Grovei’ Cleveland, who will be president of
the United States when the fair is opened,
is to deliver the only address and start the
machinery- No other orator will be heard.
A poem, perhaps, by Oliver Wendell Holmes
ami some music will precede Mr. leveland's
address. After the wheels are buzzing and
the crowds are rushing through (be build
ings it is proposed that President Cleveland
ami his party s,.:iil drive through the grouds
and pay their respects to the foreign com
missioners to the fair, who will be waiting
in otiieial beadquarters to receive the pres
idential party. Later in the evening the
Cleveland carriage will stop in front of the
festival ball and there the president will
hold a public reception for two hours, from
4to (5 o’clock. The public will not have the
opportunity to attend the exercises formally
inaugurating the great exposition. The fes
tival hall seats but 5,900 persons. One
thousand tickets will be reserved for offi
cials of the fair, members of congress and
others. The remaining 4,000 will be sold at
$5 each, the tickets being issued on invita
tion.
Wilt Be Peemnnent
New York. December 24.—The_ Associa
tion of Southern Democrats of Now York
has decided to become a permanent organ
ization. The success of the association in
the recent campaign, when, by its efforts,
the southern d. inucratie vote in the city
was increased 6.000. has led its members to
conclude that thev have reasonable excuse
for continued existence, in order to effect
this purpose an annual membership fee of
one dollar ha • been found necessary, and
all southern democrats in the city who are
anxious to ai<. the cause of the association
have been requ< sted to communicate with
Treasurer J. D. Abraham, at No. 78 Wall
street.
