The Washington times., 1901-12-22
Study Of Mems Faces as
They Leave His Room.
SMILING, FROHEIBG. PERPLEIED.
An Impressed, However, by tho
Positiveness and Franknsss of
the Presidents Utterances- Tact
In Questioning Visitors.

InCouOTe Roosevelt, tne most unique
Chief Executive since the day of Andrew
Jackson. is responsible for the panorama
of feeling expressed in the faces which
file through that door every day.
The ups and downs of political life, the
making and breaking OF careers before the
popular gaze. are betrayed in smiles. in
downcast mouths, in wrinkled brows.
The Rough Rider has way of saying
something forceful before a visitor leaves
him. The impress of his words clings in
the mind and is painted in the face as the
caller passes out and down the stairs
and away from the White House.
The Procession Moves.
Ten o'clock in the morning. The process
sion Of expression is beginning to move.
People begin to emerge from the big door.
and as it is swung to and fro behind them
q glimpse Of the interior shows a large
crowd of people standing, their eyes
turned toward single hgure-;he Presi-
dent.
The door opens again. Gut walks 4 big.
stalwart man. He is from the Southwest.
Much OF his life has been spent on the
broad plains which the President loves
and writes of. He wants a Job and he is
going to get II. The President has called
him "Bill' and has turned to the Con-
gresham who accompanied him and in
formed him In good round tones that
"Bilr' is good man and that he viii get
the position.
Quite likely the Office he seeks is that
Of United states marshal, where bravery
and quick thought and q ready trigger
finger are stiii high requisites, even
though the outlaw is notso common as he
once was and industry has put dull edge
on the one-ttme lawlessness of the from
tier This is the man who wears the
pleased tace.
He will 20 back to his State and Theo-
dore Roosevelt will be his battle cry. He
viii be better marshal because the Pres
ident has clapped him on the shoulder
and told him that he must be square in
his dealings. Perhaps the President said
he must be white" for he doesn't baik
before word which carries significance
to a Westerner even If it has no standing
in the dictionary.
A Disappointed FInnncicr.
Eleven O'Clock swings around. Few par
ticularly notable characters have passed
through the door since the brawny West
erner's shoulders emerged. From the
aIacrity with which the colored attend
ant sprinss TO the door it is now evil
dent that some one OF Importance, So
cially measured. is about 70 leave.
1t is a typical inancier-a capitalist.
The we'll groomed figure displays the flu
ish OF the East 4 strong jaw and clear
eve however. belle any intimation OF in
dolence borne in the rather pronounced
embOnpoint. This fnancter-this capital
ist. who knows more OF the doings OF
The street" than do the politicians who
are his friends. who are friendly Tor Cd
vious reasons-has large mining interests
in the State where the President has just
promised his late visitor an appointment
as United States marshal
The fnancier bears the disappointed
face. He came to the White House early.
He expected to see the President at once.
But the Westerner saw the Presldeht
first. because his strapp.ng figure hIled
the Presidents eye as he came in from
the Cabinet room after busy hour s
work looking over important mail. The
fnancier squirmed inwardly as he heard
The President tell the Westerner and his
Congressman that the job was theirs.
seeing the Great Father.
some of the callers are trying to look
comfortable in awkward standing pos
lures which are really very uncomforta-
Bile. Every section OF the country is rep
resented in the scene the room affords.
The men who are standing would not
wait so long for any man on business
engagement. But if they llnger an hour
in the anteroom ;,ud then hall as long
inside they viii feel wen repaid when
the President grips the digits Of their
right hand and tells them he is delight
ed TO see them in a voice which leaves
no doubt OF it in their minds
Hall a dozen Indians. escorted by their
Washington agent. are waiting to see the
President - the Great Father - but they
Iool, porfcctly Indifferent as TO whether
thov VOC him or not. The agent, who
wears diamonds paid for by the fees Tor
handling the Indians cases before the nu-
reau. tells them that the President Is u
mighty hunter and that lie Is n crack
shot and that the most vicious pony can
not urseat him.
They grunt-a semi appreciatila gut
ural tone. Finally they are shown in.
familiar figure greets the eyes OF
many IN the room when, after the door
bgs closed behind the braves, II opens
TO let out a white haired handsome man
~ sixty with an eagle eve and an aGuil-
inc nose Here is the perpleXed face.
Greetings reach the man from all sides
of the afternoon lie stops, shakes hanas
with half a dozen persons. But thefe IS
something lacking in his greeting ils
tboucbts seem elsewhere. He appears luSt
in an endcavur to puzzle out some prop
lem as down the stairs he passes with
r,tber Iarnway look in his eyes.
A perpIcxcd Politician.
The faraway look sees his possible
turn down." the decline of his once
great political power. He is politician
Of the old school He budded into prom
inence and became political autocrat
when the spoils system lourished. lie
handled votes as some men handle stocks
and bonds. but instead Of paying In money
alsays he frequently settled his political
dehis by strewing fat Government jobs
right and left
Ills resources in this direction haze been
crippled steadily from time to time IN
recent years by the encroachment OF the
spoilsmln's territory by the civil service
regulations The President coddles the
civil service regulations jealously and OH
cial decapitatlon threatens violators oil
these statutes.
The big politicians fate hangs on
single appointment. The President can re