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MKINLEYS VACATION.
(OHir AROI T THE AT
Liki; (Hi«ru«.
■•w (kr Pre*ldest l ook*, Aets
Talks «% hew Ot I»«t> His Wos
grrfal % ItsJlty »»d Hon He Krcp«
Fresh—*errei«ry P*rt»r Talks e»f
Ills Hork-l'lrtire* That Rest the
President's Eyes-WsKlsley and
the t>rand Armr-How I sele sum
last a t.olusiel and Ost a Presi
dent.
Copyrighted, V&1, by Frank G Carpenter.
UK£ CHAM PLAIN, Aug. K, IMf.—
I spent somo time with trie president
this moraff.g. 1 Lave newer seen him in
better condition. Hi* eye is bright, his
step firm, and his spirit* are as freak »a
those of a boy. He weighs Just 1!*) pounds,
but ha (lots not look over-stout, and he
carries himself as straight as he did when
he started out with the regiment In 1861.
During my chat with him, i referred to
i ;* hraitii. ana toto >■ m i thaugnt he aa*
P>oking extremely well. Afterward I re
marked as to the success of his adminis
tration, and seid I thought the Deooie
w--re in sympathy with him and that they
t-bought he was doing weU. "I am glad
to hear you say that, for I am much more
anxious to be doing well than to be look
ing well."
A Meant llnglnr ta Troasers.
Home ©no called Daniel Webster a steum
engins in trousers. I'resident JJ- Klniey
I* of the *umr character, save that he
does not puff and Mow while he works,
liid machinery work* like the piston of a
great < oriiK# engine, slowly. »i»adiiy and
irrwdiitfbiy along. He doe* the work of
a doaen men. but so easily and coolly that
you can barUy realise t) »t he is working
at all. Of all the i<arty that came here
from the White House, President Mc-
Klniey looked the fresheet and the least
overworked. Today he could outwalk,
outride and outwork any of his secre
taries. and yet for the past two years hs
lias undergone a gr *ter stra.n, perhaps,
than any otaer man In the United States.
I interviewed him just at the dose of his
term as governor of Ohio. He was al
r< uly a leading candidate for the presi
d< uuy, and his friends were pushing hhn.
His work inert-aged as the time of the
convention approat hed. and from the an
nouncement of hi* nominathai until his
coming her* he has not had one leisure
d.iy. You remember how the delegations
flocked to Canton. L>ay and night for five
months his ears were dinned with brass
l.unda. lie often received a dosen parties
from different state* in a day and made as
m iny speeches, At the same time he had
much to do with Mark Hanna in manag
ing the cumpaiKiL The Song 'distance tele
phone wire between his house In Canton
and Mr Hanna'* office in Cleveland a .is
kept hot with conndential messages. He
had speeches to write and an enormous
torrtspondetice to answer. Mrs. McKin
!ey and he looked over much of the mail
together, and to many of the letters I.e
dl stated answers. Then the election came
and the excitement following It. His real
presidential work t»gall immediatdy aft
er the election, and It has steadily <-on
t i- lup to hlf> pte-4*i,t vacation. I don't
believe we have ever had a president w.io
has tritnl harder to find out th« right and
to do It than has MoKinley. He has tak*-n
advice from every part of the country,
though he has acted for himself. He hut,
a.-' he salt! to a friend the other day. tried
to k<M*p his ear close to the ground. This
* is a hat called so many statesmen to
Canton after the election. Then between
tiiri. * his Inaugural h id to l>e written, his
cabinet made up and the hurrah and ex
citement of taking possession of the
White House undergone.
Srrrrtarr I'orter on the President's
W iirlt.
While sitting with Secretary I'orter on
the porch last night overlooking I.ake
t 'hamplaln, 1 asked him te give me some
Idea of ths amount of work the president
had done atnee the inauguration. He ie
plled with a list of figures showing an
amount of physical labor which would
have broken down the ordinary man. He
said when he took the place of secretary
to the president Mr. McKinley had warn
ed him not to overwork, and had staled
' that he had n<-\. r yet gotten a pri\ us
secretary who could keep pace with him.
Mr. I'orter, however, has a good consti
tution, and he has so far succeeded fairly
well. His statement of presidential labor,
which I give further on. does not refer to
the great questions with which McKinley
has had to deal, and which the president
himself *ays have been the hard work of
ht« administration. It d<»es not Include the
work and worry about Cuba, the coming
to a decision that Hawaii should be an
nexed. »nd that Japan should l*» allowed
to kick if It w iHild. It does not include
silver troubles nor the tariff, the fuss
with England as to our seals. and other
like lasuoe, which alone would have been
enough for any common man.
Here, according to Mr. I*ort»r. sre some
of the thlr.r* the president did in addlti >n.
He received, talked with and disposed of
*MWO ofhee seekers in-121 working days.
He shook hand* with more than jo. «*> £»<<>-
pie, who came to his public receptions,
and in addition to this, handled 79,f1f10
Caiiers In the K <«l r—m !!• h«- •■- Id fifty
public receptions, the average attendance
liSHMi which has tw>.-n ne triv I •**> persons,
lie has talked on business with ( ,m.
gr.iw-men. and has m.ide over 9UO appoint
ments to offlcnv This has all I<»t\ done Jn
lees than five months, and when th" phy
sical and mental w u »nd tear is consid
ered it will be *.e. n that the work » n »r
--vnotta. Forty thousand office seekers at
two minutes each nust have « tu-n up
!«•<»»> minute* <*f tn«» president s time, or
enough to have k* pt him busy- for four
months, w-orktng ten hours a dny I
don't believe the ."iTUe S« r ker*. however,
averaged a nvnute apiece, much lees two,
though ««<*h of the '«> who were Appoint
ed must hav «• consum* d a «r» s? deal
more. lint thi« talking with men wts
only a part of I'tesidrnt McKirth > s w -k.
