Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1907-02-07
DUST ON THE BACK STAIRS.
No Rear Entrance to the Execu-
tive Office in Albany.
That Has Taken Place
in the state notwithstanding the
Governor ana Smiling in
Public.


Weekly:
OF all the offices in the s2s.Ooo.Ooo and
unfinished pile Of bad constitution that
tops Capitol Hin in Albany, three are
set aside for the use of the Governor Of
the State They OCCUPY the southeast
corner OF the second floor OF tho big
building From their windows may he
had one OF the finest VIEWS In Albany.
The Capitol is invisible. The railroad
yards are in full view. The unparalleled
collection OF steps that leads ,ip to the
main entrance of the building my he seen
In all its grandeur. Up and down these
steps corpulcnt citizens of Albany walk
and trot, scramble and trudge. reducing
their weight. They afford relaxation and
amusement to the Governor and to the
rising generation of Albany. lust below
their evercise-e ground is the Ten E,yck. In
It's ample bar great statesmen gather and
curse the Governor. Az fine n collection
OF curses rs can he found anyyhere ON
the earth may be gathered in Albany to-
day.
Tho three offices in the Governors suite
consist Of the public roception-roorn. or
Executive Chamber, in the extreme cor
ner of the building. the secretary's room
to its west. and the Governors nrivata
office to the west Of that. Albany troas-
ures a tradition that there is q n,-ivato
staircase somewhere in these rooms nv
which one may gain the lower corridor
and the street without being seen. Per-
haps there IS, r. so, Governor Hughes
doesn't know IT, Hence the curses in tho
bar of tho Ten F;yck Hence the fur
rows of pain on the marble brow Of the
Hon. Timothy T.. Woodruff Hence many
unhappinesscs that rend the statesman's
breast at Albany.
Since Cleveland trained for the Presi-
dcncy in the Executive Chamber at Al
bany, that noble apartment has been
more or less neglected. Hill sat there
when he had no business on hand. Flower
used it when tho private office was too
small for his purposes. Morton utilized
1t. Black considered # an incident in
ms offico-holdiug. Roosevelt put himself
behind its big desk AT intervals. Odeu
received few DELEGATIONS there and
looked bored as he ala It, Higgins al
lowed il TO 10 an entryway for the inner
sanctum. But none Of them thought of
making II his headquarters None Of
them considered IT an instant as the place
In which 10 transact business It served
as a hall for formal receptions. That
was all. Cleveland alone OF theso did
the real work Of government in the EN-
e"utive Chamber, and when Higgins
went out of Office, looking so sick and
weak that his friends thought he wound
FAINT before the inaugural ceremonies
.,, r,"' 'n' 'u'a OF using the front
.,,,' ~, '''' '"ai "'rk oil ine Govern
''"P WIS one mat no true patriot har-
Oslu On r'r'"'H' 9'h NoodruH. ASK
ri. ""'PPle'
i,,, C h"'" "here the work
"i .aS sal n'rlhg these past
i, many ''"ers Know. They
,,a..,,s. ~ iroi'' rV'!n' me mahogany
r,h.,., -i''' '!Ereu Executive
~ w. a ','!' iS tne shoW-place
..,,,,,,. ;" 'u"e"S innocent or
,r,,. ana 1afred prop
,,,.,. - '''''eu win great
- '"' .'' PHRASES 'hat IN their
,la,, won inc most APP
'.t,, W p''''udcs about
ro,,,,,li,, ana Inc re-
,,,, .,ati.. 'i'N h' SaIVauon OF
,,,roro. '.'oI'' anu ''e So"'ning as
"I w '"'.'" l" tAe publlc have
,,,. ''"N times mat the
,,i,,h.o,. V''o ul'eh' al the
,o,.. -, !" II governors
''' ''e'' ir"ck-c"ated' tall
~, SoNerhorS nave
p'''iu'IS me Fass-eaters III
,,,'' c""H' '|"' 'hdi thtN Wer2 on
~ e''"7 A'o"hN tourists at
'"' '"' Jun" mp In II they
"o'' i"''l"l ''N'rnorS serene calm |
-, '"'' 10 '' "''JVStic as was pos
900 ','e '''I' '''ih"'H' the governors
" Nl"S ''"'"'S' tne men with the
"'' Va appointments "'u removal IN"
80 ''',o.9 u J"S',r''' inc S'Eners or
|'pi ia''o'i pl'I"' '!e conveniently m
MOI "eu l'"S''IS ~ "'u' i"ps' nave sat
II VIC 'h'''' '""""peT' where non" but |
"' "e-e''hii'n"F 4ua''n'd might pene-
i"te' IN th' S'i'l room no platform |
'''i asses nave "''H hcaFo' Ihere has |
zee" II" waste "l I'm" over the puhllc |
'i''r'StS our institutions nave sur
'F'u despite compete neglect among |
NOSE VINO nave Aa' 'h' password for the |
hird once from the southeast corner of |
ne pui'dlhs' Ihal ls' "Htl Hughes came
'p Gre and began ms work
re hhf" wheh ne began ms iirst days |
'",h' mat ne hi'P't 'ocK h'hlself IN that
''t'' room, pop OUT INTO the big room
'hiy when it suited his convenience, and |
nat ms conduct would be in perfect har
hony with that or the men who have |
'eeh MAKING procedehts in Albany for |
'ears He kne" mat he was looked on
IS Il cold ana unSoc!al man. and that If |