New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-06-30

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before August, unless the Senate
changed its mind.
Washington, June 25th, 1886.
The most interesting event OF the
week, probably, on Capitol Hill, was
the defeat of the Tariff debate in the
House of Representatives Amono
social events. the two receptions given
by the President were first in import
ance. A Brazilian Prince visited the
city to see the sights, Leopold, grand
son of Emperor Dom Pedro, and Two
conventions, one of physicians aud the
other of Horticulturists, composed of
delegates from every State in the Union,
convened in this rendezvous for nation
al assemblies,
Nothing could have testified more
strongly to the interest which the pub.
lie takes in the Presidents bride than
the enormous throng of citizens which
passed through the parlors of the White
House at the peoples reception. 1t is
said by the Oldest attaches of the Man
sion that the crowd was the largest seen
there since the days of Abraham Lin.
coin.
10 a stranger in this country the con-
course was astonishing. The people
were wedged in solid ranks, six deep.
from the Riggs House to the farthest
entrance of the White House, ibefore the
reception opened. After it had been in
progress two hours, and all parlors
seemed crowded to their utmost capacj.
ty, the crowd outside was as dense and
eager as it had two hours preyi.
ously.
The main objection to SO great a mass
OF soVerelgns' was the difficulty it pre-
sented in having a good look at the
bride and bridegroom When SO MANY
thousands of people were pressing on
ones heel it seemed beyond all reason
to pause for a single second, even to
shake hands. But the President was
in the best humor, his will wonderfully
gracious, and the crowd was good nat
ured and patient despite the hurrying
and pushing and knocking and squeez-
ing it had to endure on every side.
When Mr. Cleveland was asked.
prior to the reception, how the crowd
should be landed, he replied Treat
everybody alike" With these instruc-
tlons the task was comparatively easy.
Those came i'll carriages were treated
the same as those who came afoot.
The carriages were driven to the end
OF the line, and. there the occupants
alighted and took theh positions. Al
ter while carriages were kept out of
the grounds altogether. The hand
shaking ordeal continued steadily for
three hours, and the people passed the
receiving party at the rate of 80 per
minute.
The Senate is too Industrious to Give
the President much rest. 1t sends for
his examination and approval, bills by
the basketful. When he went to bed on
Saturday night, he had on his table
tfy-four bills, the constitutional time
for his examination of them expires to-
day,and he had not looked at one,o them.
There is another lot embracing as many
more that will become laws on Tues
day unless he vetoes them, and still
more on Wednesday, and it is scarcely
possible for him to read their text.
Thursday and Friday the Sennte passed
PIP bills, about half of which have gone
through the House, and they were
dumped on his table today. Some of
these bills are saved by their numbers.
They would certainly be vetoed if the
President had time to examine them.
The officers of the Grand Army of
tne hepuollc feel indignant toward the
President because he has not paid any
attention to q communication they sent
him some time ago with reference to the
failure of the heads of departments to
enforce section 1854 of the Revised Sta
tutes in making appointments to Office.
They have repeatedly addressed letters
to Secretary Lamar, Postmaster Gener-
al Villas, Assistant Secretary Smith,
Commissioner Black, and others on the
same subject, and receiving no attent-
ion from these gentlemen, they made
an appeal to the President month or
so ago, enclosing him a list of the
soldiers who had been discharged from
the Department, and the number that
have been appointed during the present
administration. The communication was
handed him in person, and he promised
to give it his attention, assuring them