He had, in addition, an enormous n.nouiU
of executive labor. ard today, n«iw,th
standing it all. he Is in a good physical
State.
lii>w l>ld Mo I)« lit
I a«ke,i President Mr-KitsU«y this ques
tion mrsetf during my call iipst hiro to
day. He replied that the work that took
the ni *«t of his «tr»-t:gth w i« the d« a ng
w i'.h the irr>at pubi qv,* - e>r.s of h « >i
nunlstratian. and sdde«i that he had a
fairly *>*•*! < institution, and that he 'e
*< i .t!ii i ■ ;»t we'l, Another gre«tt se. ret
r" t • s rent s • V.. m a* a a • ger s
In the fs ~t that he does not worry He
di*mts**e a question from his mind. I am
told, as soon as he has settled it, and it
ts one •«# his eardtr ni prlndpin* ne\ »>r to
de-save a m*n and Uad him to Imagine
I •• will do what he know* he cannot 4a
This saves a great d*»*t of fr. t The
I ta won*- >rfull> ne*i.ilar n Ms
I At the \\ rata Hi' « I » i- ,»lw ,>* j
In t=-d by midnight and he s!e»p« untl! $ !
• «r) n*irtil!i*. Here at Laks Chanuria.a !
I"> h»s been n*irin« war ier but rUri- g t !
a: >ut the same t.mm. Ha ! .* s-> * mple
t ,*ies abwst sstltvg. I d- 'ibt whether he i
I is felt what it is to have a w,-ak i
s : >mach. His >v»em Is nog o*ers M.de,i
v m iadigeatinisn, nor does he - «.l s
n* with wire by d* sutg tt w.vii 1 s
n He tak*** frwiueit bsU»*. i
k*- ps ths of hss wk n opra A re»n
Who has esMßpa-g-r.-d w;;h him teds tr.s
that after a Ng spee»-n May M K s!-v
on gwttng to his r**HTi. always strip}, d j
S 'id (tad a irosl w *»:t m~ d rub bef»*e re
t> r ir.g .«r r iTva <xit aga.». The pons* of
the sgm are the s»-wers of the <jst m.
P h bs*-*.mg k««e|>s the ,«>res or*«i. ai. l
M-Klr •v•»t ,« in .lark sk :» s{;ows I' »
« Tent of s: 1 sddM t.»
1- » staying pow-r» h»- the observance of
the Ssbiwth. He r»si <»• day tn seven
g «;';•» ..r h 1 - *
1- silly ST'* Mr:? :»i -t -r* pvwsent.
He is f.e4 of \t- * kn-*ws |
» v rew of t l m t < heart ■ t oft- i h-.tsa
them •» hißw- if *Vl# at s srk. He was, |
y* >u kn w » . ptrict vo i«i t of m* j
S 5 J- »-.v •» HML M C A nton. I
W«»ere *«S i'v'v-* i 4 —» w— - 1 mi
i'orjr goes, he breams with
h«*r through her i>e.riS * leftcher in an
other Sunday tcttooi erf Uie town. T!»
two attended church tof«..fr
until Mr*. McKink-ya ill hcaith prevented
b-r going. and is Canton, you know, the
pmtd<aat*siect walked regularly to
church with bis aged mother on hu arm.
I bcilm that Prf.*id<-Bt MoKlnley grtj
r» »■ today by hit care for hi* wife. Mr*.
M K;nJey, though *h* » better now than
ah« hi.* facet. for two years, ,* stiii quite
■Kink at umea, and the president often
)t-«vc« hi* work and goes to see her. He
Is devoted to her, and whets with her i
doubt If h<j think* of the- fares of ata.ee.
or tiit troubles of offlc? MkHi and coo-
Srsasmea. ltm the iooaenlng of the string
of the bow auw and then that preserve#
It* aiwlietty, and it Is thus that the presi
dent I lov« forms another aecret of his
strength.
Mcßinlr-r at l.lkr t ha m |>lat iR.
But whatever the president's natural
strength may be, he has certainly added
to it by his stay here. There is no more
beautiful piace in the United State*.
Dake Champtain lie# between the Green
mountains and the Adirondack*, in a lit
tle hoilow so roofed with the sky which
h m*.- upon tne dark btue mountain tops
tiut you fee- tn to h? in a great amphithe
ater somewhere high up in the attic story
of the world. The president is here just
over the eastern rim of the great
sippi basin, which forms the crest central
P&ri of the United States. He is in the
lower basin of the St. Lawrence and tne
Great iatkes, only an hours' ride by rail
from the Canadian line. Think of that!
Twenty-five miles from here U a country
wuh which the great nation over which
the president rule* is to a certain extent
at odds. The London papers after the
Sherman seai letter were fuil of rumors
of war. Were this not a civ: Used agt how
«a*U> could a coupie of regiments from
< .inada slip over and kidnap the presi
dent. 1 walked pu.*t bis rooms at mid
night last, rught, not a soldier was on
guard, not a policeman aas in sight, not
even a detective in ciuxtn » clothe* tu
sound the aiaj-m.
