The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-10-18
WASHINGTON Letter.
(From cur regular correspondent
WASHINGTON. d. C.. Oct. u. 1889.

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With banners waving and with three
score bands playing "Auld Lang Syne,"
and ssThe girl | left behind me-" with
merry good byes and good luck the Knights
Templar have, as a body, gone away. A
few stragglers remain but they are only a
few, and the eonelave is over.
That it has been a triumph for Nashlng-
ton hospitality goes without saying. Dis
satisfaction has been we'll nigh unknown
and the visitors depart full of enthusiastic
admiration for the city of celebrations and
superb payements.
The grand parade beggars description.
Fer four mortal hours the procession drift
ed by. A sea of dancing white plumes.
thousands of musicians, a cheering, excit-
ed audience, these were the distinguishing
elements. The flashing mountings of two
score thousands of swords flashed in the
sunlight.
To thousands of the Knights this was
the first v~acation since the meeting at San
Francisco three years ago; and it may not
be repeated until three years hence at Den
yer. They made the most of it. Like
boys let loose they played to their hearts
content.
The reception of Monday night was the
largest ever had in the White House, there
being over 25, 600 people in line to see the
President. The crowd. ridicnlously large
as il was, would have been greatly ~increas-
"a I,I ~. ca MANY E,;,bts IaJ +bo noo1
sense to stay away. Comparatively few of
the visitors had a chance To shake the
Presidents hand and only a minority ever
saw the inside Of the building. The crush
was terrible and the line was SO long that
it was away into UNEMPLOYED back streets
beyond the State, War and Navy building.
The landlords of Washington are still
figuring on the profits from the eenclaye.
Most OF them are fairly well satisfied with
the results. The livsryman have made a
fortune and are thankful, after the chaste
manner Of liverymen.
1t was left for a San Francisco man to
strike the best opportunity. When the
Conelave was held in that city he was run
ming a small job printing Office and was
overrun with card printing for the knights.
These cards have Masonic emblems and
the name Of the Knight and the designa-
tion of his ~commandry. The cards cost
Knights are glad to get them during con-
clave printed for $500 a hundred and up
ward. The San Francisco man brought
two small presses with him and in less than
ten hours after he opened up he had two
local job Offices running presses until 8
O'Clock in the morning. He claims to have
cleared s25, 600 on the week and it looks
probable. He simply printed cards by the
ton. So much for grasping an OCCASION.
The President has been deluged during
the past week with inquiries as to whether
he is or is not a Mason. The same ques-
ton has been put by mail several hundred
times during the last few months and to
each a letter has been written; stating that
the President is not and never has been a
member of any secret organization. In
deed, by some chance there is no Knight
Templar in the cabinet and only two of
the members are even Masons of any
degree.
The size of the crowd during the con-
claye is seriously estimated at about 100,-
600 to 1875, 600 people. THIS leaves it, de-
spite reports to the contrary, less than half
as large as that in the city during Inaugural
tion. Perhaps the uniform good nature
AID absence of noise and drunkenness made
the number seem smaller than the bowling,
disorderly mob that distinguished Presi-
dent Harrison's inauguration with its pre-
sence.
The society pet idea that Mrs. Harrison
would to a great extent relinquish the Of
flee Of first lady of the land to Mrs. Nor
ton is shattered by the semi o official an
nouncement that Mrs. Harrison will enter
into the swim, so to speak, up to her
neck. The Morton millions and TIE long
society culture and the magnificent face Of
Mrs. Morton will not be allowed to over
rule Mrs. Harrison. People who have
good dinners and old wiue will be disap-
pointed.
The Nhite House is already disturbed
below stairs. While the children gorge
themselves with infant food the culinary
arrangements of the household are disar-
ranged. This week the steward departed.
He used to be stew ard in Chicago's most
exclusive hotel and Mrs. Harrison deemed
him too sxtravagqnt. The high priced
servants are being disposed of as fast as
possible. How Mrs. Harrison expects to
stand the trials of a society season at the
head of the administration without the
best trained servants is past finding out.
Senator Manderson's return at Secretary
Mobiles order, of the pension certificate
loaned him and by which he received with
out even the formality Of applying several
thousands Of dollars of"re.rating" closes
Mr.. Manderson's connection with this rob-
berry. WESTON.
First We Knew OfIt.
The Woodstown MONITOR says that the
!, Republican party Of Salem, county has
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