Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-10-21
d Correspondence of The EVENING STAR.

Stan Correspondents of The EVENING STAR
DETROIT, MICH, October IL.
The international American excursion party
| thinks ii has heard too frequently the "sound
of revelry by night" and it has come TO the
conclusion that a little more sleep than has
been allowed it recently will be to its material
advantage; therefore Mr. Curtis yesterday tele-
graphed to the municipal authorities in several
Of the towns yet to be visited that there will in
the future be as few banquets as possible.
Some Of the city fathers will feel hurt to be de-
prived of an opportunity to air their musty
phrases before q crowd OF distinguished for
eigners, but the time has come when some
thing must be done to save the lives of more
than three or four of the party. When fifty or
sixty men travel all day, arrive at a hotel at
night are required to wrestle with their
trunks and dress suits, sit at ban
are required to show up fresh for breakfast
five hours later, nature won't stand the strain
The forest city gave the congress a big dose
OF hospitality, and there were more late sleep
ers after the banquet there than on any previous
post-prandial occasion, yet there was a good
deal in the Cleveland repast that was worth sit
ting up for. Senator Sherman made a most adj
mirable speech and Gov. Foraker's Oratorical
effort would have been equally pleasing had it
been abbreviated nine-tenths and contained less
OF the ancient history which the governor
quoted to show that Ohio is the greatest and
most justly celebrated geographical division
the world was ever allowed to look upon. The
speech of VIM. E. Curtis was q good sound one.
Very aptly and very truthfully Mr.. Curtis
might have said when he was called to the
floor, that it was ''the proudest moment of his
life" Seventeen years ago he was a poor,
struggling reporter on one of the Cleveland
papers. and last night he stood before that
brilliant audience the peer of any man present
IN almost any way you care to figure 1t out.
He was born in Ohio. but even that fact has
failed to hold him down below the common
level OF mediocrity. BY the way, number of
great men were born in Ohio, among them Mr..
Frank H. Hosford of the Detroit Free Press,
who Is now one OF the party. He will accom-
pany US through the wiids of Michigan as
body guard to protect the party from train rob-
bers.
Cleveland is a very beautiful city. but
heavy cloud of smoke hangs over it except
when strong breeze is blowing, and there
wasn't any breeze when we were there.
THE GARFIELD MONUMENT.
Yesterday afternoon nearly every member Of
the party took advantage of the preferred
carriages and went out to see the Garfield
monument. The monument is somewhat of a
disappointment It's base is too narrow and
its tower is too short. One of the committeeman
informed me that the tower would have been at
least twice as high had not the building sub
scription fallen short of the amount which the
original plans called for. There Is good work
In the exterior, some of the tabieaux being
especially striking. but there is tendency to-
ward garishness which seems somewhat out of
place. Ten cents is the fee required of each
visitor, and the fund thus accumulated is amply
sufficient to keep the building in repair. The
structure is massive and the workmanship evil
IDENTIFY OF a superior description.
CLEVELAND HOMES.
For miles the visitor may pass along the ave-
nues Of Cleveland and see an almost endless
variety Of expensive and tasteful architecture
Great lawns surround nearly all the houses and
1t is not until the heart of the is reached that
any two OF them come into direct contact with
each other. Two of the most prominent citi-
zens kindly invited the party to call on them
SO that they might see what manner of resi-
dence it is that the Ohio man calls home The
first place visited was that of Mr.. Sylvester
Everett and, when its beauties had been ad-
mired, the long string Of carriages emptied
themselves OF passengers at the door of the
Brush mansion. In this everything was Of the
utmost elegance and but few If any of the his
toricaliy beautiful homes of this or any other
continent can compare with ii. To attempt
description under the present circumstances
would be useless; sufficient it is to say that no
que Oh tne many VISITORS yesterday could sug
sest single Improvement. Mr.. Brush is the
great electric light magnate and has electric
amps In every room and hallway in his house
AN EARLY MORNING STOP IN TOLEDO.
After leaving Cleveland there was but one
stop in Ohio, at Toledo, for about an hour.
where we arrived at $50 this morning, when
all the passengers were asleep. AS rule it is
not very pleasant thing to be suddenly
awakened and pulled out of a warm bed into
the chilly morning atmosphere, but the couple
OF newspaper men 80 treated this am. never
uttered growl The cause of the disturbance
was Doc" Howe, and he never even apollo
glzed for breaking our slumbers The doctor,
who Is so well and favorably known in Wash
ington newspaperdom, is now full-fedged
citizen of Ohio. He has taken the editorial man
agement of the Toledo BlC,Lie Mr.. Curtis (who
was aroused from his siumbers for that pur-
pose) apologized to the doctor and to Toledo
because the city was not down in the itinerary
1t was too late to mend the matter, however
so the doctor made Curtis mouth water by tell
ing him what a bowling good time the party
would have had if Toledo's hospitable offers
had only been accepted-prominent on the pro-
gram being grand illumination of the coun-
try roundabout by firing hundred natural gas
wells.
on THE PLAN OF WASHINGTON.
The excursion party caught its first glimpse
of Detroit from the steam yachts proffered for