MEMBERS OF THE PRESS WHO ARE ENTITLED TO ADMISSION TO THE PRESS GALLERIES. Name. Adams, Walter E Adams, F. U Apperson, George H Bain, George Grantham Bennett, Claude N. Brooks, Hobart Carson, John M. Conner, James A.... Dey, Frederic M. Dunnell, E. G. Fry, Smith D Gardiner, Cornelius. Garthe, Louis.. Gibson, Edgar J. Gilliland, George E. Gross, John A. Halford, A. J. Halstead, Albert. Hamilton, Chas. A.. Handy, Fred. A. G. Harris, Cicero W.. New York Herald.. Southern Associated Press. New York Morning Advertis'r Lewiston Journal Pioneer Press, Portland Oregonian. New York Times. Fifteenth street, N. W. National Hotel. 1303 E street, N. W. 1331 G street, N. W. The Montrose. Willard's Hotel. 1221 O street, N. W. 1428 S street, N. W. 1620 Mass. ave., N. W. 1802 G street, N. W. Metropolitan Hotel. 1617 S street, N. W. 1406 G street, N. W... 817 National Hotel 515 Fourteenth street.. 702 Fourteenth street.. 517 Fourteenth strect.. 1417 G street, N. W. 608 Fourteenth street. 515 Fourteenth street.. 26 Corcoran Building 515 Fourteenth street. 501 Fourteenth street.. 1417 G street, N. W... 515 Fourteenth street. 1427 F street, N. W... 501 Fourteenth street.. 521 Fourteenth street. 515 Fourteenth street.. Corcoran Building.. Cor. 11th st. and Pa. av. B. & O. Building.. Fifteenth and G, N.W. 517 Fourteenth street.. 515 Fourteenth street.. 511 Fourteenth street.. 515 Fourteenth street.. 515 Fourteenth street.. 702 Fourteenth street.. 929 D street, N. W 515 Fourteenth street.. 1407 F street, N. W 1417 G street, N. W.. 1420 Pennsylvania ave. 501 Fourteenth street.. 1515 H street, N. W... Corcoran Building 515 O street, N. W 519 Fourteenth street.. 501 Fourteenth street.. 501 Fourteenth street.. 515 Fourteenth street. 1427 F street, N. W.. Corcoran Building Corcoran Building The Elsmere. 1413 Columbia street, 1615 S street, N. W. 1113 Seventeenth st. 1113 Seventeenth st. The Shoreham. 905 Thirteenth street. Willard's Hotel. 1332 Vermont avenue. 1012 Twelfth street. 725 Eighteenth street. 612 Eighteenth street. 1752 N street, N. W. 1221 I street. 2321 Pennsylvania ave. 1439 P street N. W. 2321 Pennsylvania ave. 1411 Stoughton street. 527 Eighteenth street. 208 Delaware av. N. E. 2628 K street, N. W. 9 Fifth street, S. E. 1747 Q street N. W. Hamilton House. 1929 Fifteenth street. 1615 Eighth st., N. W. The Morisett Hotel. 631 G street, S. E. 1008 T street, N. W. 1720 Fourteenth street. 1447 W street, N. W. Willard's. 1511 Vermont avenue. La Normandie. 1907 Eleventh street. 1519 Fourteenth street, Arlington Hotel. 311 Maple avenue. 1206 N street, N. W. 515 Fourteenth street, N. W. 1507 Vermont avenue. 1604 Thirteenth street. Fairlawn, Anacostia. Members of the Press who are entitled to admission to the Press Galleries-Continued. Name. Hayes, Henry G. Holland, James G.. Ihmsen, M. F Johnson, S. E. Keim, De B. Randolph. Kemp, Henry G Larner, W. S. Merrick, H. L.. Michels, Ivan C.. Moffett, S. E Powers, Fred Perry. Schrader, Frederick F Sterett, W. G. Papers represented. Associated Press.. Philadelphia Inquirer, Har- N. Y. Journal of Commerce. Pittsburg Com. Gaz., Buffalo Wash'n Star, N. Y.Com'l Ad- New York Times Lewiston Journal Boston Advertiser and Record. 501 Fourteenth street Baltimore Sun... Houston Post.. New York Herald. Associated Press. cut Associated Press. Balto, Sun Building. 511 Fourteenth street 31 Corcoran Building. 511 Fourteenth street.. Residence. 113 First street, N.E 1127 Fifteenth street. 1605 O street, N. W. 529 Eighteenth street. 1103 H street, N. W. Congressional Hotel. 907 Thirteenth street. 1007 E. Capitol street. Members of the Press who are entitled to admission to the Press Galleries-Continued. C H. Mann, Doorkeeper House Press Gallery; residence, 627 A street, N. E. ave. 134 C street, N. E. 1331 Wallach Place. Clifford Warden, Doorkeeper Senate Press Gallery; residence, 900 Twenty-third street, N. W. RULES GOVERNING PRESS GALLERIES. 1. Persons desiring admission to the Press Gallery shall make application to the Speaker as required by Rule 36 of the House of Representatives; and shall also state, in writing, for what paper or papers they are employed; and shall further state that they are not engaged in the prosecution of claims pending before Congress or the Departments, and will not become so engaged while allowed admission to the gallery; and that they are not in any sense the agents or representatives of persons or corporations having legislation before Congress, and will not become either while retaining their place in the gallery. Visiting journalists who may be allowed temporary admission to the gallery must conform to the restrictions of this rule. 2. The applications required by above rule shall be authenticated in a manner that shall be satisfactory to the Standing Committee of Correspondents, who shall see that the occupation of the gallery is confined to bona fide correspondents of reputable standing in their business, who represent daily newspapers, and not exceeding one seat shall be assigned to each paper; and it shall be the duty of the Standing Committee, at their discretion, to report violations of the privileges of the gallery to the Speaker, and pending his action thereon the offending correspondent shall be suspended. 