St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-05

accompanied by a retinue of friends.
Without going to the rooms reserved
for them the president and his wife
started on tour of the ball room. The
president led the way on the arm
of Gen. Schofeld, while Mrs. Cleveland
followed under the escort OF Justice
Gray, of the supreme court. Following
them came Col. and Mrs. Daniel s. La
mont, Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson S. Bissell,
with their daughters-in-law; Hoke
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Sterling Morton,
MIR. and Mrs. Richard Watson Glider,
Mr.. and Mrs. f. G. Benedict. Miss Bene-
dict.a a number of others. As the party
entered the Marine band, at signal
from the doorway, started up with
"Hail 10 the Chief" and this familiar
air was the first intimation given ma
jOrity of the people present that the
guests of the evening had arrived.
There was erowding forward of those
in the center toward the sides of the
room, and particularly towards the
west OF Fifth street entrance, through
which the presidential party had en-
tered. The gathering had by this
time numbered fully 10000, and
this immense crowd was necessarily so
compact and the interest in the Cleve-
land party so great that there was little
room left for the promenade OF the
guests of honor. An idea of the vast
ness of the ball room can be gained from
the fact that, Notwithstanding the push
ing and crowding toward the presi-
dental party and the seemingly general
knowledge that they we're making a
circuit OF the hall, there were several
thousand people who did not even know
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were in the room.
The greatest interest was manifested
in Mrs. Cleveland, and hundreds of
women We'd with each other in getting
to the front of the line, where they
might catch good glimpse OF her face.
Col. and Mrs. Lamont came in for their
share of attention, and were frequently
stopped by old Washington friends and
compelled to listen to cOngratu-
latiOnS. A few minutes only
were consumed in the circuit
of the ball room, and then Mr.. and Mrs.
Cleveland and their party went up
stairs to their apartments and there re-
ceived a large number of prominent
persons, including senators, representa-
tiVeS. foreign ministers and officials or
the army and navy. The coming secre-
tary of the navy, Mr.. Herbert, there
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The e-preSidential party arrived at
the hour of 10, and a circuit of the hall
was made in manner similar to that of
the presidential party. Mr.. and Mrs.
Stevenson, with their son, daughters,
and their friends who accompanied
them to Washington, then joined the
president and Mrs. Cleveland in their
rooms.
EX-Speaker Thomas B. Reed was a
conspicuous figure, and was almost con-
stantly surrounded by group of
friends. Gov. Russell, of Massachusetts,
and Gov. Flower, of New York, were
the recipients of much attention, and
the number of people who were crowd
ed about them frequently became so
great that movement was temporarily
suspended in that portion of the hall
where they happened TO be at the time.
MI. and Mrs. Cleveland left the ball
room shortly before 1880 o'clock. Their
departure was made SO quietly that few
people were aware of it, and great
multitude gathered about the stairway
leading to the presidential apartments
and remained there for some time after
the president and his wife had left the
hall. The Stevenson family remained
somewhat later. as did also several mem
bers of the party who came with the
Clevelands. Mr.. Carlisle was one of
those who remained, and he and Mrs.
Carlisle held several impromptu recep-
tons in various parts Of the hall. Pre-
cisely at 10 o'clock the band struck up
"Home. Sweet Home" and the as
semblage quietly dispersed. The whole
proceedings were marked by a staid and
stately decorum more characteristic of
an ancient minuet than of a modern
ball.