The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-26
PAY. OF PRESIDENT
THE NATION HELPS HIM FOOT Hfs
 BILLS.
Great Many Allowances For the White House That the People of the Country Do Not Taken Into
 Consideration.

| &tM8l0&HatAtha I Washington, June 25.--tspecial.)-- | Citizens generally imagine that the President of the United States because I he is allowed by the government a
 straight salary of only s5o.eo0 a year l has difficult time in making buckle 1 and tongue meet" in taking care of himself and family at the White House. l But there are a great many allowances that the dear people do not take into l consideration. The servant question at | the mansion Is all provided for by Con- l gress. and if a man In private life mad | to pay for the same number of hired men and women he would find that a big hole Is made in his income every i year. The stable expenses of the Pres ident are also practically provided TOT 1 by the governmcnt. Every year most l extensive repairs are made to the White House. This season while MT. Roosevelt and his family are at Oyster l Bay there will be spent In repairs at | the executive mansion $35.e0o. The government provides heat and lights and ever so many other things that rich men like Thomas' F. Walsh. John tR. Mclean and other multi- millionaires having homes here have to dig down | into their pockets for.
 l It should also be borne In mind that numerous fine horses and vehicles are allowed the head of the nation for use officiaIly, it is intended. but in reality the family of the President do not stand back whenever they want to order out | the public equipages, and there IS no valid reason why they should. Presi, dents, with the exceptions Of the late ! Rutherford B. Hayes. who was tae closest man who ever held the omce. have likewise had some horses and vehicles of their own.
 MT. Cleveland did less driving than | any of the modern Presidents. He never i appeared on horseback here, nor did the | late President McKialey. As is well | known, President Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt frequently take long ana dar | ing rides through the District of Col unIhta and into the nelrby our. .i.G [ l either Maryland or Virginia. Every now and then they are caught in 2 drenching rain and come back |, the | White House soaked to the skin, bn' | they do not seem to mind little th ng l like that It was only the other day that Mir. and Nrs. Roosevelt were | caught out in one of the most terrible l thur der, lightning and hail st''rtIs that l has visited this section in years. Trees | were ,,t rooted, fences were blown down l and the flashes of lightning were SC ! fast and threatening that 1t reAiiS | looked dangerous for the head Of the 1 nation to be taking such risk sui 1 he ana DIS -DettSE Hail ioiu7SN " t-' l back. ~
 Rv the way. on all the long rides | ar walks taken by the President he | is constantly shadowed by secret ser | vice men and members If the Wnshing- l ton police force Some of the mer orS 7 on horseback and others are nountad ! on bicycles. They have a lively tifne | in keeping up with the President Oi l course, these specIai guards of ha President and his wife are never in 1 uniform. Some keep pretty close up | with him as if merely by accident 1 they are going along the same road | others. knowing the route he VIII take, go out abead anc they Keep ahead, when they see him com l ing Rut they are always In easy dis tance so that they would be ready al | the drop of the hat should any crank | ar assassin attempt to do the President | bodily harm. It Is also no secret nere | that on many occasions the Presldenl | ..totes'' his own pistol. It will be re-
 membered that two years or so ago Mr Roosevelt in getting on q ferry boat a. | New York unwlttingiy exposed 8 great big six shooter that he had tucked away in his hip pocket.
 l It iS quite well known here that MT I IRoosevelt does not care to have the ee- | cret service men and policemen con | stantly shadowing his every movement
 but his advisers and others have talked | him into the necessity of being pro- tsctad. in view of the fact that bands l If nnarchists are constantly endeavor- ling to shoot rulors of nations. Thirty- | eight of the members of the police or | this city are constantly detailed TOT
 service at the executive mansion and
 | offices and in the grounds, ir addition l to a number of the secret service roree.
 {, The latter wear no uniforms. They | aVaFV-naX citizens, ] and sit about or stand about. just as
 do the visitors who daily throng the | buildings or grounds.
 1 When the Spanish- American war
 commenced the late President Mckin- 1 lev was advlsed to abolish the tri- 1 weekly public receptions that were held in the biz Eest Room of the White 1 House, His advisers Thought 1t wise 1 to do so. These receptions were crow d. | ed by visitors from all parts or the
 country Soine lays as many as 2,OeU persons shook hands with the head Of 1 the nation. There was hardly ever day that from 300 to 500 men, wonpen : md children were not prescot. NOW ! it is very hard for visitors tc even get 1 glimpse of the chief magistrate un- ] less they can Induce a Senator. Repre- sentative or T.epartment official to ar range call at tho White House. Vis- | isors go to the executive offices by The
 score every day trying tholr hest 70 shake the hand cf the President When 1 they find this is out of the question :, they invariably plead with the attend ants to let them rust get reep at the President. Many of the von1"n osk ouastious about like this: 'Is there not a snall window som %whcre through which we could look and he ccul1 not see us?"
 On being informed they cannot have such a privilege the fair visitors sigh.
 ard as the party begins to move away
 you will be ant to hear some woman
 say. "'Ve1l isn't # Just too disap-
 pointing: We have neter been in
 NNashingtnn before; the Lo q knows