The National tribune., 1903-02-12
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: This reception is the one down in tn
calendar to Congress" There was a fin
representation of the Northern member
of both House and the Senate. but til
President got the cut direct from tn
Southern chivalry. Only a mere handful
of the fire-eaters were there, and they wer
so scared of meeting somebody with
black skin. that one of them actually mis-
took the Haytian Minister for one of tn
!, despised race, and incontinently fled from
the White House with his wife and daugh
tiers. 1t would be sOAlaughable if it bor
dered less on the ridiculous. The grea
State receptions at the White House ar,
only public functions, and can be callet
social in no sense of the word. The PresI
dent receives the Diplomatic Corps ut til,
first reception. Now, it is weil-knowr
4 fact that in the Diplomatic Corps there arr
men and women both who have faint Of
other than white blood in their veins.
The second reception is to the Supreme
Court and Associate Justices and lega
lights all over the country. Many negroes
Supreme Court. The third reception is tt
the Congress of the United States. Every
body knows that it has often been the
case that there were negroes in those two
bodies. The third and last reception is tt
the Army and Navy, and the military
arms of the Government have many col
ored representatives in Washington who
have right to invitations. Along with
all these particular bodies come many rep
resentatives of the United States Govern
ment who hold high official position, who
are entitled to invitations to one or an.
other. Entitled because of those Off,
cial positions.
And why not? The President of the
United States is only an Official of the
Government. after all, given a house to
posal for carrying on the Executive
branches of the Government, and he is the
President of the people" Wouldn't il
look little queer for him to hedge him
self off from that portion of 'the people, "
who in this day seem to need his protec-
ton more than they have before in %
years?
And, again, why select the negroes of
the country as an example of people to
snub, and accept the Hawaiians, the
Haitians. the Indians, the unspeakable
Turks, the Chinese, and the others of the
herd of Orientals. who have no more
morals than cat? Yet the diplomats of
these countries have been wined and dincd
over and over again at the White House,
and these same Southern members nearly
resorted to the duello because they were
often insulted by being left out of the list
Of invited guests. At Diplomatic recer-
lion, where these people gather in their
gaudy uniforms of State, the Orientals,
many of whom are barred by law from
entering the United States to become citi-
Zens, excite more attention than all the
rest of the foreigners put together. As a
matter of fac,, the home of the Chinese
Minister las been the favorite resort for
several Southern families, who delight to
receive with them, and to be escorted
around by the sons of Confucius, and to
receive the perfectly magnificent presents
which the Celestials give on all occa-
s;ons.
Comrade A. A. Yeakel, Co. G. 145th
Pa, Granville, Pa, was in the city last
dol Railroad. and incurred scurvy, from
hich he has ever since been very lame.
He is printer by trade:
There has just been put on exhibition
in the Museum the Korean collection of
coins, dating back to IT'S A. D., the first
establishment of the Korean mint. Await
ing the completion of the collection the
coins have heretofore been kept in storage,
public has had of them. The collection
numbers $500 pieces, and is complete from
the earliest establishment of the mint up
to the present day.
The second competition for a model FOR
the statue to be erected in this city to
Gen. George B. Mcclellan was opened at
the Corcoran Art Gallery last week. In
the original competition % artists submit
ted models. Four artists-Austin Hayes,
of New York; Charles II. Niehaus, of New
York; Waldo Story. of Rome, Italy, and
Attilio Picciri!li, of New York-were asked
to submit larger models, which are now
on exhibition. A selection from these will
be made by the Mcclellan Statue Com
mittee. which consists Of the following
members: Mr.. EIihu Root, Secretary of
War, Chairman; Senator George p. Wet
more, Chairman of the Joint Committee
on the Library, and Brig. Gen. George d.
Rnggles, U. s. A., Chairman of the Nc
Ciellan Statue Committee of the Society
of the Army Of the Potomac, with Mr..
NJ. 0. Chance, Secretary, and Col T. A.
Bingham. U. S. A., Executive and Dis
bursting Officer.
The cost of the statue and pedestal is
limited to 100000, including excavation,
foundation, and all expenses incidental to
the erection of the statue. The site of the
statue has not yet been finally selected.
The National Museum has been en-
riched by the Grant collection of curios
which, by the will of Mrs. Grant, were to
be presented to the Government. Most
OF these articles were gifts to either Gen.
or Mrs. Grant by foreign monarchs on
their famous tour around the world The
collection consists of the following: An
ancient japanese lacqnered cabinet, sup
posed to be 1000 years old, presented to
Mrs Grant by the Empress of Japan; a
pair of japanese bronze vases presented by
the Emperor of Japan; lady's toilet set,
including seven cups Of hammered gold,
presented by the King and Queen of Siam;
lady's perfume case a model of temple
in silver. a gift to Mrs. Grant by the
Maharaja of Dekkan; number of jap
anese poems; a Siamese case ON lacauered
and embossed gold, presented by King and
Queen of Siam.
BANQUET AND ENcAMPMENT.