.
Though the anteroom is 50 crowded there $
no conversation worth mentioning. Tho t.rr H
in il wear a uniform air of melancholy, a. tf'I y
were attending a funeral. but OF n sudden irtr'
Is a sound OF subducd chatlcrinc from the -r-
ton OF the staircase, and in walks the vans ~.
are pretty girls. nearly all Of an age, ari bE
t thSIGs heS Thi Is q srsyG.lT"sinE woman w r."N
which had q special engagement with " :
Mckinley, granted in advance by telegraph
Think Of having an engagement with "a
young ladies boarding school RUt Mr.. Vi
hln,eE has conhdenSe II her husband. .n
ho 10 Inc disgust or the Ghroni" "wai,s -
NAAHNAfA NH.fH
mittancs, filing two by through the ere
tarys office into the Presidents room. MAJOR
Mckinley gives each Of the girls a h,ut-hah',
ana they pass out through another door into 10
antcroom and toward the stairs, |, i worth
meniioning,, by the way. that q Presidential
hand shake Is, now offered by companies nrGn1'
izing tours as an incidental indGccmrrt VIII
every trip 10 Washington.
II Is noticeable that the various doors rrn-iUg
into the Presidents office are not .o,knt. ,ni
otten since the arrival OF warm weather The. are
wide open. SO that from tho anteroom one may
catch glimpses OF the Major nj work. O.; course,
nobody would, venture 10 intrudc upon Ism
without permission; but the Circumstance -
none the less striking as contrRstcd with ne
custom during the Cleveland regime. when no
door opening into the anteroom was never Nm
locked, and an armed guard stood 10y the ~;
trance through the Cabinet room. Al the prr.at
or me CoNey Invasion two men. armed IN 10
teeth, were constantly on tho watch oH'-N'S
these doors. Apparently Major McKin'ry w,r's
~ TO be understood that he does not suffer from
chronic fear of assassination.
III there IL q man in the United States as hard
worked asMajor Mckinley. Il is Secretary iar
Ter. Without taking as much pains 10 pose
tho newspaper men as did his predecessor, Mr..
Thurber, he II much moro successful In ar''rl'
| nligling TINT end In has earnnd tInyr rr-tn.t.