Evening star., 1897-05-05
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
The Biggest Gathering Of the Year at
the Executive Mansion.
SENATOR QUAY INTRODUCES INDIANS
Masons From Winchester, Va,
Bring an invitation.
PHI IL SINGERS

By long odds, the biggest crowd of the
year was at the White House today. There
was a perfect congestion for three hours.
At noon the rooms of the President and
secretary and the Railways outside were
| filed.
From Maine to Oregon" said Senator
J. P. Jones Of Nevada, who was caller,
the patriots are here
The crowd was so overwhelming that a
| dozen more senators and representa-
tives of prominence, including Senator's
Hanna and Proctor went away without
waiting tc see the President, promising to
call again. The callers went in delega-
| tions, in pairs and singly. Representative
! McCleary of Minnesota thought the whole
] thing was indicative of Kentucky Derby
day.
The rush began early in the morning
with big delegation Of Kickapoo and
Pottawatomie Indians from Kansas and
Oklahoma, Senator Quay of Pennsylvania
acting as their spokesman. The delega-
ton was :o'nposed CT Chief Wah-pe-te,
ke-Sho-ka-me, Wa-pe-noc-o-sa, Pan-o-Was
and Johnny Nune of the Kickapoos; Walk
quah-bosk-key, Kan-keh-quan-b James
Thompson and Peter Curley of the Potta-
Watomies; DR.. Enshman of the Sioux,
John Wadsworth of the Pearce Indians
President Mckinley was in the cabinet
room when they went into his room. They
were invited to seats, which they silently
occupied until the President made his en-
| try. Had they not been invited to sit down
they would have considered themselves un-
| welcome and would have been uneasy
This is the President-the great father"
SAID Senator Quay, as the President walk
| ed up to the group. All the Indians arose
ard shook hands.
Senator Quay then explained that the
lnGlans had come to ask the President to
inf @lI
commissioner of Indian affairs
Mr.. Fields was present and the Presi-
cent assured him that he would give the
matter consideration.
the Indians were dressed in more abo
riginal style than any seen in Washing
ton in years. Chief Wah-pe-te -te had a pair
or beautiful moccasins his feet, made
by by white woman. The letter k was
embroidered upon them. a majority of
the party was profusely painted and looked
grotesquc as well as picturesque.
| A Masonic Delegation.
delegation of Virginia Masons had a
pleasant conference with the President and
brought TO his mini memories of war days.
The delegation was composed Of C. NJ. Glib
bens, Rev. DR.. j. p. Hyde, DIR. w. S. Love
ana George E. jenkins. They are from
Hiram Lodge of Winchester Va They
came to invite the President 70 be the guest
of their lodge if he should accept an in
vitation already extended to him to at
tend the Shenandoah valley fair at VIM
chester in September. 1t is not improba-
BILE that the President will go.
, President Mckinley became a Mason at
Winchester, Va, May 3, 1865 and was
| initiated in Hiram Lodge He was sta
toned at Winchester, and while making
his rounds among the hospitals noticed
that some of the wounded soldiers were
given more attention than others. He in
quired why this was, and on being in
formed said he wOuld like To joip m
order. He was promptly taken in.
George E. jenkins, one of the members
of the committee, witnessed the initiation
of the President. The committee gave the
President photographs of the old building
in which the lodge was located in 1865 and
of the building where it is now located.
The President expressed great pleasure
at the visit OF the committee. He will noti-
fy the fair authorities some time in the
future whether he will be able to be pres
ent.
Big Delegation of Germans.
committee representing the Eighteenth
National S1engerfest Association arrived
from Philadelphia in a special car at IL
o'clock this morning, and went from the
railway station to the residence of Vice
President Hobart. who delayed going to the
Capitol to meet the delegation
The delegation consisted of Representa-
| tives A. c. Harmer, r. Adams and j. r.
Young of Pennsylvania, ex-Representatiye
Theodore Halterman of Pennsylvania
Mayor Charles F. Warwick OF Phi,adel-
phia, Simon Wolf of Washington, Arno
Leonhardt, president of United Singers Of
Philadelphia, and president of the execu-
tive committee of the Saengerfest, and the
| following from Philadelphia: Edmund
Wolsieffer, Carl kuhl. F. Claudy, c. stahl,
Henry Lierz. F. Muench, +. Schlaich r
". Federschmidt. F. Lindhorst. L. Coos
G. Sinner, G. Schumacher, f. w. Sieg.
mann, w. H. Kunzig. William Lentz. E. r.
| and Otto Wrangel
The vice president met the committee in
| the parlor OF his residence and was intro
| ouceo 10 each member by Representative
Aos ms, VINO first presented President Arno
| Leonhardt. Mr. Leonhardt remarked that
II asmuch as Philadelphia was arranging
! the greatest Saengerfest that has ever been
neld IN this country and for which purpose
ire United Singers of Philadelphia had
| erected the largest concert hall on this
| continent, they felt that the ARRANGEMENTS
would not be completed without the pres
| ence of the President and Vice President
OF this great country"
With this, Secretary Carl Ruhl of tn,
National SaengerbUnd handed Mr. Hobart
the engrossed invitation, which is bound in
adn on the face the in
| phia, June 21-26, 1897
Mr.. Hobart replied. thanking the COM
| mittee for their kind consideration. and
| added that If the Senate had by that time
| passed the tariff bill, SO that his official
duties would permit. he would positively
| attend, as he was desirous of hearing the
| mammoth chorus which will sing on that
| occasion.
| Mayor Charles F. Warwick of Philadel-
| phia entered the parlor just as the Vice
| President was closing his remarks, and
| Mayor Warwick impressed upon the Vice
! President the magnitude of the coming fes-
| tival, and assured him of the hospitality of
| the Quaker city, and promised him police
| protection while in Philadelphia, which re-
mark caused the Vice President to laugh
| heartily.
| After extending an invitation officially to
| Mr.. Hobart to attend the eighteenth ma
ttonal Saengerfest, to be held In Philadel-
! phia the week of. June 21-a6, the party
| went to the White House. where the Presi-
| dent met them by appointment
| At the White House the party was
| ushered into the cabinet room, where the
/ President greeted Representative Adams
| cordially and bade the delegation welcome.
| Mayor Warwick was then introduced. He
/ said that they would be highly honored by
/ the Presidents presence at the greatest
! of all Saengerfests held on this Continent.
| President Arno Leonhardt of the Nas
| ticnal Saengerfest, after being introduced
/ to the PresiderE, said that the army of
/ singers would prize above all II they could
sing to the President of the United States.
to which Mr.. Mckinley replied that che
felt both honored and battered by the In
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