The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-08-14
CORRESPoNDENCE
LRrrER EROM WARRINGTON.


Do not be deceived by the post mark
and heading Of this communication aud
suppose thA, yon have received stroke
Of official Iishtnin4." II is Indeed =
letter from Washington, but not from
the pen that can make the Democratic
heart thrill with the joy of long cher
ished hope realized At last. IL is simp-
ly lins from an Albany friend who
has for the last fur days been doing
up the city Of magnificent distances.
And be is too weary now to tell you of
the monuments, parks, departments,
capitol, White House. Soldiers Home,
Navy yard and Mt. Ver9on,s all of which
be has seen at the expense of bis purse
and bis corns too but if you will al
low him he will tell your readers Of the
very stately and digni6ed stf4ir, "a
reception at the White House."
To bsgiu with he may 81 we'll say
that the CROP Of receptions is over ripe,
and the little one he attended w.s hut
the CLEANING of . past harvest. His
excellency is to leave tomorrow to at
tend the obsequies of The "sr.st COM
mAndsr" in Nav York, and so your
correspondent must Hee him to-day or
not At all. So at 2 p. IN. clothed in
his faultIess black, and sccomp .nisd by
the ladies Of his party in their silks aud
feathers, he found himself seated in the
East room, now almost dismantlod, as
most of the public buildings on the floor
are covered with mating and the fine
chairs are covered up with linen cases
There were perhaps City others present,
all wearing a kind Of green country
lock, but two or three wore a kind OF of
6cs-expectancy smile, and you: CORES.
pondent who wore the fAr-offi4h iude-
pendent look Of the moss-bsck Of the
Willamette valley.
While the great dispenser Of Office
tarried, the sitters in the East room
had time to make study of each other.
There was the ever present colored bro.
ther, the poor little cripple with her
crutches, the aged matrou with her
gray hairs in most bewitching lin her
own estimatioDj bangs, the yonng lady
in ber conscious beauty Enlightened with
most stunning bouqust, the well-iress-
cd dude with his delicate hands 10 fault
less kids, and his Prince Albert button
ed to the chin, the bronzs farmer from
West Virginia, the ssedy politician, etc.
The last named character with the gar.
rulousuess OF age end tho brightness Of
his hope, could 40, refrain from telling
Of his prospects and his business in n
Y. and that he had the strongest kind
of a doubled and tWi listed recommendation
from Hurbert 0. Th ,mpson, etc, and il
hs could. only catch tnespresidsnt's ear
all would te we'll. At lsngth there war
lull in The storm and hush of antici.
pAtion the double dJors opened aud in
came Grover Cleveland.
The master Of ceremonies called us
all forward to the center of the floor
and, one by one, we wsre presented and
allowed to take the presidential hand.
The blooming beauty followed The dude
then the colored brother and the little
lame girl approached and your Oregon
friends with becoming mo1esty waited
almost till the last. The president with
gentlemanly bearing and kindly be.
nighted smile greeted all alike. HI
spoke so pleasantly to th. little boy oi
our party that he already feels himself
yesr older, (this is bis birthday.
To your correspondent who announced
himself as from Oregon, he remarked
"you have a very pleasant climate 1 be-
lieve, but your state is great way of. .
70 the first part If which statement
the sweltering nineties of the last few
isys compelled cimpIete assent, anc
co the secOnd part Of the expression O
presidential wisdom your correspondent
gave bis full concurrence as be find
when he comes to purchase ticket 70
Oregon it is indeed great ways off
So you See we had very agreeabl,
conversation and it had at least q. b,
soul Of wit brevity.' After we hal al
all passed out the politiaian still radian
With hope could not help telling tha
the president bal promised to "conslde
the matter"
These presidential h4Dd-saakings are
= truly republican Institution, no court
y r,Is ~ fortnaIity,no liveried police
to whose great nation may come anc
salute is chief magistrate on terms o
perfect equality.