Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-08-17
ONCE In THE LIMELIGHT
BEING TALES OF THOSE WHO REACHED THE FRONT PAGE
AND THEN DROPPED BACK TO oBsCURlTY.

/ To the White House tells the story.
I Lear Mr. President
Shave been more or loss Interested
IN your administration ANA assure yoa
TINT am iu hearty sympathy with a0l
Your doiugs notice however that
You are having considerable, truuble
in procuring the proper type of Amer
lean citizen 20 represent our land
abroad Believing it 10 be the duty
Of every man qualified To be- amuas-
sador to otIer his services when the
call is made. wish tu announce that
/ am prepared at q moments notice
10 accept any post which YOU mas have
living around ioose
= do not know shat YOU might
think but / would say. merely as a
suggestion that ! would accept either
England or ireland the latter pre-
i.rred because am In closer touch
and always have been with the Irish
than any other race
i might add that ! have always
displayed the proper spirit from
patriotic view aud would have been
there with my gun when Lincoln is
sued his proclamation, but / was still
IN the hands OF the committee and
udd not become an active measure for
many years after
hen our country got in that little
scrap with Spain ! was living in a
little Dutch town called Bethlehem,
and the war vas over for some time
lore / knew anything about it,
Now, Mr. President, ! can sympa-
thize with you as an ohiceholder. for
| have been In the same box myself,
being constable Of my ward for i've
years, so | can appreciate what you
are up against I am a Young man.
comparatively speaking, with an ex
ceilent education and in all respects
would compare faroraby with your
self and Bryan
T have always felt that il was
unfortunate that fate never turned the .
hand OF fortune my way am a
great deal an ordinary man, and | f
know that with yourself and Bryan We
could make this administration one to .
be remembered have lived as mil +
lionaire for 4 day. and while am more
at home as a plain individual will. +
Ii necessary, live up To the customs re
CURED of consular officials
Il am not working at present and
will be pleased to hear' from YOU at
once If you are too busy, refer the /
letter to Bryan or someone else in
your Cabinet Please give me in de-
tail the list OF all vacancies, the sal
aries that they pay. and other essen
tial information
4 understand that the weather
man. Moore. has left his job What
does this position pay and what are
the hours?
Would have the privilege of con
Quoting a ball in the reception room
Of the White House in case | accept
one of the offers you will make?
Kindly let me hear from YOU ut once,
rs | have important matters to attend
to and will await your answer be- /
lore going further
THE following are a few references.
Charles McDeyitt, father, Joseph Nc
Dewitt, brother; Hugh McGeady, uncle
Yours truly,
JOHN j. Mel EVITT,
t"Millionare for IA Day. } f
Butch made "A tour of the East
with his statue in 1916, offering it to
various towns throughout New Eng
land, but nowhere did his efforts
meet with success aud he returned tG
his Pennsylvania home rather dis.
couraged
Ills efforts 10 secure a wife We're
many and varied and at one time
he announced through the medium Of
the dialy press that he had received .
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