The sun., 1889-04-30

ace and tho Presidential party had alighted and
been escorted upstairs for the reception.
THE RECEPTION At THE EQUITABLE
| First n Hymn. and then Introductions, and
at Last "a Feast.
1t seemed as though every mothers son
and daughter. and the mothers. fathers. and
| grand relatives themselves. who couldn't get
| on a housetop In the lower part of the city
| to soc the naval parade made for the Equitable
| building. The reception OF the Lawyers
| Club to the President was set down for 2
O'Clock In the afternoon hut the win
dows opposite the great building began to
| fill up hours before that. Standing at the main
entrance on Broadway and looking in all di-
rections nothing but great clouds OF flutterng
bunting could be seen. 1t completely hid some
| Of the buildings. and the lagstaffs on top Of
| the buildings swayed under their burdens Of
brilliant colors. A stiff breeze came in from
the bay and everything was In hustle.
| The streets wero choEed from Wall street to
| Maiden lane. and the Broadway cars crept
lazily through the waiting army. This was
along toward 10 o'clock. four hours before
| President Harrison and his famous escort Of
| Governors and Senators and others high In So
| cia and political life were expected. Inspector
Conlin. with Capt McCullagh the eldor and
| Capt. McCullagh the younger and Capt. Brooks
and Capt. Stevens and 800 OF tho
finest police In the world. marched
| down Broadway and made square OF blue and
brass buttons and gold lace and towering hu-
manity Of Liberty. Nassau and Wall streets and
Broadway. Inspector Conlln made smaller
square of his men in the grand arcade on tho
ground floor OF the building Capt. E. p. Neck
or and Lieuts Prince and Pendleton. with
drum and bugle CORPS and 100 marines OF the
regular army wore distributed through the cor
ridors leading to the club, or were stationed
like statues In the reception and dining rooms,
parlors and libraries Of the club.
ROSES AND PALMS AND SUNSHINE.
In all the great rooms OF the club were huge
vases OF roses and Gala and ascension lilies
and hydrangeas OF every hue. Great palms
and ferns were also in profusion. and with tho
bright sunlight coming in through the broad
plate glass windows the scene WAS enchant-
Ing. But this was only for the 800 members
Of the club and their $500 guests and
the Presidential party. The folks who
couldn't get on the housetops wandered
through the great court on the ground
floor. This looked almost like the ante
room Of cathedral There were subdued
electric torches In every niche. and mellow
yellow light poured down through the stained
glass arcade overhead. Tho walls Of onyx and
African marble shone In the soft light. and
the great mosaic above the grand stairway
told the innumerable throng that vigilance
and strength guard the defenceless."
GATHERING OF GEEAT-GRANDsoNs.
There were many men in that building yes
ter,iay besides the Presidential party whose
names will be read loo years from this morn
ing. W. G. Hamilton. tho Chairman Of the
Committee on States, was one OF them. lie
hustled into the building shortly before noon
with word that the Despatch had left Elizabeth
port little after 10 o'clock. The thunder OF
the great guns from the war ships in the bay
had already made this known. Mr. Hamilton
gathered about him the Reception Commit
tee OF New York young men with illustrious
grandfathers. They all worc posies in their
tight-nttinG frock coats and badges OF dark
blue with gold edges. They were:
". Pierson iIsmrl,on-,ireat grandson Of Alexander
Hamilton and descendant OF Abr~h fieTson hrst lres-
Evert, Jansen &tnd.l-De'c:ndsnt Of Eyert Jansen
John Waite be rcyster roier-Representing tho De
HcadinS. ksi.a-crea.srsnan.pnox Of Elias HOudi
Ket.it.s Ku,strs an1 Teiow tarniie.
of sssnaa SEAMAN a% n@ ksp o Kpp. BsS u ''
,BonaInol AIerVury-Grea.,S grandson of Elisha Bou'
" sidney D. .udant of Harrison Grey Otis
~" lanes iiiSsd Jf.-son of a resentatve lsgSa-
Ar"hinaId Grleis"'irea grandson of Chancellor Lv.
5uer Hreck-rescendant of tho Duer. Dupont and
ErecR families. ,....
.: al. Ia. "a e. tho Va"
Moodbury sane o-ne,cendant Of zen Arms,,ronx
soSkda SCt s'a ls .s%sr :" tie io
Els. h hS"ainot tie resdsat Of ho Continental Con.
Hender son well--,rearrrandson of col re,er, Cor.
tennis rnymasrr Continental army IN Ne" York dur
Ire9erick Sst'.reo -Great-rreat grandson of Chan
Wadr kinX,ug ros:-Desceniant of the families of
Waiiron and knthng ,,, A., ,,
lie. " vIni".' "a ana a.ei Of Ii"ts roint.
samuel Dexef- Great .Hr.a'-rr IN son of C0 William
preeott commander o the force" a BUNKER III! June
s"hn" ssphr Of Tie Ssons and
Morgan Lewis and great great grandson - WILLIAM
CtsmeUt Clarkson-Kc Representing tho Livingston AMI
hS.ds . saPsG" ID . Of GG %
t"ngre.~ 20 rance As bearer "f "espdtches l" hei'
'1fl,m R"msiy inrTbull- Descendant OF Gen Eausay.
ieter Cooper Il,wit-urandson Of tue great riian
"rrnsie Wintir"p' '-Descendant of Gov, Winthrop
George AdAins-'rea'srani'on OF John quincy
Lialeo lreseott-iEsa:'T.a,sr ;, Of rpl VII
e"nmandsr br: s"9p :, w4I ssS%n o, Major viii
liam Ferguson, I, = A. and memOer OF the society ~
an, rrsshse o. sh. s.ardnsr" esU %f %ardner issod
tieorge II Pos, Jr-Rtpre'entins New forkS "rchi'
Jon" kSt ISx.pGrse ssse. Of Ben;
i;ordon Killed IN the bhtt,e OF Lexington.
Senbeld Aorrs-treatgteAtgra grandson OF Robert
Morris
Edmund Dwight Jr-Eei iresonting the DwighS
WoocOts and lOhnsons
neyereuI Toler-Urrat great grandson of Elisha and
great great grandne ph"w or E an Bouilhot
"NiIism 81 ippin--liroAt grandson of Ten Norton.
Meredith Rowland, john +. brann, II, W BANKS Jr
George Haven rhip Mercer Rhine Ian er-Desce ndats
OF hew Works representative merchants
Livingston Emery -Greatgreat grandson OF Gov. Liy
ingttOn Of New Jersey
Mr. Hamilton and his committeeman knew
tho progress of the Despatch IN he bay They
B hair n IFnT
tllr building and NJ IL O'clock they were q hus
made aware that the Despatch was steaming
past Governors Island. Just about that time
three batteries of the Filth Artillery, com
manded by Major McCree and Lieut.. Andrews.
dew up in front OF the Equitable, on Broad
4 Il man ai Nav York and lrnnllYn com. |