The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-01-02
MANY THOUSANDS
GREET PRESIDENT
New Years Reception at the
White House Was Unusu-
ally Brilliant Affair." >.
GENERAL PUBLIC HAS
PRIVILEGE OF DIPLOMATS
Weather Was Fine and Whole
Affair Passed Off With Ut
most SmOOthness.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. Each
year the White House doors swing open
to all the nation on January /, and a
heartier welcome was never extended
to visitors than greeted the thousanda
to the Chief Executive Near Years
cheer banished rank and class distinc-
tion- The President met ambassador
and Iaborer with the same firm hand
shake. While the Marine band played
patriotic airs, the great throng moved
and IN the greeting of the President,
men and women of all ages and condi-
tions found renewed devotion to the
Republic and democratic ideals
-, The diplomatic corps, the judiciary,
the army, the navy, and civilian off,
Gals IN the various departments vera
received in turn before the thousands
of citizens who had been standing in
line for hours. could meet the Presi-
dent. The President and Mrs Roose-
yelt. Fice-Prssident and members of the
Cabinet and their wives exchanged New
Years greetings in the library. Here
they assembled about quarter TO IL
O'Clock, remaining until few minutes
70 the hour. when, escorted by Capt
Frank r Mccoy, United States cavalry,
one Of the aides to the President. the
entire party descended TO the blue room,
the President and Mrs Roosevelt in
the lead AS the latter made their ap-
pearance at the head of the stairs n
fanfare OF trumpets by musicians of
the Marine band. stationed in the vesti-
bule, announced their coming.
March to the Blue Room.
The march to the blue room was made
by way of the state dining-room and
the red room. through which all the
guests except those of the diplomatic
corps before being presented, the lat
ter assembling in the room Immediately
on their arrival by way Of the south
ern entrance to the White House. BY
means of velvet cord twisted with
| old gold the blue room had been roped
OF SO as to form a clear and uninter.
| rupted passage way for the callers
President Roosevelt took position
/ near the door at the head of the re-
ceiving line. On his right was Mrs.
and so on down the line. the ladies of
the Cabinet. taking their positions in
the order of precedence. Behind them
stood the Vice-President and the mem
bers Of the Cabinet To the opposite of
the receiving line were the Presidents s.
aides, with the exception OF Col Charles
s Bromwell and Capt Mccoy, whs
made the introductions The former
Included Lieut.. Com. Albert L. Key,
7. ;: N; Capt. Arthur E. Harding, ".
s: NJ. G; Lieut.. Chauncey Shackford,
L. 5. N: Capt. Fitzhugh Lee, T. s.
cavalry; Lieut. Douglas Macarthur,
CORDS Of engineers; Lieut.. c. r. Train,
4. 5. N; Lieut.. Philip II. Sheridan, U.
) cavalry, and Ensign Semmes Reed,
u. s. \.
President Greets Many.
With the exception of the members
! Of the diplomatic corps, all the intro
ductions to the President were made by
Col Bromwcl and TO Mrs. Roosevelt
by Capt. Mccoy. AS each caller passed
the President he gave a cordial shake
of the hand, Mrs. Roosevelt and the
ladies of the cabinet each carried a
handsome bouquet of roses The dip.
lomatic corps was presented to the
President by Assistant Secretary of
State Huntington Wilson. each head of
the foreign missions in turn introduc,
ing to the President the members Of
his staff. Baron Mayer Des Plauches
ambassador from Italy, the dean of the
corps, headed the ambassadors The
ambassadors and members of their
staffs were followed by the ministers
and the members of their official house
holds. Because of the death of the
Minister'S mother, requiring him to 20
into mourning for a period of one hun
dred days, Sir Chen Tung Liang Cheng,
the Chinese Minister was not present.
Most of the members of his staff, how
ever. were in attendance in their ORR
entail dress. Sir Mortimer Duraud. who
has just vacated the post of Embassa-
dor from Great Britain at Washington,
was always a conspicuous figure at the
Presidential social function. King Ed
ward was represented today by Esme
Howard, charge d 'affaires
Judiciary Is Received,
Following the diplomatic corps came
the representatives of the judicial
branch of the government at Washing
ton. headed by the justices Of the SUI
preme court. Chief Justice Melville.
w. Fuller came first. each of the asso-
ciatc justices following For the first
time in his new capacity as an asso-
ciate justice of the Supreme court, Will
liam II. Moody was present at social
function at the White House. Follow
ing the Supreme court were the Judges
of the Court of Appeals and of the
Supreme court of the District of CO.
lumbia the Judges of the court of
claims and former members OF the Cabi-
net, ambassadors and Ministers of the
United States.
Many of the members of the House
and Senate had gone home for the holi-
days. The commissioners and various
officials of the District Of Columbia
were in line,
The officers of the army, navy and
marine corps and of the District Ma
tional Guard in special full dress pre-
scnted an imposing spectacle. Lieut.
Gen. John c. Bates, retired, headed the
army line and Admiral George Dewey
with his secretary, Lieut.. Crawford, the
navy. The general and staff of the
District of Columbia National Guard
followed the regular army and the navy
guests.
civilian contingent made up of
the members of the various independ'
cnt bureaus and commissions and al.