St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-10
President Cleveland Receives
a Visit From Senator
David B. Hill.
For Twenty Minutes These
Great Democrats Are Clos
eted Together.
The Interview Undoubtedly
the Result Of an Appoint
ment.
Evident That the Visit Was
More Than a PERI unetory
Call.

WASHINGTON, March 9. The one
great feature of interest in political
circles today is the visit of Senator
David b. Hill to President Cleveland.
Senator Hill came to the White house
this morning by appointment, presum-
ably arranged by Congressman Rock
well, of New York, during his visit to
MIR. Cleveland on Tuesday. That his
visit was more than mere perfunctory
call is attestea-by the length of the in
terview. 1t lasted twenty minutes, and
during that time Mr.. Cleveland received
no cards from the waiting politicians
in the cabinet room. Mr.. Hill came
early. The great flood of officeseekers
had not begun to flow into the White
house when he arrived. He passed
rapidly through the hallway in the pub
lie part of the mansion into the room OF
Private Secretary Thurber. who evil
IDENTIFY had been posted, for he ushered
Mr.. Hill into the adjoining executive
Office without moments delay. When
Mr.. Hill entered the presidents room,
word was sent to Doorkeeper Loefer
that Mr.. Cleveland was
Very Busily Engaged.
and could not see any visitors for some
time. As consequence the arriving
delegation soon filled the cabinet room.
and by the time Mr.. Hill left the White
house there were more men than seats
in the apartment The interview was,
of course, of a strictly private charac-
ter, but from the fact that it had been
previously arranged, and from its
length, there can be little doubt that 1t
was of more than a mere official social
character.
Mr. Hill, by virtue Of his office ASA
senator from the state of New York,
would be obliged, by the unwritten code
of official etiquette, to call on new
president elected by his party, unless
the personal relations between the two
were of such character as to make a
personal visit out of the question. But
an official visit of this character would
not last more than a minute-in fact, just
long enough for the caller to shake 1.-THE
presidents hand and to make few
pleasant remarks about the condition of
the weather. or to say that the call was
simply for the purpose of paying re-
spects. Twenty minutes Is
An Unusual Length Of Time
for any caller-no matter how distin-
guished-to remain in the presidents
room during his busy days in the eX
ecutive mansion. and if Mr.. Hill and
Mr.. Cleveland talked airy nothings for
a third of an hour while crowd Of pa
triotic citizens were waiting to be heard,
they were particular that none of their
remarks were overheard. When Mr..
Hill had finished with the presidenthe
lost no time in leaving the White house,
and walked rapidly away with Col.
J. S. McEwan, Of Buffalo, who had been
a member of Mr.. Cleveland's staff while
the latter was governor of New York.
The newspaper men on the scene i'm
mediately went into executive session
among themselves, and discussed the
incident. The result of their discussion
was an agreement to offer the following:
Five Hundred Dollars Reward-This
sum will be paid for a stenOgraphic re-
port of the conversation between Mr..
Cleveland and Mr.. Hill. Also 500 re-
ward for an instantaneous photograph
of their meeting. Also 500 reward for
a thermometric reading (FahrenheiD of
the temperature of the chamber at the
time"