3. Clerks in the Executive Departments of the Government, and persons engaged in other occupations whose chief attention is not given to newspaper correspondence, are not entitled to admission; and the Press list in the Congressional Directory shall be confined to telegraphic correspondents. 4. Members of the families of correspondents are not entitled to admission. 5. The gallery, subject to the approval of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, shall be under the control of the Standing Committee of Correspondents. CHARLES F. CRISP, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Rules identical with the above have been approved by the Committee on Rules of the Senate FRED A. G. HANDY, Chairman, JOHN M. CARSON, PERRY S. HEATH, JOHN P. MILLER, Standing Committee of Correspondents. NELSON W. ALDRICH, Chairman Committee on Rules. THE EXECUTIVE. THE PRESIDENT. Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States, was born at North Bend, Hamilton County, Ohio, August 20, 1833; received a classical education, graduating from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1852, studied law at Cincinnati, Ohio; removed in March, 1854, to Indianapolis, Indiana where he has since resided and practiced law, except during temporary absence in the Army and on official duty at Washington; was elected in October, 1860, by the people, Reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court of the State; was commissioned in July, 1862, Second Lieutenant of Indiana Volunteers; recruited Company A of the Seventieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry; was commissioned Captain, and on the organization of the regiment was commissioned Colonel; in August went with the regiment to Kentucky, and served till mustered out in June, 1865; was brevetted Brigadier General in February, 1865; in October, 1864, while in the field, was re-elec'ed Reporter of the Supreme Court, which office he had resigned to enter the Army; after having been mustered out he entered upon the duties of Reporter and served four years; in 1870 was the nominee of the Republican party for Governor of İndiana, but was defeated; was appointed a member of the Mississippi River Commission in 1879; was elected to the United States Senate to succeed Joseph E. McDonald, and entered upon the duties of the office March 4, 1881; received the votes of the Republican members of the Legislature for re-election, but was defeated; was elected to his present office November 6, 1888, receiving 233 electoral votes, being the total votes of twenty States, against 168 electoral votes, being the total votes of eighteen States for Grover Cleveland, Democrat. MEMBERS OF THE CABINET. John W. Foster, of Evansville, Indiana, Secretary of State, was born in Pike County, Indiana, March 2, 1836; was graduated from the State University of Indiana, in 1855; pursued his legal studies at Harvard Law School in 1855-'56; was admitted to the bar in 1857; pursued his profession at Evansville till July, 1861, when he entered the service as Major of the Twentyfifth Indiana Volunteers; commanded the Sixty-fifth and One hundred and thirty-sixth Indiana regiments successfully as colonel; participated in the battles of Fort Donnelson, Shiloh, Knoxville, and various other engagements; commanded cavalry brigade and division of Twenty-third Army Corps in east Tennessee campaign; was mustered out of service in September, 1864; was editor of the Evansville Daily Journal from 1866 to 1869; was appointed postmaster of Evansville in 1869; commissioned by President Grant Minister to Mexico in 1873; by President Hayes Minister to Russia in 1880; by President Arthur Minister to Spain in 1883; by President Cleveland on special mission to Spain in 1885; resumed the practice of his profession in Washington, D. Č., in 1886; was commissioned by President Harrison in 1891 to negotiate treaties of reciprocity