Los Angeles herald., 1891-04-26

The night was clear and the whole scene
as witnessed by the president and his
party from the upper deck of the
steamer, was beautiful.
The president arrived at the foot of
Market street at s. O'Clock, and the
crowd which had collected there. was as
great as any ever seen in that locality.
and as the party left the steamer, great
cheering was commenced by the several
thousand people in waiting, and was
continued for several minutes.
WELCOMED TO THE CITY.
At the Market-street ferry, the presi-
dent was met by Mayor Sanderson and
presented the freedom of the city. The
president responded briefly as follows:
Mr.. Mayor: have received with great
gratiiicatlon these words of welcome
which you have extended to me, on be-
half OF the city of San Fran
preston OF the welcome which
has been rendered to me since entered
the state of California. The grandeur and
glory l know something of by story and
tradition; but what / have seen of its
resources has quite surpassed nv imag-
instion. But what 1 have been i'm
pressed with is the loval and intelligent,
warmhearted people have everywhere
met. thank you for this reception.
THE MARCH UP MARKET STREET.
Upon landing, the president was well
coined by Mayor Sanderson, and the
party at once entered carriages and pre-
pared for the march out Market street
to the Mechanics pavilion. The illum-
nations along the waterfront near the
ferry landing, and in fact all along the
line of march, were the most brilliant
ever seen in this city. Hundreds of
electric lights had been erected tempo
rarily at every available point near the
ferry and to Market street, and in addi-
tion to these, fireworks were displayed
continuously everywhere. Nearly every
building on Market street was decorated
with flags and bunting, and long stream
ers and banners were stretched across
the street at short intervals.
The president and party were escorted
to the pavilion by detail OF police, and
three regiments of the California Ma
tional guard, the latter in command OF
General Dickinson.
There was a dense crowd of people on
Market street, all the way from the ferry
landing to the pavilion, and the presi-
dent was greeted with great cheering as
the procession passed along The street
at many points was as light as day, and
the president WAS able to see the en-
thusiastic crowds who welcomed him to
the city. The ladies of the party ac
companied the procession as far as the
pavilion, and then went to the Palace
hotel. The crowd in waiting outside the
pavilion was as great as that along the
line of march, and the enthusiastic well
come was renewed as the president
alighted from his carriage to enter the
building.
AT THE PAVILION.
The president and party, accompanied
by the military escort, arrived at Me-
chanics' pavilion at O'Clock. Thou
sands of people were assembled in front
of the pavilion, and were kept orderly
by guard of police and soldiers. The
immense building, which holds 10000
people, was decorated with bunting,
evergreens and electric light displays.
The crowd was Kept outside until the
president had entered the pavilion, when
they focked in by thousands. After the
various military organizations had en-
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hollow square, the president, Governor
Markham, Mayor Sanderson, Senator
Stanford, and members of the
reception committee, entered through
the main door and were escorted to a
small stand at the end of the pavilion.
After the president had entered the
stand the military formed in long
line, between which steady stream of
people passed for over an hour. As
they passed the president the men all
raised their hats, and the chief execu-
tive responded by bowling and waving
his hand. AS the crowd passed by the
stand where President Harrison stood,
there was constant cheering and waving
of hats and handkerchiefs.
As fast as the people had paid their
respects to the president, they marched
out of a side door, and made room for
others. Under the circumstances, it
was impossible for the large crowd to re-
main in the pavilion, so the president
made no speech. The reception lasted
until IL O'Clock, when the president and
party were driven to the Palace hotel.
Large numbers of people were unable to
gain admittance to the pavilion in the
time specified for the reception.