The times., 1898-01-28

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| intention to honor. There is one prece-
| dent in the history of the country for
such a reception, and that precedent
| is found in the case of King kalakaua,
| of the Hawaiian Islands.
| Yesterday afternoon Senator Davis,
chairman of the Committee on Foreign
| Relations, and Mr.. Hit, chairman OF
the House Committee of Foreign Al
| fairs. called to pay their respects 10
| President Dole, and II is probable that
| during their visit he was asked with
| respect to his wishes regarding a pup
| lie reception.
| President Dole and his party spent a
| quiet but busy day in his apartments
| at the Arlington receiving guests and
callers and in the evening attended the
| play at the Lafayette Square Opera
| House.
He arose with the sun and breakfast
| ed early. He received his first callers
at 10 o'clock. They were newspaper
! men, and these he received singly and
in little groups during the entire MORN
! ing. He conversed pleasantly and COM
| mented freely upon his own and this
! country. When the vital question of
| annexation was touched he firmly but
! suavely declined To talk.
During the noon hour President Dole
| anu Ills " hdJoI were
| kept busy preparing a number of let
ters in order that they might be post
| ed in time To catch the Hawaiian mail.
| Mrs. Dole, accompanied by the wife of
| the Hawaiian minister, drove through
! the residential and suburban portions
| of the city. They returned in time for
! luncheon at the hotel, and at 2:30
! O'Clock, in company with Major Heis-
! tand, military escort for the President.
! called on MrS McK nj ot III. Wbifa
! House.
Among the many visitors who called
on the Presidential party al the Arling
| ton during the morning were Vice
| President and Mrs. Hobart. Paymaster
| Rand, L. $. N; Mrs Rand. Mrs. Will
! lam g. Irwin, of Honolulu; ex-Secre-
| tary and Mrs. John W. Foster. William
| f. Curtis, Mrs. William Barber of New
| York: Senator and Mrs. John T. Nor
gan. Mr.. Frederick Evans. Rev Thomas
S. Gulick, Of Hawaii; Mrs. Stephen
Rand, Mr.. and Mrs. Jeremiah NJ. Will
son, Mr.. Henry May, Mrs. John Grimes
Walker, the Misses Walker, Gen. j. C.
Breckenridge, L. s. Az Mrs. William X
Newton and MrssE. Morrison Sanford
During most of these calls there were
present Minister Hatch, Hon. Lorin A.
Thurston and the military and navy es-
corts, Major Heistand and Lieutenant
| IltIFss
The Presidential party and several
| invited guests dined early and were
driven over to the Lafayette Square
Opera House TO witness Hoyt's "A
Stranger in New York; II was the first
time that President Dole had left the
Arlington since his return call on the
President ON Wednesday afternoon. The
party occupied the second and third
! boxes OF the lower tier on the right
. -
these boxes is known as the Lincoln
Box" and contained the nations guest
and Mrs. Dole. the Hawaiian Minister
and Mrs. Hatch. Mr.. Thurston and
Mrs. William 6. Irwin. of Honolulu
The other box is the jackson Box.
and in it were President Dole's secre-
tary, Major Iankea, DR. Day, the court
physician of Honolulu, Lieutenant Com
mander Phelps, L. s. N, and Major
Heistand and Mrs. Heistand
The party sat throughout the entire
| play and were among the very last to
leave the theater President Dole en-
joyed the satire of Hoyt. 1t is worthy
of note that the time that he laughed
heartiest was when Harry Gilfoil, a
Washington boy. as Baron Sands, one
of the old guards of Delmonico's, gave
his limitations of the sounds heard at
! the circus, the queer noises made py
marauding cats. In fact the president
! and his entire party We're so greatly
pleased with the play that tickets were
| engaged for the Lincoln and the
Grant" boxes for Monday evening.
Vice-President and Mrs. Hobart have
| invited President and Mrs. Dole to the
| ball that will be given by them to-
night, and the Gridiron Club has eX-
tended an invitation for Saturday
| evening next. The metropolitan Club,
through its president. Judge Davis,
has extended it's courtesies 10 Presi-
dent Dole by making him an honorary
member. Many other invitations have
| been extended but they all will give
way to that of President and Mrs.
| Mckinley, which takes precedence over
them The invitations read:
president and Mrs. Mckinley re-
quest the pleasure of the company OF
at dinner in honor
of the president of the republic of
Hawaii and Mrs. Dole, Tuesday even,
ing, February i, 1898. at . O'Clock.
This will be the official reception of
President Dole on the part of the
American Government, and on this
occasion he will meet the members
and ladies of the Cabinet, the members
of the diplomatic corps. and army ana
navy officers and their wives.
The receiving of President Dole Off
ciaIly by Congress will be the second
time it was ever done. King kala-
kaua. of Hawaii visited the United
States In the winter of 1874 He was
the guest of the nation. and bill was
| passed by both houses providing for
the payment of the expenses of the
King and his suite.
On December IA, 1874, a resolution
was passed by both houses providing
for the appointment OF a committee of
two Senators and three members OF
| the House to take measures for the
proper notice of the presence at the
capital Of his majesty, kalakaua, King
| Of the Hawaiian Islands. Three days
later the committee reported to their
| respective houses that they had called
| upon the king and invited him to come
| to the Capitol on the next day, and
that they had made arrangements for
| his reception in the hall Of the House
| shortly after the hour of assembly.
The next day the records of Congress
| show that the galleries were crowded
| to overflowing. SO much so that q. res
| olution was passed admitting ladiei;
| with proper cards to the floor of the
| House The Senate. headed by the
| Vice President and secretary, went
| over to the House and We're seated to
| the right of the Speaker. immediately
! following the Senate came his majes-
| ty, followed by his suite and the joint
| committee of both houses. The king
was conducted to d position in the cen
| ter aisle and his presence announced.
| Mr.. Blaine, who was then Speaker, well
! cCmed his majesty in the name of the
F! American people, and among other
| things said: Our whole people share
| for your subjects the most friendly re-
gard. They trust and believe that the