The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-12


Of bryan ~ Mckinley. lei us consider
the items 81 personal profit and loss in
CURED by him who wins the goal
ON our lst 81 presidential profits enter
first perpetual fame since History bee
gaa it has never lost che name % a sins
slc executive wha has stood al the hsad
81 a mighty nation. Coed, bad. weak.
indifferent Kinrs on Presidents - conse-
queuuai states alike share the assurance
thai their uames viii ever be printed
m all civilized '1nguaEes epd pronounced
by al civilized tongues
Consider next lhe Items Of pecunlary
gain The presidential salary is S2neo
a term $3.50 a day. s5.7S an hour. Il
looks large vet many Americans IN prl-
wade business resolve enc same regular
pay The Prestdent az Franc, receives
more tam twice as much our President,
~ course paws ne rent for the WHITE
House or for It's stab3ec Congress an
uuallv appropriate q email fortune TO
keep them in repair. During AHhat'a
administration q made special appropria-
slonx OF No.0n FOR rpfurnisnlug the man
sion. while in t1eVeland'a first admins
tratlon ST. 90 was given. White House
repairs aud furnishings nrve cost more
than one and three-Quarter mlilions with
in the last century The coal wood gas
and electric light bills 81 the mansion are
paid ~ Uncle sam uhe further allows
his chief servant s. 90 "a year. a cabines
officers saiury f0r stationery. record
books. hooks for the executive library
teleRrams ONCE furnishings care Of The
presidential stables aud the garbage
horses and harness used By the White
House ONCE force add 70 this an annual
salary o. 81 81 fer the white House stew
ard whose business a. 60 superintcud
the housekeeping OF the mansion. The
government further pays tho President
valet hts wifca maid and the groom %
the white House sta bles u pays TO
washing the linen aud for the house clean
Ing % tho mansion Moreover. Fresdents
o. n general rule have no doctor's huis
60 pay In Washington there is always
stationed an attending physician for the
officers 81 tho army and navy and thelr
families living here
The President as commander IN chief
of the army ana navy. is legally entitled
10 this professional service. The big ex-
pense Of Garfcid's Illness after mis- assas-
sination was paid by Congress
Carloads OF gifts come into the white
House during each administration The
white House garnet Is always fun 20
OVERLOOKING with useless presents Among
the articles presented a. President McKiu-
ley have been Moscow. "a St Bernard dog
Weighing IA pound. and India tiger skin
rug eleven and one-half feet long. q pair
Of anuers worth g. 1a0 "a moEaic table.
toilet wafer SCI Of gold and cut glass with
Gil, stand a set Of gold and silver toilet
articles IN "a morocco case 2 bronze lamp
on base or onyx numerous pieces %
fancy work embroidery. tapestry. carved
wood and paintings 90 or so pipes. no end
Of Manila. Havana and Porto Rican ci-
gars ma uncouutahle medicines. Some
time ago he French ambassador presented
Mr.. Mckinley with two exquisite N7aes
made in Frances national porcelain works
~ Serves and selected by President Fanre
before his death. Every President receives
from far and wide eatable and dgmkhhies
o. every description. Every Thanksgiving
and Christmas day he receives anywhere
from dozen to score or turkeys Most
OF those birds come from Rhode Island.
and q g. The boast OF their raisera that
they are fed only on graf@hoppere on
Thanksgiving day two years ago the
President purtook of twenty-elght-
pound bird. the record breaker ~ this
administration. Grants table was once
graccd by a thirty-four- FOUNDER. various
presidents before Mcklniey'a adminisira-
tion have been given expensive liquors
and wines by the barrel
Tho comforts assured BY the presidency
may be assured next upon this list OF
profits Harrison and other presidents
have complained that the White House j.