Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-02-27
PRESIDENT-ELECT.
The Harrison Party Reach Wash.
ington Without aishap.
The General Makes Speech to the PEG
pie of Harrisburg, Pa. and
Has His Picture Taken.
The Party EIude thu Crowd ard go at Once
TO Their Hotel-An Evening Recep-
tion-ProfusOn of Flowers.
TEE pREsEpENr1AL mans.

THE PRESIDENTIAL TRAIN.
Harrisburg, Pa, Feb. 26.-The pres
idential train arrived at Altoona at 7 10
this morning, but no stop was made. The
railway shop hands were out in full force
along the tracks, and several hundred
citizens were gathered at the station to
wave greetings. Gen. Harrison, the last
of the general Is party TO retire, was the
first to make his appearance.
just after leaving Altoona, at Bell
wood, company of men with large flags
stood along the track at Tyrone junction,
and at Tyrone tocges there were crowds
of people and flags were displayed.
The hotel at Birmingham was decorated
with bunting at all the windows and
where the lawn viii be next summer stood
gathering of employees of the works To-
Gated there.
Huntingdon g streets we're lined with
men, women and children and at the
smaller places and farm houses along the
way the train was greeted by small knots
of interested gazers.
AT o'clock the day had fairly begun
in car 100 and Gen. Harrison and his i'm
whence they viewed the gathering Of peo-
pie at Mount Vernon, Lewistown juno
ton, Mifflin, Newport, Duncanton and
Marchville as they sped along towards
Harrisburg. superintendent Mcclellan
promised that the train should reach
Harrisburg on time, and the cars rolled
into the depot promptly at 1890, in the
presence of a great assemblage Of people,
who were kept outside the gates.
BALTIMORE, Md. Feb. 26.-The presi-
Dental party arrived here promptly at
l rs p. m, and left for Washington al
most Immediately
SPEECH AT HARRISBURG.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Feb. 26.-There
was great crush at the Pennsylvania
railroad station when the presidential
train reached its destination, and the
shout that nobody would be admitted in
side the gate did not prevent thousands
from pressing against the iron fence and
packing wide porch extending
along in front of the station.
Crowds surged back and forth,
and every available point OF vantage
was utilized to get a sight of the train
add its distinguished occupants. About
the first persons to board the train were
the members of committee appointed
by the legislature to extend to Gen.
Harrison an invitation to visit the general
assembly and afford the statesmen an OPP
portunity to pay their respects to him.
The committee were soon on the front of
the car occupied by the president ELECT.
Gen. Harrison, and accompanied
by Senators Cooper, McCreary,
Packer and newspaper reporters,
were met by Col. Bean through the rear
of no yhcro
sat. He gave them cordial greeting,
and in response to Col. Bean 5 request
to visit the capitol said he very much re-
GREETED his inability to do SO. His train
was scheduled, and it would be impossi-
BILE. He sent his thanks to the house for
the compliment. The visitors were in
troduced to Mrs. Harrison and Mr.. Rus
sell Harrison, who gave them
A CORDIAL. GREETING
and some of the staid legislators chucked
Mckee IS baby under the chin, and said
said it was the image of his grandfather
Meanwhile the crowd were ciamoring for
the next president to make his appear
ance, and Mr.. Harrison accompanied by
the committee went TO the rear platform
and beheld the vast multitude that had
taken possession Of the station. It was
his intention not to make q speech, but
being urged by Col. Boone, who succeed
ed in calming the excited crowd by a
wave of his hand, Gen. Harrison con-
sented to say:
My friends, I want to thank you for
the friendly demonstration. The state
of Pennsylvania has a special interest to
me among states. Not many miles from
here on one of your beautiful valleys,
near the town of Mercersburg, was my
mother birth place. [ am glad this
to receive at the hands of my
citizens of Pennsylvania this cor
dial greeting. 1t is very pleasant to
know that shall carry with me to Wash
ington the good wishes of so many people
TcheersJ. thank you again for your
and will beg you to excuse
me from attempting to speak any further
in the midst of so much confusion
Just as the train was pulling out of
Harrisburg gentleman handed to Rus
sell Harrison a beautiful floral basket
made of Marchial Neil and La France
roses, with sprays of fusehia, punches of
coronation pinks and hyacinths |
AS the train left behind it |
the venerable city where Gen. Har-
rison 8 grandfather was nominated |
for the presidency, Gen. Mrs. |
Harrison and the members of the family |
ont upon the platform some |
little time The train was moving slowly |
when a bright faced boy, wearing knob |
cap with tassel and carrying a small |
s outfit ran beside the train |
and called out TO the general that the |
train would stop shortly and he wanted |
to take his picture The |
general nodded his approval and watched |
the Jealous lad with interest. He kept I
pace with the moving train Opening /
the door the geneeal called Russell and |
his wife and Mrs. Mckee and Mrs Lord |
10 come out with him and Mrs Harrison |
and have their photos taken. OF course
they ali complied, while nurses held Ben
amin and Mary Mckee up at the win
low, Russell's baby Marthena,
being in the other car at
5he time. Finally the train |
stopped at Bridgeport, just across the
liver, and the young lad hastily adj
usted his tripod and waving his hand for
hem to prepare he uncovered the lens
'or a moment and then politely doffed his
zap. The train moved up little and so
lid the boy, ard coming closer
be secured a second picture The gen.
ara1 ;unilired his 11ama and 10 Sssf y vvss