Show The Presidential Job Wlmt It in Worth and What It Gout to Got unit Koop It Same cthe Kxfintei ca r > n ltnll l OH JUtlt llae tit IleilJency It tint I Mart Than 11000 > o T > it IIMe lltuu and Hi fttfiMtn tttol Ihe Il el mil Amount an Same lllllt rettJentialfirmi H ktth Run Mo Money the fmlJemy letter Than lifi Iinmaaet rreilJenti Hi I Jan t and Their n HmtnnUr lhl TrtuUeslhw Uathlngtt I Hat I Charged Ullh I MurdtrJ QAJmnt Ililh Cormftlon and Andrew Jackson Hid lltl r Xvie MMA SI of IAIII Nigh of Ganll AJmlnilltatwn Cepyrretisd 55S by rr0k 5 Crpestsr spelal tbnre asdestnr Ike awa WASIIIMITOY July 9th 1896 S IIK RACE FOR i tt the presidency IZ ill be A hard one o The candidates Wfri1 Istll be Abused by i 2J the opposing par 4f < llles and 1 the man who I succeed will have lilt character and history laid bare by the X rays of the neutpapers And stump speakers Il 1 N111 be a wearing and worrying race from start to finish and the prize at the end Is the White louse I mitts all Its cares Is the game north the candle Can a man who Is doing mell afford to be a candidate lor the presidenc 1 Let ut see VXIEM5E5 Of A IKlfllDENrlAL CANUI OAT gIn g-In the first place It 1 cost A great deal u be a presidential candidate Mc Klnley for Instance has kept open house lor the past six months And there Mil not be A day between now And November No-vember that he can sit down at Ins table alone Kecublicini prominence from all parts of the Union will come to Can Ion and he will have to maintain A large clerical force to answer his mall llerJa mln Harrison was quite poor when he was first nominated and he bad to borrow bor-row money to keep him going between that time and his election His ton In law Robert McKee paid A largo part of his expenses and other friends put up for him or be ould have been decidedly cramped Andrew Jackson lost A lot of money during his three prctldcntlal camlalJnl and It took sue proceeds of tits cotton crop to pay part of hits expenses ex-penses In the White House Martin Van lluren rich as ho was was robbed right and lit and when he ran for President Pres-ident during his second campaign the politicians actually came to thc White louse I doors and demanded food And jot It The presidential candidate his numerous demands upon him for charity I was lold at Canton that about one third ot the letters which McKinley lecelves are begging letters and such letters Increase now that the nomination nomi-nation Is made Till IRE lIENC A rAT JOE And stilt time presidency Is a fat job The salary in roudd numbers for the lour ears amounts 200000 And the Unite House I and lots of perquisites are thrown In In addition Think what y > ouo u year meant I It is f4l66 a month or fijSaday And this money Is sure The cash Is I always ready for the resident and the treasury bank less never than bunts ttio Ihlyda The salary oh what however the 1resb in dent sets For this year Congress ti asked to Appropriate about IJooo tu run the White House Ihe President 1 pays no rent His fuel and light coat him nothing I He does not ccn pay for his own newspapers and as for stationary station-Ary he has the finest that the world can produce and there 1 Is n stenographer alwats at hand lo save him from writing i letters himself He has n half dozen watch dogs to keep the crowd allay true him Ills private secretary receives < sues A year And the man who sits outside out-side hla ofiico door to open it 1 and close It 1 gets a salary ol flSoo He I has men to read the papers lor him Ha has a telegraph operator and a telegraph in Mtument In the While House I and Uncle Sam pays his telegraph bills He seldom sel-dom il ever buys a pounce stamp and the thousand and one little incidentals which eat out the heart ol Ihe ordinary mans salary arc paid lor him He pays no rent for his ttablei and Congress gives him some money to keep them up I Itic 1 I amount that Is asked for this year Is I 3ooo and this Includes stationery readIng read-Ing matter and the caring for the Presidents Presi-dents horses harnesses And cairalgcs A great hiss Is made about Ihe social espentes of the White House I I enlure to say President Cleveland dots not pay I more than > 5 ooo a tear for his state dinners And 1 would l not be surprised to know thai he saved fjlcooa car out of hU salary Think oil hl I Ills four stale receptions are nracticilly free entertainments t entertain-ments The Marino Hand paid I by the II government lurnishcH ihe music The I lowers come trans the White House I conservatory and the public gardens and the police I aid the 1 mums In taking I care ol the crowd here It no food I 1 any kind altered and U Utnlghty hard to eta drink of anjlhimr even water I on iiich I an occasion lnrhoev whole enter I talnrnent consists of n handshake and if yuu are especially hvortil n smile and lianiljlnles and smiles ate cheap untiii notai rcmjusiTrs i An I then there are lots of things