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Show . The President' Message. Washinpton Po-t. A gentlemen ho had an early appointment appoint-ment with the president a few mornings ago found him hard at work, at his desk in his private office, steadily writing- on a, small tablet. He did not cease until ho had covered two jiages with closely writteq words and these he dctaehed from the tab. let and placed upon a hook by his side. The president was writing hi message. He has been engaged upon it at odd m inents ever since he returned from his west cm trip. He does not wait until congress is almost at hand aud then sit dow n to thi task of composing a document Ihut generally gener-ally consists from 15.(KK to i"..(HHt nonK On the contrary, whenever an idea occurs to him, he writes it dowu. in complete form, and with all the vigor that attaches to & thought committed to paper at the moment of its inception. When the time draw s near for the final preparation of the message, bo takes his great pile of papers from their hook, classifies them, welds them together to connected form, and passes them over to his typewriter. The copy that is returned to hint is revised and then the copy is inadu for the printer. Iu this manner the m ssage. is framed by easy stages, as it w ere aixl the president docs not feci the burden of its coiupofcitiun. |