Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-02-27
THE JOURNEY ENDED.
HARRISON REACHES THE CAP
ITAL SAFELY.
The Party Makes a Flank Movement tt
Avoid the Crowds-The Scene
at the Hotel.

WAsHINGToN, Feb. 26 The Presi- |
dent elect has arr. we'd, with the party
surrounding him, and all are com ort- |
ably installed at the Arlington Hotel. |
The entrance into Washington was
marked by no ostentation or display. |
The only incident of note accompanying |
it was the fact that the party of the
President elect did not leave the train at
the point expected.
1t was exactly 229 o'clock p. IN. when
the special train, whose gorgeous equip |
ments have been described, stopped at
the corner of Ninth street and Maryland |
avenue. This place is, perhsps, ten min
utes drive from the Pennsylvania station
on Sixth street, near Pennsy lvania
avenue.
The members OF the Inaugural Com
mittee, who were to receive General Har-
rison and his party, announced last
| night that the train would be brought
| into the regular station. This announce
| ment was repeated this morning by tie
| railroad officials. The result was that
the great press OF people surrounded the
| station and on the platform intide the
gates were almost the entire corps OF
newspaper correspondents in Washing
ton. Policemen were stationed along the
tracks end at the side of the train shed TO
keep back the impatient thropg. ALL the
buildings In the neighborhoo1 had been
decorated with bunting and faRs ,and per-
| haps half Of the streamers that will make
Pennsylvania avenue flame with color
next Monday had been hastily displayed
this morning In the expectation that the
incoming President would drive up the
thoroughtare on his way from the station.
BRITToN 5 FLANK MOVEMENT.
But the waiting throng at the station
we're disappointed, and all these prepara-
tions were for naught. Chairman Brit
ton, of the Inaugural Committee, with
out consultation with the new President,
avoided the demonstration which would
certainly have occurred at the station.
BY hurried arrangement with the rail-
road officials be had the train stopped at
Ninth street and Maryland avenue, where
there is small flag station. Six hired
carriages were there to re eive the passen-
gers. As soon as the train stopped Cap
tain Dinsmore, who had charge of the
White House grounds under the Arthur
administration, and who has been placed
In charge Of the Harrison quarters at the
Arlington Hotel, dashed away in a ham
som to warn the people at tie hotel that
General Harrison would be there
in o few moments. General Harrison
was tho first to Alight from the train and
Mrs Harrison followed him.
The other members of the party were
Mr.. and Mrs. Mckee and the two Mckee
babies; Russell Harrison, wife and child;
Mrs. Lord, Mrs. Harrison's sister; Mrs.
Eaton, General Harrison's sister; Private
Secretary Halford aud two or three
others. General Harrison assisted his
wife into their carriage, a closed landau.
Mr.. Britton followed. Benjamin Barri-
son Mckee, the elder of the two grand
I III ia. H..
; lap, and the carriage dashed away. The
nagmen waved their green signals as an
omen of good luck to IL g vehicle, and
four other carriages were quickly filled
4 with the Generals personal party. The
: hand bags aud bundles of the party filed
the floor and the two seats Of another car
. riage. Instead of going up Pennsyl-
vsnia avenue, the carriages we've driven
through obscure streets and did not strike
the main thoroughfsre of the city until
near the Treasury Building. The jour-
: ney to the hotel was, therefore, void OF
display and encountered no demonstra-
: ton of any kind.
THE SCENE AT TIE HOTEL.
In front of the Arlington crowd of
several hundred people had gathered as
early as half past l O'Clock. A special
detail of policemen were stationed In
| iIOuL Vi bnC huu61 Vi uUJtlt WHICH lS
entirely given up to the party of the
President-elect, and Is completely shut
of from the public part of the house.
Every carriage that drove up to the hotel
during the next hour was almost mobbed
by the throng, who saw In each four
wheeled vehicle the possible arrival OF
General Harrison.
1t was nearly 8 O'Clock when his car
risge did drive up. The people were
forced back so as to make passage way
from the curb to the hotel entrance.
Chairman Britton was the first to alight
and he bore in his arms the struggling
form of Grandson Ben. The excitement
of the arrival had stirred the child to
rebellion and he kicked his legs about In
llively fashion as Mr.. Britton carried him
through the door. Mrs. Harrison alighted
next, and The next President came last.
His foot had scarcely touched the stone
block of the curb when somebody In the
throng that lined the narrow pathway to
the hotel thouted three cheers for Ben
jamin Harrison" The cheers were given
with q will aud for moment General
Harrison stood upon the block of stone
and, lifting his black slouch hat, bowed
right and left. Then, with quick step,
he walked up the narrow lane that the
policeman had formed between the people
and disappeared within the hotel While
this was going on Colonel Elliott +.
Sheppard, the evangelical editor of the
New York Mail and Express, beamed
smiles OF genial welcome from an upper
window OF the hotel.