The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-01
CASE oF PREsTpENrs.
What Americas Rulers Have Had in
Their Private Purses
CYashington Post.)

(Washington Post1
The paried OF official nlaufhirg for
Benjamin Harrison, directed by Mr.. Me-
kinney, viii come TO an end TODAY, and
position tomorrow The nation, while
sOrrOwing for the death Of a great al2d
IRON the fact that he left behind hiha
an ample fortune. g re9Eoned at $3l5.e0e.fa
third of which goes. TO his vid9w, VINO, IL
an annuity of 5000 for the rest of her
life. The WidOW OF an ex-presiuesnt OF
this amount aunllaliy a. a pelslpn, anu
an e@ual sum IS drawn from the IT as3sufy
Most OF our presidents have died rieh
men Mr.. HarrfsoIl when he accepted
the office, was Irot}a bis not worth more
than $4,000 burt the tenant Of the White
House receives a salary large enough 10
ia four Years The man who has 5t1st
died at Indianapolis was never what is
vuigarly called a. 'high liver, and dur
ing his occupancy OF the executive nayI-
eNpentiItHre not eXceeonlg $500 yeaE,
IN all PROBABILITY IN fact, that is an
outsfqe estimate afla =. M = pc SUPPOSE
that he had at least $1,000 PIT away
when ne LETT NJ Washington.
An eX-president however ,tsualIK' finds
j very easy 10 make money after his re-
yer. as was the case with Harrison and
Cleveland. corporations. for gfIe sake of
the prestige OF his ususe, are. eager 10
pay him huge fees FOR his Services. while
anything he may choose 10 do in the SIT
! leatres- Before he Went into The ~ hite
House Mr. Harrison had not achieved
I any eXtraord1rary success ~ the legal
profession SO Tar as cash ret nrnS Nslif.
but afteT he had served MS term chief
executive, he could easily. command SIS, 90
Tor acting as advocate IN single case
The government paid him s1eaJo9 in q
lump for one piece OF work which be
would have been glad 10 undertake for
/ q. tweuteth part Of tbat amount q few
magazine is said to have given him $1,000
Z a page for q series Of articles.
Mr.. Mckinley when ne entered she
I presidency, vas got only poor aef msielt
/ in debt At the conclusion. of his isecofld
term he VIII be fairly well of. nrCbalJly
He has no e<traNagances u1aiDt aims no
lishment except the modest house at
\ canton. and IL is likely THAT his expenses
might live at the White House comfort
abiy Tor much less than that amou [.
the ordinary drains upon a c.tize1l's purse,
We're it not for the formal dinners which
areAan official obligation and cost, i'm
f-elndtEg wines, S503 apiece and upward.
Cleveland was Il poor man when he be-
came president the first time He is
( worth TODAY, IL Is believed. nearly 81 O99. :
| been gained through real estate favest-
ments in the neigRborhood u WASHING
]
airy he used 70 buy Oak view which tfs
occupied for a while as Il sumner nome.
and other suburban pf operty. Then came
a boom in land values. AND ne sold ar an
immense profit Indeed his purchases
gave fashionable impcrta nee, to the lo-
calitics where they were made. and this
cause alone made prices run up When
Essflieago Gas was cheap. Cleveland bought
a good deal Of the stock, under the ADJ
vice OF his friend, T. g. Benedict, and in
this way "a large addition VAS made -
his fortune
: ehester a. Arthur was Worth 800 0s8
when he died, THAI amount being divided
between his son and daeghter but It ls
probable, that he was worth about as
much ytisen he entered the White House.
He was the most lavish Of our presidents
pelld nom SzofJ - $3.50 on single DIM
Rer, AND IL is nor likely that ne savea
much during IDS term. His predecessor,
Gar ne.a, died poor. but his widow was
S5sAe0g being raised FOR her while her
pension OF S599 q yesar madc it GER
tainty that she should never want
Hayes was accteSen Of parsimony Turing
lis tslan q Qities, because he offered 70
vine 70 MS guests ~ state Gimlers bug
the charge was wheIlv IN 5usr. fnasrll4ic IA
as no WAS lDeresi BeNQHd ali other DrpSf-
dents IN entertaiuiffg tHe gave one
sgfead ar q reception that cost NON
$500. Nowadays. as is weil known Moth
INK Whatever 10 etLl0r drink is .prOVided
al Wf3te House recepsiOns. not so mach
a. "a cup 81 tea or assara6 ,viti beina$ fur-
n4tapie has the advantage q giving no
oBc0Ura cement 70 dead beats and otler
ODtecI1oIIa be persons. who would other
wise present themselves nierely Tor the
ard drinking free 81 charge Mr. Hayes