with Spain, Germany, San Domingo, and other countries; was designated agent of the United States in the Bering Sea Arbitration with Great Britain, June 1, 1892; was appointed to the position he now occupies June 29, 1892. Charles Foster, of Fostoria, Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury, was born near Tiffin, that State, April 12, 1828; received his education in the public schools, in the Academy of Newark, Ohio, and under private tutors; was engaged continuously for fisty-six years in the mercantile and banking business; consented to accept the Colonelcy of the One hundred and first Ohio Regiment, but was prevented by circumstances over which he had no control; was elected to the Forty-second, Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Congresses; was a member of the committee and chairman of the subcommittee appointed in 1875 to inquire into Louisiana affairs; was elected Governor of his State in 1879, and re-elected in 1881; was appointed by the President, in May, 1888, chairman of a commission to negotiate a treaty with Sioux Indians; received the votes of the Republican members of the Ohio Legislature in 1890 for United States Senator; was appointed to his present position February 7, 1891, to succeed Hon. William Windom, deceased. Stephen Benton Elkins was born in Perry County, Ohio, September 26, 1841; received his early education in the public schools of Missouri, and graduated from the University of that State, at Columbia, in the class of 1860; was admitted to the bar in 1863, and in the same year emigrated to New Mexico, where he acquired a knowledge of the Spanish language and began the practice of law; was a member of the Territorial Legislative Assembly of New Mexico in 1864 and 1865; held the offices of Territorial District Attorney, Attorney-General, and United States District Attorney; was elected to the Forty-third Congress as a Republican, and while abroad was renominated and elected in 1875; during his first term in Congress was made a member of the Republican National Committee, on which he served for three Presi dential campaigns; after leaving Congress Mr. Elkins devoted himself to business affairs. He was appointed Secretary of War December 17, 1891. William Henry Harrison Miller, of Indianapolis, Indiana, Attorney-General of the United States, was born in Augusta, Oneida County, New York, September 6, 1840; received his preparatory education in the country schools and Whitestown Seminary, and was graduated from Hamilton College, New York, in 1861; taught school for a short time in Ohio after leaving college; enlisted in the Eighty-fourth Ohio Infantry, a three-months regiment, in May, 1861, and was mustered out in the September following; read law in the office of the late Chief Justice Waite; to procure money with which to prosecute his studies, returned to teaching, and was principal of the public schools of Peru, Indian; during the time he was thus engaged read law and was admitted to the Peru bar in 1865; began the practice of law in that city, and filled the office of county school examiner in connection with his law business; removed to Fort Wayne in 1866 and established himself in the practice of his profession; in 1874 removed to Indianapolis and formed a law partnership with Harrison & Hines, and continued in the exclusive practice of law until his appointment to the position he now occupies; in 1889 Hamilton College conferred on him the degree of LL. D. John Wanamaker, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Postmaster-General, was born July 11, 1838, in the country part of that city before its consolidation with the county; attended the Landreth public school, and entered, as a boy of fourteen, a retail store; commenced mercantile business in 1861; in delicate health at the breaking out of the war, was refused service as a soldier; with George H. Stuart organized the Christian Commission, which, from its headquarters in Philadelphia, distributed millions of dollars' worth of supplies to the Army; always refused public office, but acted as chairman of town, Irish famine, yellow fever, and other public committees; did the first active financial work for the Centennial Exposition, and was a member of the Board of Finance and chairman of the Bureau of Revenue; declined the offer of the Republican nomination of Congressman at large for the State of Pennsylvania in 1882; in 1886 declined the nomination for mayor of Philadelphia tendered by Independent Republicans; was a Republican elector in 1888; was chairman of the committee advisory