The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-02
PRESIDENT INVITED To CHICAGO.


Chicago. April 1.-The president this
morning received a representative dele
CATION of Chicagoans In behalf OF the
leading citizens of Chicago. irrespective
of party affiliations. to invite him 10 a
public reception 10 himself and Mrs.
Cleveland as an expression OF apprecia-
ton OF his steadfast fnsistence on the
preservation of sound national cur
rency.
The members of the delegation were:
William T Baker. president Chicago
Board OF Trade. George w. Smith, ex-
president Union League Club: John A
Roche. ex-mayor: T. W. Harvey. expires
ident of the Commercial Clue; David
Kelly. Henry O. Robbins. Michael CGda-
nv. president of the Cudahy Packing
Company: John J. Mitchell. presidsn. Of
the Illinois Trust and Savings hank:
William H. Rand. Of Rand. McNaliy &
Co; John j. Poole Odell. president Of the
American Bankers Association and Ircs-
ident of the Union National bank a. o.
Slaughter, o. T. Fuller, c. NJ. Henderson,
Charles Hutchinson, president of the
Corn Exchange bank; Henry Botsford
Martin A Ryerson. Byron l. Smith. r. es
ident of the Northern Trust Company
A T Ewing. ex-president Of the Iroquois
Club: Spoor Mackey. Otis s. Favor. *. 5.
Heth, Moses Bensinger, president OF the
Brunswick k-Balke-Collender Company;
owen r. AlIlS. ID Ste
phen w. Rawsel president of the Union
Trust Company; George Schneider. pres
ident OF the National Bank CT Illinois;
Washington Hesing. proprietor of the
Stats Zeitung; Peter Van Schaak, David
Kelly. Robert Waller. vice president of
the Worlds Columbian exposition;
Charles Deering. of William Deering &
Co: J. j. Glessner. John Walsh. OF the
Chicago National bank and president CT
.ha hta Tr7tSf C0fnpauy Marvin
Hughitt president of the Chicago &
Northwestern railway; J. p. Hopkins.
mayor of Chicago: Hampstead Washbarn.
ex-mayor OF Chicago; Cornelius Price,
Horatio y. May. ex-city comptroller;
Charles II. Whacker. L. j. Warner, John
p Wilson, ex-president of the Union
League Club: F. W. Peck. vice presid INT
of the Worlds Columbian exposition;
Rudolph p Brand, Jay C. Morse. presi-
dent Illinois Steel Company: Daniel r..
Burnham, director of works and super
yising architect of the Worlds Column
bIan exposition: William II. Vincent, pres
ident waubaunsee Club: Melville T..
Stone, president of the Globe National
bank; John NJ Kirk. of James $. Kirk
q Co: Henry W. Blodgett, counsel for
the United States I'm the Bering sea ar
bitration: John NJ Hamlin, president
Union League Club, and Henry 5. Rob
bins.
The invitation Is Beautifully engrossed
on fine cards. the several pages OF which
containing the invitation and signatures
are bound in book form. the lining OF
which Is In white satin. the exterior be-
ing In blue ievant beautifully ornarnented
with tooling in goI,..
AS spokesman for the delegation Mr..
Roberts described their reception as fol-
lows: .We were received very pleasant
ly and explained TO the president the nom
partisan character of the invitation. We
also told him the business men of Chicago
heartily endorsed the movement; while
IL was intended as a personal compli-
nent 10 him, II had a stiil further motive
In yiew-the development Of m cEgrts-
sive sound money sentimcn. throughout
the West The presidens said that he per-
sonally appreciated fully the encofse-
ment exhibited nv the invitation ana -e-
allied the importance of the movement
in favor of sound money. which he ap-
proved and hat ne would take the mat
ter under consideration and would ccm-
uunicate with Wis ny letter-.hat x ne
could not consider the Invitation favor
ably II would he because OF personal ana
official reasons which he could not zee
his way TO overcome.