The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-01-02
fi7roin. our Regular Correspondent.

nod carrier in the land can turn ove-
FOR another nap knowing that he viii
have day of rest but the President
OF the United States must be up early
to face the hardest days work he will
have during the year. There is a
general Impression that salary of
nifty thousand dollars year and the
honors of the office are good and suffi-
Client pay for the Chief Executive. and
I'M to date there have been no candi-
dates for the Presidency who have
struck because of the pay but even
the humble union man wouldn't con-
slider $50 dollars too much pay for
the Presidents New Years days work.
hat day he earns his pay actually by
the sweat of his brow, and when he
sits down to his dinner lame in al,
his muscles he doubtless has all the
c0nsolations of the working man SC
pfcturesduely exploited in literature
BY eleven In the morning he must
be down stairs witt. his smile adjust
ed to receive the members of the dip
lomatic corps and the Cabinet, or the
Cabinet and the Diplomatic corps. The
struggle for precedence between these
two leaves one always in doubt which
70 place first, and perhaps always
gives the President a CLEAN of hope
That the body relegated to second
place may refuse to be received at
MI.
At half past eleven, Senators, Rep
resentatives and Delegates in Con-
gTess, the Commissioners and judi
ciaI officers of the District of Column
bia are ushered into the Blue room
where the receiving party stands. Al
eleven forty-five follow the officers OF
the army, officers of the navy, officers
Of the marine corps, commanding
general stan of the militia of the Dis
trictof Columbia. Then come the re-
gents and Secretary of the Smith
sunian Institution, the Civil Service
Commission. the Interstate Commits
aion. the Isthmian Canal Commission.
assistant secretaries of departments.
the. solicitor general, assistant atto1-
seys general, assistant postmasters
general, the treasurer of the United
States, the librarian of the Congress
donA Library, the public printer, the,
head Of bureaus, the president of the
Columbia Institution for tie Deaf and
DUNN.
At twelve thirty the Society of the
Cincinnati appears. veterans of the
uar; OF 46-47, Medal of Honor Legion.
me Grand Army. Army of Santiago.
3pHnfsh War Veterans, the Oldest in.
habitants of the District and half a
1nzen other leagues, societies and or,
ders
WfIem one stops to consider that
lver, half of these are organizations
md not individuals and that the hand
Of each man must be grapsed with
exactly the proper degree of fervor
that the same beatific smile of well
come rust be bestowed upon each
DeiEpn lest offense should be given il
would seem that the President had
veil earned the right to sit down 10
mid day meal with the consciousness
Of duty well DONE But no, the worl;
hut just begun. The real reception
IS yet to come. This is merely lit
tat ~ q - ~ tiis' S4DN.Nt ~ 'LS go
work From the time he glanced Out
i st g,is window after leaving his bed
IRE crowd of citizens, anXious 70 clasp
his nand and look upon his face for
nIte feeYfug second has been forming
ataus the square in front Is lisa H}.t
H9use Is1Wesn ter c'clgra al one
eaep reinforced sy Thousand
ca3l from every part Of The city.
persons who have conc from Caller
8srIa ff,g the eyent and the man whe
stsoIlttig obout With LIS family join:
the Has because he has nothing bet
tes 10 10. protty shop girls chewin
gam, and yociferous news boys. a
graup fresh from the farm. crowd
8 II college students. stoilers from the
RzF vessel in port near the arsenal.
dapper clerks with their best girls.
weary mothers who have brought
9heir babies for the President 10 smile
az. every employment and lack of it
represented in the tired. goodnatured
line that stretches from the White
House co the Gate of War and Navy
department. and down again toward
the monumental grounds. Could he
iopk out on that line he might well
Edter or even run away but he re-
eeiyes them one at time, and expe-
renee has taught him that there is
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