The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1886-06-25

spoke TO every member OF our delegation
As We fled By him and were introduced
WAS one OF the first To be introduced. aud
wlshlu 10 study the man just for a min
ute, / 'troke ranks and took position IN
close proximity. why. how do you DO
my ltt!e Miss " said he. as he gr.tsped the
tiny hand of the little daughter OF Prof
Holt, of oak Ridge. n viii come 10 sc
you when YOU get TO be President, sa.l
he 10 Mr.. Caleb Green's little son Many
other pleasant remarks he made IL our
folks as they passed along.
After the delegation had passed, Gen.
Cox seeing me in my stolen retreat. said
Come, | want to reintroduce YOU"
stepped up and together We walked up To
the President. How do YOU DO Gen
Cox, said his eNcellency. II am glad 10
see YOU. Thank you Mr.. President.
SAID the General, ~ want to present again
Mr.. Arendell, who is connected with the
pioneer Civil Service Reform paper OF our
state. why Mr.. Arcndcll, said his e&-
ceiIency as he warmly grasped my hand
Il am more than glad to meet You Il am
delighted TO meet you, Mr.. President, and
am more thtn delighted To inform You
that IN our delegation We have twenty
four Civil Service Reform North Carolina
editors, was my reply That is indeed
very encouraging, said he, ''and we are
going TO beat them fellows yet, won't We
Cox :: said he, he pressed down on my
hand little tighter. In this he probably
alluded to Randall and IIolman's recent
attack on Civil Service Reform
From the White House we wet to Secre-
tary Bayard' Office and were introduced
to him by Gen. Cox. He is one Of the most
pleasant men | ever met, and and he
seemed to feel that he was the one that
was being honored instead of we Tar
Heels. He spoke of his visit to Raleigh in
1879 and said he remembered many pleas
ant acquaintance he met in Raleigh and
Charlotte, and felt highly honored at be
ing called upon by the members of the
North Carolina Press Association.
At the Capitol.
After leaving the Office of Secretary
Bayard we boarded a street car, and in
company with Senator Ransom and Con
gressmen Cox and Reid, we went to the
Capitol. Every attention was paid US by
our worthy Representatives. We were
given the most prominent place in the gal
leries of each house, where we could hear
everything that was said, and see every
prominent member, Randall, Morrison,
Holman, Weaver, Reed, of Maine, with
his doll baby looking face, Bland, Sprin-
ger, Hewitt and others Gen. Cox, Col.
Cowles, Mr.. Reid, Col. Johnston, Col.
Green, Mr.. Skinner and Col. Henderson
came up and took seats among us, chat
ting pleasantly with each one, and Con-
gresham O'Hara came up delighted to see
SO many North Carolinians In the Sen
ate chamber we saw Logan, Curtis, Blair,
Beck, King, Malone, and other notable
Senators. We went all through the Cap
itol building, the grandest structure on
earth-in the Presidents room, in the
in, ihrar
Statuary Hall, upon the dome, from which
every important point in this great city
| may be seen.
Senator Vancc's Reception.
After having spent two hours Monday
evening at the club rooms of the North
Carolina Democratic Association, where
we were welcomed in a neat little speech
by Mr.. I. b. WOmack, which was respond
ed to by our President, Mr.. j. |. Mckee,
We by special invitation repaired to the
elegant home of Senator Vance, where we
were most cordially received by him and
his excellent wife, and most handsomely
entertained for two hours. Here | met
| and had a pleasant little talk with Senator
| Call, of Florida, and Senator elect Daniel,
| of Virginia. | also met Senator Beck,
Senator Salisbury, Solicitor General Goode
and other notable men. Among the ladies
| were Mrs. Chas N. and David NJ Vance
| Mrs G. W. Harris, Miss McCullom, Miss
| SpotfOrd and others, whose radiant smiles
| lent even greater charms to the pleasant
| occasion. Senator and Mrs. Vance were
as attentive and hospitable, as such good
folk can possibly be towards their guests.
| They gave us that good old North Carroll
na hospitality that shows itself wherever
| you find tar heel. Senators, Congress
men, Editors and Ladies, all joined
heartily in making the occasion pleasant
one and a most pleasant one it was.
Sparks Here and There.
g It's Mrs. Vance's fault that you don't
| find anything in the dining room stronger
than lemonade Like the CHRONICLE She
is running on the dry ticket said the
Senator, to me as | came out from a most
sumptuous repast where there was an alb
sence of any kind of wine.
Standing on the dome of the Capitol and
| seeing every beautiful avenue leading to
| Capitol Hill and the streets all leading
| into the avenues, / thought what signfi-
cant arrangement. The city of Washing
ton lives on appropriations and at the
Capitol the appropriations are made what
| a convenient arrangement it is to have the
streets leading into the avenues and all
the avenues leading up to this fountain
| head OF SuStenance.
| would like to pay every tar heel i'll
Washington "a special compliment, Mr.. T.
B. Womack, Col. II. G. Williams, Mr.. G..
W Harris, Mr.. K. II. Cowan, Mr.. j. S.
Tomlinson, Mr.. Tom Ransom, Major Yates,
Mr.. Denmark, Bruce Anderson, Mr.. Ed
mond Jones, Capt. Hussey, Mr.. Mallard
Mr. J. n. Leach, but | must stop calling
names, It would take column to hold
them all and every one was as kind and
clever as possible. The thanks of theil
visitors without an exception are due them
and are rendered them
You don't know how we'll every one ol
Us behaved but North Carolinians you
know are always on their good behavior
especially when they are among strangers
Our Chaplain, the Rev. 2. r. Law, re
marked to me more than once that he wa!
proud of our Press Association and thei
most excellent behavior during the session
at Morehead, the trip to Washington ant
our stay there.
The Washington people said promi
neHt lady to me, ''have gone crazy owe
Mrs. Cleveland Every body is singin,
her praise and she is already the mos
popular Mistress the White House has hat
in many years" This lady was right
Everybody in Washington, rich and poor
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