The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-03-03
AT WASHINGTON
The Mckinley Special Arrives
Safely at the Pennsylvania
Depot.
With as Little Display as Posi-
ble the President Was Driven
to His Hotel.
Appears in Excellent Health and
Spirits so, Also, Does Mrs.
Mckinley.

WASHINGTON, March 3.-Presidcnt-
elect Mckinley and party arrived here
on a special train at /. :Ol o'clock.
and were driven to the Ebbitt house,
where they will be quartered' until the
president-elect takes up his abode in
the White House.
In accordance with Mr.. McKinley's
expressed wish there was no escort or
display connected with his entry into
the national capital. 1t had been ar
ranged that company of militia
should receive and escort him up the
avenue, but the president vetoed
this program, so that the only formal
reception he received was the greeting
of small committee of prominent
residents of Washington There was,
of course, an informal demonstration
by the public.
Warm and Cheerful Weather.
The weather was cheerful and bright
with warm sunshine over all, and
temperature if anything too high to be
seasonable a large crowd had as
semblod at the Pennsylvania station
long before the train arrived, and it re-
qulred the efforts of considerable
force of police to keep the approaches
to the station clear. There was good
deal of disappointment expressed
military i'll the escort, but it was by
special request of the president ELECT
that such formalities were dispensed
with on this occasion, SO the crowd had
to be content with the sight of the
magniticently attired staff Of Governor
Bushnell of Ohio in place of the ex-
pected military parade.
Only a few persons had been ad.
mitted within the enclosure at the sta
tion where the train was to stop.
There was Chairman Bell of the exec
utive committee, with Reception Com
mitteemen Barrett, Parker. Glover,
Norris, Lowell and Bfitton, specially
designated as subcommittee to re-.
ceive the presidential party in place of
the full committee.
Governor Bushnell and staff were
present i'll uniform. j. Addison Por.
ter, who will be the presidents secre.
tary, was early on hand, having hur-
ried from the White House for the pur.
pose. He was to look after the personal
comfort Of the president elect, but, as
he himself said, he had little to do in
this direction.
The Ire. ident Looked Well.
About minute behind the schedule
me the special train came rolling into
the station, amid the cheers of num-
Der of spectators who gathered at the
lower end of the big shed to watch for
its appearance. AS soon as the cars
came to stop, Governor Bushnell
boarded the train, entering car No. 3S,
where the president. elect with the men,
bers of his immediate family were in
waiting. The executive committee also
paid their respects to the incoming
chief magistrate, and without delay
the party started for the carriages
which were to convey them to the
EbLitt. Notwithstanding the long
journey and the broken night, nearly
all of the party looked fresh and bright
The president-elect in particular, ap-
peared to be in the best of spirits, and
those who gazed in his face for signs of
the illness from which he has suffered
very recently, looked in vain for any
sign of distress or impaired vitality. 1t
was generally remarked by onlookers
that he was certainly stouter and of bet
ter complexion than when he was last
seen in Washington. Mrs Mckinley also
appeared to advantage. She was at
tired in a dark travelling garb, and hap
piness beamed from every lineament
as she came forth into the bright sun
shine on the open platform. After a
short greeting to some immediate