New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-02-19

shonrh a grandmother Her neck and arms, o.
faulrjess rotundty and whiteness, were dlsplsye1
To the best advantage by decoiiete osess
rich black velvet, their charms being still fnrtno
heightened by q necklace and briceie's Oh pes'is,
white ostrich plumes ornameDted her hsir, wn1
married daughters, Mrs George Hay OF Virginia,
and Mrs. Samuel l.. Gouvcrncur, OF view. IoH'
stood beside her in the centre OF the room, "
sist in receiving. The gawKy crown on 1'" 49, 70
and their wives seized her extended hand 40 y
IL had heen pump-handle and always ad1ress'"
her a. Mrs President Mrs. President; MEAT,
this is my darter Seliny She's iockIn ;, nu
peaked jest now, but calkIlate ~ no" o'hsS"
come round all right bum I'VE.
Monroe. though his experience in the CONF
rental army had been comparatively brlen w
very fond Of military display and parucniasy
Of art illerv sal ties. While in office he TOOK os-
light in ushering in every Washingion's Birthday
by an unearthly roar Of cannon at the navy
Capitol heard more guns fired and saw more
parades on Wa hngtOn's Birthday during his Al
ministration than during that OF any other three
Presidents | remember seeing him particpa"
in one Of these professions clad In dark bine
coat. huff vest, buf-eol rel doeskin breecfes'
black top boots and mil tary cooked hat OF nc
fashion OF the Revolution. with black bowen
ribhon Of the same period ms cockade.
Il have spoken OF the rowdyism OF Wash-
nctop's Birthday celebration In Madison's time,
bit II nothing TO that which prevailed on
some of those occasions during the Admin,s'ra
lions OF John Quincy Adams and Andrew jazz
son. During the election Of 1924 partisan tee'ns
on both sides had ragged with unprecedented VIC
lcnce. ard the entire campa' On had been marRen
by extreme bitterness asperity and prof'gacy
he press on both sides was virnent and iihei'ons
No privacy was safe. no confidence sacreo. ins
animosties thus engendered by no means d~i
ont with the election Of Adams. The partsans
~ Jackson. who had hecn his chief onponent.
loudly declared that oil Hickory had been de,
featod bv fraud allooing that Henry CIV had
sold the vote ~ Kentucky u the ADAMS men, hr.
they thirst d for revenge. On The occasion or
every public dis'lav In WASHINGTON during the
A mis- frat IN If fle frvOf
almost certain 70 ccme into collision. fsnec'H'y
this the during the Washirgton's Birth
who such occasion ven+ured m shout 'Hnr.
rah for Adams or Three Cheers for q ~
unless surrounded nv host ~ friends. Other
wise. he would he Immediately set uron nv
hand Of Jacksonites. who DELIGHTED m carry
heavy hickory clubs nc badge Of their LOYALTY
IN odd Hickorv' Unless a ooodlv number or
Adams men rallied 70 his assistance he was GER
tain 10 reernt bitterly hs tem"ritv.
ION the last wasMngton's Birthday that
at S1 sRe T thourh 0 that ANDY had rSmpcd
his old SpCoosnt !? the election Of is2s a r..
following March know no bounds and
SOUGHT expression in, the most gro'esone antics
te T and nsh e26W me
streets singing Jackson campaign songs Men
and boys crazy with whiskey went ahout bur
rahnr and shoutng for nd andy t,s Ths end hare
rooms in which hortles. glasses c<orv cluNs,
brass knuckies knives and pistols played promi-
newt rert The press Of those DAYS was very
different from that OF our own. and reference 70
= newspaper file o. that period would tel httle
or nothing of all II is Indeed. il was rho absence
OF all danger OF publicity through The press that
was in no small degree responsible for these dis
Graceful scenes and for the fact that many men
of high social standing were active participants
therein.
jackson prided himself on being President
O: the people. and seemed anxious 10 vaunt III,
L o.
remember the right OF enc Washington's Birthday
on which he held a reception for which unusna'iy
! ca crate prep" ratiOns were made IN was pun
| liclv announced that refreshments would he pro
vidAd and that everybody and his wife and chill
TTSn VIE ny"d TIE Sc scenes t FrSrted u tss
scr,hIv thus drawn together simply he@gar de-
scrintion Immense nuantitieS o. Zoo cram and
runch had been provided, but those milo
gustatory ard h'hq'ous lOngires Of the
crowd Men half seas over with punch
iurnD'd u0on e." e'ecant ,unho's'er1d ehn,r
! and sofas ard shouted for wh'sx"v TIL" fry
| colored walters who had been snecially engaged
wero wholly unable To supply with sufficient
rap'aitv the over Increasing demand or III" punch
! ancn tho crowd would make rush ~ him and
fqNr with oaNt orher for he contents of his tray
their boots lenqhed. shouted and Sarg thenSeiYss,
| hcarse Bully fur Won Old ANDY" Go in. Old
Hickory. we nut You here' md Give I'm HI
| ardyr were arnNrg the exoFmotio"s that ring
| through the elegant rooms ord corridors - the
White House that night Women screamed ard
/ tainted Children cried, and any forei~nor Who
could have been TRANSPORTED into the m"s' OF the
! soothing swoa-ng swe ting crowd would haze
| thought oil bodlam bad been let loose. II WIS
! only nv the announcement that bail 81 wis
/ KEY was about 70 he topped in the Whit" House
grounds that IN" un"uly gang were finally IN
/ duced TO leave The house
When Van Buren, sncceeded Jackson in S97
! he endaavor'd as indeed he bad nlodged hmsoh
10 do 10 follow in the footsteps Of Old Hickory IN
/ evervthnu He also aimed - he the ponies
! Pres dent and when he invited them 10 Wash
| ingtons Birthday receipt, ne provided + T their
/ dedication a monster cheese which had been pre-
sented TO him by OF his admirers in his native
State of New-YOrx Much the same So mes as
/ those above described were again enocted. The
people pe'tod each other with pieces Of the cheese
! and almost ruined the furniture and carpetS ny
smparing and trmDing th m with 10. This ruf
stop to the Offering Of refreshments AZ th" Presl-
dents public receptions. and from that flmc the
| cplebrations of Washington's Birthday annually
lost moro ard more of their peculiarly distinctive
| characteristics