The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1893-03-04
WASHINGTON NEWS.
PRESIDENT AND PRESsDENT-
ELECT EXCHANGE VISITS,
Cleveland Weather Asked for by the
Multitude Of Sight-Seers-
Other News

residents OF W aSnlnS ton VINO have faith
In President-elect Cleveland's ability to
bring sunshine at will, were sorely
puzzled this morning to explain the sud
den and unfavorable change in the
weather. Yesterday was all but an ideal
spring day. The sun shone brightly au3
the air was just cool enough to make
walking thoroughly enjoyable; but early
rlsers this morning saw changed con
dltlon of things. The sun was obscured
by rain laden clouds. and the indications
were that the day would prove quite as
dlssgreeable as yesterday was beautiful,
Superstltious persons explained the un-
favorable change by saying that this was
the last day of Harrison weather." that
the President was going to call on the
the President elect and conse equently
rain came to greet him just as it had
come for his Inauguration and for almost
every public function in which he had
since taken part, and that "Cleveland
weather" would set in later.
The President elect and party passed
very restful ght and arose about 80
o'clock this morning thoroughly re
freshed. Breakfast was served in their
private dining room about 9 80 The
President and Mrs. Cleveland were Joined
by all the other members of their party
except Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson. Ia the
meantime the senate committee, consist
ing of Ransom, Teller and Mcpherson,
had arrived and were waitif in the
rotunda of the hotel. They were Joined
by members of the inaugural committee,
and as soon as it was announced that
Mr.. Cleveland would receive them they
proceeded in a body to his apartments
and explained to him what arrangements
had been made for his inauguration, and
invited him to make such suggestions as
he might see fit. Mr.. Cleveland expressed
his appreciation of the thoughtfulness
and care with which the arrangements
had been made. He had nothing of i'm
portance to suggest to the committee,
and they withdrew at 10 80 Mr.. Cleve
land, accompanied by his private secre
tary, Thurber, entered carriage and
drove to the White House to pay his
respects to President Marrison
About two hundred people were gath
| cred on the portico and about the main
| entrance to the white house when the
| president elect arrived there. The doors
of the mansion were closed against the
invasion of the general puolic until after
the interview between the president and
Mr.. Cleveland, so that the lobby was nor
crowded md the latter had tree acces
to the blue room, where the exchange OF
courtesies took place. AS Mr.. Cleveland i
carriage MS brought to s;andStlii IN
der the ? rtico of the main entrance the
crowd pI ssed closer together Il the ol
rection Q! the vehicle, and as Mr.. Cleve-
land I'll shted, followed by Hr Thurner
cheer after cheer weat up. Raising hi!
hand & precat;~gly, rs if to sop this
dem ons5ration, the president elect passee
rapidly through the narrow lane which
the white house attendants m.paged (
make IA the pressing enthusiastic thror g
and walked into the blue room, the otfi
cial chamber OF the president. Here Sr
Harrison stood to receive him, will
Lieutenant John W Parker, his nava
aide at his side The ,w3 great me-
greeted each other co'3iaily and eX
changed few commonplaces. Az tn
end of eight minutes Mr. Cleveland with
drew, after having arranged that th
president should call st the Arlington t
return the president elects visit at hal
past twelve O'clock
Punctual TO the minute. Presiden
Harrison, according to arrangement, ar
rived at Arlington Hotel at II 80 o'cloci
and went Immediately to the depart
ments of President elect He was &C
com panied by Private Secretary Halfort
and Lieutenant Parker, and was met n
T the private entrance to the hotel b
, Landlord Rolsselle. Scarcely half
dozen people gathered at the entrance g
the hour for the presidents visit was 40
known. The call lasted sixteen minutes
double the time spent by Cleveland q
the White House this morning.
When President Harrison took HI
leave be was escorted to his CO rri~ge b
P.ivate Secretary Thurber. Half doze
r p ople have been augmented to score {
50, and these viewed the departure Of th
+ Presidential party, There was no 81
, tempt at the demonstration, ard th
Presi dent Was driven back to the Whit
Rouse as unostentatiously as he came.
! Inc president-elect spent The afternon
in his apartments, where ho and Dir
@ Cleveland received a number of visitor
a M astly personal friends. This ev mi.
+ they dined With president Harrison
T.. She White House. The hour SCI for di'
ntr was half past seven O'Clock, out NJ
and Mrs Cleveland were delayed II tn,
= departure, and did not leave the Arlin
= ton till FIVE minutes after tnat hour. I
4 half past eeven not more than Il
people were gathered shout the ca
4 Tiage entrance to the Ar-;ngto
; drawn there by suspicion th
the president elect aud his w
would appear. A few minutes Liter /
;f Kings county democratic associatio
"a with Congressman Clancy and e1 Co
" gressman Archie Bliss con- pfcuous
) th3 lead of the column, came along /
o broad plaza in front of the hote., q
~ band rendering "The Bowery" wi
= vigor. The purpose of the associafi
:, was to serena1e the wives Of numb
4 of its members and incidentally the pre-
=. ident elect. It so happened that just
= the association and the band CANT tC
II halt, little Ruth Cleveland managed
pull up the curtain Of one of the "
GO dVws In TIE Cleve and apartm61 ats lot
g ing out on the plaza. anu pressed /
nose against the paue in az endeavoT
II sea the band. The members q the Kin
"a county association and the c'owd
10 Iuliy CQOuS1uu ptiSOuo WIN nav 81
= cred about Them, saw the child ard
- m 2 cheer. Tne leader Of the band c.
10 rectly surmis,ng that blr. ana Mrs. Cle
7d land had left tAeir rooms and were ao
ga to appear, and Influenced IN this bell
2 perhaps by The appearance OF az eleg'
to equipage a. the entrance way, qnlci
w Changed the air 10 Hail to thf Che
20 and to this familiar rendition Jne Pre-
,ss dent-elect ard Mrs. Cleveland came
" of the door way with Private Secret
Thurber close at hand. There wa
m shuffllng of feet and cry OF ''There
hee is" and then mighty roar went
from the throng. Mrs. Cleveiaud ente
"A the carriage first and the President e.
followed The carriage whiaked aH
il an instant, the cheers growing lou
as it passed through the crowd and
nor Cleveland doffed lis hat in recogni1
If, of the demonstration. Owing TO