St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-02
Thousands Americans and Aliens Begin the New Year
Calling on the President and President
Elect
She Who Will The Queen of
Soon Be the Hearts and
FIRST LADY IN THE LAND
Throws Open Her
Doors to All.
Statesmen and Politicians DANES and Demoiselles Joste
Each Other at the Rec options Held by the Nations
Head AMI His Successor.
,pecial to the Globe.


WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-The new year
opened here with bright. clear sky,
and the air as warm as that of spring
The grand event of the day-the recep-
ton at the executive mansion-Presi-
dent Cleveland's fourth and last recep-
tion. of observation-disclosures every
other festivity. No pains were spared
in preparing for the great annual New
Years day levee, when Legislators and
officials, diplomats and citizens, soldiers
and sailors, old and young, men and
women, Democrats and Republicans,
come to the White house to pay tribute
of respect and express good wishes to
the chief magistrate of the nation. The
mansion, with its decorations, was rem
dered still more attractive by the usual
profusion of tropical plants and flowers
displayed in the corridors and principal
rooms. Moth ng had been left un-
done to furnish brilliant and suit
able surroundings for the notable
occasion. and the scene from first to
last was one of brilliance and grandeur.
The cabinet party who were to assist in
the reception arrived early and were
shown directly up stairs, where the
president and Mrs. Cleveland were
awaiting their arrival. AS usual. the
marine bann, in brilliant uniforms. was
stationed in the main hall of The man
sion, and, with almost military punctu-
ality, at IL O'Clock, the hour fixed for
the reception to begin. struck up the
New Years Greeting march (S0usa) as
the president and Mrs. Cleveland ap-
ipeared at the head of the stairway lead
ing from the second floor to the blue
room on the floor below, where the
formal presentations were to be made.
Immediately behind them came the re-
ceiying party. The members of the
cabinet who were present wore re-
ceived informally, aud with the ladies
not of the immediate receiving party
tney took their places behind the
OFFICIAL RECEIVING. LINE.
The receiving party consisted of the
president, Mrs. Cleveland, Miss Bayard,
Mrs. Fairchild, Mrs. Whitney and Mrs.
Dickinson. Behind the line stood Mrs.
Folsom. Miss Mary Hastings, Miss Car
rie Hastings. Mrs. Nelson, Mrs. Chief
Justice Fuller. Mrs. Speaker Carlisle,
Miss Florence Bayard, Miss Villas, Miss
Pauline Whitney. Mrs. Lamont, Mrs.
Lincklaen, George Bancroft. Hugh Nc
Culloch and Mrs. McCulloch, Mrs. Col.
Wilson, Miss Wilson, Mrs. Marshal
Wilson, Miss Mary Wilson, Mrs.
Senator Butler, Mrs. Senator
Call, Mrs. Cockrell, Mrs. Dan
lei, Mrs. Hearst, Mrs. Pugh, Miss
Voorhees,, Miss Randall, Mrs. Walthall,
Mrs. A. L. Knott, Lucius Tuckerman,
Mrs. G. Ward, Mrs. John F. Rodgers,
Mrs. W. c. P. Breckenridge, Mrs. Nc
Adoo. John E. Russell, Mrs. Randall,
Mrs. Springer, Mrs. w. T. Townshend.
Miss Letter, Miss Howard, Miss Thoron,
Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Milburn, of
Buffalo; Mrs. j. FL. Mackin, of New
York; John D. Crimmins and daugh-
ter, of New York; Gen. James Grant
Wilson and Mrs. Wilson. of New York;
Mrs. Governeur Morris. of New York;
Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin MacVeagh, Mr..
and Mrs. Glenny, of Buffalo; Judge
Rally, of New York. 1t required but a
moments time for the arrangement of
positions to be made, and then the re-
ception began, the diplomatic corps,
with ladies. entering first. Many of the
foreign representative were in military
uniform and radiant with insignia of
various orders. They presented spec
tacle of great attractiveness and splen-
dor. The diplomats filed into the blue
room in the order of their appointment,
and in turn presented the attaches of
their legations. Mr.. Preston, the Hay
tian minister, the
DEAN OF THE CORPS,
was unavoidably absent from the city,
so Baron de Fava, the Italian minister,
presented the members of the corps to
the president and Mrs. Cleveland. The
corps with their ladies passed through
the blue room and into the large East
room, converting that apartment into
scene of animated splendor, where
everything in the way of brilliant cos
tuning, gay decorations, gold lace and
rich trimmings mingled in dazzling
array. Then followed the reception of
the supreme court justices, senators
and representatives. After these came
the army and navy officers in full dress
uniforms. All grades were represented,
from the two stars and four stars of the
major general and admiral, in the army
and navy, down to the single bar and
anchors of the army lieutenant and
naval ensign. Following these came
the officials of the government, and then
the associated veterans of the war of
1916, the Grand Army of the Re-
public and the members of the Old
est Inhabitants Association of the
District of Columbia. All of the callers
were presented to the president by
name by Col. John NJ. Wilson and Lieut..
Duval, of the army. They passed
through the red parlor. at the door of
which these officers stood. The receiv-
ing line extended across the blue par
lor to the door leading into the great
East room, thence through window
which had been transformed into tenn
porary exit, under canvas awning and
out at the east gate OF the White house
grounds. All pedestrians were adj
mitted to the grounds through the west
gate and carriages through the east
gate. Thescene in front of the grounds
was, animated. A heavy guard had
been placed at either gate to keep 6ui
the crowd which began to assemble at
an early hour, waiting for the public
reception. The police arranged the ex-
pectant visitors in double line past
the White house grounds and down the
avenue. The uuhiic reception was an