Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-03-30
CONGRESSIONAL VISIT.
Twenty-four Hours Spent
in Los Angeles.
TRIP THROUGH THE COUNTRY.
What they Saw in City and County
Under the Auspices of the
Board of Trade.

W uUt phoy bHW IN OtoJ sNn>@
Under the Auspices of the
Board of Trade.
When the first telegram came on Fri
day to the effect that the Congressiona
delegation would not be able to make
visit in Los Angeles great regret was fel
among all GLASSES Of people. Thl
satisfaction was correspondingly grea
when OF Saturday afternoon the mes
sage was received that arrangements hat
been made by which they would be able
to remain here one day, arriving Sun
day afternoon and leaving by the Eas
bound tram the next day. As all hope,
Of having the pleasure Of receiving the
distinguished gentlemen had been dissi'
pated by the first message, of course ne
arrangements had been made for such
an event The Board OF Trade, how.
ever, nothing daunted. took the matter
vigorously in hand and in moments no
lice formulated very pleasant pro-
gramme for Sunday afternoon and Mon
day morning.
The directors of the Board consist Of
Major G. IL. Bonebrake, president;
Major L. l.. Stern, Il. German, l.. > !.
Mathews, and d. NJ. Johnson. Besides
these there were invited to accompany
the delegation Mayor Il. f. Spence, DR..
II. Sinsabaugh, President of the Coun-
Gil; Col Oscar Macy, President OF the
County Board OF Supervisors; Mr.. l. w
Heilnan, President of the Farmers Il
Merchants Bank, Hon. s. M White, j b,
Lankershiu,, A. M. Lawrence, Secretary
of the Board of Trade; Mr.. j. d. Lynch,
of the HERALD; Col. II. G.. Otis, of the
Times; Mr.. II. q. Osborne. of the Express,
and DIR. Walter Lindley, an intimate
personal friend OF Mr.. johnson, Chief
Clerk Of the Senate, who is with the del
egation.
Mr.. johnson. Mr.. Lynch and DIR
{ Sinsabaugh were detained elsewhere,
and all the other gentlemen, together
with Councilman @. l.. Stearns, Gen.
John r. Briefly, +. p. Kelly, ESQ.,, j.
b. Lankersbim, Col. Banbury. Of Pasa-
dena; General J.. r. Matthews.
Hon. r. +. Del Vale, Mr.. o. W.
!Childs, Postmaster j. w. Green, j. G.
DAILY, ESQ.,, Col d. M. Berry, of the
HERALD, and G.. w. Burton, of the
ne journal, with a number other citi-
gems invited for the occasion assembled
in due time at the new depot to welcome
the citys guests. The train was little
late, but at $3.50 the special furnished
by the Southern Pacific Company, ran
in on the east side OF the depot and the
gentlemen alighted. Their names and
official positions, as they appeared in
the HERALD Of Sunday, are:
Hon. J. A. Loutitt, of Stockton, Rep
resentative from the Second District of
California; Hon. Joseph MeKenna, Of
Suisun, Representative from the Third
District of California; Hon. J. Thomas
Spriggs, of Utica, Representative from
the twenty third District of New York;
Hon. James Bright Morgan, of Herman
do, Representative from the Second Dis
trict of Mississippi; Hon. Seth L. Milli-
ken, OF Belfast, Representative from the
Third District of Maine; Hon. Polk
Laffoon, of Madisonyille, Representative
from the Second District of Kentucky;
Hon. William Peters Hepburn, of Cla-
rinda, Representative from the Eighth
District Of Iowa; MIR. Chas. W. John
son, Chief Clerk Of the Senate. Miss
Fannie Carlton accompanies MIR. Mill
ken. Mr.. f. b. LOOMS, correspondent
of the Philadelphia Press and other
eastern Journals, and Lieutenant Richard
Glover U. s. N, of the United States
steamer Patterson, accompanied the
party. Mrs. Rosenbaun, of Pasadena,
a.. cousin of Mr.. Hepburn, had also
come in to meet the train.
The Directors OF the Board OF Trade
had ordered luncheon prepared at the
Depot Hotel, where mine host Simon
Reinhart spread very generous and ar
stically arranged repast cooked with the
skill OF real expert. The visitors were
iient on seeing Los Angeles, whose name
Is household word all over the country,
and to honest Simon's unutterable dis
gust left three-fourths of his elegant
courses untouched. His Honor, the
Mayor, who presided as muster of cere-
monies, at the outset had happily an
nounced that any man at the table who
said speech" should be shot, and there.
fore before lf.past four a long string Of
carriages carrying nearly half hundred
persons took up the line of march through
the main thoroughfares of the city. The
postoffice was visited and the contracted
dimensions OF that "pent up Utica
no reference to the home of Mr.. Spriggs
where the mail of 40, 600 people is de-
livsred from place designed for a 10, 900
city was observed. Then the hill was
assembled where the whole valley lay.
from the mountains to the sea, dotted
with dark green orange orchards, vine
yards still brown, the broad plains Of
green, and in the foreground the flower
EMPOWERED homes OF the Augelefios,
with the faint gliinmer OF the ocean in
the far distance were all dwelt upon
with admiring gaze.
The procession proceeded past the
Normal School, out Pearl street, stop
ping at the beautiful home Of Judge
Silent. and continuing as far as the Uni
versity of Southern California. At the
pleasant home Of DIR. Sinsabangh, Presi-
dent Of the City Council, a number Of
little girls were assembled bearing golden
fruit and lovely flowers Of thousa nd
hues from the garden. The little ones
presented the gifts of Flora and Pomo-
ma to the visitors, who were greatly
pleased with this simple but beautiful
attention. Returning Mrs. Longstreet's
magnificent residence was passed
through, and then, on arriving near the
city, detour was made to visit the
great Wolfskill orange grove on Alame-
da street. This was the last point of in
terest waited, and thence the gentlemen
were conducted TO the car at the depot.
YESTERDAYS TRIP.
Before separating it was agreed that
ut O'Clock next morning the party
should proceed through Pasadena, lunch
at the Sierra Madre villa, return through
the places of Messrs. Shorb. Rose and
Baldwin, and thence to the San Gabriel
depot to catch the train going east at
$50 p. M.
Duly at the hour appointed nearly all
those named above, together with Mr..
K. A. Mar, OF the Coast survey, Major
Horace Bell, OF the Porcupine, and Mr..
IL. w. Patton, of the HERALD, were on
hand. Generous provision as to car
riage room had been provided by the
Board Of Trade and soon the long pro-
cession of carriages passed over the
Downey avenue bridge through East
Los Angeles, along the Arroyo Seco,
and through Pasadena in the bright
light Of perfect California March day.
The ocean breeze famed the air cool,
and the one speck Of discomfort felt was
little too ardent heat as the foot of the
mountain was approached at noon.
Mr.. Cogswell had a very delicious
collation. prepared, to which ample JUS
tice was done by the party, their appe-
titles put In most happy mood by the
ride. An hour before the train was
due ut San Gabriel the descent
was begun, and points Of interest on
every hand viewed with great enthusi.
/, asm by the visitors. The foot of the
mountain above Pasadena, ablaze with
the beautiful red Of the California
poppy, or escholtzia, covering acres in
extent as thick as they could grow, was
in the eyes Of the Eastern people per-
haps tho most wonderful. The thou.