Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-05-09
THIS WAS VETERANS DAY.
Voters OF 1910 Call Upon the President

Voters Of 1910 Call Upon the President.
MEMBERS OF TIE ANCIENT rrpPEcANoE CLUB
WHO VOTED ron GEN. W. n. HARRIsoN-THE1R
ADDRESS AND THE PRESIDENTS RESPONSE
OTHER WHITE HOUSE VISITORS.
II was veterans day at the White House. To
be sure there were some ofice-seekers; they can
not be scared of entirely, but they were in the
minority on this 9th day of May, 1889. As early
as 10 O'Clock the Tippecanoe veterans COM
menced to assemble in the vicinity of the
mansion and before the hour Of IL struck sew
eral of them had entered the mansion and
were waiting for the arrival of their old COM
rades at noon. When the appointed time ar
rived the east room was the rendez-
vous for at least seventy-five fne-looking
specimens of the old-line whig. White hair
was the rule, but bent shoulders were excep-
tional. Nearly all the old folks were tolerably
erect and they moved around with degree Of
celebrity hardly to be expected of them. They
formed a circle at the northern end of the
room and when everything was ready the es-
corting committee, composed Of A. NJ. Clapp,
Gen. Schenck, and Gen. Pomeroy, went up
stairs and in few minutes returned with the
President. The veterans of 1910 applauded
as he entered and then when Mr.. Clapp stepped
out and faced the grandson Of the man they
voted for there was absolute silence. Then
Mr.. Clapp said:
MR.. cLAPP's ADDRESS.
Mr.. PRESIDENT: We crave a moment Of your
time from your official duties and cares while
as chairman Of the committee to make arrange
ments for this interview, present to you this
company of veterans of 1910. l discharge this
duty with pleasure. These citizens, sir, form a
connecting link between the earlier and later
periods OF this nineteenth century. In 1910 they
sang for, hurrahed for, voted for, and thus
aided in the election Of Gen. VIM. Henry Har-
rlson, your Industrious ancestor, as president of
the United States. A kind Providence has
preserved their lives during all the intervening
years, until, In the course of human events,
the republican party placed its standard in
your hands and you led its hosts to victory.
In that contest you shared largely of their
sympathy, confidence and respect, and would
have had their votes had they resided any
where in the United States except where citizen
ship has no badge, and where the fundamental
law OF representative form of government is
held in a state Of suspended animation, APP
not be trusted with the ballot.
These veteran wings and republicans, whose
love of country and freedom does not wane
with the lapse of years, and whose devotions
to principle has endured through periods of
bloody strife without divergence, take this oc-
casion to tender to you and to the country
their hearty congratulation that the people Of
the United States have declared it their will
that you should be President
1t goes, sir, without saying, that the feeling
large is shared by the veterans of 1910, who
have called to honor you on this
occasion. They confide in you as the
exemplar and apostle of those principles which
were enunciated by the convention that
nominated you, and which became the shibbo-
q of ba nnrtu hat Tod o,1l
they mingle their rejoicings with those of
every true republican IN the land over that
suspicious result They have undated conf
dence in the conserving power of republican
principles and policies when applied to the
commercial and industrial pursuits of the
American people. 1t is in these that we find
guarantees of protection for our rights and in
terests, as well as for the future peace pros
perity and happiness of the nation.
And permit me, sir. further to assure you
OF our confidence in and esteem for you as the
chief magistrate of the nation and as the con-
server of republican principles and policies in
the administration OF the government. In
your election there has been planted in the
national armament bright star of hope that
has had four long years of obscurity, and
which will light the country on in its future
march of progress, until its material advance
ment is relieved of the distractions that have
been cast in its path.
THE PRESIDENTS REPLY.
The President responded by saying: "Mr.
chairman and gentlemen-I beg to assure you
that appreciate very highly this evidence of
your respect and confidence. If I were to set
before me an ambition which would insure the
success of my administration it would be that
might continue to hold fast the respect and
confidence of such men as yourselves mature
Of mind and unbiased in judgment. I thank
you for your coming and your kindly words"
Then the old Tippecanoeans broke the circle,
and, after being introduced by Mr.. Clapp,
shook the Presidents hand. The President
seemed to enjoy the occasion, and once in q
while would laugh little as one of the vets
would spell his name over in a loud tone, SO
that there might be no mistake as to his iden-
tity.
Mr.. A. J. Law called attention to himself,
and the President said, "Oh, yes; I've seen you
upstairs
"sATAN ALSO APPEARED"
Rev. DR.. Scott was one Of the interested spec
tators, and when STAR reporter stepped in
front Of him, the betterito observe the hand
shaking, the venerable divine leaned forward
and whispered in his ear, when the sons of
God were gathered together Satan also appeared
among them"
I've got a story about your grandfather I'll
tell you some day." said Gen. Schenck to the
President as he turned to leave the room. Il
shook hands for him once"
around when I'm not busy. You'll please ex-
cuse me. have an engagement now with the
Secretary OF the Treasury"
GEN. scHENCK's STORY.
"Oh, that story?" remarked the general when
The STAR reporter asked him5toitell it Seer
tainly. When William Henry Harrison was
campaigning in Ohio he came to me and asked
me to accompany him on journey through
the northern part OF the state, off toward the
lakes. We started out and had a terribly rough
time Of it. The roads were as bad as roads ever
were in the west, and our travel was necessarily
slow. We expected to arrive at Bucyrus
early one evening" but we were so delayed by
the mud that it was nearly 10 o'clock before
We reached the little inn where the general had
been advertised to stop. Ten o'clock y. m was
pretty late hour in those early DAYS, and the
great majority of the respectable people who
had been waiting through the evening to re-
ceive their candidate had gone to bed. Those
who were still waiting when we arrived were of
the tough order and pretty drunk. They
had to be received, however, so we
placed the general in little
narrow passageway between two rooms
and had the crowd march through from one