The New York herald., 1866-09-07
TEE RECEPTION At CHICAGO.

|bc True Story Of the Proceedings of the
Board of Trade-Imdignitics 10 the PrcsI-
Grant Reported Dis2usted- Sights fo
Nae Douglas Eainily-Bad Hotel Accommo-
|danou-. &c.
The RIAL PURPOSE OF TIE TRIr.
~ only upon arrival Chicago last night that
became really apprseJ Of the of the Prcsi-
ntal Trip. We ard It actually to be for the purpose
Attending the ceremonies OF inouguraiing monu.
N, 10 Tho ,acnory OF deceased statesman, and that
no, entirely political excursion for partisan pur-
SEA- The idea prevailed that some turbulent spirits
Chicago seemed to view it in this lEht aud no little
,erliy OF feeling was created thereby.
-uE BOARD or TRADE arAstrp
.cc orius the original programme tbe reception oi
prctidcnt OF the United States aud other dsl.n.
sled visitors hero to take place in the hail OF
Board OF Trade Tho mijority VI iho mem
OF this association participated in the rulhianly
} which few years ago mobbet Doacas IN
streets of Chicago, and when Tho Board OF
aGtors applied hs OF tho hall receive
President of the United states and other d.stin-
he'd persons visiting the city they passed rcsolu.
grontng the OF the hall, bu, prrposely omitted
nenlion the OF the President in tho resolution.
friends felt he insult keenly, bat deemed it pradent
ay nothing When the fact that the use a. tho Hall
been granted for this purpose became snosn among
persons in the Board regular storm Of ndgnaton
aroused and fcrou,ons werc drawn requ9tlng the
cors . rosclnd their former resolutions ad rosuse
IIal and her resolutions declaring that ie the Pre-
NJ made any political ut,erances in the Hall Il would
cgar,.ed AZ insult. after canyassing the mater
1nle time they came {, the conclusion that tlch
i - tho President in advance or his ccmngwould
j upon their owa heads and neither ot rcro-
,Is were offered. There general undertaking.
~ them, however, that thoy would attend ths
piion AMI come carly enourh to take possession
the Hall. and then n the PRECEDENT aid
hing hayrg political bearing, they world w
~ hands him and eject him from tho hail "
Tiis ie'crrciaation was wei Understood BY
ds ~ the prasii Vt, and while many II them wrr,
.or - taking him 10 the Board " Trade Hall anl
ig him g mako political speech, protest him In,
yor b. Nigh, say. at whatever cost aud - what
extreme / might ~ carried, other oounsels pre
a sli the ififEds of tho resident concluded not
him gudar tie roof og his enemies. u was deemed
moro becoming To ,he dirni,y and honor Or tho
thni its chief Mseistrate should be received IN
IL o. ,Do ro,uuda OF a hotsi anywhere othcr ,han
IN Tie r3oy Of the fanatics who rnotoei Doug
Il va rOt known whether thc Prssfsnt
desre q sry anything relative % the politics Or
ounrv or not bat II he al not Gesro 70 10 70 he
q did no. wh It Pad that tha omission sss due %
x ihet hc We afraid ~ SPEAK ofca tbs Fuhect
the pa-o Or reception changed from ne
y Trade Hsi u he Hotanss oy sie Sbernin
sas sAnscAl f,fuEE'T'0ss cmcsco
Interruptions 70 The rresiignt ias, ingst by .
rs cheers gor Grant ~ linalod al the radfa
oaco opposite the shernan Hoie,
was rrochoed nv Tho sau1es catered IN
is patta 81 lilo Immense crowd until a confand.