The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-02-25
VISIT TO NATIONS CAPITOL
PRINCE HENRY,S VERY BUSY DAT
 IN WASHINGTON.

AN 4SH NblONs
 His Meeting With the P,esident-Tkoi,
 Conversation Formal and Had No Po-
 IiticaI stgnificance-RoyaI Party In
 the House and senate-Prince Watches
 Stirring Scene in Latter Chamber =
 Dinner at the White House in the
 Evening-President Toasts the Kaiser,
 the Prince and the German Nation
 Expressions of Good WiII from Prin co
 Henry-Dcparture at Midnight for
 New York.
 Washington, Feb. 24-The visit of Prince Henry and his suite to the cap itol this afternoon must have been not only gratifying experience to the roy al visitor on account Of the warm and flattering reception he received, at both the house and the senate, and the op- portunity it afforded him of meeting the leaders of both houses personally, but it must have been an extremely interest ing experience as well.
 The prince not only saw the houses of the American parliament at work but in the senate he witnessed one of those intensely dramatic moments which come in that body occasionally, at the conclusion of great debate. The prince and his party, in carriages. escorted by troop of cavalry hanked a;4 .tI I~;a ,AJo of police, arrived at the eastern entrance of the capitol at 4 o'clock, exactly on schedule time.
 The party was met at the great bronze doors leading into the rotunda by committee from the house. Brief cordial greetings having been extended the prince and his party, under the pro lection of a half hundred police were guided through solid walls of people packed in the rotunda and statuary hall to the room of Speaker Henderson in the rear of the house lobby. Here the speaker, who was awaiting him, greeted the prince with a warm hand shake as MT. Hit presented This royal highness.'
 General Henderson invited the prince to be seated, while the German ambas- sador made the other introductions, then in a few words formally welcomed him.
 The prince thanked the speaker for his courtesy and without further cere- ,nony the party proceeded to the gal lery of the House. The party remained i about ten minutes and on retiring the 1 House at once adjourned to afford the l members an opportunity to meet the | royal visitor personally. The reception | was very informal The members | formed a line and were presented by | MT Hit. From the House the prince was es- corted to the Senate. He was seated by | the president of the Senate. The princes first view of the Senate | of the United States hardly could have | been more dramatic and thrilling. The ! chamber was brilliantly illuminated | from above, the overhanging galleries | were thronged to suffocation, every sen ator was in his seat, the sides of the 1 chamber were fringed with representa- tives drawn thither by news of the con- flict that was raging and on the floor the youthful senator from Texas, MT. Bailey, was hotly engaged with several of the elder leaders, on the republican side over the right of the two senators from South Carolina, who are in con tempt of the Senate, to vote on the Philippine bill.
 For fully twenty minutes he sat com- pletely engrossed by the scene before him. At last Ambassador Won Holle- ben who sat below him at the clerks desk, suggested that it was time to go, the prince thanked Senator Frye and arose. Senator Frye inter- rupted the Senate with a rap of his gavel The senators immediately stood up while the galleries craned their necks. Then. as the prince ascended the steps and stood for an instant bow ing his acknowledgements ere he took his departure, the galleries broke into applause.