The National tribune., 1889-02-21

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SECRETARY OF THE KITCHEN.
One very important member of President
Harrison's official family has been decided upon.
/ He is de chief cook and captain of de walters"
/ OF the White House. The selection has fallen
/ upon Hugo Zieman, noted kitchen superln-
| tendent of Chicago hotels His name implies
/ that however much of a French cook he may
be by profession he is not one by nativity, but
| was likely horn on the Prussian side of the
| Rhine. 1t may be that Gen. Harrison intends
| TO show Bismarck by this choice his confidence
| in the loyalty of our German fellow-citizens IN
/ the event of a struggle with the Fatherland.
| No better exhibition of confidence in them
| could be given than placing one OF them IN a
! position where be could derange our whole for
/ eign policy at a critical moment by cunningiy
concocted dinners that bring on attacks indi-
! gestion to the President and members of his
/ Cabinet. Napoleon once lost a great battle on
account of an ndigestble dinner and we might
] lose a very important move in the great
game of diplomacy by similar means Herr
| Zieman is already on his way TO Washington.
/ The NATIONAL TRIBUNE welcomes him to
the historic ranges of the White House, and
the pots, pans and kettles which have come
| down 70 Us from former generations. We hope
| that his administration of his department may
be As successful in its way that of his exalted
Chief, the ruler of 60000,0O0 of people.
CHAT ABOUT PEOPLE.
"Mr Speaker said Representative OFFER
rail-, OF Virginia, last week, at the conclusion
of a long and tiresome speech, my time is
almost exhausted" I'VE are all completely
/ So" yelled somebody from the galleries; and
/ then the dignifed Representatives all smiled.
! Ex-Goy. Long, of Massachusetts,, who de-
/ clined reelection to Congress, and w. 2. G.
! Brecsinrdge, of Kentucky, were speakers at
! diuner in Philadelphia last week. Long said:
Gen. Breckinri is distinguished member
OF the retiring Democratic party, while l am
retiring member Of the distinguished Republic
/ can party"
Senator Henderson has suddenly come to the
! front as a leader in the Woman Suffrage move
ment by the introduction of a bill providing
| that all citizens entitled to vote for members
J OF the most numerous branch of State or Ter
rtorial Legislature shall be allowed to vote for
! Representatives in Congress, without distinc-
! ton Of sex.
VETERANS IN THE CITY.
John &. Wiedersheim, Past Commander
| George G. Meade Post Philadelphia, Pa. Com
rade Wiedersheim belonged to the 18th Pa
| during the war.
! Mai. Ernest C. Stahl, First Lieutenant, Sd
/ n. J. battery, Trenton, n. ]. Comrade Stahl
entered the Sd N. J. battery as a private, and
was promoted through all the grades TO First
/ Lieutenant. He is now editor and proprietor
/ OF the ReB Jersey otddtS-J0dfltdt, q pr0utaOi6
German paper; is Commander of Aaron Wilkes
/ Post, No. %, of Trenton; a member of the
weli-kn0wn VeterSn ZOuaves and has held
number of responsible positions in the GAR.
THE NEXT HOUSE.
/ At present the figures show 166 Republicans
I and 139 Democrats in the next House of Repre-
! seBtatives. This iusures the Republicans the
/ organization of the House. A number of the
contested seats viii be decided in favor of the
/ Republicans which will give them about as
/ large q working majority as the Democrats
/ have in the present House. The Delegates
from Arizona New Mexico and Utah in the
next House viii be Democrats, and those from
! Dakota Idaho Montana, Washington and
/ Wyoming Republicans
PRESIDENT CLEvELAND's MAIL
now consists almost wholly of frantic appeals
| of men aud women begging him to hurry up
and dispose of their cases before he goes out of
Office, and offers from owners of flats, houses,
1 boarding houses, etc, of very advantageous
terms if he viii only give them the free adver-
! tisement of taking up his residence in their
! property.
INAUGURAL NOTES.
Arrangements for the inaugural ceremonies
are being rapidly perfected, and order has been
drawn out of ehoas. One of the features Of the
great procession will be I2-year-old girls,
dressed in red, white and blue wearing liberty
| caps and carrying flags. each to represent a
different State and Territory. These will be
in charge of Hancock Commandery, No. /,
Z. V. c.
1t is not likely that the Inaugural Commit
tee viii follow cut any scheme of decoration OF
the streets as all the residents along the line
have consented to make some display of flags.
streamers and the like; this, with the excep-
ton, of course, Of the public buildings the dec
Grafton of which has already been arranged for.
fFlFFvs4 g 4l,o n-+r, To-
& Street Co., who has charge of the pyrotech-
mic display, last week inspected the monument
grounds aud decided just where he is to give
the exhibition. The set pieces will be placed
on the mound only few yards from the Monu-
ment on the north side. The rockets and
bombs viii be discharged from points north
west and northeast of the Monument. The
ground around the Monument is high, and the
fireworks can be viewed from the space just
south Of the White House and north of the
Monument, and from street to the northeast
Of the latter.
The fambeau clubs viii have their COMPETE
tive drill on Pennsylvania avenue after the
fireworks are over. There will be four compa-
MES and they viii 90 through their peculiar
evolutions. This will be made most inter.
esting feature of the ceremonies.
By the latter end of this week the floral
decorations of the Pension Building will be
well under way. The floral ship, which is to be
l Susp6nlt4 III tuu-aiTs viii De Ieeb long, ana
the display of flowers promises to be on the
grandest and most elaborate scale ever wit
messed in the United States.
Chairman Ruth, of the Floor and Promenade
Committee, has issued instructions at length fol
r the guidance of his committee, and all arrange
. ments have been completed for the manage
ment of cOnveyances TO and from the ball.
1t has been requested of Secretary EndicOtt
/ by the Chairman of the Inaugural Committee
: Col. Britton, aud several Senator'S and Repre-
2 sentatives, that he allow the West Point Cadets
} 10 participate in the parade. The Naval
Cadets have always come, but the West Point
ers have not been here since 1872.
) Everywhere on Pennsylvania avenue win
] dows and balconies are for rent at varying
4 rates usually quite high. The best seats OF
the numerous viewing stands are announced al
5 prices as high as So and 81. In case of bad
: weather, unless the owners of these stands sci
q all their seats beforehand which is not likely
t at such prices, they will probably lose money
on their Investment
[ On March / the Committee on Public Com
fort will establish two clerks at the railroad
: depOts. Strangers upon arriving will see pla
. cards posted about the depot directing them tC
r the room where the clerk of the committee hal
) ! his Office. Those persons who have already
:, secured quarters through the committee will
: in most cases, have TO be directed to them Fol
this purpose corps of go boys have been EN-
p ployed TO act as guides and messengers. The,
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