As I'lutu as Andrew Jackson's I'ipe
Stem.
There is no man in the country who
leads a simpler or plainer life than Mc-
Kinley does here, lie is in the hotel as
Otio of the giiost*. aud outside of iiavti.g
his meals wun his family in his oan
rooms, ha is, at his own request, treated
almost absolutely the same as the rest.
He has not a snobbish hair on his head,
and he is as plain in his ways here as one
of Andrew Ja< ksou's old clay pipe stems.
He aalks about tne grounds alone, at
times K>..:,g down to the lake and wander
ing through the pine forests, which *kirt
Its banks )>oiow the hotel. He is the ruler
of people and has more power
tbau Queen Victoria, but he puts on no
more airs than the man who is now driv
ing the lawn mower in cutting the grass
in front of this hotel. He could have had
cottages in a dozen different mountain
sections if he would have accepted them.
Ss veral score of hotel proprietors wrote
him offering him their hospitality, but in
steud he picked out this place by the ad
vice of the vice pr» sidecu and Secretary
Gage, and then made a plain, every-day
business arrangement as to price-t and
accommodations. 1 don't know what his
bills will be, but 1 know that he ex pec la
to pay for everything he gets, and that
he will accept no favors in any way. Is
it not a curiou* tiling that the president
of as great a country a.s ours should have
to consider the question of expense? but
1 doubt not that Mr. McKinley does so.
for he has a large family, and w hen you
add to this the half dozen secretaries and
clerks who are needed along, you can see
that the account is no iignt one. especial
ly at a pla< «> like Hotel Cham plain, where
the regular prlcea for rooms are per
day.
Picture* \% lileli (teal the President.
And still this 1* an ideal place for a pres
idential va<-atiOn. Mr. McKlrtley d->tt not
like to change, and it ir not improbable
that next summer will find him where he
is now. Here he is away from tht- office
seekers. He has givem orders that only
the niost imperative mail be forwarded to
him, and all the surrounding* are cf
health and peace. The hoioi itself id
very large. It covers at least a half an
arn-, but Its guests an* singularly qu;et,
and the politician is not to be seen.
The scenery here is of its own kind. It
in moat beautiful, and the cloud effects
change the a*pert of nature every hour.
Let me give you some of the pictures
upon Wlliah the prudent Is now lookl.ig
to r< st his soul. His quarters are in the
annex of the hotel, with windows giving
views of the lake and mountains, out in
front of him there is a dense foreat of
dark green pines, through which the
breexes from the Green mountains of Ver
mont rush after their flight across the
lake in order that they may be perfumed
with life giving balsam before they kiss
the president's lljw. Beyond the pines
lies I-ake Champlaln, its glassy surface
lightly ri,d by the breeze and painted
with x >!d* n wavelets by the setting sun.
A long chain of pretty islands lies like
pretty emerald* upon this «■» of gold, and
beyond are the smoky blue hills grow
ing darker as they rise one upon the other
until they saw- thsir way Into the silver
and purple sky. How quiet it Is! You
can hear the dark, clack, clack of that
man's* feet as they touch the steps of the
st.lira that lead to the beach. You can
hear th« birds sinctng in the trees, chat
tering to one another, and one now and
th< n bursting out into a volume of liquid
song That is the concert which greets the
president's ears as he opens his eve* in
the mnmitsK a concert which is kent
merrily up all day long.
us turn aN»ut and look out of an
other window. In front of us are som«
of the highest of the Adirondack*, thi-lr
p- aks resting In golden clouds Hetwe«»n
the mountains and pr« -«td> nt Is a park
of velvety grt »mi and there upon it are
two gn»>n.l s.itilrr«!- pt.i\htg. The> hav«
r m« out >f the pin«« for a gambol to
geth'-r and almost scare that robin re<|.
breast, who, th'vigh It i* lat* In the day.
is diligently ses kstJK for the typl -al
warms.
•»lde Trlpa and sj,|,» \ |ru«.
You have read the t i.grams aho-.it the
pr>stdent » movements, how he has taken
one or t» » yacht trips, and h"W he h.i«
crossed ojice or twice over the Uk«- to
\ «rmont. fie ha* taken rides to see Au
S-'Me > iaMti about twelve niil-s away.
Here 'he water* of the Au Sable river,
after dashing over a great falls, boil and
fitam a* they wind th«!r way through
or!" of the moat w in ierftil gorge* Of the
1 n'.ted States, It Is 2fai deep and two
miles in lerijlh. and Its b» have be>n
eompared to Usooe of tfte > »«emite in
m ruat .ire You ha\ c t;e*rd h>»w he has
F •* e t\*hlr.g and « at he has caught and
1 can tell you In paaaing that so far hi#
1 ha* not f>ecn baited »»et'>rehaj.d
»*,th fii«h !n order that he may be report
el ... kv i -r hae a a i<e"n t d up
b> a v aide that he may have a »ure shot,
as, a<: ordlng t > the story toid was
do; •» f.*r l*r. - ■t « i»\»lvr.t durtrjtc one
of h-t Ad-,*- r.c■ k hu';tt •* e*l'urs: So
far *a I can b am Pi «id» tit ileKlnley ha»
no amMtioo to >ft«*»t deer. He has not
*»•» f»r even attacked the squirreis,
* '■ i '• iu*'* " - aith n h.« walk* on the
laar. a.'-d so far a* attemv' ng to mur '• r
*■••> f the ir - "»> rt hog* Win. *i arc found
In the cos;ntry road* awn' ftron the hot *l,
*s our bk^xi-th::atjr Hert HarHs.>n did
» <nhe »i* taking a f-r. ■ lential v \~
t t» n Vlr t a. 1 k- w Uiat M« Kin.ty
would s- <»rt» ;u
Mo»* I aelr I n«l m Colonel and
t.of ■ Preaident.
