The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-02

cure an interview with him. Nor did
he ever exact pledges of confidence.
He assumed that his wishes were
known and would be respected. Pres
is equally accessible and talks with
equal freedom to the newspaper men,
in whom he has confidence.
One day u newspaper correspondent
in this city met President Harrison at
the south gate of the White House
grounds. AS they shook hands the
president remarked that he was out Tor
an airing, and asked the correspondent
10 accompany him. Together they
walked across the white lot, around
the Washington monument, back to the
avenue as far as the foot of Capitol
hill, and returned to the White House,
altogether distance of about three
miles.
The riot at Valparaiso, Chilli. in which
several sailors from the cruiser Balti-
more had been killed and wounded. HAD
occurred a day of two previous and had
excited the public mind. 1t looked very
much as if we would have war with
Chill, and naturally the conversation
turned 70 that topic. To the astonish-
ment of the correspondent, President
Harrison related in detail all the prep
aratiOns that were being secretly made
by The navy department for sucn an
emergency. The information under the
circumstances was of a most Sensa-
Shown less reserve with the secretary
OF the navy.
AS the two men parted under the
portico ef the White House, the cor
respondent remarked that he supposed
the president desired the information
he had given him withheld from publ
cation.
--Of course" was the reply. TT would
cause no end of complications if it were
printed -
That was all No VOWS. ~, Mod go.
no cautions were necessary. He knew
his man.
General Harrison and Mr.. Cleveland
had similar views in regard to the disA
tribution of presidential patronage,
which are the opposite of those held bV
President Mckinley. The latter believes
that the offices belong to the people;
that the senators and members of the
house are the chosen representatives OF
the people, and that the president, as
trustee. should distribute the assets as
advised by them. He seldom makes
an appointment without the assent of
the senators and representatives from
the state and district in which the can
dldate resides, or In which the office
may be located, and he holds them re-
ysponsible for the efficiency and good
behavior of the men they recommend
President Cleveland and President
Harrison assumed that the president is
responsible to the people for the selec-
N-SA- VI ICY OlllNiaA WHICH, the consul
tuition authorizes him to appoint. and
while they were willing to receive sug-
Sestlons and recommendations they
denied the claims of the members of
the legislative branch of the govern
ment to share in the distribution of
patronage. In those days a member
or congress never knew who would be
appointed postmaster in his district
Under the present administration he
knows that whoever he names will
have the office.
1t is a singular fact that General
Harrison took no interest in his an
cestry, and in the autobiographies he
furnished from time to time by re-
quest to publishers he never alluded to
the fact that his father was a repre-
sentative in congress; that his grand
father was president of the United
states; that his great-grandfather for
whom he was named. was a member
or the continental congress. a signer of
the Declaration of independence and a
member of the committee of CORE
Spondence in Virginia during the rev
olution, and that his other forefathers
were conspicuous in the organization
OF the Virginia colony. There is no
famliy in the United States of prouder
record or greater prominence in public
affairs from the first settlement of the
country 10 the funeral that occurred at
indianapolis Sunday. but for some rea-
son that was never explained General
Harrison preferred to ignore his an
cestry.