New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-03-05

line at the foot OF tho steps. The crowd, which
had now gathered about that point, climbed up
the marble pyramid and eIung to every step
and ledge that would afford foot room. The
mounted police plunged into the mass OF people
that still remained IN the plaza and drove LIEN
back that the Presidents bodyguaRd might form.
At 40 President Harrison came down the narrow
lane left By the parting Of the multitude, escorted
by Mr., Cleveland, and followed BY Mr.. Morton
and the Senate Committee OF Arrangements
They stepped into the waiting carriages e::..1 che
horses sprsng EwaE over the slippery pavements,
the bands struck up Tire drab-eoated, gray-bearded
veterans from Indiana fell into line, and the
procession moved. Acres and acres of wet UNI
brellas stretched away in every direction down
the slope Of Capitol Hill, as the carriage that
bore the new Executive rolled down the drive
way TO B-st., but out from under this variegatcd
expanse Of bombazine and alpaca came shouts
and cheers and yells of enthusiastic welcome that
showed that the old 6reeian spirit was lot frozen
IN the spectators veins though it might he some
what diluted by the enormous quantity Of water
ABSORBED during The hours Of damp and weary
waiting Down the hill and out into the avenue
Gathered the little eayalcade Of ted aides
mounted on streaming, prancing horses, and after
them and close upon the wheels of the carriages
which bore the President and his party,
ing sticks as 1auntily as though they were
company OF cadets with their fEst outfit or
real muskets; while, behind them the blue and
yellow Of the District militia and other troops
forming the Presidents immediate escort flashed
70 and out among the dripping trees. President
Harrison sat up straight in his seat, his hap
covered with costly carriage robe Of pure white
fur, and bowed to right and left ia response to
the rattling fusilade Of cheers that ran along
behind the murmur of expectation that heralded
his coming, as the rushing shower follows the
signing wind that prophesies of the approaching
storm.
The avenue was one unbroken sheet of mrd
and asphalt slime, long and broad and deep, as
10 stretched before the President to the White
House The crowds were belted in by tightly
strBng cables on each curb, and there was nothing
to break the broad expanse Of slippery pave
ment but the squads Of policemen, mounted and
on foot, who splashed up and down in the praise
worthy determination to keep the crowd back
Of the ropes, If they had TO wear the handles
CT their clubs prOdding the ribs of the rrepresble
delegations from the back counties, whose motto
evidently was, see Harrison or die.
The President, still bowling to the masses Of
cheering sightseers looked out from under either
side of the dripping umbrella at the wet but
still gorgeous decorations that covered the build
ings along the avenue. Flags and banners Of
every color and description chung clammily to
the walls, or huttered damply in the wind and
driving rain in his honor. Every show window
Of every store had its more or less imposing pyra
in the uppcr stories was crowded with
occupants who had paid fabulous prices for the
privilege Of sitting under cover to see the Pres
ident go by. Every opening in the walls was alive
with the rhythm of the incoming tide OF cheers,
and altogether il would seem that General Ilar-
rison might well be satisfied with the warm,
though moist, welcome which Washington gave
him From the time the naval battery Of how
tiers, drawn by loosely clad sailor boys, swung
I'nto the line Of march before the Presidents car
rage at the foot of Capitol Hill till the party dis
appeared into the White House grounds by the
gate that opens near the south end Of the Trees-
nry Building, there was no incident TO mar the
serenity of the triumphal progress except when the
There man slipped under the ropes and rushed
up to the carriage, evidently desiring TO get IN
his application for Office bsfore the new President
htd become used to saying Mo- He was seized
! by the police however, the crowd closed in upon
him, and he disappeared from view as suddenly
| as he appeared.