The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-05-02
THEY WE'RE "JOLLlED."

cHleHy remarkable for the man.
ner in which the visitors were
given the Great American jolly"
such as his oilyness, Thomas Henry
Carter would give to an applicant for
a federal job who could not possibly
be accommodated. Thomas Henry
would act as though his whole heart
were bound up in the welfare of the
applicant and that he would almost
as soon lose his own job as commits
sioner of the St. Louis exposition as
to disappoint his friend, and the friend
would 60 away full of hope and also
full Of admiration for his good friend
Carter. After awhile the seeker af.
ter fat place would find out that
Thomas Henry had "jollied" him and
given the job to some one else, and
that is just exactly what happened to
the Cuban delegates.
Upon their arrival in Washington
they were met at the depot by cabi-
net ministers, by United States sena-
tors, by the private secretary to the
president, and a considerable retinuo
of subordinates. They were polite
ly handed into waiting carriages,
driven to the Shoreham hotel, given
the choicest suites of rooms in that
fashionable hostelry and told that the
entire establishment was theirs and
told that all bills were to be paid by
this government. A small army of
attendants was engaged to wait at
the doors, each visitor having a valet
of his own, who was instructed to be
unusually vigilant.
Then came round of official visits.
The secretary of war in full state re-
ceived the delegates in his private Of
HCc, ul1OuAucu Wy uio SuACL eo0A0S-
ants, and with high army officers pres
ent to add luster to the occasion. Then
there came the trip to the white house.
The president took up his quarters in
the famous blue parlor fully an hour
before the guests arrived, and waited
as quietly as if he had nothing more
important on hand than their recep
ton. Private Secretary Cortelyou
stood at the main doorway of the white
house during all this hour, waiting fol
the conference at the war department
to come to a close.
AS the visitors approached the pres
idential abode the stalwart capitol pc
lice cleared the way and waved thei
clubs with all the form and ceremon,
imaginable. Mr.. Cortelyou bowed g
low that his head nearly knocked
against the door as he met the dele
gates. They were taken straight to tn
president, who chatted with them gail
for half an hour, made formal addres
and then turned them over to thre
army officers in fatigue uniform, VIII
were instructed to act as guide
showing the guests of the nation e
erything that they wanted to see
the city, and, making them feel .
home in every possible way.
The state dinner at night was full
up to the high standards of whit
house traditions. Nothing was lac
ing either in the decorations or
the tables. The famous white hou.
Conservatives were heavily draw
upon, and the several parlors were
orally one mass of bloom and gree
leaf
When the guests finally had an o
portunity to get in q word edgewi
regarding their mission, they were to
first by the secretary of war al
then by the president, that the Pla
amendment was the law of the Ian
and that no officer of the Anne
lean government had the power
transgress it. But this word WI
spoken with seeming regret. tt
deepest interest was manifested wi
regard to Cuba. All sorts Of que
tons, designed to flatter the visitor
were asked. The president and b