i « r*-d !e?;t will be in his e! ment at
t « iirjvn.j Army re mior. at F .ffas». He
ia * .*• -«>r»g Grand Army rr ,r ar ' *:««««
» •- .» se-i • ,te and Slue t *t»n !a the
la;-l of hi* coat. He ha 1 one on *he« |
C . ;«d on 1 m today He 'ike* t© ty% f r
hi# id dter 'it* with hi* old remnile* and
his eve* lichiti up when l mrnilnsi] th®
Oratid Army. He i* fond of m ittary af
fairs. and it i* n<d known ta many that
he narrow v Mrapsd being wwmilaw, d up
In th* rstuiar arm* when the war rioat4
H<» e- ter I f-e miv ice. yri r» Ser. as
a boy. »«« prewsoted to be captain and
a:;*:!v n*-e to the rank at mab*r receiv
to# m h t "■ >raK»e mer.thst fr ms h>* „ u .
P " ,>r o*Boers He wa* fr;v«n to ur.der
«Sa? Dat t » >m< (< the war ;Ut if he
pe<najne*l i-. the *ervi.«» h* -a
W' trenteai if 'he c*tße hw. k hCUBe full
Oi iAg «•»* «aa.. im Ut - rr j
THE SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER. «FXDAY. AUGUST 22. 1897.
and iraklrr war his proftwton for life.
A good salary *« sure at the start, and
the uniform seemed popular and pleasing.
When he proposed the matter to "hi*
father however. th« eider M Kinley. who
wa* a man of strr-r.g c&mrcor, <*Ti&e. said
nothing tor a momrßt. and then settled
the business a* far a* hi* advice was con
concerned, In the following:
•W*e«. William, you may do a* you
please, but I have never thought that sol
diers amounted to much hi times of
peace."
This set young MoKinley to thinking,
and the result was that he gave up his
•eldier Idea and went to studying hw.
Then he became prosecuting attorn v.
and the law thus formed the stepping
stone to his political career, which landed
him in the Whit* House. Had he ehos-n
the other path, he might possibly have
been the co?onel of the retr'mcnt which is
at the barracks here today, subject to
some other man. who. in that case, would
now hold the place of president of the
United Stat.*. Truly the ways of des
tiny are strange.
FRANK G CARPENTER
% Hemnrkahle I'rcnrhrr.
Totnpfcin*ville. Ky.. New*.
Elder Tice Spear is the oldest Christian
preacher within our knowledge. Mr.
Bpear Is *T years old. and has been
preaching sixty of them. He walks to
all of his appointments, and carries a
large valise containing his earthly po»-
sessions. He is one of the few who
preach only for the good of the cause.
During the sixty years of his ministry he
lie forgot for a moment tho hunger ami cold.
The weakness, the lonihni* and fierce raekinur pain.
And his soul loosed its tri'ip on the dearly bought irold,
And away Irom the storms over mountain and plain
It s]M>d to the sunshine, to love and to life;
To color and beauty, to ehild and to wife.
ha« not r. more than J---", and has
nev.-r solicited a donation. Notwith
standing his advanced age. Mr. Spear
g»»ts about as lively as a boy of 1«, and
say* he hopes to b*- able to preach his
last sermon on his 100 th birthday.
Mil .<OMIM. I\ OK TilK I'OK IT. %\D.
I •! ■' -k t :ifht r - i!p came In—
sailing to our d'<or.
Ail ii k a <i"*n with Klondike gold—
A million less or im-re.
It i am- in .1 da\. a* we h< .ir in. a say,
T it I'nmi not lu *<»ven ye ars to our Uvy.
Aral, famished for sold, our mrn aw.ke
From dr-arr« of the dull hard times,
To hear the clink of Yukon tc»Sd
Wher. ers; w-re dearth of ilimcs.
The i'ortland lay In Kill ti bay
And the goid dust Used her aMe*, they *ay.
Aladdin's lamp m ■- v .idde its light.
And fable* of i!im;
The Seattle man can a story tell
That will win th»* palm for him.
By trie m-> -n'a - I V .Ron's bed
Is a gulden one—or so 'tis said.
Niw ttile* of tl;< *. - that 11id the egg—
Th-> g. • i'len >g* of our % oath-
May be laid away for a future <!ay,
For there's nevr a tale sn tru'h
That ran match the like of th* great Klon
dike—
The unmir.-d Yukon's grr-at gold strike.
—Elteab-th H. Calvert.
Seattle, August 14. 1©:.
* Hralihi Ho.lv and n ( |»>«r Hend.
