Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-01-08
CLEVELAND INTERVIEWED.

American Plan and ELECTS from Miss
Cleveland q Hint that the President
Would Like To be Reelected.
The PGH Mall Gazette of Dec. 10 pub
lished the following from Rev. II. X. Ha-
weis:
A bright sun, bitter wicd, blue sky,
and the thermometer 4degress below &c
ro-and there you have Washington on
the morning Of Dec. 7, at the opening of
Congress. The immense dome-shaped
pile OF white marble, which stands up
| against the blue sky and is reached by
/ lights OF marble steps, looks like nothing
less IMAM IT. PauPs cathedral built of
snow, with couple of huge Parthenon
temples On either side From an early
! hour the vast halls and corridors were
! crowded with miscellaneous thrOng, and
| about 1850 the Senators aud NJ. C.'s be-
gan to pour in. Mr.. Abram S. Hewitt,
one OF the foremost men in Congress
or, indeed, in the United States-Wha, /
am told, might any day be nominated for
the Presidency, was good enough to pass
me 10 the Presidents own gallery. 1t
was an imposing spectacle. An immense
! nall packed, the floor laid out as an am
| phltheatre, the Speakers tribune on one
side, deep galleries all round, and every
floor thrOnged, every door beseged with
twenty or thirty rejected applicants for
! admission.
BOUQUETS FOR THE MEMBERS.
! Many members, as looked down, SEEM
ed embarrassed by the large bouquets
| placed on the desks by political admirers.
The roar of converse tiOn subsidized for the
roll-call of names, and the Clerk OF the
House then took the votes Tor the two
/ Speakers nominated, Reed and Carlisle.
! All through the voting CjUG rOce, GRAND
| boys capered all Oyerthe House, and mem
bers carried on excited cOloquies. IL was
soon clear that Mr., Speaker Carlisle
! would be reelected, and presently he was
! escorted TO his high seat by Reed, the re-
! Jected candidate, and another honorable
member. He then made what l suppose
IS the routine speech OF thanks, butterng
the house pr0fusely as the greatest p0liti-
cal assembly in the world; then remind
ing honorable members Of their duties,
which was more to the point; recOmmen-
| ding mutual lOrbearance, candOr, order
| and general pr0priety Of conduct; lastly,
! promising 70 govern the House with i'm
1 Partially and justice according to the
| best of his power, etc. Judge Kelly, the
| oldest NJ. Z. present, then advanced TO the
| front in plain clothes COT course every
one wore plain clothes) and standing on
the floor or the house, sw0re the speaker
IN. 1t was understood that little mere
! would be done that day, Sherman having
been duly elected as President Of the SEN
ate pro tenn. | took a last look round on
the immense assembly. A portion OF the
galleries was devoted to the general pub
lie; but every one was in black upstairs
and down, and the effect was most i'm
! pressiVe, almost tuneTeal. The bright
stars and stripes draped above the Speak
| er were the only spot of color in the House
| except the occasional bouquets dotted
about on the dresses, chiefly OF the South
ern Nj. CPS.
! THE PRESIDENT BEGGED ME BE SEATED.
| left the members OF council and the
| Senators in full session. The swearing
! In of one member is like the swearing in
of another, and out of respect to the men,
CRY of Vice President Hendricks it was
arranged that the House, after electing its
| officers, should adjourn. Ascending the
marble steps / was ushered into spa
| ciOus hall, in which stood large picture
OF w Arlington about to sign the inevita-
Bile Decree of independence as usual. A
| very beautiful glazed opaque glass screen
| separated the hall from the rest of the
ground floor. To right and left open out
other apartments, ante-rOOms and the
staircase leading TO the Presidents own
| cham bers. On receiving my card the
President sent down that he would see
] lAlS az OuNGs vi BuIu a udNs wien All
| Washington was in a political fermept,
and the President was understood to be
preparing his message, l should not have
been surprised il | had been kept waiting
an hour or two, and then learned that the
first citizen OF America was rather too
busy to engage in small talk with travel
ers. Not at all. AS l entered the spa
clOus apartment in which the head OF the
| American State transacts business, the
Gift D 30 lrv-
his back TO the windows, and after shak-
ing me warmly by the hand bade me be
| seated. He was in the middle Of a long
letter, but he pushed ii aside, and swing
! ing himself round on his piVoted chair
(like those used in the Pullman cars }, he
at once inquired about my stay in Amer
lea; asked me now far they had got on
with business in the House; and on my
remarking that the Speaker, who had
finished about half an hour ago, seemed to
be rather pTOfuse in his thanks, dealing out
| a good deal of butter TO the Nj. CPS assem-
| sembled. Il guess,o said Mr.. Cleveland,
''they can stand good deal Of that" lie
added that Carlisle was admirably fitted
for the post OF Speaker, and he was right
glad OF his reelection, commanding. as be
did, the esteem and confidence OF all sides
Ol the House. Speaking OF Mr.. Abram 5.
| Hewitt, who bad given me my letter OF
man, bat 1 fear his health is not good.
Unfortunately, nervous energy, brain
power and physical strength do not al
ways 20 together. For every great
effort Hewitt has to pay. A great
speech costs him great deaI-days be-
fore. 1 wish / could give him some of my
strength"
A BROUGHAM, But NOT AN IRRITABLE
BROUGRAM.
The President then went on TO say he
missed his exercise. "When l was a
bachelor always made point Of taking
my meals in a different place from where
/ slept. At breakfast 1 went out, all
weathers, and took a good stiff walk be.
fore got my food. TO such habits at
tribute good deal or my health and
strength" He asked me about nv own
methods OF work, etc, which would hard
| ~ be widely interesting % a discerning
public, and added: Il myself sit up late,
but l sleep weli-a great point; but this
| White house all day long, and not 10 be
able 10 get away, IL sometimes Expresses
me. Walking in the streets is. OF course,
/ not pleasant. / get into my carriage,
which IS change OF air, but ind the less
| exercise j t8le the less inclined ! am for
it, Some one here came In with dis
patches aud I rose 20 20, bur the Presi-
dent seemed In no hurry. at seems 10
me-" 1 said ''ut such a time as this that
your minutes run out like golden sand.
/ i thought YOU would be too busy with
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