Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1889-03-08
cLEvELAND,s LAST DAY As PRESIDENT.

! tILt GLANDS IASE DAY As PRESIDENT.
The Robust Man AfootWent TO Church But
Performed IIerculean Amount of Work
| Just tire same.
WASHINGTON, March Sunday was
| Clevelauds last full day as president.
But the fact mat il was Sunday cut but q
email figure in the executive mansion.
With the end of the session close at hand
and the fate OF scores of bills trembling
upon the revolving hands of the clock,
,he president mas been working the past
week almost As har3 as the president
elect. The work of getting his things
together for change of residence has Ill
the main been performed vicarjously, buF
he could not get rid of all of 1t and be
ha- had to see no end OF cOngreEsmt
and senator's who wanted Just few little
favors before it was eVeria5tingly too late.
And then the crowds that visited the
white house at I:3O every DAY 20 shake
his hand have grown to be so large that
il has been no five minutes job to get
through with them, and rather than die
aopoint his visitors he has given one or
two extra east room recep ions. Bot at
last the thrOngs got too large, and for the
first time in four years he stopped shak-
ing haud4 and had the doors of the whl e
house closed before the people stopped
coming. Weary As he was with week
work aud pressed as he vas for time TO
examine the bills the enrolling clerks
were grinding out at the capitol, he would
have lad good txcnse for staying at
home from church on the last day. But
hs did not avail himself OF it. de and
Mrz. Cleveland went to the First Prtsby
terian church and heard a sermon from DR..
Sunderland, as they have done Sunday
mornings, rain or shine, with scarcely an
exception. After service DR.. Sutherland
bHde his eminent parlshoDers good bye,
and while there was nothing like receP-
tion at the church, many members OF the
CONGREGATION, who personally knew them,
s%uok hands with the president and Mrs.
Cleveland and were kind enough to ex.
press regret that they were going away.
As soon us the president go back TO
the white house he settled himself dnwn
at his desk for his final encounter with
acts of cong ress. There has never 'en
a president VINO has examined la 80
carefully a Pros dent O. vel "a. He has
scrutinized their phraseOlogy and their
purport, and the continuous session OF
congress has piled bills by the score on
his table. The last he attacked after
church was u serious one. But this was
not all, or even the worst. Every bill on
his table had from one to SIX frle nd5 III
congress, Who were afraid the president
would not sign the bill befor9 10 c'c ock
tomorrow, WHEN he would GO to tbs oapi
tel to see hia successor installed in Of
fee These friends-the fathers and god
fathers Of the biils-rushed up o the
white house and Insisted on seeing the
president, ex planning tn him the merits
of he measure they had matured, and
gettiug the promise of signature
if possible. The president had TO see
most OF them, and spent IN
listening to their arguments the time he
nerded for reading their bills. The gen
tIemep from congress felt aggrieved that
the president went 70 church; they
thought he ought TO have been at the
White house listening TO their convincing
arguments. Some members of the cab
met caited aud talked with the president
about measures affecting their branches
OF the service, and so the afternooh and
the evening, and the late hours of the
night wore away, and the midnight gas
burned during the last night of his ad-
mIuistrAtiUA - President Cleveland sat
a. Ms des k sguiug soms bills, and shov-
ing blHtI1 llit' lllt iflNhA hik Voh AtNi''
WASHINGTON, March 4.-The ex-presi-
dents part in tCday's ceremanies closed
when the party returned to the white
house from the capitol. There he was
Joined by Col. Lamont, and the two en-
tered Secretary Fairchild's carriage and
were driven direct to the latter's resi-
denoe on New Hampshire avenue. Mrs.
Cleveland preceded them there. Presi-
dent Cleveland had a very busy morning.
He renamed hard at work until O'Clock,
and WAS up and at work again at
O'Clock The members of the cabinet
were with him most of the time. vast
amount of husIne7s was accomplished.
Inrgr Iumbcr Of hi'iS were approved. the
mos IMPORTANT being the act amending
the interstate commerce hill, the sundry
OWL appropriation bill, the Indian ap-
preparation bill, thJ deficiency bill, the
army appropriation bill, the postoffice
appropriation bill, and the agricultural
appropriation bill.
The new senators sworn in today were:
Sen. Barbour, "f Virginia; Sen. Higgins,
of Delaware; Sen. Mcmillan, of Miohi-
gan, and Sen. Marst0n, of New Hamp-
shire.
The first assistant postmaster generel
has rendered his resignation, to take eff
feet upon the appointment of his sue
ppSsOr