Press And Daily Dakotaian

JACKSONIAN SIMPLICITY.

The President's Magnificent Fishing Preparations—Shadowed by Detectives.

Washington, Aug. 15—The departure of the president on his vacation to the Adirondacks is not to be made in the truly simple, unostentatious and thoroughly American manner that one would expect under such a reform administration. The local accounts of the preparations for Mr. Cleveland's journey read like the stories published of the movements of the czar of Russia. The public is informed that—

Maj. Walker, the superintendent of police, called at the white house yesterday and had a talk with the president in regard to his departure. Maj. Walker went to arrange for a sort of body guard to watch the movements of suspicious people at the depot when he leaves. The president is trying to keep the hour of his departure a secret. He has told a number of visitors different times as to when he was going to start. Maj. Walker knows when he is really going to leave, and will have policemen on duty. After getting the president secretly to the depot through the terrible dangers of Pennsylvania avenue and the awful station which Mr. Cleveland dreads so much that he always drives in at the lower end, the railroad authorities will relieve the Washington police and place the exponent of Jacksonian simplicity in the presidential car, which arrived in Washington to-night. It is a magnificent palace, seventy feet long, mounted on twelve paper wheels of the latest pattern. It is the private car belonging to the president of the Delaware & Hudson railroad company, and is entirely unlike any of the palace cars usually seen. The berths stand on end, and like paneled mirrors between the windows. At a touch they open out like doors and lie down in luxurious fashion. In a large spacious bed room is a brass bedstead—the presidential couch. It is made up across the car. There are three bedrooms altogether, and several closets. The saloon contains wonderful easy extension chairs of soft green leather, and a telescopic dining table that extends from two legs to a huge piece of furniture several feet long. There are in the car besides a pantry, kitchen, ice house and heating arrangements. Rich silk curtains and crushed raspberry stained window glass filter the light and fill the car with a soft radiance that is very quiet to overwork. The wine cellar attachment was stocked yesterday, and the larder well filled with delicacies.