If Irdigeccicr, constipation *»nd b!K;->u»-
r—« torm nt th* tw* : v. the head cannot he
cv r. Th s di-<v »r- react u,~>n h
t'f.;r -1 -• hurtfuily at:d j.v .» clOOd*
»" * i'i the organ of thought not eapert-
J n " , l ■>" * h- ilthy man. Happily, th-*<?
t - n
mtomUmf by That perries* alterative
ttt!*r s Soma. f Btiters. wt h he»r*. r—
fr»M.H#« Invigorate* »he brain »nd
nerv-i a. whi e it regulate- h> org - - 0 ' di
gestion assimttJation and bilious - , r -- »n
It etpet* tb< morMd \ in-. -- w hfx
th» « stem through the h- wet* ,r < r i arv
passages and egerts a pow-rf jrr<g
Ing Influence as well Its cat' ar
Is never MtUlog violent or palnf.;
e-- n. Nat .ral and r-rc-«Te«*tve As an an.
pe-ii-r and aieep promo- r. the Kt- err ts
ir rj\ al-d. it mitigate* :&* lnftrrni ! • «>
aa- relieve the aiim nt« peru'-ar *o 'he
g-stler set arr-sts prem» re d«-av, ac <|
but.da up an s&featded p yslque.
1 .»r llanmn I tf> IHrrrt.
Steamship N-ro will sail f~ m San Fran
cl*co Aogust ». from Seattle Aueuit &
tr.Ak . ; ig cio*e corneetJoo at the n „ th of
Yukon *:th river steamer fcr m
City. No delay 1 <ji:ir» £L E Cain- aaent
Arltr.gto® di»ck S>attle.
. ...r» . u fc ,.r
t"p-to-date map. tabie ©? «»9tar<eea. j aw
thit pwn» mtnir* on the Tuk >a *%.
pticlt dire -tiora a« to route and nee~« -ar*
aapphe* Pnce S ccrsta. C. 11. J S; 0 .;e 0 .
bsrg. ffi£ a* nu«.
STUDIED BY A WOMAN
HOW THE f*RF.«II>E\T IS
HIS *At ATIO?S.
Impressions of the \atlo*'s Chief Ks
rcatlve Sorter* Monr little
Thine* That Escape the Hye of
the >e*v«pap<-r. Men I>e tailed
There to Keep Tab on the l're*i
d*nt—lt's the Little Thing* That
Hereal tha raeter— In Hi* tpar t
ments >»ae Interrupt, but the
I'renidt-st Is Democratic as to
Dining.
BLUFF POINT. N. Y. Aug, n.—Away
up fc- re ;n the Adirondack forests there is
a daily object lesson in simon-pure Asn»r
kan Democracy which it docs one's heart
gr-od to see. I)r p into the dinlrg room of
the big hotel at dinner any day almost,
and you can see the pr> »i<lent of the United
ttes sitting at one of the tabl- ■» having
a jolly, good time and apparently faring r.o
b« ttrr than any of the chance hotel giii ?.;3
who sr- 1 satisfying appetite at the same
time of day.
I never was particulary a McKinleyita.
A klondiker's DREAM.
Frankly speaking. I do not think most
womerf take to the prudent off-hand. To
be sure, ho has a nice face and Is a thor
ough gentleman. hut you know women
as a rule Hke more than that. A man may
he the pink of poll Kress and gentility, and
yet not be companionable at all. I have
• ' tod President McKifiloy and his* fatn
ilj- for two w. k> now. and the b ~t f nwr
1 can say of him is that he Is a woman's
man. Strong, sturdy, solf-rellant, gentio
ami exceedingly magnetic, when he takes
your hand you are glad of it. You know
that you are shaking hands with a man
whom any woman might trust.
Ever no much ha s been printed about
the pn-wd- nt's attention to hi> wife. I nl-
I ways thought It was greatly exaggerated.
Not so. She is his best girl now Just as
much as she ever was. and that's more
| than you can say of the wives of most
1 Not that the president objects to a
, pretty girl. Oh. dear. no. I have watched
I him aj< he sat on the veranda and looked
out at the people as they strolled about.
When the girl? locket up at him. a* they
always did. he had a kindly pleasant
smile for ''very one of them. In f ict. he
always smiled ba k at them as If he liked
it. and not as If he was the president of
th« I'nlted States fh .***, i:«ar a favor. So
far he has not danced, and I expert he
thmks It is not dignified, though I have
seen him wa?»hlng the dancers at the
ho»>« a* If he would like to go on the floor
himself.
He !. is av> ry v fare It is ' -
terestlrr to quletlv witch him through
the diff r nt'v n « w ch tr«r> 'lre. d,y n
and day out. "When be t»>*ves the e
whom he has be»-n t.wk.tig to in a •* 1
way and meets ot-<■ -« who have offlc* tl
busings with htm. the change Is Just like
w -n th mds ;> f -» ■ r the s.in T
ph> iMnt look deet ns into one of car' an l
the duties of the office which he has t - ni
pt.rarlly p jt aside are strain full upon him
I s*iw Mm the o her day wh- n WMMt*
R-W t ok him eff t" a conference ahor
seme state matter. When Mr. R*id came
the president was In con versa*... un w; • a
several maids and matrons. He 10-k-d
J. lly enough th«-n. bit the minute he mw
Mr. K-! 1 hi* expr< «-iun charged *• once,
and he look etl the president of the United
S'a » every :r. h of h tn.
With all hts der: >o-*cy, this man of the
people—for that is what h- ts —d»»j*rly love*
hts p-r-anai comfort. I cannot say that he
is to biame for that. but he has a frank
b«m In Indicating it that a read man> p •>-
pi»- la hua piMW »:nni I hai'e seen BDierrt
imitate to their advantage. Mr MeK nsey
k» no hypocrite I sj»w htm the other day
when he went to Burlington. Vu It h i
nderstood that the ft earn yacnt
Wash! a. owned by tx-Oov. L'r ia A.
