St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-24
GROVER GIVEN AWAY.
Tho Late Vice President Hendricks Broth-
er-in-Law Sets the Date of the
White House Wedding,
And Tells It to Newspaper Man, Who
Forthwith Informs the Rest Of
tae World.
The 10th of June Named as the Day
But Col. Foisom's Death May
Interfere Somewhat.
Speculations as TO the Presidents
Reasons for the Purchase of
Country Home.
The Cat Cat of the bag.

The Cat Cut of the bag.
Special to the Globe:
WASHINGTON, May 23.-Sitting in the
reception room at the White house, adj
Joining that of the entrance to the library
of the president. was little old man with
sinister eye and face resembling that of
Gen. Wolford of kentucky. 1t was the
venerable Dr.. Pierce of New York, a
brother-in-law of the late Vice President
Hendricks. 1t was not long until the mes
Senger announced to DR.. Pierce that the
president would receive him. He soon dis
appeared beyond the portals leading to the
executive chamber. \ full half hour
elapsed before his return. There were two
female acQuaintances of the doctor in the
reception room who were awaiting him.
lit is fact" shouted DR.. Pierce, as he
entered the reception room. The president
is to be married"
what makes you think SOP Mr.. Pierce was
asked.
HE has just said so, and L know he was
talking the TRUTH
Then you asked him the question: con-
tiuued the GLOBES representative.
Il did, and he said it was TO take place the
10th of June"
Il wish 1 could kiss him just once before
he marries,' said one of the women to whom
the doctor was talking.
IF he had not told me So" said DR.. Pierce,
Il would know he is to be married any how.
l have been married more than once, and can
tell when man intends TO take wife,
ROOMS FOR TIE FoLSOMS.
1t is stated by friend of the president
that rooms for a number of the Folsom
family have been engaged at the Carrollton
hotel, in Baltimore, from the 18th to the
18th proX. This is interpreted to mean
1~...1 IL b
stop in the Monumental City, where they
will be joined by Mr.. Cleveland, and from
there go to Buffalo. where the wedding is to
take place. On account of the death Of the
grandfather the wedding is to be in private.
Miss Folsom and her mother are on the
sea. They left Liverpool on the 18th on
the Inman line steamer City of Chicago.
and are due III the port of New York-fair
skies permitting Tuesday. They
are consequently unaware of the
death of Col. Folsom, whose funeral
took place yesterday in Folsomdale, n. Y.
The question which is now agitating social
and upper circles is whether on the arrival
of the Folsoms the marriage of Miss
Frankie and President Cleveland will not
be postponed. President Cleveland, how
ever, at last accounts was preparing home
for his bride that is to be. Presidents have
been content heretofore to occupy the
White house during their incumbency, but
Cleveland has an idea that he would rather
live in private residence. When it was
first announced a few days ago that the
president was negotiating for the purchase
of q country home, some establishment was
expressed. People could not understand
why he wished to live
OUTSIDE OF THE WHITE HOUSE,
where there is so much gayety and gran
deur. 1t is said that it is not altogether
the wish of the president that moves him to
look for home away from the White
house, but that it is more the request of his
bride to be, Miss Folsom. She prefers, it
is said. to preside over private household
rather than public one like the White
house. In quiet country home she can
learn the duties Of a good housewife with
out embarrassment, whereas, if she first
steps into the White house, and is compelled
to be the first lady and entertain the thou
sands who will call on her, she will find
much embarrassment. The economical
idea of the president in selecting q residence
has been commented Oh and pretty generally
Endorsed by the people. He did not want
to go above SIS, 1000 The owner of the
place he has been negotiating to buy wanted
$50, 900, and the negotiations have been
very close and lively, the president finally
pushing his figures up to ST. GOO. Mr..
Cleveland is said to want to keep his outlay
for home within S30 600, and calculates
that he can fix up the place and furnish it
if he should pay $4,000 TO $4,000, and
when he settles down as a benedict will not
be out to exceed $50. 600. A question has
arisen in the minds of the politicians COLI
corning the significance of the presidents
wanting TO buya residence here. 1t is gen.
orally believed that he thinks that he will
secure
A SECOND TERM
of Office. otherwise he would lease place
instead of buying. Then another question
arises 1t is, if he purchases residence
and lives in the country, where he will go
every evening, he will be allowed to keep
at that home any of the regular White
house police force. detectives, guards and
servants. The White house has regular
complement of guards, paid at the expense
of the government, and retained largely
to protect the chief executive. 1t will be
an amusing sight to see the president leave
the White house at o'clock in the
afternoon in his carriage and drive to his
county home, followed by an omnibus full
of police, fOotmen and servants, and to see
them come in the same way the next morn
ing. The presidents friends say he will
not, however, take these people with him.
but will employ his own watchmen and
servants. When the newspapers first be-
gun to comment upon the approaching
marriage of the president he was greatly
annoyed and worried considerably over it.
He could rot see why the public press
should discuss
A PRIVATE MATTER
like matrimOny, and talk about the little
details of his marriage. Frequently he
talked to Secretary Lamont, his private
secretary. and complained bitterly about
the notoriety he was getting into. After
awhile he began to enjoy the comments.
because they were more or less humorous.
A few days ago Col. Lamont was surprised
to hear the president say, when called into
his presence, that he wanted SCRAP books
made of the clippings from the
newspapers about his approaching
marriage, and laughlngly remarked:
''Some day it will be good reading.~ Col
Lamont said that it should be done. and as
he started to leave, the secretary was given
an arnlful of clippings from thenewspapers
which had been taken out by the presidents
own hand. A paragraph was printed in a
number of newspapers in the South stating
that the president had opened a SCRAP book
for the clippings OF newspaper comments on
his marriage, and that ne would be glad to
receive marked copies Of newspapers con-
tanning notices of his approaching wedding.
The result was he began to receive On an
average about 100 newspapers day. all
marked. Now it averages more than $50
newspapers day.