New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-17
VIEWING THE FOREST CITY.
BUSY DAYS FOR THE INTERNATIONAL
DELEGATES.
IToIs IN CLEvELAND-PLEAsED WITH
tBr TELEGRAPH TO TIE rkIptxr.1

.Br TELEGRAPH TO TIE TkIBUNEl
Oo'eiahd, Oct. 16-Another day of sightseeing
icsS'S and entertainment. If the International dclc
saes Go not succumb to this Of thing before long
ic1 VIII show themselves possessed Of stronger con-
Sututons than they were given credit for Human
endurance has its limits. The reception committees
no doubt, arc animated by the desire only to please
but httle more consideration In another direction
Htt' moro commOnscnse. little more regard for
e tired out visitors would suggest an equally salts
i@lory prog ammo for tho entertainment OF the guests
ana infinitely more gratifying to them They have
seen manufactures, mills and shops without number
iheS want to sec no more Thoy have listened 10
scores OF speeches celebrating the greatness the glory
anu inc wealth OF tho "mlghtest nation on tho faco
ol the EARTH They want no moro of those. What
,hoy 90 want though, is TO be brought more closely
u'o contact with the people of the country
Ill social way. They will spin yol
arinl compliments by tho yard and say
'he handsomcst things about the things they have
seen Eut they would infinitely rather pay YOU com
pliments just now upon the Intelligence the wit and
uc beauty OF American women, only they havo seen
so very little of them thus far VIII not some one
OF the reception committees yet TO be met rise I'm its
pace' as 1t were, and, dropping all the childish nom
sehse-for it IS nothing els.-whlch. I'm its silly boast
lug ana ingenious manner Of Juggling with stat isc,
only defeats the object for which It was intended in
ss upon tho ladies taking part in the greeting to be
EXTENDED to the visitors They want to see the
homes Of this country
Tho reception given TO the delegates I'm Cleveland
has been most hearty If one were required
to Characterize it by st another adjectivs should
se tempted to the word musical Upon the
arrival Of the train yesterday afternoon at the Insane
Asylum I'm New burg, suburb Of Cleveland a ban1
was In readiness to receive the distinguished visitors.
when tho march to the asylum was begun the band
iTaded The procession and up the hill It went with
determination almost awful to behold. lis
gorgeous uniforms and It's blare of brass
ana changing of cymbas were the last
seen and heard OF Newburg by tbs delegates. When
they arrived I'm Cleveland proper there was another
band. When they reached the hotel there a
hlId one In readiness to break out When they en-.
tered the banqueting han they were greeted by tho
strains Of fourth. While eating quartet OF male
voices assisted the process OF digestion Their weary
heads sank upon pillows early this morning to the
strains of Sleep We'll. Sweet Angel" Before break
fast there was a screnade OF brass ins rumelts on
the lawn in front of the hotel with Gatng or some
other kind Of machine gun o5lgato. Then there
was fiIcmen's parade-and whoever heard of fire
mons parade without muse. In the parlors OF the
stillman where In the course of the afternoon,
informal reception took place, a young lady was
walbliag L" l Wish That the Love Bear Thee and
on the way TO the train tonight faint echoes of the
beautiful and classic melody to the words Johnnie.
Got Your Gun" are waited from across the street
Yes. Cleveland IS great musiccal city.
III u pfdCucduy Impossible 10 tOl OW Ule uHeftnt
delegates in then tours Of inspection. With the cX.
cepuon of drive in the afternoon up Euclidave. 10
Wade Park Lake View and Gorons Park. every body
did pretty much as he liked during the day. Inde
faiigable and monstrously polite committeeman
always in attendance, however, to do the slightest
bidding OF the foreigners, and looking after their
fort The souvenir programme bound I'm satin.
gave at least a OF places of interest 10 which
the delegates might have gone if Inclined AMI
there always member OF the commit
tee in readiness 10 accompany them. The barbor,
the waterwOrks, the tunnels the pumping stations and
reservoir, the shipy arls the whaIyos and Whiskey
Island covered with the immense heaps Of iron ore Of
at least sXty-fve different blEds and all brought
down from Lake superior, Interested few, but most
retired 10 their rooms and INDUCED in forty Wlnks"
The spccchCs made at the banquet last night greatly
Impressed tho delegates, and none more 50 than hat
OF senator Sshcrman. II has been commented on by
them 10 day In the most nattcIiug manner. All. OF
cOuIsc. know the Senator by reputation, but few only
had ever met him. one Ol the delegates summed up
the sentiments of majority Of his colleagues by say
ing: MI sherman Is not politician. he Is states
man. Next TO Mr.. BidnC'5 speech II Is the best we
have listened tor Among those d"lNeted by the
guests that OF SenOr Zcaya Of Honduras, was prob
ably the best. 1t eloquent II was short and 1t was
delivered with dignity Unfortunately It's translation
into English by Pielra was not such as To bring
out its merits. Tho task however, which has been
assigned senior Pcra Is a diicult one ON the
whole, he has acquitted himself so far pretty well.
Tie scnsclcss cackc which certain people ntlnuf
to indulge in concerning the now celebrated dinner
tcnicrpd by Erastus Wiman at Niagara rails last
Sunday gives the delegates apparently very te con