Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1890 — GENERAL HARSISON’S WORK. [ARTICLE]

GENERAL HARSISON’S WORK.

, The Presidency Not a as Shown by the Duties Required o Its Incumbent. I :> Indianapolis Journal. If any one has an idea that the office of President of the United States is a sinecure he might change his views if he could see General Harrison’s table and the work that is piled upon it. The President is a methodical man, a rapid worker, and disposes of business much faster than his predecessor in office, but the increase’in population has naturally resulted in an increase of official business, and ±he President gets his share of it. On his table today, for example, I saw fifty-four bills that have been passed by Congress, engrossed upon large sheets of parchment, which he is required by the Constitution to examine and approve or disapprove. If he approves them he signs the bills and notifies Congress of the fact. If he disapproves them he must write a veto message to that branch of the national legislature in which they .originated, giving hie reasons therefor and his objections, to the legislation they contain. Thus far in his administration he has written no veto messages, but he occasionally lets a bill become law without hi 9 approval, as is alwayß the case when Jhe does not send a veto to Congress after its passage. Some of the bills requirecotlessthan ahalFahhour. accompanying them being explanatory reports from the committees from which they were reported. These he had to examine in order to discover the reasons for and the objections, and it often happens that he has to call the chairman of the committee into consulation, where there are points he does not understand and shat the reports do not make clear. Before he takes up the bills for consideration he always refers them to a member of the Cabinet who will have the responsibility of their execution in case they become laws, and who are supposed to be the most familiar with the subject. These gentlemen usually submit briefs to him, containing their views on the subject, or give them a wholesale approval if they have no observation to make. Both houses in Congress are engaged in passing bills for the erection of public buildings through the country by wholesale, and without regard to the amount. The total is already so large that the Secretary of the Treasury is apprehensive of the effect upon the revenues next year, and some members of the committee on appropriations have also consulted with the President on the same point. The President has, therefore, sent one of his clerks to the Capitol to make a collection of all of the bills that have been proposed on this subject and are pending in both houses of Congress, in order that he rfiay know just what is coming before him before he commits himself to any more of those that have passed. The eight-hour law does not apply to the presidency, as many a man who has held that office has discovered, and Gen. Harrison works from twelve to fourteen hours a day. He is as regular in as he is methodical in his work. He spends so many hours eaoh day in rest and recreation, as he believes that essential to a clear mind and a good disposition, and so many hours to sleep. He is not a long sleeper, but can get along with si* or seven hours very well. This with his rest and recreation, leaves him from twelve to fourteen hours every day, at least one-half of which is spent in examining the legislation of CongressAs an articie in preparing food, Dr. Price’s Cream Baking Powder is wholesome, as the ingredients that enter into its composition are free from all substances that would render them detrimental to health. In these respects it stands alone.