Waod"«ury, of Vtrmont, w >* ro onvey the
pr »i:«nt and party to Burangton, rut in
stead of tnat one of tr.« »niaiier cram-rs
o. the Crtan:pi-, n Transportation C"«n
parn * - d*>e* d ij -n* . m.;k *
b>« u a r „aMusktiu ,»»•
mining any <m? who would pay thtlr fare
to ride.
Th re wa« nothing for tbf prwMeirt and
his party to do but to aboard and pi tut
tnem** ives down among the people.
That is rot nearly a< pir&sant a way of
takir.g % tr'pjis on board a well appointed
yacht, ard the president said sc in
very plain language. and I heard it. At
first »> -aid h<- W'tuhl n<»t so on "<nrd it
a;"., because the premise that was th-'.de
h'm - •:M have bee* 1 kept. Put '"naUy he
consented to. and to the delight of the
I' > «-*eng> rs aboard the s:*aa>er. made the
tr-.p. I suppose that it he had Ken UK a
svme official.*, he would .nave cover- d up
- di.«jippoitiunenr. but that ts not M. Kiu
ley's w ay.
The president dp*< not like golf. That
IT. y h- t ':•> unttardonable MM m the • *es
of a great man; but It is true.
•' ■- • v.-t that to av wh-n i ske-.i :m.
He s.iiil that he suppled golf was i v» ry
good gamo for the i»op!v that liied it a:-d
he had no objection to every body else
pUying it If the;, wanted to, but he
thou.r.t f he had to do one of two things
he wt'.iiid prefer swinging a be* ball bat
to ,t g.»if >'■ -k. He intimated '.hat there
w. t s far more joy in knocking the hall
afur the fashion of the milkmaid's thre.—
legged <teol. galley-west an.l crooked,
than in tet ing any golf bill that ever w ta
made. Add to this the fact that the pr»«-
Sdent likes to play crcsjuet and you have
enough to stimp Mm :ic unusual.
Th» prwuknt d es not go flshlnf. He Is
not looking for deer, although the close
■r son for the latter ended A ;< 15 and
—J. A. ICempster.
I-gins for the former September 1. ll®
told me the other day that h<» liked to eat
the trout much better than to catch th> m,
and that fishing w ts not his way of get
ting rest. It i« v ry evident that thi presi
dent is no Nimrod, also, any more than he
is a disciple of Izaik Walton.
If any one has any idea that the presi
dent does nothing here but enjoy himself,
they are greatly In »rr. r. Secretary V. r
t- r is here, aiso Secretary Aiger. although
the two secretaries occupy »I!kMl> »1 if
fetwit positions. • »th«-r mero >. "„T *h-»
cabinet are constantly coming and golt.g
and th'ir example is followed by various
pa":.lie rn>Th»re i full staff of clerks
from tf e White House, for unl s- the pres
ident takes a lighthouse tender and gees
to s'-a, he n-ver can get away from • x<»c
utlve business. McKlnley never shirks a
duty, even the slightest. He has an offh-e
and recej.tion room very near the ball
room of -h. ho el. and if he is not ff visit
ing at soma other place he attends strictly
to basis,era rert >ln hours of the day.
Ther« are all the elements connected
* tb the president's visit here necessary to
a charming novel. 0;pil is pre«K»nt. or
rather has Joined hands with a member
of th<- president's offinal family. While
the president is, of eours-, the* center of
Intf-re*:, «« far as the young people are
cm. warned Miss Fr m - Mger and Mr.
Charl's B. Pike, of Chicago, divide atten
tion with him. Miss Alger i* th» daughter
Cf th" - rfary of war. and next winter
she wil! hlW| Mrs. Cik . Tb-- fragadj
t* found in the office who come
here and hopefasssly fall. The comedy «.
Ist* in th* manner in wnl h the pres lent
pok'-s fun st the people who are eonstant
lv sail mitt* before him. The pathos 1s
ap a rent In t e preside• •% tender Jov» and
soii' irude for his invalid wife.
To cap the clirrai with the ul*ra-fa*h
lof -b!- people, th p'e-H- nt .-xhlb'-s de-
Hte-rare?v old-'a«Hloned t.-v, for In
star.ee. at the religious servlc*-* held at th»*
ho?"I la=-*t B*»nday a w >.« ?/? *h<s
tune of wbleh was verv f!n«» but the
words nn<s which nohodv ««-m-d to
' w. -lust one verse had wh*n
"he pr< -*dent stvike or> | n •* "Oh. M <
have something that everyb«jdy k- w#
And then Irs a 'ull harfrne vI . h»
rtart. d ' N'-ar-r My .God to Thee "'and
s-.-i- ;• • s -|y This was f,,!! W M ->y v
*' ! old-time hymn* and 1? f« «r,f >0
that bo mor. r«w farsrbd ch ,r- h m ,«:c
will b# h»*rd here dnrtng the pr>-». dent's
stay.
The more I of Meßinb y the more I
think h Is what the men call "j g
low" If the worn -«n do not J!ke rim. I
shal! be -.stonlsned. They ought to oot
b- he is president, but because he is
such a decent man.
ape l"» (.OIAC f ampiact
If yo i arc >•■ . »nould have ; > p , 7 .
