Evening star., 1902-02-25

attired in the simple dark blue fatigue uni
form of a German admiral, and wore the
fiat German naval cap Of his rank The
members of his suite wore fatigue uniform
and the German ambassador had exchanged
his court dress for conventional frOck
suit. In the matter of gold lace and braid
General Corbin and Admiral Evans, still in
the splendor of full dress uniforms, far
outShone the prince and his staff
At the Bronze Doors.
The party was met at the great bronze
doors leading into the rotunda by commit
tee from the House, consisting Of Mr.. Hit
Of Illinois, Mr.. Dinsm0re of Arkansas and
Mr.. GrosvenOr of Ohio, chairman of the
committee having the arrangements for
the princes reception in charge. Brief cor
dial greetings having been exchanged. the
prince and his party, under the protection
Of half hundred police. were conveyed
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 handshake as Mr. Hit presented his
royal hghness." Speaker Henderson in
vited the prince to be seated. while the Ger
man ambassador made the other introduce
tions, and then in few words formally
welcomed him.
Welcomed by the Speaker.
"Your royal highness,'' he said, turning
to the prince, who instantly arose, lit gives
me very sincere pleasure, in behalf of the
United States House of Representatives, to
greet you with a cordial and heartfelt well
come, and it gives me all the greater pleas
ure as you come representing, in an emf
nent degree, that friendly feeling which
exists between your nation and ours, and
representing also the cordial feeling of the
iiluStrlous head of the German empire
When you are ready to go from here we
have made suitable provision for your ac-
commodation in the gallery, so that you
can see the House of Representatives in
session. When YOU have remained there a
length of time agreeable to YOU, a commit
tee. consisting of Mr.. Hit. chairman of the
committee on foreign affairs; Mr.. DinsmOre
also of that committee; General GroSvenor,
chairman of the committee on arrange
ments will consult your pleasure as to what
further may be gratifying to you While at
this end of the Capitol
In the House Gallery.
The prince thanked the Speaker for his
courtesy and without further ceremony the
party proceeded to the gallery of the House.
walking up the marble stairs instead of
using the elevator. An impressive sight
met the gaze of the prince as he reached
the threshold. The surrounding galleries
were crowded to the doors and below on
the floor in the long concentric circles of
the vast hall the members sat at their
desks. His appearance at the door of the
gallery caused an enthusiastic demonstra-
ton. No sooner had his tall, graceful fig
ure been framed into the doorway when
spontaneous outburSt of applause swept
floor and galleries. The prince paused,
smiled through his blonde beard and ac-
knowledged the greetings with slight bow.
Then advancing with the German ambassa-
dor and Mr.. Hit on either side he descend
ed to the place reserved for him in the
front row of the gallery. Instantly every
eve was upon him. He seemed perfectly
oblivious of the fact that he was on exhibit
ton at close range.
Mr., Gilbert of Kentucky was addressing
the House at the time on the Philippine
question, although the diplomatic and con-
sular appropriation bill was under consid-
Grafton. Prince Henry seemed interested,
listening attentively for several minutes to
what Mr. Gilbert had to say and appearing
much pleased at the hearty applause which
followed the statement Of the Kentucky
member that the "Anglo-Saxon and German
races are one While Mr.. Sims of Tennes-
| see, who secured the floor after MT Gil
| bert had concluded, was speaking the prince
| turned to. Mr.. Hit and in answer to his
| question the latter explained briefly the
| working of the cumbrous legislative ma
chinery in the consideration of appropria-
| ton bills.
Reception of Representatives.
| The party remained about ten minutes in
| the gallery and then descended TO the ways
and means committee room. where recep-
| ton was to be held. The demonstration as
| the prince left the gallery was even more
! enthusiastic than when he entered. A
number of members rose to their feet and
| cheered The House at once adjourned to
! afford the members an opportunity to meet
| the royal visitor personally. The reception
| was very informal. The members formed
| line and were presented by Mr.. Hit. The
members Of the princes suite were ar
! ranged in a semi-circle behind them, but
| owing to the limited time were not pre-
scented to the members Of the House. Prac-
/ ticaily the entire members OF the House
| took advantage OF the chance to meet
/ Prince Henry, the democrats being seem
| ingly quite as anxioua to enjoy the honor
/ as the republicans. Several Of the mem