Show NOT GOOD ENOUGH the white house Is not wanted by tho Cleve Clev lauds elands washington fob feb 24 special Spec itil to tho the enquirers enquirer the report that president elect cleveland has rented the old admiral porter homestead with a view to making it his home during the four years of his presidency has received confirmation in the air of activity and bustle that has been noticeable about the old house on il street for the past two days the building is now in the possession of a corpse of cleaners and will shortly be given over to the carpenters masons and painters for a tho rough ough renovating renova ting from which it will emerge in apple pie order and ready 0 o welcome baby ruth euth and the clove land and jlou household sebold on the ath of march it was largely on account of ruth that it was decided to abandon the white bouso as aa the latter has just gone through a fumigating fumi umi f gating process for the purpose of exterminating any lingering liD gering scarlet fever germs that might lurk in the way corners mrs cleveland however preferred to be on the safe side and as the pros pres ident elect during his former term found that the white house was totally inadequate to moot meet tho the domestic and business busino sg requirements require nion ts of the presidency idene y ho he was not noc slow in arriving at the conclusion that tho the only of the difficulty was to be found by taking up his residence outside of the executive mansion the house which lio ho has selected is one of the historic laud land marks of 11 washington ashington and whoa occupied by the gallant admiraal ad mirial was the scene of many brilliant entertainments but bub has hag been closed ever since his death it is very unusual for a president of the united states to live anywhere but in the mansion provided pi provided by uncle sam and mr air Clev elands action when ho he was president pre aident before in buying a summer home created something of a sensation in a certain sense the routing of the porter mansion will bo be a rebuke to congress for providing so sparingly for the domestic and business accommodation of the chief executive of a nation of seventy million people and it is not unlikely that thai before the expiration of mr Clovo Clove lands term ho he will have at his disposal an official mansion ample in size and becoming the dignity of its occupant |