I -' ' ' -B! ti> It n t
l» • A 4 at la ■ 9
NOTABLE ASSASSINS.
thk mvrdrr of rwov%> o\its
TO Ml>ll »» rtl»:H KV
Knlfo. iloiiib and Pi.l«l-Tfcw Thror
\r«* th<* Ka«nritr «»t
Tlu>«r U ho 4.real
MifMnmr ««» H"' Klrat Mr
tim—l.lke the Un- (he \*-
RB*<ilnatiaa »f *mir»nu'n Dntra
Hack tn thr lime of lilt" H«»n»an
Empire.
For thf «ivot;(| timf> within five years th»»
attention of th«» world has Just bwn r.jr.d
upon an assassin. The first was when
t"*arn. t the French president, was stab
bed to death, the thf nnurdcf of
Prem:«T ("anovas ,>f Sj>ain. A singular
fact i» that in both instances the assas
sin was a native of »n'Mh«*r country, and
his visit to the place of his crime was for
the express purpoee of committing the deed
which plunged a nation .'to mv«urning.
It is often sajd that wlin ti»e advance of
the world comes the deterioration of those
methods which savor of savagery and ab
sence of anything like Justice :n the law.
Yet hisrorv shows us that assassination
is like an lmmv>rtiU viper, that, crushed to
earth, will sooner or later again raise its
head and instill its poison into the \<*ins
of .xjiother victim. Canovas is declared to
be the victim of the International A-so
ciation of Anarchists. It is aliened that
the assi-sin. Ooili or AngioliUo. w.ts dele
gated by lot at a meeting of the Central
Association of Anarchists in I«ondon to
kill Oanovas. The same statement was
made at the time of the death of Carnol.
It follows, then, dirtfuise it as we may,
that an ass.a-iation of -murderers exists,
just as that one existed which decfeed
that Caesar should die by the hand of
Brutus. If one will but stop to think,
he will see that there is another institu
tion of the Hornan empire which has
come down to us as healthy and full
fledged as in the days when the yellow
Tiber paid ceaseless homage to the City
of the S<-\.'n Hills that ruled the world.
Caesar was the first statesman of whom
history tells the story of assassination.
Canovas is the last.
In the centuries which Intervened be
tween these two crimes, the hand of the
assassin has he*-n busy. Look at the
list: Thomas a Kecket. Emperor AlbeVt
1. of Germany. James I. of Scotland, Al
lesaandro de Medici, Cardinal Beaton,
David Rizzio. Darnley. the Karl of
Murray, regent of Scotland; William of
Orange, Henry 111. of France, the Duke
of Buckingham. NVullenstt in. Archbishop
Sharp, Gustavus 111. of Sweden; Marat,
the tyrant of the Revolution; t!en. Kiel er.
Czar Paul of Russia, the Duke of Parma,
Abraham Lincoln. Sultan Abdul-Azis,
t'zar Alexander 11. of Russia, President
Oarfleld. Lord Freden. k Cavendish and
T. 11. Burke, at i'hoenix nark; President
Carnot.
These by no means constitute a com
plete list of thos* who have fallen vic
tims to fate and circumstances. They are
merely those who held high places on the
roll of fame, and whose power over other#
■wan so great, their positions such, that to
murder them would creite terror; or per
sons whos< rl«kl Idea of what their cause
required was productive of torture and
other evils tn those whom their as
sassins represented.
Caesar was the victim of Jealousy, al
though Brutus had a fancied grievance.
Canovas' death Is the direct result of the
execution of the anarchists at Barcelona,
after tortures which seem • Imos in-red
ible. but are vouched for by authorities
which cannot l« lightly set aside. The
story of how this all came about has l»>en
told again and Again. Surely It Is a Mff
on the history of Spain, and though for
that cause the world may not pardon an
assassin, there Is no reason why It should
not read a lesson that the rulers of the
Old World seem to have promptly taken
to heart.
Conning over the list of assassinations of
famous persons, the fact becomes evident
that three weapons were the favorites of
the assassins the knife, the pistol, the
bomb. These three were occoslonelly sup
plemented by poison, but as a rule held
their places as favorites.
All the history-reading world lf» f.imtllsir
v ith the death of l>aviii Rlzzio, whom love
made the victim of a trio of a*sissins.
AVho his not seen that famous painting
that depicts his <1 ith at the feet of the
woman for whose beauty and lov< hln life
wui sac rift ed Mary. Qu«-n of Scots?
Parsing ov-r the earlier assassinations,
the most notable is found In the sliltt nlh
century when Henry IV. of France, one
of the most beloved of monarch*. was kill
ed by Ravillac, a tool of the Order of
Jesuit*, a religious body that was the most
implacable enemy that the French mon
arch had. Nineteen tlm«s had Henry's life
been attempted, but it was not until May 14,
1610. that th>» plot against him reached a
successful culmination. The people of
Paris punished the assassin themselves In
the most frightful manner, for they fairly
tore him to piece*.
The one assassination which all historians
in a measure Justify, was the stabbing to
death of Jean Paul Marat by Charlotte
t'orday. July 13. IT?" 1 !. Marat was the con
frere of Rohesplerre and J>anton. Robes
pierre was bad enough, but In Marat, a
dwarfed body contained a superlative
amount of vlclousness and lust for tlo >d.
His assassination was during what Is
known as the Reign of TVrror, whirl* none
had a greater hand in creating than he. So
frightful were his cruelties th.it Charlotte
Oorday, a iulet. modest woman of the p«>.»-
pl*;. was stirred to what the sans culottes
belle*> d genuine heroism, and today in the
mind- of the French people she is more
saint than a«sa«sln.
