Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1902-02-25
VISITED CONGRESS.
House and Senate Warmly Wei
coined Prince Henry.


troop Of cavalry, arrived at the cap
itol at o'clock, to see how Congress
works.
Prince Henry no longer wore the
brilliant uniform and plumed chapeau
in which he had appeared earlier in
the day. He was attired in the simple
dark blue .atigue uniform of Ger
man admiral, and wore the flat Ger
man naval cap of his rank. The men,
bers of his suite wore fatigue uni
form, and the German Ambassador
had exchanged his court dress for a
conventional frock suit. In the matter
of gold lace and braid, General Cor
bin and Admiral Evans, still in the
splendor of full dress uniforms, far
outshone the Prince and his staff.
The party was met at the great
bronze doors leading into the rotunda
by a committee from the House, con-
sistng of Mr.. Hit, of Illinois; Mr..
Dinsmoro, of Arkansas, and General
Grosvenor, of Ohio, chairman Of the
committee having the arrangements
for the reception in charge. Brief
cordial greetings having been ex-
changed the Prince and his party,
under the protection of a 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 warm handshake as Mr.. Hit
presented His Royal Highness.'
General Henderson invited the Prince
to be seated, while the German Am
bassado made the other intrOductiOns,
and then in few words formally well
coined him.
The Prince thanked the Speaker for
mony the party proceeded to the gal
lery of the House, walking up the mar
Bile stairs instead of using the eleva-
tor. An impressive sight met the gaze
of the Prince ms he reached the thresh-
old 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.
The Princes appearance at the door
of the gallery caused an enthusiastic
demonstration. No sooner had his
tail, graceful figure been framed IN
the doorway when II spontaneous out
burst of applause swept floor and gal
lery. The Prince paused, d,smiled through
his blonde beard, aud acknowledged
the greetings with n slight bow. Then
advancing With the German Ambassa-
dor and Mr. Hit ON either side. he
him In the front row of the gallery.
instantly every eye was upon him.
lie seemed perfectly obliyious Of the
fact that he was on exhibition at close
range.
Mr. Gilbert Of Kentucky, was ad-
dressing the House at the time on the
Philippine questions, although the dip
lomntic and consular appropriation bill
was under consideration. Prince
Henry seemed Interested, listening at
tentivcly 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.
The party remained about ten min
utes in the gallery, and then descend
ed to the Ways and Means committee
room, where n reception was to be
held. The demonstration as the Prince
left the gallery was prolonged
In the committee rooms the members
formed In line, and We're presented by
Mr.. HIT. The members of the Princes
suite were arranged in Il semi-circle
behind them, but owing to the limited
time Were not presented to the mem
bers of the House. Practically the
entire membership of the House took
advantage of the chance to meet
Prince Henry, the Democrats being
seemingly quite ms anxious to enjoy
the honor as the Republicans. Sew
eral of the members had their chill
dren With them, and one or two were
accompanied by their wives. Mr..
Graham, of Pennsylvania. was The
first TO shake hands with the Prince,
who gave each member in turn smile
and word OF friendly cordiality and
n firm grasp of the hand. Mr.. WI
liams, Of Mississippi, and Mr.. Wach-
ter Of Maryland, exchanged Il few
remarks with the Prince in German.
The Prince next visited the Senate
where ho was received with great
applause. A debate was lust over
and II was the intention of the Senate
10 give the Prince an informal recep-
tlon such as he received at the House
end OF the Capitol, but In the excite
ment attending the proceedings on the
floor the arrangement was not car
ried out.
The Prince departed through the
main door, the Senators remaining on
their feet until he had disappeared.
lie was then joined by his suite and
repaired to the east door, where the
carriages We're In waiting.