that gu with the Whllo llcviiO Among Us tenants Ihcru Is I tisually a good bather I who shaves the 1resldcnl and cuts his lulr without charge 1 here Is I n billiard l i room In urn corutr ol the Executive ii fertr mv i MnMnn I where Crover Cleveland can BO and handle thin I tut without Us cost ing I him a cent Iho I lichens have all iiieutc 1 tlmprovemenls i mil 11 Clue cot nment pays time U lute House I sleuird Olio attends I In the nutketinR about < J5 a week or f 1800 s n year lime 1 cooking Menilts ura of copper and ono ol lime I cooking stoves Is 1 so laree that you could almost i roast an os whole I upon It c1 ne dishes used by the President are ol the finest china and ol the matt beautiful cutglaM 1 Many of them were made especially for the I U hlle 11 I Irate Ol the I thousand I r dishes made fur Mrs PreMdenl Hayes there Is still lour hundred left and the net ordered by Mrs Harrison I U almost I al-most perfect hen there U I the china made toe the Granu Thus II the ehlll that Is now used on time Ireiildentt table There is still some Lincoln china felt and there are choice lilts I > Irons nearly every administration The Iresl dents wile pay nothing for I her linen There are great closets Idled with bedding bed-ding and ton sits nnd others In vvhlcl rue kept the finest of tablecloths and napkins The napkins used are Ail I about niard squire and of the linen damask They have the Initials U Son S-on them but Ihls rather I Improves lhan Irjurcs their appearance and Ihe great cut beauty ol It all Is thai they dont costa cost-a cent IM SLUTS I OR TIIK WHITE riots Few people have any Idea how many presents l come lo the I White House Cleveland was overloaded with then i while he was a candidate and at the I lime ol his marriage they came In here almost by hue wagon load The 1ietl dent will not iccclve things ol I actual value but he can take eatables and drinkables Among other things that I i remember of his receiving Herein borsch ol fine old brandy tom louihirn Call I loiula and cases ol wine rom dlfftrcn parts ol the counliy Every banks iving he has turkeys tint him from Khode Island those sent tear belore last I being so large that I the While I House I family could not eat them Then there are other kinds ol fancy eatables which come Irom admirers In u dlllerenl localities locali-ties and U Is safe bossy that the best 01 every Hung or a sample ol It finds Its way Into the Whit House Among Harrisons presents was a large quanlit of Ceylon tea Andrew Johnson had trenents of whisky and 5euIm 1 croon C wine and both Jackson and JelCcrson had presents ol cheeses of the site ola hogshead HEtTM THAN LIIIC INSURANCE The sentiment surrounding the Wnlle House increases every year until row thc unite Is tar I better than a life Insurance In-surance policy If 1 a Iresldent dies In Ibo White House his wife and children will probably receive a lortune Irons the people and by law the Presidents widow U I sure mil r a pension of fjooon year Mrs Grant and Mrs Girlield are now receiving this amount GAl field went Into the presidency comparatively poor He I hail little I to speak y at the time he was shot by Gulteau but the sympathy of Mrs Garfield was such tint tho enormous turn of more than Sams ooo was raised for her and the was made Independent for hie Arthur was one ol the most extravagant livers we I have had In the While louse I If I le spent It said leant tuoto five thousand dolt lars apiece im his stale dinners And his French cook drew com him n alary ol iSco a year clVl He was man luxurious I liver In every way and still ft 1 Is laid that he saved more than f 100000 during his administration 1rcslUcnt Cleveland noiwiiiisianaing me expenses ol ills wedding must have saved about f uo I 000 during his first administration and In Addition i lo this ha made a clear ficoooonioreoutof i Oak owa which l ne bought A aunts cr home and alter ward sold during I 1 the presidency I of liar rlion When Van Iumi was President I the 1IlY was only75000a year lie had a large private 101l1lne and il Is said 1 that he paid t all of his While Housis expenses ex-penses Out ol his own income during his presidency and drew his salary m n Pump sum ulf 100000 when he retired Harriton l has mado a fortune out of the presidency Ills profits have not come altogether from the money he has received but also in the increase through the reputation of thc presidency presi-dency ol his power of making money He got no big Jaw lees before he was president Since then he hit received lam told Jioooo and upward lor A single case It has been reported tint he got rq o0o for his taw lectures at the fa l d ef III hlanlord University and A ladys nisga tine has paid I him as much at J 1000 a primed t page for ml Ins writing He Was not a high liver when In thc While House I and It Is I sale tansy stunt ho look At least < 1000X1 back to Indiana with him IRISIUnNIIAI TROUnLKI On