Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1889-03-08
is our next President" and Gan. Harrison,

is our next President" and Gan. Harrison,
bareheaded, bowed his acknowledgment to the
was 6 50 p. m when Urbans was reached. Rere
another large crowd welcomed tho Presidential
; party, but the stop WAS short Between Piqus
and Urbana. twenty-six miles, there were nc
stops. but at all the stations, Jordon, Fletcher
Conover, St. Paris and westville. the passage
Of the train was greeted by the cheers OF hon
vented ths occupants Of the train IRON, Judging
the size OF the crowds. At Westville the glare
OF number Of pine-knot torches was flashed
into the car windows as the train dashed by:
Gov Foraker introduced the President-elect
to about two Thousand people 1T Urbana. 20.
lumbus was reached at s:l5 Up. m. AT least ~.
crush was terrible The booming Of cannon
yells greeted the Presiaen dai train as it moved
IL onto p ens a9 to 1t o Tsuf the way large for
engine. The scramble then began The
crowd pushed jammed. and swayed in a solid
ma en The bdrs Ssa pretty sa w n.ope
We're lrying to keep up and rushed madly
over ench other large number Of women
We're in the crowd und many OF them !, were ere
Legislature went down to the station with
the Foraker Club, but they We're all lost
sight OF in the general crush There was
no definite programme Carried out. 1t
WIS the intention to have several songs from
the Harrison and Morton Glee Club, and also
listen to speech from Gen. Harrison: The
former was almost entirely eliminated from
the programme, and less than fifty persons
hearu anything the Presidentelect hud to say.
People within ten feet of him could see his
lips move us if in the act Of making speech
and that was all. The cheering firing of
cannon. beating of drums, and general con-
fusion lost none of its force. The General
talked less than five minutes. Mrs. Harrison,
Russell Harrison, and as many OF the women of
the Presidential party as could crowded out to
the platform where the General was speaking.
Mrs. Harrison watched the crowd fairly crawling
over each other, and stopped the General in his
speech US she called his attention to the man.
able 10 help themselves The train was wedged
about by people until it pulled ont
After the train left Columbus, preparations
We're made Tor retiring The day had been very
fatisuing one to the Prssident-elect. Before
Columbu WAS renched two of the grandchildren
Were fast asleep, but Baby Mary Mckee was
bright AMI alert to all that was going on, and
great enjoyed the sights and sounds. In the
station there WIS ademand for a sight of the IA
vorite srandchild by many persons in the crowd,
and she was held up to the car window in the
strong glare OF an electric light and geefully
waved Il bunch of roses in her hand.
Fully a thousand people met the train at
Newark with brass band and torches AS
fifteen miles an hour, the crowd cheered and
fired Off roman candles. just as the station
was reached every steam-whistle i'll the city
screeched its loudest. Pandemonium seemed
i'll the Baltimore and Ohio yards took up the
medley aud the result was simply indescrib-
able. The sleepers on the train were all
awakened. There was q good array of people on
train slowly drew up ut the crossing there per-
feet blaze o: light surrounded it from scores of
roman cundles, in which manner alone the en-
thnsiasm OF the crowd fonnl vent.
The run was mnde from Newark to this city In
an hour and II half, the train then being thirty
minutes lnte.