New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-27
NEAR THE WHITE HOUSE.
ppFsrDFNTEIECr HARRISON AND HIS
pARTy ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON
AN ENTHUSIASTIC WELCOME ALL ALONG THE
LINE-rHE TRIP THROUGH PENNSYLVANIA
AND MARyLANp-GENERAL HARRISON
spEAKs TO LARGE CROWD
u.ppJsBITRG.

GENERAL HARRISON
SPEAKS TO a LARGE CROWD
IN HARRISBURG
ve..rH 10 THE TRsuSEy
,..u..,.ton : Feb 26.-The President-elect and
,.a..,, errived at the Capital on schedule time
,o-dav and are now quartereo at the Arlington
-. .be FIVE days that still precede the
.~,.a,i.n The trip from Indianapolis was
- ~ tri6c less than twenty-four hours,
aarr,;ng the hour lost by change of time at
p;t.gburs From start to finish nothing occurred
- mar the success of the journey, which was
.ocomnlishe smoothly and comfortably That
oars Of the Zip, in fact, which fel oetWeen
fsttsburg and Washington was notably uneVent
full. no demonstrations of size or importance
being attempted except at Harrisburg anu Dai'i-
more. General Harrison made put one speeon
on the way and that was short enc. ms arriVai
here would probably have been mace tne 0ceSS'on
90 an unroarious public welcome, but by an
r.o,ror,snt with the local Inauguration COM
r,ittee the Presidentelects train was met at
crossing some distance from the Baltimore ana
Potomac station, and the party was driven quiet
1r to the Arlington Hotel The rest of the after
roon and evening were spent in receiving can
ers and in getting little rest for the crush Oh
the next few days.
The president-elect's journey through Indiana
and Ohio was described in yesterday disp"'cneS
The Pennsylvania line was reached about 0 cio0n
This morning, and the first stop IN tne heS SUM
State was made soon after at P1Wsours' oHn
few travellers and trainmen were waiting 10 's
hig station for the arrival oil the inulaisp.. a..
,a,ty General Harrison had been in bed ior
- .hree hours and was sound asleep 30
,,sre all his felow-passengers and the rev cneeiS
that were raised drew no response from the 'i"in
Crows and engines were changed and alter e'ouO
ton minutes delay start made east owe. Vlio
.-aors of the PENNSYLVANIA Road proper iuoio
,har half an hour of time had been lost on 'no
panhandle Road and tho engineer see hini0'n
making il up The train was put a. pe0o y
.,o,~lv a mile a minute and between the omoFs
Ci,vs and the great Horseshoe Bend west oi
Altoona twenty-seven minutes were sainoo-
Tberc had been no signs Of life at the stations
an the further slope of the Alleghanles, out aO
Altoona lust at the summit the dsy proAe eNCSS S'
To make some sort Of demonstration poS>
Hundreds of workmeu in the shops there, VINO hao
eotten mn n little earlier than usual to caVcn
vlimnee az the Presideni-elect before starung Ior
their work, were drawn'up in lines along the rail-
road tracks. Many Hags and old campaign pan
ners were displayed. and continuous cheer was
raised from one end to the other OF tne long s'iee
through which the railroad runs one OF Inc
counlinos got out of order little west of Altoona
and the train had TO stop ten minutes Tor repairS
II looked as if more time might be lost and as the
General was still sound asleep the idea Of making
full stop in Altoona was given up The tfaln
ran slowly through the town however, and kus-
cell Harrison stood on the rear platform OF
President Roberts's car and waved his congratula-
,,ss "a the chcorif. nanitstuds IL is only just 20
<sv toe. thar &C no place on the route oAcep'
r-obablv AZ Columbus or Baltimore, was hearler
enthusiasm shown than at Altoona.
At BeIIwood, small station east OF Altoona,
.hout dftv men with pals in their hands STOOD
on the platform and waved small hags as the
train PASSED by All the way down the eastern
slope of the mountains scenes like this were re-
peated. the crowds growing denser IS the morning
advanced. At Tyrone, the outlet OF the clear
field coal district, the men with pals were rem
forced by many women and children, who waVeu
fags and handkerchiefs at the rapidly vanishing
ears The other points where the cheering was
vigorous were Huntington, Mt Union, Lewiston
junction. Miflin Newport and Duncannon-
General Harrison and the members Of the family
breakfasted about Q o'clock and there was a
general circulation in the way OF calls from one
car to another until Harrisburg was reached.
Duriug the NIGHT telegram had been received
coud arrange to stop off in the State Capital long
enough TO make visit TO the Legislature. The
Presiderst-elect replied after breakfast that it
would be impossible for him to break the schedule
he bad arranged by stop of that length in Harris
burg Stiu, be would be glad TO receive on the
train as many legislators as might come down to
the station
1t was about 10 80 o'clock when the cars pulled
up in the fine new station-shed at the Keystone
State capital An the gates kept shut until
the legislative party safely in General Hor-
rison'g car. Then the three four thousand
people outside were turned loose the train. In
response to the shouting and cheering the Presi-
deat-elect broke off his reception inside. and
stepped out on the back platform. For two or
three minutes he could do nothing but smile and
bow When the hubbub had subsided little
the General made his only address Of the day.
Here is what he said:
Ny friends want thank you this friendly demon
srs.ion The State Of Pennsylvsnla has especial In
terest 10 me among the States Not many miles from
here In your beautiful valleys, the OF
Mereersburg. my mothers birthplace. j am glad
this morning receive at the hands Of my fellowctzens
Of Pennsylvania this cordial greeting. 1t is very pleasant
10 know that shall carry with me 10 Washington the
good wishes OF many people. (Cheers) thank you
again for yeur friendiness will beg you
the attempt speak further the midst Of much
fusion. rrssonged cheerng)
just as the General finished his speech the
train started over the Northern Central Railway
tracks for Baltimore. At Bridgeport across the
Susquehanna River, stop of five minutes was
made. son Of Governor Beaver had asked to
be allowed to take photograph Of the party and
the General and the members Of his family stood
in a group on the platform for the young amateur
One little incident of the stay in Harrisburg was
the appearance Of Benjamin Harrison Mckee, the
Generals grandson, at the window of the Presi-
dent-elects car He smiled and gesticulated at
the crowd to his own great apparent delight, and
made almost as great sensation as his grand
parent. No stop was made between Bridgeport
and Baltimore. At York General Harrison stood
on the platform and bowed as the train moved by
slowly. Fully two thousand people had come
down to the station TO see him, and, besides the