to the Republican National Committee in 1888, and was appointed Postmaster-General March 4, 1889. Benjamin Franklin Tracy, of Brooklyn, New York, Secretary of the Navy, was born in Owego, New York, April 26, 1830; was educated in the common schools and Owego Academy; was admitted to the bar in 1851; was elected District Attorney for Tioga County on the Whig ticket in November, 1853, and re-elected in 1856; declined a renomination in 1859; was elected in 1861 a member of the State Assembly by Republicans and War Democrats; was appointed by the Governor in the spring of 1862 to recruit for the Union Army and personally recruited two regiments, the One hundred and ninth and One hundred and thirtyseventh, and accepted the Colonelcy of the former; participated in the battles of the Wilderness and Spottsylvania; on account of ill health went North to recuperate, and after a brief period accepted the Colonelcy of the One hundred and twenty-seventh United States Colored Troops, and was assigned to the command of the military post at Elmira, including the prison camp and draft rendezvous for western New York; at the close of the war resumed the practice of law in the city of New York; in October, 1866, was appointed United States District Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and resigned in 1873, to resume the practice of his profession in Brooklyn; in December, 1881, was appointed by the Governor of New York an Associate Justice of the State Court of Appeals, and filled that office till January, 1883; was appointed March 5, 1889, to his present position, and was confirmed the same day by the Senate. John Willock Noble, Secretary of the Interior, was born in Lancaster, Ohio, October 26, 1831; was educated in the schools of Cincinnati, Miami University, Ohio, and Yale College; graduated from the latter institution in 1851; was admitted to the bar in 1853 at Columbus, Ohio, and in 1855 at St. Louis, Missouri, where he began practice; removed to Keokuk, Iowa, the following year and formed a law partnership with Ralph P. Lowe; served two years as City Attorney; took part in the engagement at Athens, Missouri, before he was an enlisted soldier; entered the service as First Lieutenant, August, 1862, and served continuously for four years, and rose by promotion from grade to grade to Colonel of his regiment, and was brevetted Brigadier-General for distinguished and meritorious services in the field; resumed the practice of law at the close of the war in St. Louis; was appointed United States District Attorney for Eastern Missouri in 1867, which office he resigned in 1870; was tendered the office of Solicitor-General by President Grant, but declined, preferring the practice of his profession; Miama University and Yale respectively have conferred upon him the degree of LL D.; was appointed Secretary of the Interior by President Harrison in 1889. Jeremiah M. Rusk, of Wisconsin, was born in Morgan County, Ohio, June 17, 1830. Was educated in the common schools of the neighborhood, which he attended winters and worked on his father's farm summers. He continued to reside on a farm until his removal to Wisconsin, in 1853, since which time-with the exception of a short time-he has been engaged in farming. Held several county offices in Wisconsin; was a member of the Legislature of that State in 1862; was commissioned Major of the Twenty-fifth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry in July, 1862, and was soon after promoted to the Colonelcy. Served with General Sherman from the siege of Vicksburg until mustered out at the close of the war, and was brevetted Brigadier General for bravery at the battle of Salkehatchie. Was elected Bank Comptroller of the State of Wisconsin in 1866, and re-elected in 1868; was elected to the Forty-second, Forty-third, and Forty-fourth Congresses, and was Chairman of the Committee on Invalid Pensions in the Forty-third Congress. Was a member of the Congressional Republican Committee for several years, and was a Delegate to the National Republican Convention in 1880. Was appointed by President Garfield, and confirmed by the Senate, as Minister to Paraguay and Uruguay, which appointment he declined; and was also tendered by President Garfield the Mission to Denmark, and the position of Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, both of which he declined. Was elected Governor of Wisconsin in 1881, re-elected in 1884, and elected for a third term in 1886. Was appointed Secretary of Agriculture in President Harrison's Cabinet on the 4th day of March, 1889. |