Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-01-02
PRESIDENTS NEW
YEAR RECEPTION
4 Great Crowd Gathers to
Greet the Popular
President.

.ast thousands formed themselves it
Iuc and stood f1r hours iu the VIE
House grounds az the r.ae OF CATCHING
HHedmuH.a Tor enc privilege o.. shah
ug Ih, hand 0i che president Tuofo
eaa lite OBJ distinguish todaya fune.
.uu from those of FORMER years The
f.rnut Dh8uFr Uf Ufuah amhaaesi0ru
'uHoi rrlrr8uEgmCW in the order
of 90. diplomatic nne and there Wcro
nvafni uew fases among tho iuilcial
tuI department officials ANIL ~
course. AMONG tho members Of con
fref F0r the most Part. however.
so reception was attended By The
same officials. Who were presented "a
YfusUy 'bD ac order aud Iposlne
tcrv much tho same as iaat year. A.
or enc president mo central figure 81
ldhys doIngn be- looked just tae
same al De- did "a year ago. was dress
al tho same. and ln 40 PROBABILITY
was a. clad when the ahalr wac over
~ be- was a year AGO There WAS che
slmc crush oi people about enc do0fg
If the executive mansion and same
onr limo ~ ahlyeruE citizens who
bal to wait Until the privileged guests
uat been presented.
Tho EuuaH were received Boo t.f
H'ue room Promptly 1f 'i Hr'H,.
tho hour GOT f,r iHr hoHrn.Hr OFT tHr
function il. .Hmue.urH uf fN, Marine
band stationed Iu .hu Vi. boo. .1uuH
al a fanfare .urotr..Hs thr apprnaIH
~ che rer.N1r party. rHHIHtIHE NJ
I mo President arI Wr Roosevelt 1Hi
/ Mics Aubc Roosevelt aho were io
/ nd by tho cabinet ladies MruuthI.f
| tht o. iumltH whose br.rht ans COR
/ geouH uniforms give thr color and bril-
/ lance to thc RECEIPT i0n. WDrl aaaeu.
| blnU Iu iho Rcd roUm other priv
+ logged guests V,Ip likewise arriving .u
/ rapid succession and soon The state
dining room ana 'ta par'1rs and o.
/ coptlun rooms we're fhrnugod 30
} tween two sections of the receiving
I party iaue was formed hy cords ~
/ old gold velvet Through this lane
he callers passed from Tho Rcd room
/ proceeding through the Grsca room
into the Past room. and thence down
the staircase ,o "a, east terrace pass
Ing into the street opposite the west
entrance 81 the treasury.
Count Casslnl. the Russian amhsn
ladnr. and new dean o.: the diplomats
sorpa. Ted tho line today and was The
ant man ,o shane hands with che
preaiuont. a privilege held for many
Years by the late lord Paunccf0te
Count Csmlui wore his court uniform.
e magnificent creation OF brilliant col
or vita q wealth of gold lace llo wac
followed by hia niece. secretaries and
attaches OF the Russian embassy. 40
IN order according % their rams
Count CnsaIu 0nd the momhcra Of ths
embassy we're presented to the proa'
dent by Secretary ilay. after having
been rr. Hgntrd to Secretary Hay By
tho assistant secretary ~ state This
Dos "a moro matter of form followed h1
| ail ambassador and ministers which
! permits thrm to approach tHn ohl0f
executive by easy taFoH
Tho Mexican ambassador senior ds
. ATpIrUE stands uySt n Count CasuirI
900 tho diplomatic liat and ho was the
acrnn1 ambafaad0r in limo today Wis
site and daughter were with MIN.
along With secretaries ana attaches
Mont came s.mor Mayor tca Plan.
. oHrs. ambassador OF Italy aud his
. wife ana secretary The amhaaHadof's
/ uniform was dazzling and 1.E IeJofa
tonB numerous
Tho Ambassador of Austria liuaas
I-y followed The lmhaHadors ~
/ France Germany and Great Britain
followed Boa inc order given HIfh their
families hud secretaries
After tHr umhHafad0r came the
ministers. Including tho represents
/ trss of tHr Netherlands sweden and
/ NornHF Guatemala and other cOur.
/ iueH The urN republic of Panama
Nas represented Uf .w Delegate lea ihis
I country while several. other now
u.rr wore uufrH also Thrrc atirar.
ad UulD attention. huWryrr alongside
/ the feature OF tbo white house roceB.
tI0na. and today aa usual. the Chinrse
I minister and hIH secretaries and a.
tachta we're on h1fuf clad iu ,hD mos.
: gorgeous robes of costly 500
Afrr che diplomats President ana
MTE Roosevelt resolved tho Hufsms
| court of the United States. beaded
1y Chief Justice Fuller rhru f0ll0e
ed che judges OF the United States
court of claims aud the judiciary of
the District of Columbia The rscop
zion of mombora OF congress began a.
. 10. 300 o'clock and after lhCm came che
military contingent and the heads ~
the various departments ui govern.
mont
AZ ~ 25 the d0oH w.rr opened 90
Jhe plain people For uDr'y two
hours persons OF an aReH. 0H.gra. sea
SEES and conditions dift slowly by tho
president who had a CHEEKY rreotng
for AN.
Tho arrangements throughout were
admirable with tho result that there
w.e no delays ana u0 uaioWari inci
dents Chief W'HC nnd many 0i Bic
.HD.I.t service men we're 0n hand and
tfoY Kept "a WatCHmI eye over The
chief executive Remembering the az
iuI horror ~ President Mckinley e
public reception at the nmalo dKposi
. zion tho detectives we're careful "a