Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-18
WITHOUT HONOR.
LIKE TEE PROPHET WHO RETURNS TO HIS
OWN COUNTRY.
President Barrison's Return to the Capital Very
Grim Piscs Of Humor-His Alleged POpu-
larity Doesn't Strike the People Of
Washington Very Forcibly.
Special Telegram to the Register.

SpeclcL Telegram 10 the Register.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE old
proverb went that prophet was not
without honor save in his own country,
and now it may be said with even
greater truth that the President Of the
United States is not without honor save
in his own capitol or rather the capitol
of the nation. For nearly 10000 miles
President HARRISON has been travelling
through this country, and in almost
every city, town and hamlet through
which he passed crowds have gathered
TO cheer him, to listen with attention to
his speeches, or even to catch glimpse
of his Sumptuously furnished train as it
sped by without stopping. Great dem
onstratiOns have been organized Ia
every city in which he tarred even for
a few hours, and, in short, he has been
made to feel that he was parsonage Of
the greatest Importance whom his fellow
citizens delighted to honor. But after
all his journeyingS, when the President
returns to his own official home, to the
capitol of the nation over whose desJi-
nes it is the fashion to say he preSdes,
his coming is marked by not the slight
est break in the usual routine OF life.
President Harrison arrived in Washing
ton about o'clock last night. but there
was no crowd to welcome him, no brass
band, no mastering of soldiers, no gath
ering of citizens TO cheer him, absolute
ly nothing done to make him feel that
his movements were of more Importance
than those of the humblest fellow citi-
zen who returned to Washington after a
days journey to Baltimore or Philadel-
phia or to Cumberland. There were
few of the White House employees,
to be sure, and those members
of the Cabinet, the Presidents
official family, who were in the city.
That was all. There was little extra
excitement among the employees about
the railroad, the lawyers and some OF
the outgoing passengers gathered TO
catch a glimpse of the President and his
wife, but outside of this there was moth
ing to indicate that an unusual event
was occurring. 1t must have seemed a
little odd to the President TO be re-
ceived so coolly on his return home
after his progress" amid the boom OF
cannon and the shouts Of thousands
throughout the country.
But such is the Washington way, and
there is a reason for it. Washington
has q surfelt of great men. So sUmel
Gus and common are they that they
hardly win a second glance as they pass
along the streets. The President
can be seen so easily and is seen so often
in public that he fails to excite interest
or attention, except from visitors to the
city. He may walk down Pennsylvania
avenue of an afternoon, and half the
people whom he passes will fail to no.
tce that he is the President. When
Cleveland was in the White House this
did not hold true to the same degree as
with other Presidents, for the reason
that there was always an intense popu-
lar interest in his personality, which
increased by the rarity with which he
was seen in public. During his entire
administration he was never known TO
walk down the business portion of Penn
sylvania avenue except on one or two oc-
casions. Then he was not exactly
mobbed, but he attracted so much at
tention that he found it unpleasant.