The record-union., 1895-05-31
THE RAILWAY CONDUCTORS.
Sights They See as They Travel Over
the Country
Warmly Received by President Glove
land-On the Field at
Gettysburg.

Warmly Received by President Glove.
land-On the Field at
Gettysburg.
Especial Correspondence of REcoRD-UNIoN.l
OK THE RAIL NEAR PHILADELPHIA,
May 81, 1S95.-The California 0. r. c.
excursion as it swings around the CONT
nent distributes as well as receives. This
is a gratifying thought. but to the young
lady from Berkeley who lost love of an
Easter hat from the open car window,
just suggestion of that kind is exas-
perating. The kinky-haired pickaninny
who found that California treasure
doubtless has faith in the greatness of the
State our train represents. Then there
was 81 tan shoe that fell 10y the wayslde,
and jack knives, canes and umbrellas
have fallen along the road with alarming
frequency. If this sort of thing keeps
up the party will have to be met by closed
carriages by the time they arrive at Oak
land pier, about June 9th.
One of tho great events in the retro
spect OF our lightning touch-and-go
sightseeing party was the honor con-
ferred on them by President Cleveland in
according them q special informal recep-
ton. They had all been to the tip-top OF
Washington Monument and g2Zed out OF
the portfolios $50 feet above ground.
They saw then how small men look
w hen far away, and thoy wished to SEQ
how large men look close to.
Major Lauck and your correspondent
hi
treme reluctance. All the great states
men look ed from their gilded frames on
the historic walls and seemed to frown
on the awful assumption. There was
decided frost IN the air by the time we
reached the colored seryitor who has
guarded the Presidential portal since the
days OF Lincoln. Making known our
misslOn-to see Private Secretary Thur
Der in order to arrange hand shake
with the President - the frost became
fairly white, and | unconsciously turned
up my coat collar. The suavity of the
porter was perfectly grand. but his words
gave Us to understand very decidedly
that Presidential receptions do not grow,
like oranges in California and even audi
ences with the Presidential Secretary
come extremely high, like the mercury
at una.
just here the Major. with self-pos-
SESSION acQ UlItu Uy ioiiS tidiuiuS, tuI ueo
back the nap OF his coat so the sun could
CLINT properly on his Loyal Legion but
ton, and turning TO me, said, loud enough
so Cerberus could hear:
1.-The last time | was in the White
House / called on Lincoln on scme i'm
portant official business. The war was
about over, and l was on my way to the
Dry Tortugas with two prisoners when
,,
ant had vanished within and Colonel
Thurber soon appeared and promised TO
do his best Tor the desired reception, al
though intilnating very piainly that
glimpses or the President are luxuries
that people ought to prize. When we re-
tired, promising to call the next day for
our answer, the Major was as uncon-
scious as possible OF having displayed
finesse. He was, in fact SO discouraged
at the outlook for our reception that the
next day he pleaded business and de-
clined to 90 and learn the decision. Ii
that magic name OF Lincoln had not set
tied the matter, was prepared to take
heavy odds. My impressions proved
correct 1.-The President would accord
the party a reception at 4 p. NJ" so Sec
rotary Ihurber politely informed your
correspondent The time set was awk-
ward, as the party planned to oto Mount
'
BILE MIR. Thurber was told this he looked
perplexed, and said that the President
himself had set the hour, but possibly it
might be changed.
A tier more discussion the hour was
changed to / o'clock, and at that hour the
ceremony occurred in the east room.
Arizona Joe' insisted that this function
was one that required claw-hammer
coat, but Trilby Hardy, who knows all
n ,Iar f,r nd
things, soon upset the full-dress theory.
1t proved informal. all around: but
the President seemed TO enjoy it, and our
party left fully convinced that they had
sent bullion bar of sunshine into the
poor Presidents weary life. The BRASS
buttoned African who is the Ed. Green
way OF the White House. seemed to re-
gard the presence OF MEMO Park Muir
rays tan shoes as an insult TO the dignity
of the occasion, and he also eyed Colonel
O'Neil OF the Santa Cruz Division with
considerable suspicion. When l whis-
pered in his ear that O'Neil was a mill
ionaire mine-oWner and only ran as a
railway conductor for recreation, the cloud
OF suspicion was rolled away, and the
darby beaned like the moon in eclipse.
II was great day-fully as great for
our party as for the President!
Every body who goes to Sacramento
from san francisco knows handsome
James O'Gara, the Apollo who dispenses
tickets at the loot OF Market street. OGara
is a native son, with all native sons be-
Lief That he sun rises over near Stockton
and sets in the Golden Gate. That is, he
thought that way before ne came on this
trip, but he does not think so now. At
Atlanta he was inclined to consider that
here was 4 possible rival to San Fran
cisco's greatness. At Baltimore, after
brief spin, no came back looking ex-
tremiy sad. AT Philadelphia he gasped
''San FRANCISCO isn't in IT," and reached
for his diary.
Keeping diary of our 0,000-mlle spin
is one of the conscientious duties every
one set out TO perform, but they have
fallen down like legislators. Up to the
third day out, when lie was still Young
and pencils sharp, the records were clear.
After that diary coping has been an irreg.
ular recreation. Ii diaries could only be
Kept as easily as corks can be pulled, it
would be different. Hardy of Portland,
whom the ladies have called "rrilby,D
ever since he walked through his car one
night barefoot, is one of the diary stars.
His compilation is gem, and it affords a
valuable book of reference for those lag
CARDS who have fallen hopelessly behind.
Our day ON the battlefield of Gettysburg
was one OF the great days OF the excur-
sion. The Western Maryland road runs
a loop through the Gettysburg country
around through picturesque hooks in the
Blue Ridge Mountains. That battlefield,
covering thirty-six square miles, marked
at avary turn with Monuments falliuO