Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1893 — DON’T BOTHER THE PRESIDENT [ARTICLE]

DON’T BOTHER THE PRESIDENT

Mr. Cleveland Find* It Necessary to Establish a F,ew Rules. The following has been issued by President Cleveland for publication: Executive Mansion. It has become apparent after two months’ experience that the rales heretofore promulgated regulating interviews with the President have wholly failed in operation. The time which under those rules was set apart for the reception of Senators acd Representatives has been almost entirely spent In listening to applications for office, which ha ve been bewilderingin volume, perplexing and exhausting in their iteration,ana impossible of .remembrance. A dne regard for public duty, which must be neglected if present conditions continue, and an observance of the limitations placed upon human endurance oblige me to decline, from and arter this date, all personal Interviews with those Beeking appointments to office, except as I. on my own motion, m3y especially invite them. The same considerations make it impossible for me to receive those who merely desire to pay their respectß, except on the days and during the hours esjieclally designated for that purpose. I earnestly request Senators and Representatives to aid me in securing for them uninterrupted interviews by declining to introduce their constituents and friends when visiting the Executive Mansion during the hours designated for their reoeptlon. Applicants for office will only prejudice their prospects by repeated importunities and by remaining at Washington to await results.