New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-28
AT THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB
RECEPTION FOR THE PRESIDENT AND
vICE-PRESIDENT
MANY OF THE OFFICIAL GUESTS OF THE CITY

PRESENT
The reception given by the Union League CLUB
OF this city for the President and Vice-President
OF the United States attracted large NUMBER OF
prominent men to the clubhouse nj tfth-aVe anu
Thirty-ninth-st. last evening. About six hundred
guests were present by invitation. and nearly all
the members OF the club there. The Recep-
ton Committee had detailed members to escort the
prominent guests to the house for the reception
Among the guests several Governors each
accompanied by members Of his STAFF and several
foreign Ambassadors and Ministers. and there were
many bright uniforms in the place.
GUESTS AND THEIR ESCORTS.
Following is partial list of the guests with the
members OF the club detailed to escort them: Presi-
dent Mckinley with General Horace Porter; vice.
President Hobart, with NJ. c. d. Borden Sir Julian
Pauncefote. with Chauncey NJ Depew; J. Pate
notre with James Otis; Baron Fava with ex-
Judge Henry +. Rowland: Senior Don Matias Ro-
nero. with General Sharpe; Senior Salvador dc
Mendonca with Clarence Andrews; Senior Don An
tonic Lazo Arriaga. with Henry w Hayden;
Senior Don Domingo Cana. with Horace B. Fry;
Senior Jose Andrade Venezuela with Colonel Rog-
ers J. b. Pioda. Switzerland with Frederick d.
Tappen; Senon Enrique Dupuy De LONE Spain
with r. A. c. Smith: Constantin Brun. with Rlch-
ard Butler: Francis NJ Hatch. Hawaii with George
Terry; Viscount de Santo Thyrso. Portugal, WIN
A. D. Juiard Dr. Martin Garcia Meron, Argentine
with L. O. Leech: J. NJ. Leger. Hayt, with A. H.
Brown; General John NJ. Schofeld. with Charles
c. Beaman; General Nelson a. Miles, with Geherai
Arson c. McCook General Wesley Merritt
with Colonel s. v. r. Cruger. General Grenvile
NJ Dodge with William Brookfeld; Rear Admiral
Brown with Edward Mitchell; Rear-Admirai
Bunce, with S. W. r. McLane Speaker Reed with
A. c. Paine: Mayor Strong. with Ellhu Root'
Moustapha Bey Turkey with General d. H. dlp-
son; Senior Don J. d. Rodriguez, Senior Don Joaquin
Bernardo Cavo, Costa Rica, with j. I. y Cohor'
Senor Don Alexandra Wos y Gil. Dominican Re-
public with Pauldng Farnham; Secretary Johh
Sherman. with William Allen Butler secretary
Russell A. Alger. with General b. f. Tracy Secre-
tary Cornelius y. Bliss, with Adrlance ~ buSh'
Secretary Lyman J. Gage. with Henry W. cannon
Secretary James Wilson, with Warner Miller; Az
torney General McKenna. with Colonel John D. NC
Cook: Postmaster General Gary, with Thomas l..
James; Senator Marcus A. Hanna with NoihHio-
dore Van Santyoord; General w. VI. Osborne, with
D. Il St John Roosa; Senior Carlo with john FL
derkin: Governor Griggs OF New-Jersey Governor
| Cooke Of Connecticut. General Thomas J." NatSoIl'
Henry G. Runkle, Governor Lowndes Of Maryland,
with william A. Marburg; Governor Wocot' vi
Massachusetts,, with John Harsen Rhoades; cover
| NOR r. Ramsdell of New Hampshire. with James
| F. Gay; Governor Bushnell of Ohio with Henry
| w Cannon; Governor Hastings or pennsylvania
with Charles s Smith; Governor Charles warren
Limit of Rhode Island. with Charles a. Peabody
|
! Hubbard. Governor Frank s. Black of New-forK
With G. HYDE; Lieutenant-Governor Timothy
! L. Woodruff with Thomas Is. clarke; speaker
! OCrady with Cephas Brainerd senator MUIR
phv with John F. Plimey; Senator Sewen' Vi
| >- Jersey with Charles L. Gregory: Senator
Wetmore Of Rhode Island. with benjamin rdir :
coroto- Erve of Maine, with Walter A. Pease;
| sonat Proctor Of Vermont. with A b. Hepburn
Sen .Galnger Of New-Hampshire, with Charles
r. iickox; Senator Fairbanks, or indiaha' WIN
| w H. HOLSTER: Senator Walthall with Jonh -
! Brown. Senator Carter. with j. f. Barber oeha-
| tor uorshroueb with Bernard s. Clark Sena tor
! Flkins with w II. Fuller President Seth Low
Of Columbia. with Woodbury. Langdon; Generai
/ webb with Richard Deafed President Patton
! OF Princeton, President ]. @. Schurman OF Ooi .
