Cary T. Grayson Diary
Title
Cary T. Grayson Diary
Creator
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938
Identifier
WWP17080
Date
1919 February 27
Description
Cary Grayson notes that Woodrow Wilson announced several new appointments and met with with Harry A. Garfield and several senators before participating in a welcome home parade. Wilson is determined that there will not be a special session of Congress until the Paris Peace Conference has been finished.
Source
Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Language
English
Text
THURSDAY.
The appointment of A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania as successor to Thomas W. Gregory of Texas to be Attorney General was announced this morning and the nomination sent to the Senate in the afternoon. The President also conferred with Harry A. Garfield, formerly Fuel Commissioner, and with a number of Senators and Representatives, who explained to him the jam in which the Senate had found itself. In the afternoon the President led a welcome-home parade in honor of the District of Columbia soldiers, marching from the Peace Monument to the White House, where he entered a specially prepared grandstand and reviewed the column as it passed. Congregated in seats in the Lafayette Park, directly opposite, were a number of wounded soldiers from Walter Reed Hospital, while other wounded soldiers rode in automobiles in the procession.
Immediately after the parade ended the President went to the Capitol and conferred with members of both Houses. He again made it very plain that his mind was fully made that there would be no special session of the new Congress until the work of the Peace Conference was completed.
The appointment of A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania as successor to Thomas W. Gregory of Texas to be Attorney General was announced this morning and the nomination sent to the Senate in the afternoon. The President also conferred with Harry A. Garfield, formerly Fuel Commissioner, and with a number of Senators and Representatives, who explained to him the jam in which the Senate had found itself. In the afternoon the President led a welcome-home parade in honor of the District of Columbia soldiers, marching from the Peace Monument to the White House, where he entered a specially prepared grandstand and reviewed the column as it passed. Congregated in seats in the Lafayette Park, directly opposite, were a number of wounded soldiers from Walter Reed Hospital, while other wounded soldiers rode in automobiles in the procession.
Immediately after the parade ended the President went to the Capitol and conferred with members of both Houses. He again made it very plain that his mind was fully made that there would be no special session of the new Congress until the work of the Peace Conference was completed.
Original Format
Diary
Files
Collection
Citation
Grayson, Cary T. (Cary Travers), 1878-1938, “Cary T. Grayson Diary,” 1919 February 27, WWP17080, Cary T. Grayson Papers, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.