The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-12-08

then prepares q summary OF its con-!
tents. OF these summaries he makes
three copies Nlhieh e &c sent
to Secretary Norton-one for the press
ident, n for Mr.. Norton and h third
for Assistant Secretary Latta. A fourth
remains on the desk of the clerk for
purposes OF record. On It is marked
the disposition OF each letter, SO that
at any moment of the day 1t may be
promptly produced If desired.
The semi-daiiy bulletin Of the con-
tents Of letters thus prepared may
read about like this:
"A. g. Clark, lawyer, New York city,
recommends x. Y. 2. for the supreme
court bench.
Senator Cummins writes In re post
mastershfp at Blank. Refers to recent
correspondence.
azine, asks the presidents opinion as
regards probability of a permanent
tariff board.
ID. O. Burns writes personal letter.
N. l.. Nelson, secretary chamber OF
commerce, invites the president to an
ual banquet at -, on January II.
Recalls that president refused year
before.
Laura Chanler, aged 10, asks for
Mr.. Taft's autograph.
What yellow Tag Means.
And SO on. Perhaps half a dozen
letters of each mail will be sent in
with the summaries. These are the LETT
tiers of purely personal character, or
family letters or letters requiring i'm
mediate attention, which can be givenl
them by no one except the president
low tag, they are easily distinguish
able from the others md are certain
to catch the first glances Of Mr..
Norton, or the president. This kind
of mail, to which the president gives
his personal attention. is, more bulky
than 1t was Under any Of his pfede-
cessors. MI. Taft takes up many mat
ters In person which those who pre-
coded him thought they could well af-
ford to leave to others. Under Mr..
Roosevelt. to illustrate. all mai deal
ing with recommendations FOR places
on he federal bench went direct to
the attorney general. Mr.. Taft wants
first look at all of these.
While the president and his secre-
the daily mail which most concerns
and interests them, the "correspon-
dents in the staffroom are busying
themselves with the remainder Of the
grist. Each correspondent-that's what
they call the men who frame replies
which the president Or the secretary
are called upon to sign-is preparing
SA1S SiidI aiS W VIC pCl1I wv
before the day is over. 1t is worth
his while to get things just right. for
unless he is accurate. painstaking and
neat, his letter will be returned or
edited either by the president or
the secretary. From 10 o'clock on IN
til 1880 the disposal Of the mornings
mail keeps all these correspondents
busy at top speed. n the merry click
of the typewriters resounds through
out the staff rooms Of the White
House. The mail which the secretary
or the president is required to handle
personally receives a reply dictated by
them. The stenographers' notes of
these dictations are arranged and typed
In the staff room and returned for
signature.
Such is the very complete and pain
stalking machinery for the handling of
the presidents mail. Every letter is
accounted for. Every letter Is acknowl-
edged, receives the attention 1t mer-
its. It's more than a days work at
times for the clerks in the executive
| offices. Therefore it Is tina the lights
burn late on executive avenue.