The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-22

Copyrlghted 1881. by Frank c. Carpenter.
LAKE cHAAPLAIN. Aug. 2, ISL
/ spent some time with the president
This morning. 1 have never seen aim IN
better condition His eye Is bright. hts
step firm. and his spirits are as fresh IS
those OF a boy. He weighs just 10 pounds,
bat be does not look Over~stonf. and ne
carries himself a. straight as he did when
he started Oisf with the regiment In lshl.
During my chat with him. i referred 10
his health, and told him ] thought he y as
looking extremely well. Aftefward / re-
marked as 20 the success Of his admins
tratloz. and said ] thought the people
were Ia sympathy with him and that they
thought hs Wa doing well j am glad
10 hear you say that. FOG am much more
anxious TO be doing well than 10 Dc LOOK
Ing we'll"
A steam Engine fn Trousers.
Some one called Daniel Webster a steam
enzins In trousers. President Mckinley
Is Of the same character. save that he
does not puff and blow while he works
Ills machinery works like the piston OF a
great 9SfilsS engine. slowly, steadily and
lfresss;ibiy along. lie does the work OF
q dozen men. but so easily and cooiiy that
you can hardly realize that he Is working
81 all OF all the party that came here
from the White House. President Nc
oEerworkesi. Today he could outwaik,
ouiFfde and outwoFk any Of his sccre-
tssries. and Jet for the past two years no
has undergone a greater strain, perhaps.
than any otder man Ia the United States.
interviewed him just at the close Of MS
tsrIs "a governor OF Ohio. He was al
ready a leading candidate for the preSi-
deacy. and his friends were pushing him.
Ills work Increased as the time OF the
convention approached. and from the an
nouneegncnt Of his nomination until his
coming here he has not rad one leisure
day. You remember how the delegations
flocked to Canton. Day and night for i've
months mis- ears were dinned with brass
hands He often received dozen parties
from different states in a day and made as
many speeches. AZ the same time he had
much 10 do with Mark Hanna In manag-
Ing tins campaign. The long distance tele-
phone wire between his house IN Canton
and Mr.. Hanna's Office in Cleveland was
kept hot with confidential messages. He
had speeches 10 write and an enormous
correspondence TO answer. Mrs. McKin-
fey and he looked over much OF the mail
together, and to many Of the letters lie
di~tnteal answers. Then the election came
ard the excitement following IT, His zeal
presidential work began immediately aft
er the election. and II has steadily con-
tinued up 20 his PRESENT vacation. ] don't
has tried harder 20 find out the right and
TO do Il than has Mckinley. lie has taken
advice from every part OF the country,
though he has acted for himself He has
as ne said 20 a friend the other day tried
TO keep his ear close 10 the ground This
was what called so many statesmen 10
Canton after the election. Then between
times mis- inaugural had 10 be written. his
cabinet made up and the hurfah and ex-
element Of taking possession OF the
White House undergone.
Secretary Porter on the Presidents
work.
While sitting with Secretary Porter on
the porch last night overlooking Lake
Champlaln, / asked him To give me some
Idea OF the amount Of work the presid mt
had done since the Inauguration. lie le-
Piled with q list OF hgures showing an
amount OF physical labor which would
have broken down the ordinary man. He
said when he took the place of secretary
60 the president Mr.. Mckinley had warn
ed him not 10 overwork and had stated
that he had never yet gotten a private
secretary who could keep pace with him
Mr.. Porter. however. has a good consti-
tuition. and he has so far succeeded fairly
well. His statement OF presidential labor
which give further on. does not refer 20
the great questions with which Mckinley
has had TO deal. and which the president
himself says have been the hard work OF
his administration II does not include the
work and worry about Cuba. the coming
TO a decision that Hawaii should be an
nexed and that Japan should be- allowed
TO kick If lt would. IL does not include the
silver troubles nor the tariff. the fuss
with England as to our seals. and other
like issues, which alone would have been
enough Tor any common man.
Here, according 20 Mr.. Porter. are some
sf ta a.
lie received. talked with and disposed OF
4e.0o0 Office seekers In III working days
lie shook hands with more than 80 90 peo-
pie who came 20 his public receptions.
and In addition 20 this handled 70oo0
callers Ia the East room. He has held nifty
public receptions. the average attendance
upon which has been nearly a. persons
lie has talked on business With 90 90 coz
gressmen. and has made over &N appoint
ments 20 office, This has all been dous, ia
less than five months, and when rhe plfv-
steal and mental wear and tear ~ consit-
cred 10 viii he seen than the work Is cnor-
nous Forty thousand office seekers at
two minutes etch must have eaten up
Speo minutes II Tire president time or
enough 10 have kept him busy for four
months. working ten hours day
don't believe the office seekers however
averaged a minute apiece. much less two.
though cseh Of the 80 who were appoint
more But this taiking with meu vas
only q part Of President McKinlcy's WORK.
Ne had. Ia addition. AN enormous amount
~ executive labor and today notwith-
stsnsins Il al. he is Ia good physical
state.
How Did ne 10 IdF
asked President Mckinley this ones
tca myself during nay cah upon him to-
day. lie replied that the work thar took
the incest ~ his strength was thc dealing
with the grNtt pubiic questions - ms ad-
nn!Sirauon. and added that be Bad g
fairly Ko,sd constitution. and that ho ate
Well ama slept VAL Another great secret
o. tbe Presidents sit~ceSs as : worker "a
s. the fast fhat he dces uoE worry SIZE
dlNguiss.s a q2estscn frttn his mind / am
told ~ soon as be has acttie8 e. ana Il
f. one ~ hiss cardinal principles never 20
deceive man and lraI aim 90 frsa.rns
De viii Go What Dc knows BE cannot so.
This saves Ereat deal Of frtet.an- THE
president - wonderfully regular in ais
tahtts. Al tha White Eoessa De- is alu,ays
in ed by Midnight and he sleeps untl
every usovniaE. Here a. lake Chaulttasn
p has been rsfirfng aariier but rising q
sAs1t the sarle time 1ia has also sttne,ie
tastse abaGt eating. Doubt Whether Re
has ever felt whst e IS 20 have q wax
stomach. HIS system - nog overloaded
Nttn in6iEestibieS. nor does - cloz. his
NelnS with wire by drinking if with Ass
meals Ae takes fFss3esat bathS ana
kregs tha pores q hIs ska open. A man
Mo has c@wPai 8T1cd W3ta him tells re
that sftsv 3 h'S spee>-h Afa5 MckluIrv
90 setting - hls room. always stripped
sn4 haa q Ena4 vase aDd rssh before RE-
tsrtrg ~ golnE eat sEasn. TIE fasrss q
tha s&ln are toe sewers - ire systeus
saeh bathing Keeps tha pares open. and