, 1889-10-24
Che stf'rrkln Argus.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
PARADE OF KNIGHTS TEN
PLAR.
Mrs. Gen. Logan's Brilliant
Reception.
WASHINGTON, Oct. II, 1850

1tluNtllabt'4s 'iiiiTN iNs'iiis' N'N4AN'N
fully sustained its reputation Tuesday,
A. the model national parade ground
It's broad smooth surface, the vista eff
fects of the capitol and treasury, and
the CAV decorations on the line of march
CaYe to the street, whose surface has
been trodden hy ~ many OF the repub-
lies great, the features which attracts
the marching column. The paraders
were worthy the parade ground. No.
finer representative body of Americans
has ever been collected i'll the national
city. The picture presented by the
twenty thousand armed and uniformed
knights a. they marched TO stirring
music and performed the picturesqe
evolutions of their drill, eXhilarated by
the air and sunlight of an almost per-
feet autumn day, will long he remen-
bered.
There is no city i'll the United States,
it may safely be said, where the
Knights Templar would have met with
a heartier welcome than has been eN-
tended to them III Washington. There
il none where so rare n combination OF
amusement and profit could have been
crowded into the brief period of the
conclave. The home of the govern.
ment that counts the knights among
its most loyal citizens, is place which
none of them ought to miss seeing
Here they find the machinery of great
nation at work, moving more smoothly
and peacefully than the petty wheels
OF many Il town council. In the lay
ing out of the streets, i'll their general
condition, in the tasteful architecture
that adorns them on either side, in the
broad lawns and generous foliage, they
see the making of Il model city-of one
which will undoubtedly be, III time,
the handsomest on the globe. Every
man of them will go home with a
prouder feeling, and warmer glow of
patriotism i'll his breast for the cons
'ciousness that he, as a citizen of the
United States, is cO-prOprietor of the
his beautiful capital.
Foremost among the brilliant enter
tainments given in honor of the stran-
gers within our gates was the reception
rendered the knights and their ladies
by Mrs. General Logan, at her home
"Calumet Place." last evening. The
fine old mansion, in the midst of the
extensive grounds on Columbia
Heights, never before presented so
gala-Iike appearance. Fluttering lines
of bright pennants extended from each
four corners of the roof to divergent
angles of the landing and the outer
walls of the building were festOoned
and draped with flags and bunting, un-
til little of the original brickwork was
visible. The mansion was completely
transformed into a huge marquee
standing in the midst of surroundings
resembling a grand military display,
while the presence of hundreds of
piumed knights in glistening uniforms
and clanking swords lent double re-
ality to the scene. The entire suite of
apartments of the first floor opening
into the beautiful memorial hall, so
sacred spot to the widow and child
ren of the dead warrior, were cleared of
ali obstructing articles of furniture and
left free for the. guests to wonder at
leasure i'll the contemplation of the
numerous interesting and historic re-
cords collected and won duriug life of
active political and military honor, and
treasured by his widow with devoted,
wife-like love and reverence of the
dead. 1t was estimated by Mrs. Logan
that she received between 10000 and
1900 people during the evening. The
crowd was only exceeded by the recep-
ton at the white house the evening
before, the line OF callers extending
many hundred feet from the house, adj
ditiOns being made to the procession by
additional Communicates arriving as
fast as the pressure was relieved by the
visitors passing through the house and
going home.
When the members of the house of re-
representatives arrived in Washington
for the opening of the twenty-third
congress, which occurred on Monday,
December 5, 1853, they found pres
sure for the several offices within the
gift of the house compared with which
the struggles for these places in this era
are feeble indeed. Here is the method
of which method as we find it recorded
in the New York Herald's Washington
correspondence published in the issue
Of November 81, 1853:
:HEhe latest style of boring memhers
has been adopted 10y the legion seeking
position under the clerk, sergeant-at-
arms and dOOrkeeper. Most of the ap-
plicants have had cards printed stating
in displayed lines their names, the Of
flee they are after, and, appropriately
in small type, their peculiar claims.
These they thrust into the hands of
members the moment they arrive, and
upon this introduction proceed with
the boring process"
Is is evident that there has been
nothing added at the capitol to the
pressure for place duriug this period of
thirty-siX years. Possibly the opening
of the next congress may revive old
methods or produce some entirely new
devices. II.
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