Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-30
THE PRESIDENTS BUSY DAY.
A Host OF Callers at the White House.
Many Senators and Representative.

Many Senators and Representative.
To-day was one Of President Harrison's busy
days. There have been six Of these days in
every week since March 4, but this particular
day was perhaps Q trihe more thoroughly
choked up with business than snv Of its prede-
cessors. The ever-hopeful ofice-seeker and
the ofice-seeker's WORKOUT friends were pres
emit from before 10 T. m. until the door was
armed with new petitions OF an
improved design, and some of
them had their pockets distended with bulky
Endorsements from fellow citizens who prefer
rather to dwell in the tents Of private endeavor
than to enjoy the pleasures OF office holding
for a season.
First to see the President was the sedate
Senator from Observation-Disclosures Stanley
Quay, but what trsnspired at the interview
NAV never be known to the outside world.
Neither the President nor the man who man.
aged his campaign are in the habit Of saying
much.
The Iowa Senators were a good second to
Mr.. Quay, and they went in looking as though
they meant business; they came out with
smile-bespangled countenances; rather an extra
ordinary condition of affairs, for both are
essentially grave men.
THE NATIONAL CALAMITY.
Representative yandever had barely con-
cluded his remarks when Secretary Blaine
hurried in, and his appearance shut the crowd
off for some few minutes. The great naval dis
aster was talked over by the couple IN the library
although neither of them felt assured of the
t-uthfulness of the reports. Hardly had they
separated when Secretary Tracy and his naval
secretary. Lieutenant Mason. came IN with
the cablegram from Admiral Kimberly
confirming the rumors and setting forth the
facts that the navy in the Pacific had been Sc
riously crippled and that the lives of
fifty American seamen had gone up
out of the storm which beat
on Samoas rocky shores on the 18th instant.
The President was very much affected and he
repeatedly expressed his sympathy for those
who had been bereaved by the calamity
national calamity, he termed it.
''oHIo WILL NOT BE NEGLECTED"
Representatives Mckinley and E. b. Taylor,
Of Ohio, talked for some time Of what was
really needed in the Buckeye" state, but they
had to leave without securing any positive as
surances. ''Ohio will not be be neglected"
the President is reported to have said
Senator Paddock then called around to see il
there was anything in the way OF an Office
lying loose which Nebraska could pick mp. He
gave place to New England crowd, composed
of Senators Hoar and Plat and Representative
Lodge. Right at their heels came Senators
Blair and Marston, closely followed by Senator
Hawley and a friend.
Senator Allison then put in an appearance
for the second time, going in with his left arm
twisted around the biceps and triceps of Rep
resentative Tom Reeds right gesticulator.
THE THREE MACS.
Senator Mcmillan and Representatives Nc
Kenna and McComas were in the next bunch OF
visitors and among the others were Senator
| Stockbridge and Representatives Ewart, Post,
Brewer, and Taylor, Of Tennessee.
Ex-senator Wallace and Representative
ThnpnrSnra foil cd 9TH int he
ence, and behind them was Representative
| Ryan, now minister to Mexico. Representatives
| Culberson and Watson introduced a few friends.
Two cabinet ofhcers-Attorney-Ge General Miller
and Postmaster-General Wanamaker - called
about the same time, and as soon as they were
gone the President gave an audience to eK- Gov.
| Pinchback, Of Louisiana.
THE DISTRIBUTION OF VIRGINIA PATRONAGE
was the burning question which agitated a
delegation from the Virginia republican league
| of the District of Columbia. The little COM
pany was composed of W. c. Martin. president
| Of the league; G.. r. Seymour, y. X
Jones, c. r. Barnes, Z. b. Winston and l.. ".
| Quisenberg They told the President that they
| were not members of any of the Virginia fac
| tions-they were republicans-and they wanted
| the President to 50 distribute the Offices that g
few of them might fall to men who preferred
loyalty to the party to devotion to faction.
FREE-FoR-ALL-
| One o'clock was very near then, but the Presi
dent told Doorkeeper Loeffier to let every
body in; he would give each one o.
them about ten seconds. The crowd was quit,
| large one, but he disposed of them yer,
speedily, one of the last to press his claims fol
recognition being John Pope Hodnett, who ha
| been striving to see the President for a weel
past He was the only District delegation
present.
THE HAND-sHAKrNG.
The east room had in it nearly 1000 peopl,
when, at few minutes after /, the Presiden
went down stairs to the public reception. III,
hada more than ordinarily grave look on his fac,
| but seemed WELL The monotonous hand-shakint
was disposed of at about the average rate O
speed, and there were but few breaks or stop
pages. There was not single baby in tn,
crowd, so there was nothing to be kisssd.
| While the reception was in progress Secre
tary Proctor called and was ushered into tn,
library, where. when the President returned
upstairs, they had lengthy conference.