Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-23
The Curious Scenes that Take
Place There.
CONSTANT CENTRE OF ATTRACTION.
Minister Williams, the cOIored States
man, Minister to Hayti,
Must Go.
sTATssMENwHo FORGET TO PAY UP,
SflecSal % tAs Reotffer.

center 10 which everything in Washington
seems to tend. Instead of being the most
exclusive, as would seem proper for the
home Of the President, it is regarded as the
legitimate resort of every visitor to Wash.
ington, be he a gentleman of letters, ward
politician, or an Indian from the plains.
One of the queerest delegations of this week
has been 9 lot of Indians from Dakota,
en- route TO the Indian school at Carlisle.
They we're accompanied BY the wife Of the
Indian agent at the agency to which they
belonged, who spoke to them in their native
tongue with great readiness There were q
dozen OF them, about equally divided as to
sex The boys were dressed in coarse cot
ton clothes, pants and coats, some of them
even sporting genuine boiled" shirts, col
lars and neckties. One or two of them had
attended school in the reservation for two or
three years and were able to speak very good
English. The result Of their schooling and
associations was plainly observable
IN their better dress and more intelligent
appearance as compared with their fellows.
All Of them wore their hair cut short and
well combed. They stood up in a row
along the side of the vestibule, waiting to
be received by Miss Cleveland. A row Of
untutored, soiled, trsvelstsined savsges
waiting to be received by the first lady OF
the land. Odd, wasn't it1 The girls wore
red calico dresses which looked as though
they had been run through a clothes
wringer. Each one wore about her
shoulders a fiery red shawl and on her head
black straw hat of ancient pattern. They
looked about them with good deal Of curl
osity, and after waiting Tor a-time fell talk
ing among themselves about what they saw.
The boys seemed to be especially pleased
with the colored glass screens which run
between the vestibule and the corridor, and
examined il closely, talking together sbou
II, passing their hands oSer the smooth sur.
face and apparently questioning themselves
what It al meant. BY and by it was an
nouneed that Miss Cleveland would see
them in the red parlor. So they were
shown in, and with wondering eyes passed
through the richly carpeted and furnished
rooms, snc ranging themselves in line,
awaited her coming. One Of the girls
stumbled over 9 ma. as she passed the
door, and in q moment was sprswling on
the floor She gathered herself up, however,
and was in q moment beside her associates
In line. 1t was curious scene, that richly
furnished room, its walls adorned By Tit
fsny's best, floors upon which the heaviest
footballs makes no sound, upon the walls the
works Of the best Iai ,ters Of the land and
of the world, and ranged along the wall this
line Of children of the plains, their young
faces curious study as they struggled be-
tween Indian stolidity and natural curiosity
attending upon their strange experience.
Miss Cleveland came down directly and
was greeted By white headed gentleman
who seemed TO be something to the Indians.
He introduced the wife Of the Indian agent,
q rather plainly dressed mstron, and few
words Of explanation soon put Miss Cleye-
lard enrapport with the young scslpers be-
fore her. She is not the sort of woman
that you would expect to see as the sister of
President Cleveland. He is big in figure
nd fea e, while she is quite the reverse.
As you see her in the rather dim light OF the
nd room you would say that she
weighs about 3 hundred pounds, per
haps little more. She has manner, too,
that is not especially pleasing. Itreminds
YOU At once Of the / cture platform sort Of
set constrained way that is not pleasant.
Perhaps she, unconsciously, fell into this
usv in talking II these children Of the
nlnirs for every body knows how much more
difficult II is to talk to this sort OF people
han 10 The sort with which you are IN a
hsbi, Of assoCiating every day. She was a
6,tle embarrassed by the lsck OF something
suitable to say, but need not have been, for
here were only two of the entire lot who
understood what she was saying. She
vailed along the Ene, looking each one IN
the face and listening to the curious names
OF each as they we're told By the gentleman
in charge of the party. Then taxing the
hsnd Of the girl who could speak Eugilsh,
sle called her By name and asked her q
few simple questions about herself, ana tolo
Ler she was very glad to see her and hoped
she would learn q great deal at school and
81 herself well to go home and teach the
other Indians II love the Indian very
mpcb she said, "and want YOU all to study
hard and learn q good deal 80 you can
teach all Of your people the ways OF
tbs white people. Then she walked down the
line taking the hand Of each one and telling
them over and over that she was very glad
- ace them. The last one In the hne was
"Jobn." a boy who had been three years at
school. He was capable OF talking quite
good English. but was so overcome with tue
s;tpa,ion as tc be unable to respond IN
very audable manner to the kind questions
vb;ch she propounded to him about himself
| and his expectations Tor his future Work' IL
| was evidently quite relief to all concern
| ed when it was over.
NJ 'ster williams.
Il is prstty evident from sn that can be
adhered here that Minister Williams, the
soIorsd statesman, Minister 10 Hsyh, must
go Secretary Bayard evidently has It
/ % for him" Williams Is q good looking
fellow very bright, and well read. de Is
cnnnipg TOO, and il would not be ct all sur,
O-;sjnv If i, should turn out that be had
EcLs5 mn this row legally TO sdyerate him
ssE and book which he is just finishing on
a. history of the eolored race. de - one
CF The best educated, best read eolored
men in the country he
ipdustrious, proud of has htsrAry a.'Aia
msnts a. well be may be, and manages tc
ksep fairly abreast with current hterAturs
xb;rh cannot be said OF . good many Witn
s-ssler uretentions than bus. de has peer
sSo1t Washington q good deal for the pas
80 mart Of the time at work on his HIsto
the Colored race; cleaning matena
80 - ,hs Congressional Library for the m
- ~. tonches. BE was rather an sttrae
- sssre At the library last winter n
Is aIways very neatly dressed in well hi
.:a. ts;Ior made suits Of dark material an
uos ~ wore on his head while in the horar!
M skuIlcap, which gave him NOR
.hoIsrly and digui6ed appearances. d.
saD.sr. % be quite a student Of tbs art o
sPPt~onsl appearance and dress and attitud,
POd general manner Is model Of tssss ass. s1s q
Esas,v ~ But il is pretty evident that n
III not 20 TO HAyti IS the rspresentAnVe o
/ .hs great United States.
e s,ss..msn VINO Don't Pay Their Debts,
-, :. ....,,. that statesmen are onl,