The year l*" was marked by the assas
sination of a man of whom the world
knows hut little, and yet wh« did a vmt
<l* hI for that very world. The man was
J> an Baptlste Kleber, a French general,
the non of a gard< n lai*H*r in Strasbur*.
While at Cairo. en«leavoting to negoti
ate a treaty with the Turks, a Turkish
fanatle, who had conceived the Idea that
K lebe-r was an enHtiv of his country,
stabbed him France was at that time
in a state of almost ararchy, and for this
reason the death of a man who ranked
with tho rr- aiest field marshals of
Kurope in point of ability was pass<>d over
with comparatively slight notice.
A««a««!n i»l>n has l«e» n-the sword of
I>amocles suspended wer the heads of
th« czars of Russia. Twice has It falbn.
Once March 24. ISOI, and attain March 13,
IWI. The first event of thif sort was the
('"nth of the <*z»r Paul, who in an actual
fight with his nobles and offbers, was
strangled. The *«>< ond d' lth was thit
of «'zar Al«-xar.d»r 11 who or. the date
mentioned. while dining at St Peters
l org was killed by a dynamite bomb cast
by a Nihilist. The successful attempt
wis the last of a of effort* to
bring about the death of the monar h
"In the interest of the cause of liberty,"
i v*n though It was his ukase wh'ch
March 3 i*m emancipated 3,oOft.WiO serfs.
His f.*sa»*ination took place within one
year <»f the time that he dissolved the
secret police, as a cone ess ton to the very
men »v,f> brought about his death.
• 'otnlnir town to more modern times, we
have the issassinatlon of President Lin
coln. A'.rlt 14 lv. In this ras. the w ea»
I->ri used wa* the pistol. and Sergeant
1 'orbett who died in Kansas last year,
av«n*»'l the preoid nt bv fatally shoot
ing John Wllkai Booth two weeks after
Mr TJncoln breathed his last.
It is a far cry from a land of liberty like
the t. nit«'<! States to the home of the ty
rant and infidel. Turkey, but the n« xt
Tit of really world-wide Importance in
the list of assassination* was the death of
Abdul-Aziz. the deposed sultan of Turkey,
which took place June 4 IH7<>. The sultan
* :M * distinct failure as a ruler, and ere.
a'etf Ti'- hlng but dissensions at home and
trou- ;« abroad So great was the objec
tion to Ms methods that finally h« was re
moved by a council of ministers, and a
T> w day* aftc-wani found dead In hi*
apartments In the YiMix Kiosk. At first it
was s fid he (committed suicide, but l iter it
*"* ■ 'hat <i- *tr, , i come to him
lb* J/lddiftg of !l- bowstring. the fa-
Vufiio Urtaui meuLd ut c»u*ui* o^*o
t .nahlp ■ to -huff?.
coil A! ! ! A 7 was no won*
o f the--' -.v- « w - occupy
tion in tfc, Turkish cupi* h„ t ,5*
the time w,s ,-jt 0 f j, )int at .V",^ ** c*
the man to ri«ht It. he WJ
The fr o.i -,. s fan,^
si nation : .U.w.nc • at Af
tan. From <Sui:. ,u:'s
that was heard aroun.i , he _ «*.
t»ly « .: . i i'rt -ident GwJS***
if Ih T v c * orv of t,!at t,W * ! * *
'■; *
Not s ' ' the Of U BC0 ;„ 2"S
enrntrv un «' -turU,l so mLz!>
l,> l ' ~ •"• a •• 1 nian *C2H
' !n m^L**
- i' tnem
;, U:v h;Un <*
T< « flowing yt
V S ■'•-> MV(W^
n. g,- ,1 Itahs.: i: ~ (Jfgtfl
• ■ - »••'■!» a. |. h. Murk,. tJ***
o ; ghl> :. off -u EH|:«
« ,o ?; .re,ft ,« t l> uNt^§
I'.a- i;iv irk I :• \j. lV *
* . in ' 10, \T: Tr : ' !, " niu * d *>>' M?*
ill I** 1 ** *rl 4 ' , thr> ' *«* «ft||£
hi. in U . I.i-.ou a y Wh th« lrt,2
' a ■- ;» r " rhe
•Ml t ptur.d and i uniah«4. 11
I rane iurm«i;wl a victim far ;v
sin Juno .vl. w- -i tVsvi»
tally subbed s,.h Camot.
Fratu ••. Ai the unit of the .lasamLf
Pr» sid. ru Cam. t was Sn hu
San:o iia.- 4 u from the line of i.
along In sir, ; u\ M.tbhed the *r*2J'
•efort in> out- ivuKi interfere,
mini v. .»!- >up «i ,iml uftf rwn* 5 V
lotiiu.i He »a> a <onft>s«*l
and, hko ih«3 of Oar.o*.
Italian. *
V n'.itstion w: i<'h naturally aria*
of :, his it 1.4 '•••I !i«: !riform.ukß>
"What has ,i> isM;nt;-on
In :*i i < r ov,u. of thv ius.anet*
inn.H-enr men havt« aitd. th«;ir ,u SI4 J
pi.uislud yaptia-d. and th* w,.rl|j2
no l>»'U« r off. IVrl.ai s th« answer
found in iho». i'.imoiis woriia of ytr.*
Huvo; "The t >ln"s knif,- » t . w
rifibn-d a wnuu it ru vor vrtU."
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