The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-05-02
WASHINGTON C. MAY

TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1907.
Baron Rosen and his party looked on a
moment. and not much liking the Amer
| lean way of society feeding, wandered
down to the Swiss Village, and there
satisfied themselves with ham sand
/ witches and cold water, all there was
left to eat. The British ambassador
and the French ambassador were too
tired to follow the example of their dis
/ tinguished confrere, and with their Ia
| dies were found sitting on piles of lum-
| Der, with other attaches and members
of the foreign Legations, about o'clock
in the afternoon, absolutely fainting
with hunger and thirst! They could not
scramble for food, they said; they were
too tired to go further having had to
4 walk about; they had not been provided
| with passes, and so could not go outside
to the hotels there to get anything to
eat, because the gatekeepers would not
recognize them to come back in, so they
| had been told by the gatekeeper. They
were Toasted on ham sandwiches at Is
cents per sandwich. No water avail
| able.
| The Congressional party had been
! turned back from the grand stand when
|
to the Speaker Of the House lifted a
gate off its hinges and got his party
thru; but there were no seats for them
after all, SO all but the Speaker, who
for decency's sake had to stay and listen
to the speeches, went over to the Pine
Beach Hotel to get something to eat.
The canny managers saw at once who
the party was, and hurriedly caught up
all the bills of fare, and when they came
| back to the tables every blessed thing
on these had been marked up rs per
cent in pencil!
| Senator Daniels Crouch.
The various receptions scheduled for
the afternoon did not come off accord
| ing to the plans made in the cool, quiet
offices of the Exposition management.
F'rinstance, Senator Daniel. Of Virginia,
the silver-tongued orator and old man
| eloquent whom all people delight to
honor as one of the knightly old school
Of Southern gentlemen, was quite for
gotten in the haste to do honor to the
20-year-old "Colonels' who trailed
| round in carriages as aids to Cover
nors. The Exposition management saw
to 1t that these young sprigs were we'll
taken care of, while Senator Daniel
was YEARLY stumpin3 over the sacred
| soil Of OF Ferginny and acquiring a
crouch that won't come off. The Sena-
tor was plumb tuckered out by the time
he landed at the grand stand, and to be
refused seat thereon by the stupids at
the gate entrances was little too much.
and If the Senator talked with embroid-
cry Of red and blue to his staccato SEN
fences who shall blame hint After the
Senator had lunched-and tho a frugal
eater it is altogether probable that that
was altogether the frugalest meal he
ever ate outside OF wartime grub-he
cot n fn ~ncA rxy1Nn 10
senger came to him with a request for
his presence at the reception which Gov.
Swanson was giving at the Virginia
Building. Senator Daniel declined to
go, saying that he was very comfort
able.
But, Senator" insisted tho messen-
ger, "the Governor very much desires
your presence. He said to tell you that
the President of the United States Is
waiting your coming"
Senator Daniel never moved q mus
Gle, but he said most emphat1cally that
he was tired; that he had been doing a
great deal of walking, and did not care
to indulge in any more festivities.
But the President and tho Governor
both want you." persisted the impolitic
messenger.
81 don't give for the President
or the Governor! / am not going, and
you can tell them sol" And then the
messenger had the forethought to re-
treat. Senator Daniel did not go, and
50 far as I am able to learn did not take
part in anything that went on on the
grounds. Representative Maynard, of
Virginia, got very indignant at the many
unkind things that his felIow-membersI
of Congress were saying, and declared
that the Exposition management had
done it's best; that the Chairman of the
Reception Committee had blundered
evidently, and that he should be re-
placed by a more competent man. A |
little later Representative Maynard was
informed that he was Chairman of that
committee himself. He had nothing
more to say about incompetency. 1t
was stated that Mr.. Maynard had never |
known that he was On the committee |
even. |
Mrs. McKinlay, wife Of Representa-
tive McKinlay, of Illinois, who has been
i'll for many months, is only just now
convalescent, and accompanied her hus-
band on the jamestown trip, only to be |
made very nervous and probably i'll
again by the hardships she lad to I'M
dergo. When at last she obtained a |
seat on the grand stand she was NOR
tally insulted by a well-dressed woman,
a resident of that section, who freely
commented on the audacity of the Yam
KEGS who came down to the Exposition
and pushed themselves in where they
did not belong. Mrs. McKinlay was so
distressed by this wanton attack that
she left the grand stand.
There was feature of the Diplomatic
reception that nearly resulted in a riot
the "bluebloods" Of the "Saouth"
when they saw it. TT was really
and truly Othello, a tall and stately
black man, it waS-adviSedly black. for
his skin would have made a black mark
on charcoal statue-who marched
around with dignity that would have
excellently well with some
OF the good clothes worn by the men
who fumed at his presence. The black
man was full-bioOded negro, Haitian
officer. who had large, expressive eyes,
and a mustache and imperial. His black
uniform was trimmed with gold braid,
with broad red stripe On the trousers.
and the cap was red with gold braid.
This officer, accompanied by two other
Free to the