Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-01-30
TEE PUBLIC RECEIVED.
Mrs. CIsveIand's Receptions to the
Public Every Other Saturday Aft
ern9on--The Motley Crowds,
Tha Favorable Impression Created by
Mr.. ThOtbe en- she Floor Of The
House While Pleading HIS case.
A Bul for this Relief eff the Postmaster at
Big springs, TX is Passed By the
House of Il representatives..
MRS. cLEvELAND's RECEPTIONS

MRS. CLEvELAND's RECEPTIONS.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-Mrs. Cleve-
land gives the general public an opportu-
city. to see her and shake her hand every
TWO weeks. These receptions are held
on Saturday afternoon, alternating be-
tween those Of the President. These gath
eriDgs bring together some of the most
motley croWdsIthat it would be possible
to gather in any respectable community
There is no bar on account of age, sex,
color or previous condition, and the re-
suit can read ly be imagined.
Ga Saturday OF last week it ia est
mated that there were at least 5000 peo-
pie crowded around the entrance OF the
White house. Mrs. Cleveland saw and
greeted every one who succeeded in gain
ing admission. The day was raw and
chilly, ard The many ladies who desired
to shake the hand of the wife of the chief
magistrate, were compelled to re-
main on the street or the
walk leading up to the portico
of the Executive Mansion fer more than
two hours. The crowds of thieves and
"rsmskallions," with which Washington
like every other city in the universe is in
Tested, saw an opportunity to do Il great
deal Of damage. Several pockets were
picked, small articles Of wearing apparel
were stolen, and women were brutslly
thumpsd and pounded out OF pure devil
ishness BY these hoodlums. Mrs. Cleve-
land has given the subject OF these receD-
a Of
that there are many inconvenience placed
around those who desire to see her, and
she would readily adopt some other course
Of meeting tho people If it were possible,
but up to the present time no feasible
plsn has been suggested.
Mrs. Cleveland receives informally ell
those who claim to be her personal friends
on two days Of each week, and many who
have bdtA slight acquaintance with Ger
iEnfsrove This opportunity for paying their
respects, but the general public will have
to stand the pressure from the outside II
they desire to attend the White House
receptions.
THoEBE IN THE HOUSE.
Special to the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-There wasFa
voice from the people heard in the House
Of Representatives the other day. 1t pro-
ceeded from Thoebe, who has achieved
considerable reputation as contestant for
Spesker CaTlisle's scot. Thoebe looka,
what he claims himself to be, working
man, snd he appeared as i'll at ease in his
black neck-tie and his faultless frock
coafs as Berry Wall could possibly appear
II he should be discovered at O'Clock ar
raVed in his l O'Clock toeggry. ISThoeoe is
q man slightly over medium height, with
q thin and ungraceiul figure. He is dis
tinctly a blonde-but for his sex, he
might truthiully be denominated a
"Wnite-herse" blonde. There is q
expression on his face, which
is holl W checked and care Norn, and his
general appearance is that Of msD who
might com nsnd-and,deservs- conf
dence Of those with whom he came into
daily contact. Like the Jealous Moor,
'rude was he in his speecn;" like that
swarthly individual also was he
in pleading mis- cause well.
The dignity of the House
had no more teTrors for him than the
carelessuess Of his workshop; the atten-
as little as does the lack Of attention of
his senatorial colleagues embarrass the
hilarious Riddleberger. He was calm
aud composed, and though he licked the
eloquence of Breckenridge, the i'm
pc uosity Of a Randall, the polish Of
Cox, or the qusintness OF Reed, he
made his points with a great deal OF
natural power; and though his gestures
were poor and his speech hating, there
are many worse speakers than Mr.. Thoebe
in the House. His criticisms of the
House were outwardly grestly enjoyed
although they verged a little too close
upon the truth to be very agreeable to
the inner consciousness OF many 3 mem
ber. His suggestion that, II the rule of
"rather be right than be President" pre-
vailed, the House would be deprived of
the presence of many of its prominent
members, WAS not acceptable to those
gentlemen who are lending q willing ear
to the sirenic buz3ing Of the presidential
bee, while his remark to tire effect that
1t was "no CREST shskes" to be an NJ. c.,
some what dampeued the enthusiasm of
the freshmen of The Congressional sch Of,
who hsve regarded those letters after
tn air names as symbolic of ell that is
great and good and praiseworthy in the
republic, totally obliyious of the fact the
truth of which Thoebe tried to impress
upon them thai there are some good men
outside of the walls of the capitol.
RELIEF OF BIG SPRINGS POSTMASTER.
of the Gazette.
WASHINGTON, Jan 25 The following
bill for the relief Of John Snoddy, post
master st Big Springs, Tex, was passed
by the House of Representative to day
thu ough the efforts OF Mr.. LAnham:
Be it enacted, etc, that the Postmaster |
General be and he is hereby authorized !
and instructed to adjust and settle the
claim of John -SnoddY, postmaster at Big
Springs, Tex, for mouey order funds |
amounting to 1920, RENTED by him to |
the postmaster a. Dallas, Tex, January |
%, 1887, and which said funds were
stolen in transit by train robbers.
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