the other hand there are lots of troubles connected with I thc presidency g tiro ell his Our chief executive doe not Ret < hi < salary for nothing and though his pitioaus are of the softest 1 duet re open I filled with I thorns General William Sherman said that the While louse I was hell and nothing could persuade him tu bo a candidate for the presidency I George Washington was charged with being a thief unite he was president An article was published in A New York newspaper Accusing hint of having overdrawn over-drawn his salary fjooo During one 01 his presidential campaigns W Ihlg ton was charged nith murder and al a dinner ut Alexandria John Randolph of I Roanoke proposed tins toast George Washington may be be damned Neither ol the Adimses had A toft map us President end Join CJuIucy Adams presidency was said to uc limo insult rI a bargain between him and Henry l Clay by which ho went In the While III use and Clay became becre harp of Sato Andrew Jackson was accused of all kinds ol lluniii while he was president flu wife was III during hH i residential campaign and she dial More his Inauguration and was burled In lime gown which the Tenne iceant had l bought for her to use In the White House Jackson used to say that the slander uttered against him killed her and he at times haled Ihe White linear on that account His presidential carter was not A smooth Dill and AmonK other insults which he received wa mime having his nm55 pulled by a disappointed trice I relulItl r tnt lenr HsrrUon was hounded to death by r face seekers an4 I he died dreaming of r them Ilnchanan aged greatly due leg his presideniltl i career and Abe ham Lncolns limit was Inrrowed bv sorrow during nearly rvety moment that he was in the While House Johnni presidency non one of trouble and ear rf impeachment and he left the White llouie i a disappointed and a dliguitcd mUll A STORY OF OIlIlRRAL URANT AND tCII Oh 1INIILtR Grants great reputation was ruined by lime Itelknap 1 Kami 1 and the whisky 1 10a tn Irauds ol St Louis Into which he WAI drawn by too great confidence In his fiend and during his latter day he was denounced by the newspapers Judge Tincr who was Ills 1ojtnuiter General old me nn Incident the other day of the last night of Grants administration adminis-tration He was at the capltol w ith his cabinet to sign the bills ol Ibo dying congress ns they were brought Ironl 1 time lo time representatives and tens toes dropped In In piy I their l l respects At about rr II oclock I rrI was a lull in the work and Ihe dilfrent members of ihe cabinet and the president were I dialling J and telling j t stories Upon a i lounje Jat one tide of tl e olr7 ich Chandler I lay with a volume cf Mar f I iVastsmglon al ol aJ an1 3 ttu14 Washington In by hand and A newspaper lying upon his chest All at J rl r F one he picked up the newspaper and holding It above the book as though here he-re leading It ho turned to Genera Grant and said I suppose general that you are very have Jour adllllnllration Is I verI You hOle been villainously abused and I I venture that there It no president who his been mere unjustly treated by Ihe newspapers than jonrell es replied President I Grant emphatically em-phatically that Is true drrla I anxious to tel back to private hie I WAIII n rest Irom the lies and slanders that are being published 1 about mr and to btt able to pick up a newspaper without fear that the first article upon which my eyes shall light will Ira a denunciation of me It is I this that makes me glad that the term ol my presidency Is users Hut said Inch Chandler 11 you are so soon to Lo a private clllMii I I dont sui > > o > e Ihe statements the papers are now making will hurt you very much At any rale here Is I A paroror I whuli caps the climax It is about as bitter as any I Stave yet seen and I want to read it tll you bating this Mr Chandler raised Ihe paperand began to read on article which appaiently treated of General Grant and which denounced Lint as being everthing that was bad false and us honest The members of Ibo cabinet stopped their conversation ns he read and listened i The article was so bitter that they were struck dumb with astonishment aston-ishment at the close ach Chandler then asked Iresldent Grant what he thought of Ihe article Grant replied that it was on Ihe whole one ol the vilest and meanest slanders that had ever been perpetrated upon him At this Senator Chandler laid down his paper l and held uii 1 the book He l said General Grant paragraph which I have just read 10 you was written more than eighty years ago It was written about president ol the United t nme Slates and that president name was George Washington In pretending I to read it Irons this I I copy ota New York paper I have merely Inserted your name where George WAshlngtons original 11 appeared nils book Irons which t I have read III Is Marshalls Ills of Washington Wash-ington CF I |