The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-24
The President Was Greeted by a
Distinguished Party.
HE WAS GREATLY PLEASED
Both the United States and the City OF
Chicago Represented in the We'll
come-Will Be Entertained at
the Union League Club.

Notwithstanding the heavy snow which
delayed the suburban trains in the vi
| cinity of Chicago half an hour, the first
| section of the Chicago & Northwestern
| train No. 2, known as the Overland
Limited, from San Francisco, pulled
into the depot in Chicago within 70
minutes of the schedule time.
A distinguished party greeted the
| president of the little island republic
| on his arrival. The federal government
was represented by Judge Grosscup,
| Gen. John c. Black. United States dis
| trict attorney, Thomas L.. Macmillan,
clerk of the United States district
court, and Hon. Thomas W. Grinder
of the state department at Washing
| ton.
Chicago was represented by Mayor
| Harrison and the army and navy by
| Major Heistand and Lieutenant Com
mander Phelps respectively, who were
resplendent in full dress uniform and
several pounds of gold lace. In addi-
| ton to these the president was well
| coined by General Brooke and his staff.
consisting of Captain Richards and
| Lieutenants Dean and McKenna, Hon.
| F. NJ. Hatch. minister to the United
| States from Hawaii; William Penn
Nixon. DR.. Henry c. Lyman and the
Chicago consul. DR.. L. w. job.
President Doles party consisted of
| himself, Mrs. Dole. Secretary Idukea
and DR.. Day, his physician. The fol-
| lowing ladies were also present: Mes
danes Grosscup Harrison and Brooke.
On arriving in Chicago the reception
committee entered President Dole's prl~
vate car and welcomed him to Chicago.
The first to shake hands with him was
Judge Grosscup, who said: President
Dole, | am instructed by the president
of the United States to welcome You
here. | am pleased to introduce you
to Secretary Grinder representing the
president, and Mayor Harrison of Chi
cago."
After the exchange of courteses and
welcome to Chicago on behalf of the
city by Mayor Harrison, President Dole
cordially responded To the greeting and
seemed greatly pleased with the hearty
reception given to him. Mrs. Dole won
the hearts of everyone present by her
unaffected and pleasant manner,
thanked the ladies of the committee for
coming out so early in the day to well
come her. and seemed to appreciate
very highly the reception she received
in Chicago.
The party at once proceeded in car
riages to the Auditorium annex. where
suite 1,102 had been reserved for the
guests. Their rooms are situated at
the northeast corner of the hotel. on
the parlor floor, and are the same
apartments occupied by President Nc
Kinley two years ago when he visited
Chicago to address the Marquette club.
The suite, which was decorated with
La France roses and draped with a
Hawaiian flag, consists of "A drawing
room and three bedrooms. On arrlv-
ing at the hotel General Brooke ex-
tended an invitation to President and
Mrs. Dole to visit Fort Sheridan on
Monday morning, where a parade of
the garrison will be given in their
n
and the party will leave Chicago to-
morrow morning at o'clock by spe-
cial train on the Chicago a. Northwest
ern. returning to Chicago at noon.
This morning President and Mrs.
Dole attended the Church of the Mes
siah. At il o'oclock tomorrow
luncheon Will be rendered the distin-
guished guests at Kinsleys by num-
Der of former residents of Hawaii and
other friends. DIR. Henry Lyman has
charge of the affair, which promises to
be very pleasant reunion of old ac-
quaintances. At O'Clock "A formal re-
ception will be held al the Union
League club. to which invitations have
been forwarded to all the clubs i'm Chi
cago, and which will give President
Dole an opportunity of meeting a rep
resentative body of Chicago citizens.
While the arrangements are not en-
tirely completed, it is probable that
1890 a. m. Tuesday for Washington by
the Baltimore g. Ohio road. this COM
pany having rendered him the use of
the finest private car in it's service
One of the attentions most appTeci- !
ated by the visitors has been the offer
of Manager Stevenson of the long dis |
tance telephone company of the free
use of their wires while in Chicago.
In an interview with a representative /
OF the associated press to-day. Presi- I
dent Dole discussed freely the condi- /
tions in the republic of which he is the {
active head, but refused repeatedly To f
talk of the Hawaiian annexation ques- +
tion now before congress
Il can't go into a discussion of a mat
ter which Is before congress now" he /
said. 1t would be. ! think. discour-
teous. The newspaper men appreciate
my position. ] think. in regard TO 1T.
and have been very courteous. But
there is one thing | do not hesitate to
say" he continued. '.and that Is this:
There is absolutely no foundation for
these stories of Hawaii being menaced
by Japan. There is absolutely nothing
I'm 1t. We are not menaced by Japan
and we did not have a cabinet meeting
and discuss matter of the kind re-
ferred to either before leaving or at
any time, and there is no element i'm
our relations with Japan in the cause
of my leaving. There is nothing in the
relations between our country and ia +
pan that hurried me to America"
What is The sentiment in Hawaii on /
the annexation question:" President |
Dole was asked.
4 really cannot answer the question
exactly Ii is impossible to say how /
many HaWaiians are In favor uf It and
how many are opposed To IL. because no +
one knows. The royalists would t,il
YOU. some of them, that all HaWaiians
are opposed To annexation which Is +
not true But how many are opposed f
10 ii and how many are in favor Of tt
nobody knows. The Portuguese con-
SUI regards II as very good prospect
'or the interests of the Portuguese in
he islands think the Portuguese ara
generally in favor nf IL. / think the
Germans are also generally in favor
IF it,
The EnEIishmeu are divided. Some
II the strongest annexdtionists are |