Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-21

III
spent scme time with the President
this morning. have never seen him III
better condition. His eye is bright, his
step firm and his spirits are as fresh as
those Of boy. He weighs just 100
mounds, but he does not look over stout,
and he carries himself as straight as he
did when he started out with his regi-
ment in 1901. During my chat with HIM
referred TO his health, and told him |
thought he was looking extremely well,
Afterward remarked as TO the success
of his administration, and said thought
that the people were in sympathy with
him and that they thought he was doing
well. At this his eyes lighted up aud he
said: 81 am glad to hear you say that,
ior am much more anxious to be doing
well than to be looking WE'LL"
AsIEAM ENGINE IN TROUSERS.
Some one called Daniel Webster a
steam engine in trousers. President
Mckinley is Of the same character, save
that he does not puff and blow while he
works. His machinery moves like the
piston Of great Corliss engine slowly,
steadily and irresistibly along. He does
the work OF dozen men, but so easily
and cody that you can hardly realize
that he is working at all. OF all the
parry that came here from the White
House, President Mckinley looked the
freshest and the least overworked. To-
day he could outwalk, outride and out
work any OF his secretaries, and yet for
the past two years he has undergone a
greater strain, perhaps, than any other
manin the United States interviewed
him just at the close OF his term as gov
error Of Ohio. He was already lead
Ing candidate Tor the presidency and his
friends were pushing him. His work in
ceased as the time OF the convention
ment OF his nomination until his coming
here he has not had one leisure day
You remember how the delegations
flocked to Canton. Day and night for
brass bands. He often received doz-
en- parties from different states in day
and made as many speeches. At the
same time he had much to DO with Mark
Hanna in managing the campaign. he
long distance telephone wire between
bis house in Canton and Mr.. Hanna's
Office in Cleveland was kept hot with
confidential messages. He had speech
es TO write, and an enormous correspon-
dence to answer. Mrs. Mckinley and
he locked over much OF the mail to-
gether, and to many OF the letters he
dictated answers Then the election
came and the excitement following it,
HIS rell presidential work began i'm
mediately after the election, and il has
steadily continual up TO his present va
cation. ! don't believe we have ever
bad President who has tried harder to
mud out the right and to do it than has
Mckinley. He has taken advice from
every part oil the country, though he has
acted for himself. He has, as he said to
friend the other day, tiled to keep his
car close to the ground. This was what
called SO many statesmen TO Canton
alter the election Then between times
bis inaugural had to be written, his
cabinet made up, and the hurah and
White House undergone.
SECRETARY PORTER ON THE PRESIDENTS
WORK.
While sitting with Secretary Porter on
the porch last nieht overlooking Lake
lhamplain, ! asked him to give me
some idea OF the amount OF work the
resident had done since the inaugural
q I'D tiut Of Hn,
Showing an amonnt OF physical labor
which would have broken down the
ordinary man. He said when he took
ne place OF secretary to the President,
M Mckinley mad warned him not to
oVelwoTk, and had stated that he had
never yet gotten private secretary who
GOULD keep pace with him. Mr.. Porter,
aowevsr, has a good constitution, and
ne has so far succeeded fairly well. His
statement OF presidential labor, which |
1--WE iuriher on, does not reler
the great questions with VIII ich
Mchlnley has had TO deal, and which
IN President himself says have been
ae haTd work Of his administration. 1t
uoos not include the work and worry
suout Cuba, the coming TO decision
slat Hawaii should be annexed, and
aa' Japan should be allowed to kick II
would II does not include the silver
tsoubIes nor the tariff he fuse with Eng
~ as TO our seals. aud other like issues
nnich alone would have been enough
any common man.
mere, according to Mr.. Porter, are
- -Jneo OF the things the President did in
..t.'Non. He received, talked with and
.Posed ci forty thousand Office seek
FL, IN one hundred and twenty lone
.s.o'klng days. He shook hands with
s -Ue lhan nifty thousand people who
,S ae 10 MS public reception S, and. in
JJ'Von TO this, handled seventy thous-
callers in the east room. He has
NV my pubic RECEIPT ols, the average
t,sulahce upon which has been nearly
~ thousand persons. Tie has talked
~. business with fifty thousand congress,
ana has made over nine hundred
teutnenti to office. This has all
ne IN less than five months, and
~, I me physical and mental wear ana
III. 9on'iuered 1t will be seen that the
AZ enormous Forty thousand
NM seekers, AZ two minutes eaeh,
rEs, nave eaten up eighty thousand
t,es OF the Presidents lime, or
cu, Ivy, 10 have kept him busy for over