Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-04
P0RTER'S HARD JOB.
President McKin|ey's Secre-
tary and His Varied Duties.
Must Never Lose Temper, Though
Coming from Fighting Stock.
The President as an Outdoor Orator Cheers
for Speaker Reed.

Addison Porter, President Mckinley ssec-
rotary, has an ambition, and the chances
arc it will some day be gratiflcd 1t IS to
be governor of Connecticut. Mr.. Porter,
it should be remembered, is Il great poll
tician himself. Ii any of the office seekers
who infest the White House imagine Mr..
Porter is tenderfoot who can be focied
with any Of the little tricks of politics, they
will make "a great mistake. lie has been
there himself. At an age younger tnah
that of any man who ever held the ONCE
of governor Of Connecticut Mr.. Porter SCI
out to get the nomination for the ehiei
magistraey of his state. He was warned
that he would not get enough votes to save
himself from ridculc, but he made very
good showing. The next time he tried 1t,
with all the old political organization
against him, he came within an ace OF sue
ceeding. change of very few votes
would have given him the prize.
Porter's Ambition.
Secretary Porter in all probability Will
decline to be u candidate for the governor
ship as long as he remains President NC
Kinleys right hand man. Itwould scarce
" he seemly for him to go out as an ONCE
hunter while standing so near the presl-
dent But the Republicans of Conaectl-
cut, who are just beginning to learn what
good and strong man they have among
them in the person OF Mr.. Porter, keep say
ing that they are going to have him for
governor now, whether he wants IL or not.
They aver they will nominate him by ac-
clamation and take him away from the
White House. If they do, they will not
please the president very much, for he
likes Porter immensely and scarcely knows
how he could get along without him.
Mr. Porter has the hardest job in Amer
lea The presidents task is easy compared
to that of his secretary, for the president
can relieve himself of trouble and impor-
tunity whenever he wishes to do so by
simply giving an order to have the doors
closed. Poor Porter has to stay and take
it as it comes, and it usually comes in
large and unpalatable doses. He must
never lose his temper He must be a mon
ument of patience. He must smile when
he wants to curse. He must invent eX-
cuses and offer explanations to men who
do not deserve either when every fiber of
his body tingles with desire to say what
he thinks and have a row. Now and then
Mr. Porter does hit out from the shoulder
at some overimportunate Office seeker
some fellow perhaps who insists that the
president shall be interrupted while hold
inc q conferences with n member of the
cabinet in order to give him chance The
gall of some Of these chaps is an amazing
thing, and the wonder is that Mr.. Porter
docs not more often sit down upon them.
1t has taken some of the habitues Of the
White House a long time TO learn that
when Mr. Porter SAYS "No'' he means il.
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New YORK is queer town. There arc
regions IN the metropolis III when the pop
uiatioh cares nothing Tor u president, or a
speaker, or any one else IN the VIDE world.
doubt II the coming OF Queen Victoria or
the emperor OF emma would cause many OF
them TO turn their heads. One OF these re-
glons hes between ruth avenue ana the
hudson river. Presluent Mckinney anu
his party drove through II alter reYlewlnG