The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-20

Rico. the Philippines, China, Venezuela
and the other localities where Uffcie sam
now and then runs against a snag.
GeneraliL.es were dealt In. and ne p<.tted
himself on the Dack fer giving the peo-
PIE lively Industrial cond-tions, good
trop.,, plenty or ram, hosting off cyclones.
axceot at Caves. on, viii WAS practically
outside, OF MS ofnciai jurisdiction. and Tor
stamping ont yellow fever, smallpox
buoonic plague and anarchy. he CON
graduated himself for keeping .do"f
strikes, limiting the powers OF trusts,
s,,ppressfng ex-Queen Likouklfani, ana
6ecT,red chat If he ever caught ASu.naldo
he wouldn't do a thing TO Inn The Pres
ident pleaded for the independence oil
Cuba. Porto Rico, and the Fuipinos, aiia
urged the Importance or witndFa"-Hss Ii'
the American troops from emma ana iet-
tine- the Chinese do business to suit tnefi-
ssIyas Ne spoke OF our criminal agrees
sion in treating with our colonies, and
tbo,,~bt there ought to be u commission
| 10 settle up everything. The negro. ne
gave a big send OFF as an important Fac
tor in the body polite ard declares ne
would nut a stop TO Iyncnings festivities
| of ain kinds if he had 20 bring the who.e
| cou1biued power of the army anP navy
| into action TO do Il
| Our commercial relations with otner
| nations were touched on and some
/ statistics about tbs negro thrown INTO
| color un things. The address was an
| astute one. and there We're copious
promises as to what lie would Go by
! wav4 of putting the United States on the
! tbn round of the ladder Of civilization
!! Mrs Mckinney fixed her eyes on the
| President and smiled with approval at All
| he said. applause and perspiation.f
MINISTER'S BOUQUETS
Congratulations by toret9n Ministers
[ ir,rarpStfrss tire cSfe-
| MONIES. Here is where eIch of inc for
eign REPRESENTATIVES got in q chance t"
throw bouquets
|. Sir Julian Pauncefote, from the Court
OF St. James was no other than a smait
yellow negro, named John Lewis. he
was n1eased TO note the pleasant relations
| existing between the two great EnSilStS
sneallins nations limited at a strongly
csrner1tetF alliance and reading between
| The lines one could not help suspectlhs
| that American securities and American
| wheat and coal We're lodged somewhere
IN the back of his Uranium. He, warmly
shook the Presidents hand and then
| came Monsieur Caubon, with q nervous
| PARTISAN air. and all politeness and sacnet
noyyGer. He spoke French with Varia-
tons. and somebody else acted as inter
,,-eter 10 see that the audience didn't
get mixed on its propositions anu &C
Minister WI Ting Fang, appeared in
his flowing garment of rich coloring and
his pigtaiI hung down his back
The Mclean man is ac veiy good man
was his introduction, and President
NTcT1fnIev is a vely good President. OF
Melca" said he. Then he bowed ana
scraped a little and congratulated China
He didn't say a word about the Boxer
outfit but hoped everything would ad-
lust itself TO suit the Meicans-
The Japanese Minister was also in the
|
| rigrcd out in the National garh. He
| didn't say n word but rung the Pres
dents hand and passed on to give place
| to the Minister from Hayti, the blacklist
| negro in Richmond with few exceptions
d Webster Davis, according to the Of
| fetal nroerarnme The representative
| from Havti cast a shadow before him,
| even i'm the darkness He was q chunky
coon but pulled off his little speech Just
as though he really represeHted something
worthy OF q place on the mar
Then came Liberia represented by
negro named Thurston. When Liberia
was announced somebody suggested that
tha band would play. Take Me Home
Where l First Saw the Light. There
was n geograp hicGl and genealogical con-
nection. which some OF these present rec
rgnized. and all eyes were fixed on the
Ifberfar representative. FIe spoke with
emphasis and dignity, and was delighted
that the relations between America and
the great country he had the honor To
represent stuck as close as porous
All the ministers regardless OF color
clothes and cultivation, didn't forget to
let the President feel they felt honored to
lie iii office. though nothing was said
about pulls. rings, diplomatic
wire-worll
This feature OF the occasion closed with
applause and smiles of appreciation. Mrs
Mckinley had now been standing until she
must have felt somewhat weary. She
stood up against the strain remarkably
well however. and there was no neces-
sity of calling the ambulance.
THAT SUPPER.
BY this time the night was dwindling
away, and everybody was growing a triha
restless over SO much official Hfe ex-
cept those who held office. The latter
seldom grew weary OF il.
Much as Il coon loves to hear brass
band, the next musical number on the
. programme did not meet with an ovation.
for an Odor of chicken. beefsteak fried
ham and eggs and the like began to
climb up from the ground floor where
the inaugural banquet was to be served.
Before the two tooters had footed tbs.
! last toots in the selection somebody
' asked If postum would be on the bilr OF
fare, and this suggestion spread through
the hall with magic effect. The result
= | was that the confirmation OF the Calbi-
: net ana the reports ffOm that august
{ body were hurried through with a, speed
| proportionate with the growing strength
of the odor from the banquet room be-
] low. One more number from the two
tooters and then came the poem: Nc
KinIeys Inauguration" by Professor D.
w Davis. This was harmless.
II was enthusiastically planned on a
model 1 read sometime ago from the
| plea of Alfred Austin E.u@land's official
! verse manufacturer But it read pretty
we'll for this occasion, and contained a
| good many words
Last came the banquet. You have heard
Of the Astor dinner which was intended
! as food for tsle press swell as the guests.
you have read of the Seeley affair with
trimmings that gave newspaper space
writer's a show to catch up dull days:
you probably remember the Windy Point
er's watermelon feast that broke AL rec
oris in this vicinity. But these were free
lunch functions as compared with the in
auguration banquet. There were all the
delicious things 10 he cooked up in Jack