The Washington critic., 1885-11-24

ure he may desire under his own roof |
AS TO receptions and entertainments at
the White House, It is thought that he
will not be behind any of his prodeces
sors in this respect. Sticklers for
etiquette hold that If MIR. Cleveland !
does lay down the rule to accept no
invitations of a social character he will
simply do what is right and proper for
the Executive. They remember what
a sensation was created when Andrew
johnson broke through the custom of
Presidents and appeared at a reception
at the house of Chief Justice Chase.
General Grant, who followed Mr..
johnson, scarcely ever refused an in
vitation and even attended wedding
receptions of private citizens. Mr..
Hayes went out good deal, and Mr.
Arthur, while President, not only was
frequent guest at official and unolll-
cial receptions, hut was very fond of
making Informal visits to his particu
lar friends both in the daytime and
evening""
W.
The story of Joe Towards bogus
Presidential message is rctold by
Carp" in the Cleveland Piajade6icr.
TO many the story will be new This
message, or rather proclamation, was
issued in 1864, and addressed rather to
the people than to Congress. II was
forged by Joseph Howard, now con
nccted with the New York Heuld, and
pretended to be call for half million
more troops. Its origin was in New
York, and it was written on the mani
fold paper used for Associated Press
pers by boys, who said that it was an
Associated Press dispatch, and 1t was
only through their bungling that it was
not used by every morning paper in
New York. The Journal Of Commerce.
printed it, as well as the World but
suspicion arose in the offices of the
Times and Tribune, and they did not
use it. The Herald had struck an edi-
ton of $4,000 copies containing 1t when
they found that it was not in the Times
or TriJune Then they saw that IL was
bogus, and they suppressed the edition
President Lincoln ordered the editors
of the papers which published the mes
sage to be imprisoned in Fort Lafay-
cite, but afterwards countermanded the
order. Joe Howard was arrested the
day following this, and after making
full confession he was imprisoned in
Fort Lafayette. He was not kept there
long, but by the intercession of power
full friends he was released without
punishment.
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The ladies of the White House are
thus pleasantly referred to by the
Washington lady correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press: Mrs. Hoyt and
Miss Cleveland were seen on Wednes-
day by such ladies of their acquaint-
ance as sent in their cards between 2
and 3 o'clock. They received in
formally in the Red Parlor. 1t was
| Miss Clcvelands first social intercourse
since her return, as q severe cold con
tracted in New York and aggravated
Oh her journey Saturday has kept her a
| close prisoner. She wore on Wednes-
day tailor made dress of dark brown
wool, with astrachan trimmings of the
same shade A Marshal Neil rose was
fastened with careless grace below the
throat. She no longer wears her hair
in short, waving masses, in the style so
| becoming to her last spring, but con
fined in a coiifure, which robs her face
of somewhat Of its apparent fullness,
though it gains in conventionality. She
has the cordial light in her eyes of
one conscious of coming among
friends, and not, as at first, among
strangers and, necessarily, critics. l
think the issuance of her book and the
many letters it has brought her from
her countrywomen have done much to
place her en- rapport with her new and
wide constituency. She impresses one
as having garnered much harvest from
the introverted habit of a thoughtful,
single life; one feels that If a solitude,
it has been u luminous solitude, rich in
its communion with Olympian powers.
To one lady she said yesterday: 81
wish that l could observe Washington
life in its political phase; but suppose
/ am too near the centre to get an ac
curate perspective on that. Those
who live on Mount Athos do not sec
Mount Athos.
go
In conversation with an Alabama
Democrat the other evening, one wht
is thoroughly posted, the Washington
correspondent of the Birmingham Age
learned something about the coming
Congress and the issues to come before
it. He said "The tariff, If the Demo
Gratis want to remain solid, must b(
acted upon in body, and sweepin!
reduction or enlargement of the fret
lists will be dangerous. Why, even i
the House did pass bill it would b,
killed in the Senate and needed legls
lation would have to suffer on that &C
count. A Republican Member said t.
me Just after Cleveland's s election tina
if it hadn't been for Sam. Randall ant
his followers in defeating the Morrison
bill Blaine would now be in the Whit,
House. | don't think the war on tn,
silver dollar will succeed, and silve
will have the attention OF Congress TO
little while this session. It's The
Eastern fellows who want silver coinag
suspended, and they'll wait.
won't be surprised to see bill
introduced before the session i
very old to regulate the differ
ences between capital and labor
This boycott business is getting tQ b
power to be feared, and unless Som
action is taken before it's too late sc
rious consequences are likely to be tn
result. While uphold labor organi
cations and everything that tends to nd
vance the interests of the wOrkingman
] am opposed to the method adopted b.
= the unions in settling the ditilcultie
3 with employers. According to the law
, of some trade-unions the employer
, have no rights which they are bound t
respect. And it's just such laws thG
will bring about in time one of til
greatest wars between labor and capj