The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-01-04
BRILLIANTLY OBSERVED BY Mr..
And MRS. CLEVELAND.
WHITE HOUSE CROWDED.
resentatives of Foreign Lands Pay
Their Respects to the Chief Mag
strate Of America - Mira
Cleveland Assisted by
Cabinet Ladies'.

WASHINGTON, Jan. New Years
day was celebrated here in the good
old fashioned way. Calls were ex-
changed in official and private life.
All OF the officials received, the Presi-
dent, the Vice President, the IN ombers
of the cabinet, heads of bureaus and
so on down to the humblest officers
and after that the great social public.
II was an ideal day and the sky was
clear, bracing breeze from the north
west making walking pleasant, but
was rather hard upon the occupants
of the gay equipages and the vast
throng on foot, who were obliged TO
wait in the long line outside of the
White House to pay their respects to
the President and exchange greetings
with Mrs Cleveland and the ladies of
the cabinet.
Chief interest, of course, centered In
the Presidents reception. The White
house had been elaborstely decorated
for the occasion with flowers and foli-
age plants, the Marine band of sixty
pieces in their red coats, under the
leadership of Professor Fancuilla, was
stationed just within the entrance and
added color to the brilliancy of the
scene within. The musical program,
arranged for the occasion, included "a
medley of the airs of all nations, ar
ranged by Sousa as a compliment TO
the diplomatic corps.
just before IL o'clock the President
and Mrs. Cleveland descended the
stairway from the private portion of
the house, followed by members of the
cabinet, and exchanged greetings with
i 4 fv,l..
/ splendant in full court costumes. The
President then took his place in the
blue parlor, next to the door, with
Mrs. Cleveland on his right. In the
! line beside her were the wives of the
members of the cabinet, and Miss Her
bert, daughter of Secretary Herbert.
Mrs. Smith was prevented from at
tending by the illness of her daughter.
In the rear of the line were the mem
! bers of the cabinet and a number of
ladies invited to assist in the reception.
The band struck up Hail to the
Chief" as the Presidential party de-
scended the western stairway at IL
o'clock. After the party had taken
their stations the baud played Fan
cuilla's inauguration march, dedicated
to President Cleveland, and the recep-
tion began with the entry of the dip
lomatic corps, headed by the dean, Sir
Julian Pauncefote. Many OF the corps,
after exchanging salutes with the
President and Mrs. Cleveland, passed
in the rear of the reception party and
engaged in conversation with the
ladies assisting,
Following the diplomats came the
members Of the United States Supreme
court, headed by Chief Justice Fuller,
the judges of the court of Claims, of
the court OF Appeals, and the Supreme
court of the District of Columbia.
The Senators and Representatives
and delegates in Congress were next
in line, not very many in number, but
including most of the men of national
renown Speaker Reeds tall figure
loomed above the others who impa.
tiently waited in the cold entry.
The order of reception from this
point on was not very closely observed,
and Senators, members of Congress,
judicial officers, commissioners and
other officials fell into line where they
happened to reach the portals of the
, White house. At il:40 the officers OF
the army stationed in Washington APP
peared ia body, in full dress uniform
headed by Major General Miles, witt
his personal staff, and in their real
came the officers OF the navy, led by
, Commodore Matthews, Pythian anC
Melville, and in their turn the officer:
of the District of Columbia National
Guards, with General Ordway at theil
r head.
e The regents of the Smithsonian In
e stitute, the civil service and interstat
: commerce commissions, the assistan
c secretaries of the various executive
! departments and bureau chiefs cam
a along in loose order. The G. A. II
S Loyal Legion and veteran Organiza
e tions wound up the official contingen
J. and preceded the general public, whic
r had gathered several Thousand stron
C on the sidewalks, waiting patientl
|. for hours their opportunity to gras
d the hands of President and Mrs
y Cleveland.
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