The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1910-09-22

these keen eyed detectives are al
ways on the lookout Their work il
70 prevent annoyance 10 the presi-
dent as well as to guard him from
danger. Several Washington police.
men are also on duty at the White
House and q Il hard for a person who
has 8 scheme TO unfold 70 the presi-
dent 70 reach even the outer o1ices Of
the executives headquarters.
II AR. Roosevelt. for instance. Is not
richer than Rockefeller and the Roths-
childs rolled into one. Il Is entirely his
own fault. or. perhaps, that Of the
guards who stood between him and the
fortune about 10 be offered him by an
inventor from Colorado. who dropped
Ia one day for the sole purpose Of let
ting the president in on the ground
floor Of q corporation which he was
forming for the purpose Of exploiting
patent 70 utilize gravity.
Gravity. not steam or electricity.
was the coming power Il was 10 run
The world-railways mills. foundries.
all the great industries were to be
revolutioniEed BY H. OF course. he
wanted the president 10 help him In
such friflng matters as the forming
OF his corporation and the securing Of
his patents. Particularly he Was 70
compel the commissioner Of patents to
Issue TO him the necessary patents on
his invention.
Yet another. a New Yorker. had a
novel scheme 70 Illustrate the Ice trust,
IN which be wanted the presidents
help. He wanted the president to make
congress appropriate enough money 70
cut the ice from around the pole. and
to bring Il to the United States on war
vessels. for distribution IN the various
cities where the Ice trust was opera.
ting This. he thought. would lower the
price Of Ice during the summer, when
prohibitive prices were charged.
That man was regarded as decidedly
In the category Of harmless" cranks.
Il would not have occurred 20 any one
that the president would have been In
any serious danger II his visitor
had succeeded In forcing his way into
his oficlal presence. But after being
taken to st. Elizabeth's he developed
the most violent form Of mania. and
died within SO hours. exhausted BY his
paroxysms.
Indeed. the question Of dealing with
these people IL always a difncult one.
For no man on earth can tell Just when
a crank is harmless. Just when an IN
balanced mind win forsake the gro
leBoue FOR the honesSidal is a thing that
even the expert alienlst would hate 70
have 20 decide In advance. What seems
az one moment humorous situation.
70 be dealt with in a spirit Of gentle
caiolery. may in a moment become Sc
rious even to the verge OF tragedy. The
excuse win. IN nine cases out
Of ten, sufice to turn these would.be
guests Of the president from their pur.
pose. but there are cases which IN the
twlnkling Of an eye develop from IN.
sane obstlnacy into insane fury.
Take, for instance. the case Of a
Swede. regarded by the authorities a. !
about the most dangerous that ever
came under their notice. He came to |
IN the spring Of 1904. |
lourneying most Of the way from bis
home IN Minneapolis in a freight car.
He made his way to the White House
and demanded an audience with the
president, that be might lay before
him certain facta OF en- alleged perse
sutIon.
He was led through the basement Of
'he White House to the guard room ns