Show A Washington correspondent tells this story about the president A gentleman gen-tleman who visited the president today to-day the 16th inst tells this little incident which occurred while he was in the executive chamber A big bustling man entered in his turn and greeted the president effusively effu-sively with the words I know youll be glad to see me Mr President when I tell you Im not an office seeker A office seeker Is none the less welcome because he is one and one who is not is none the more welcome because be-cause he is not was the quick and rather stern rejoinder of the president I thought it was a very apt and very neatly expressed retort and the visitor evidently thought so too for he was greatly embarrassed uttered a few hesitating words said good day and departed That may all be true but if Major McKinley is as glad to see an office seeker as anybody else he is the first president who ever was But when he made the remarks above if he did perhaps he remembered that old diplomatic dip-lomatic adage that language is given to man to conceal his thoughts |