The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1888-01-11
The Presidents Reception.

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year care IN xith hriga. and lesa1issl
day n wzsAi-Ssoa- The san shone
warmly n .n alznass cIousiess SKY. sna
The car r2s 81 that evula - deS5rei
The White House Vas the nam I.as1t Of
saierass % TIE ossciAl vorid zzd the p1b-
iic today. ard long bef3re sls beginning
q the Prs=ss1ientS zn1azl recs E.-oz he
great iroa zssz elesiag The PsnnsyiFznia
Even8e ezfrsnr4s - the groansis we're
surrounded by pesPie who gszed zigh
curiosity 81 the brilliantly ecssasns1
fhran= of diplomats sid officers a. thsy
hlei tnrp1zh INTO the Exscssiss Man
son The Iuseraor wss t4sfefallv buf not
lzrisilly desorzted Eifh p.n-sssl plants.
fowers and vines All II the shades
were drawn and TIE ras b1rus-z e-istiiy
IN Ihe crys.al chandeliers, which were
feSsoone6 wiih siulllzx and oiher .-race-
tsl vines The vss.itaie zGs zlllsos1 { .ssi
Kiih fhe sezrief-ctsied Marine hand.
shieh, under the airs1tion of Rsas-szer
soesss- dssoesrsed rle4sing music g. the
ceremonies Prezresss1-
4 fex minutes aff4r II o'clock the band
terzn u piav Han - the ChieE, anl
the reeepsio1 parry descended tFe stslT-
ea=e Gnd eu.sssd TIE Blus Psrior. Mar
si-zl N-iI-an ard Lieutenant Duval. T.
: Y Led the parry. f1IleWed hv the
President An3 Ei7s B4yAr5, ssreazy
Bayard and Mrs Cleveland. Secretary
TairchIld and Nrs Whitney. SECRETARY
End.i1cs1 and sIrs- Fairchill, Po=tulast=r
General Was and Caiefsel I.amoli
Secretary whiraey aTriVei lzzer, and
5oine3 the p4r1v "A the Biue P4rior.
Marshal Wilson took 4 positon = the
vess DOR Of the rom an1 introdueel
the osficiAls aa8 public % the President
Who Stood af his right hand I5euienant
Duvzl performed a ike serrice for ths
officers of the army and nzvy- Ms
Cleveland stood next 70 fha President,
and w2s assisted by Mss Baya-i- Mrs.
Fzirehild and Ms Whitney
When the party had taken up its Posi-
tion and exehsngs1 greetings With the
members of the Cabinet The Diple1a4fic
Co-7e Ezs reoeiSei Senor Preston, Of
the Corps. lei tie party. which msie a
brilliant picture n the lavishiy eubroid-
cred iiplarastic Costumes.
The Sapre1ae Court next paid Is -
s5-ctz % the Pres5dzuL Il Nas foIoEss
by Judges q the Court Of Claims and the
members q the Distrief julicia-y. Then
czlae the SanzforS and Repr=sen-atives
n Congress with their lsdles. rather
more ID number than Is us1ai upoa NeE
Gea-- Spasker Carlisle did not enter
with the nenters q the House, buf
came nearly half an hunr 1afe.
The officers of the army and navy,
who bad assembled al their respective
departments, reached the doorrzy Just -
the last of the Representatives PASSED
through the blue r-.orn- Lieutenant
General Philip Sheridan BEADED the army
rs-Fr-rs- while Rez- Admiral Jouegl LED
the naval contingent. An of the Officers
IL Washington, RetiFe and retired. Eere
IN line, and made a pretty picture with
tiseir dsrk biue uniforus, giIt eFanlettes
and SIDE arms
Next came ti1ze tbe Rsgeuts and the
Secretary Of the Smithsonian institution.
TIRE Comlnissi1Ilers- tie interstate Coa8-
lnerre Conzuisz5oa. the Assistant s.sc-e-
faries q the D.sPar7meuss. the Assistant
Postmaster General. the solicitor Gener-
a. ths heads ftbe bureaus II the sever
81 Departments, and The President Of the
Columbia Institute f3r the Dezf snd
Damb-
notabls break n the grzg-amna at
tins point vas tbs noa-apT.earance of The
associated salaiers of the Wzr Of Isl9
I-zst yezrihey Numbered SIX. bui to-day
Tsot one nlz1ie fsis apg-=zraDoe- The Grand
Army q Repuhiic. sI1h E4r-e numfer
olf rltralers. ana the Oldest Inhabitants
Association ef the District Of Colu-ahia
were the last organized bodies % ex-
change greetings with the Presidential
party, and i was lialf-past Z before the
western gate VS. thrown open and TIE
general P1ble admitted
Although tae people Ee-e presezt II
large numbers the er5sd Eas hardly
es.oai 10 those q lsrer5ous years Frg-=1-n-
ably for the reasan that uaosz ofthe citi-
zens have been able u crafty their de-
sirs - Eleef the Presi5ent - his weekly
reeepsions during TIE fali and winter
The reception terminated 81 > o'ciock.
having pas-zi q saeoesstully II every
particular and without Al uRt0zzr3 IL