The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-03-07

WASHINGTON, Mar. 6.-The rooms
set apart by the committee for the
use of the President are magnificent
~ decorated, aud the air is heavy
with the perfume of flowers which
abound everywhere, on the walls and
the. ceiling, and are massed in large
stands distributed about the room. A
promenade concert opened the fes-
Invites of the evening, and wa con-
tinued from 8 to II o'clock, during
which time the President held his
levee in the reception room. Dauc-
ing began upon the conclusion of the
concert. 1t was 1880 when Presi-
dent Cleveland arrived In the ball.
room, and he was Immediately e.
| c0rted to the Presidents room, where
! for half an hour he held an informal
reception, the members Of the COM
mittee and q small number of dis.
tinguished persons being present.
| The President was accompanied by
| Miss Cleveland aud Mrs. Hoyt, his
sisters, aud by his brother Rev. w.
| A. Cleveland and wife, and their two
sons, MI Hastings, his nephew, Miss
Hastings. Miss Nettie Yeomans,
Lizette Yeomans, Mrs. Bacon, ana
the Presidents brother-in-law and
wife of Toledo, and Col. and Mrs.
Lamont. about the same time ex-
President Arthur arrived. and he,
too, was escorted to the Presidents
room. With him were the members
of his cabinet. Vice President Hend.
ricks arrived about the same time
aud joined the President in his room.
At this time there was q large and
distinguished gathering, including
persons of the most diverse shades Of
political opinion. Besides the per-
SONS already named, there were pres
ent Senator Baysrd, Col. Villas, of
Wisconsin, General and Mrs. Sheli-
dan, General Rosecrans, Hon. DAN
lei Manning and wifs, Senator Pend
Teton, Hon. Richard r. Merrick, SeDa-
tor Wade Hampton, Senator Brown,
of Georgia, Justice Field, of the Su-
preme Court, and Speaker and Mrs.
Carlisle. There was no formal recep-
ton by President Cleveland, but a
large number of persons pressed about
him, and some Of the gentleman
standing in the immediate vicinity
made presentations.
After half an hour spent In this
manner, the room became ever
crowded, and the President and Vice
President, the f0tmer escorted by
Senator Pendleton and Richard 4.
Merr ck, and the latter by Represer-
tative Eaton and s. V..Niles, left the
room and made the round OF the ball
room, The band playing "Hail to the
Chief"
After the Presidential party had
left the reception room, the crowd
continued to pour into 1t through
other doors, unaware that Cleveland
had left. Standing In the centre of
the room was Bayard, and the crowd
pressed about him and shook hands
with him As they passed. apparently
under the impression that he vas
Yice-P President Hendricks. When
tho Senator at last discovered that he
was being taken for somebody else,
he abandoned the room. The scene
In the bail room at the time was ex-
oeedingly brilliant, the large hall
was completely filed with q con-
stantly moving crowd numbering
several thousand, while from the
balconies thousands: more looked
down on the scene. The bright toilets
of the ladies, the brilliant uniforms
of the diplomats and army and navy
officers, the flowers, the giitterlng
jewels, decorations and lights were
prominent features and the scene
will long be remembered.