The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-01-06
MlsSIvES OF WOE
PRESIDENTS MAIL FULL OF AP
PEALs FOR HELP.
All Pass Under the WatchfuI Eye o,
Secretary Loeb, and Only Most
Important Are Seen by
Chief Executive.

In President Clnveland's second ad
ministration letters that did not re.
late to official business usually we're
left unanswered and even unacknowl.
edged. II was Mr.. Mckinley who es.
tablished the rule that a typewritten
form of acknowledgment should be
sent In reply to every letter addressed
to the White House, no matter how
humble the writer or how insignificant
his communication. This custom fire.
quently was misunderstood as imply
Ing that, In referring letters, he had
recommended favorable action upon
them There was then, and is now, a
firmly established rule that neither
the president nor any other executive
officer shall exert his personal infu-
ence In behalf Of any private matter.
Only the letters of the presidents
personal friends and those of promi.
nent oficials relating to confidential
matters are reserved by Secretary
Loeb for the perusal of his chief. The
bulk and scope of the presidents daily
mail renders any other course imprac.
ticable.
In every administration the White
House is the target for every form OF
suggestion or appeal that presents 1t.
self to either the well ordered or the
disordered mind. However, the great.
er number of the presidents would.be
advisers--at least of the gentler sex
are neither erratic nor insane. They
are the good, patient. self.sscrificing
women of the country, and by no
means all are OF the solid and desira
lie class referred to by Abraham Lin.
coin when he said that the Lord must
have loved the plain people or he
would not have made so many of
them"
The letters written by women to the
president, almost without exception
are extremely touching. No small
number bear evidence of hours OF
careful and even prayerful effort in
In others defective spell
ing, false syntax and crippled logic
combine to present appeals which the
writer's firmly believe to be Just.
Many are profuse in their apologies
for encroaching on the time OF the
busiest chief executive this country
ever has had, but all are convinced
that 1t is In his power to aid them.
The rapid advance in the intelli.
gence of the women of the United
States has failed to dsabuse the mind
OF the average woman of the idea that
The president, II he would, could
right every wrong that besets the
country This idea. while entertained
mainly by the uneducated is not mo-
nopolized by that class. Hundreds of
young women who could pass almost
without an error an examination in
the civil government of the United |
States In matters that concern them !
personally are prone to attribute to |
.he president imperial power and i'm.
oulsively request him to exercise it. |
During the administration of Presi. |
lent Mckinley appeals for money |
we're the most numerous of the let |
ers sent to the White House. Many |
petitions of this character are re. |
'eived by President and Mrs. Roose.
'elt, even though their numerous |
olive branches" furnish an abundant
explanation as to the manner in which |
he highest Of official salaries may be
made to disappear. Parents of large |,
antilles, especially those including
wins OF triplets, have a fancy for
making known to the chief executive
hat they are taking due pecaItion
gaiDst race suicide. A very modest
dft sent to each of these interesting
antilles would cover Sycamore Hill
With mortgages in less than a year.