Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-01-08
WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION
PRESIDENT CLEvELAND,s LEvEE
BRILLIANT ONE.
Diplomatic Corps, Army Officers,
Supreme Court and General
Public Participated.

| Washington, Jan. 1.-The king is dead
long live the king begins officially 70 be
| heard DIN Washington with the last New
Years reception. Not till the year is ush.
cred In In which he is to pass out on ad.
ministrative existence, do the people Of
| Washington begin to turn expectantly
| toward March 4. So it has come to pas:
that certain pathos attaches to the New
Year reception at the White house, and
ningles like an unbidden guest with the
Usual stiff, formal gayety of the occasion
Especially is this true this year. Not be
cause the president is socially popular, be-
cause he Is the contrary, but because Mrs
Cleveland's graciousness has made her
the most affectlonately regarded mistress
the White house has had for years. In
deed, there are gray haired dowagers OF
the olden times whose "reminiscences take
In the days of Webster and Clay, who in
sist that She is the most lovable of all the
first ladies of the land who have lived in
the executive mansion.
The reception is usually such an extern
sive affair that lasting as it does only
from IL a. m. to p. m, the time has to
be divided into particular sections which
are set off for the different classes of Wis
itors, for instance, at IL a. m. the pres-
dent received the vice president, the mem
bers of the cabinet and the diplomatic
corps. Then at II :15 the chief justice, the
associate justices of the supreme court Of
the United States, the judges of the
United States court of claims, the judges
nj 10 nd hn ind.
of the supreme court of the District of
Columbia presented themselves. Then
other bodies paid their respects as fol-
lows:
At 11:25, senators, representatives and
delegates in congress, the commissioners
of the District of Columbia and the ju-
dlciaa officers of the district, ex-members
of the cabinet and ex-ministers of che
United States.
AT n4O, the officers of the army, the
navy, and the marine corps, tho general
and generals staff of the militia of the
District of Columbia.
AT H. the regents and the secretary of
the Smithsonian institution, the civil SER
vice commissioners, the Interstate COM
merce commission, the assistant secre-
taries of the departments, the assistant
postmasters general, the solicitor general,
the assistant attorneys general the com
missioner of fisheries the commissioner of
labor, the heads of the bureaus Of the
several departments, and the president Of
the Columbian Institute for the Deaf and
Dumb
AT l2:15, the Associated Veterans of the
War of 1916, the Grand Army of the Re-
public, the Loyal Legion, the Union Vet
eran Legion and the members of the Old
est Inhabitants Association of the Dis
trict of Columbia
AT 1885, reception of citizens, terminal
ing at p. M, the president, assisted by
Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. Stevenson and the
ladies of the cabinet.
The list of dates of other receptions
etc., at the executive mansion during the
season of 1897 is as follows:
january z, cabinet dinner; January H.
diplomatic reception; January q,
diplomatic dinner; january 2S, congress
sional and judicial reception; February A,
supreme court dinner; February 6, Mrs.
Clevelands reception; February Ii, army,
navy and marine corps reception; Febru-
airy Is, public reception.