nell University Mayor Wurster OF BROOKLYN anu
william Berri, president Of the Union League
Club Of Brooklyn.
LAVISH DECORATIONS.
nib decorations for the reception were lavish and
o,,,s,ta On the Fifth-ave. front OF the clubhouse
| extending from the roof down TO the ground oe-
tween the windows were streamers OF req cIo'h OIL
| which were strung white and blue electric hsu's'
| Retween the two central streamers electric hghts
blazed forth the famous sentence "a " ~
Let us have peace.
In tho main lobby from the entrance In Thirty-
nintbst hack nearly to the staircase were rows OF
Mains and other ported plants. The ceiling ol the
| room was half covered by flags. ana lestoohS VI
| flags were on the pillars In the room Ire stars
| and stripes had been used freely In decorating
60. a,s IN the house In the billiard-room to
Tho r,gbt ~ the lobby paintings Of General Grant.
Genera, sherman and General Sheridan, framed in
| the National coors, were on the walls.
The room in which the reception look place was
the large meeting room onSthe second moor ana IL
| s GOV with flags and flowers. The dinng-rooms
on the third and fourth floors. in which supper Tor
the invited guests served later had oeen deeo-
| ra,od nrofusely with flowers There were seats for
eoo guests at the tables. The 7th Regiment Band
played in the lobby throughout the evening "A
number Of soldiers stood at the loot OF 'he main
staircase.
president Mckinley waa escorted Into the club
house by General Porter at $40 p. m. Many mem
har. of the club In evening dress, stood in the
lobby and clapped their hands by way OF welcome
The soldiers presented arms as the rresiuen'
walked upstairs. A number OF the Governors mad
rr,,,ed and had gone to the reception-room before
tho Presidents arrival They were presented TO
him Immediately Governor Black and his staff
entered the clubhouse directly after the President.
The reception went until about II o'clock, and
then supper announced
ON THE RECEPTION COMMITTEE.
The full Reception Committee of the club for
last evening was the following: Matthew e. d.
Borden chairman; George Bethune Adams secre-
tary: Edward D. Adams Mortimer {. Addoms,
1obr " Aiken Robert C. Alexander. Clarence
Andrews, DanleI r APPietoi' "''''"' ~ 1880
Herman o. Armour, Samuel L. Avery, isaac H.
Rarev George r Baker. J. Edwards Barbour,
John c. Barron, Edward 7. Bartlett, George DE
Forest BARTON Charles c. Beaman. George +.
BENJAMIN Robert F. Bixby George Blagden
Henry Blake a. Noel Brakeman, James A. Baneh-
ard George Bliss, James o. Boss, Frederic Bon
ner Clarence W. Bowen. Cephas Branerd, Her
bert L. Bridgman. Isaac II. Bromley Cnaries r.
Rrooker William Brookfeld, Albert II. Brown, A.
Swan Brown Frederick T. Brown, James a. Bur-
den T Adriance Bush. Joseph Bushnell. Richard
Rutler William Allen Butler. John l.. Cadwaader'
lie Grand b. Cannon Henry w. Cannon, Andrew
Carnegie william carpenter. John b. Caldwell.