New-York tribune., 1909-03-02
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington, March 1.-The President was fairly
overwhelmed WITH visitors to-day. The number of
admirers from far and who called TO bid him
goodby and godspeed almost choked the Executive
Offices Shortly after 10 o'clock the President re-
Iieved the pressure by shaking hands with large
number. and had to repeat the process from time
to time until after 1 p. m By special appointment
he received the newspaper correspondents of the
press galleries, who, to the number OF nearly two
hundred, entered the Cabinet room to show their
appreciation of the Presidents personal attitude
toward them and express their regret at the sew
erance Of relations Later several score of news
paper from Baltimore paid their respects
Notwithstanding these demands upon his time, the
President able to give his usual consideration
public business
The President entertained the following guests at
luncheon: The French Ambassador, Secretary
Bacon Justice Moody. the Postmaster General. Sec
retary Newberry, Secretary Garfield, Secretary
Loeb Solicitor General Hoyt. Assistant Secretary
OIaughlin. Assistant Secretary Winthrop, Assist
ant Secretary Satterlee Assistant Attorney Cen
eral Woodruff. Assistant Secretary Phillips. Con
troller Murray. Commissioner Leupp. Commissioner
Neill. Commissioner Smith, Commissioner Nell
benny, John c. Rose. Henry J.. Stimson, Clifford
Pinchot, James r Reynolds. W W. Heffelfnger,
Captain Luther s. Kelly ("Yellowstone Kelly'D,
whom the President first met the Little Mis-
souri, at present Indian agent in Arizona; w
W. Sewall. the Presidents old guide: Captain Seth
Bullock marshal in North Dakota, old ranch
friend Of the President; Commissioner Keefe. DR..
Henry s. Pritchett, John Abernathy. marshal in
Oklahoma. with the President his wolf Hunt.
and CAPTAIN A. W. Butt
At the close OF the Iuncheon-the Presidents
guests, through District Attorney Strnson, of New
York. presented to their host a large crouching
cougar in bronze. executed by Alexander P. Proc
tor, the sculptor. Of Bedford, n. Y.
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt took tea with
Secretary and Mrs. Garfield at o'clock and to-
night took dinner with the Secretary of State and
Mrs Bacon.
Among the White House callers Secretary
Bacon. Postmaster General Meyer. Secretary
Straus Senators Beveridge. Guggenheim. Brown,
La Toilette. Nixon Doiver, Piles. McCumber, Du
Pont and Frye; Representative Sulzer. Bates
Knapp, Bingham, Madden. Davidson. Washburn
Parsons Bradley. Aiken. Foster. Prince, Hamil-
ton Mckinley, Graf. Lands. Graham. Wanger.
Calder. Gilhams. Lamar O'ConneIl, SIemp, Burke.
Small. Campbell. Reynolds. Langley. FoeIker.
Hanna, Loud and Wallace: Delegate Andrews
Commissioner Warner. Register Vernon, James Z.
West. OF Washington; Z. A Brown. OF Denver;
the Rev. J. A Zahm. Of the Catholic University;
b. s Rust. OF Ashtabula. Ohio. Il. h. Daugherty,
Of the Spanish Treaty Claims Commission: Colonel
McCawley, Rear Admiral Schroeder. General A
T. West, OF Atlanta; Henry X. simson, Grand
Master OF Masons for the District OF Columbia;
L. J. Jerome, of New York; L. l. Chamberlain.
Commissioner of Navigation; J. NJ Delesade. OF
New York; g. 2. Harper auditor Of the War De-
partment Joseph A. Ford. OF Chicago. and s. +.
Bower Of Fort Wayne