The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-03-30
A POLITICAL TEA PARTY
Gen. Gran. and other NotabIe= Ent.
tanned by Geo ". Chlids

Gen. Gran. and Other NotabIes Enter
tanned by Geo ". ChIids.
PHILADELPHIA. March %. - A re-
marksble reception was held tonight at
the residence of Geo. w. Childs. Near
ly five hundred men, prominent in the
history OF the country, surgcd in the
corridors and parior between s and Il
O'Clock.
Gen. Grant was under The especial
charge or the host. The senate was rep
resented by Messrs Cameron, of Penn
sylyania; Mcpherson, Bayard, PendIe-
ton. Davis, Camden. Hoar, Frye, Allison
and Jackson.
The house representatives were
Speaker Keller and Messrs. Kelly,
O'Nein, Randall, Walker, Belmont,
Fisher, Rosecrans and Flower.
Adjt. Gen. Drum and Maj. Gen.
Howard, of West Point, for the army;
Vice Admiral Rowan and Rear Admiral
Ammen, Mullany, Gibson and Prebble
for the navy.
Senior Renee and John Russell Young
REPRESENTED THE DIPLOMATIC sERvI-
CEs;
MessTs. Liliey and Wade Hampton the
ex-confederacy Messrs. Hubert, Ford,
lkuN Nuunuut ANCh
York press; Mr.. Fulton the Baltimore
press; Judges Noah, Davis and Brady
the New York bench Chauncey Depew,
F. NJ Blngs, j. T. CadwaldeI, and
CORTLAND Parker the New York bar.
Politics was represented by Gov. Cor
nell, of New York; ex-Gov. Hoffman,
and ex-Mayor Wickham, of New York.
Bankers by Messrs. Belmont, of New
York; Magoune and McColston repre-
senting Baltimore. The entire Pennsyl-
yania supreme bench was present with
the governor and ex-governor of the
state, and ex-mayors of Philadelphia;
also a number of The representatives of
the iron interests of the country.
THE RECEPTION AND DINNER
was ostensibly under the auspices of
the Saturday Night club" a select So
cial organization which dimes at the
houses of members once a month. 1t
was the last of the season and Mr..
Childs' turn to entertain guests. In re-
atty, however, the reception had a deep
er significance than mere hospitality.
Mr.. Childs is a devoted adherent of
Gen. Grant, a warm personal friend of
President Arthur, and has regarded
with anxious misgiyings the feeling of
hostility to Gen. Grant from the COM
mencement of the Garfield regimen, and
u III SllCC tut SASSuSSluAtiOhs
He is understood to have
LONG CONSIDERED THE BEST MEANS
by which the current of ill feeling
might be stemmed and turned in favor
of the administration, and finally hit
upon an idea that his final club banquet
might be utilized as port of reunion,
where Grant and President Arthur
might mingle and make personal ac-
quaintances and friends with their PC
lItical contemporaries. Hence represen-
tative characters of these were invited.
The first intention was to make the
gathering one of Republicans, but in or
der that the gathering might be consid-
cred non-partisan representative DEM
ocrats were invited, also
REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER INTERESTS
outside of politics.
Up to late hour during the evening
it was expected that President Arthur
would be present.
Gen. Grant mingled freely with the
guests, and made himself generally
agreeable.
The banquet was one of the most elab-
crate ever attempted in this city. The
mansion. was magmficently decorated,
and it is stated that the entire cost was
upwards of 100000. Invited guests from
Washington and New York came on
special trains.
a dispatch was received from Presi-
dent Arthur during the evening, stating
that unexpected and important business
prevented his attendance.
THE NEW ENGLAND REPRESENTATIVE
were eX-Gov. Rice, of Massachusetts,
and II. Howard, of Rhode Island. Not
a single set speech was delivered.
The guests will spend the night at the
hotels here, and few will leave the
city ON the early morning train for New
York and Washington