The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-28
ELABORATE ARRANGEMENTS TO
WELCOME NI'KINLEY AT CLEEE-
LAND IN VAIN.
ARRIVED AHEAD OF TIME.
70 SALUTE WAS FIRED AND NO
FLAGS WAVED TO GREET
HIM.
THE PEOPLE MUCH DISAPPOINTED
To Satisfy Them Public Reception
VIII BE Held by the President
Today.

CLEVELAND. O., Aug. 27-President
Mckinley surprised the people OF CleVe-
land by his early arrival from Buffalo
this morning. The reception of the
president was not as elaborate as had
been planned. There was no preSiden-
tial salute fired by the naval reserves
from the old revenue cutter Andrew
johnson: the cannon of steam and sail
craft did not belch forth in deafening
sounds to welcome the president; the
banners and flags did not f1utter in the
breeze in honor of his coming. There
was reason for the absence of all this
Ceremony which had been planned on
an elaborate scale. 1t was lacking be-
cause the presidential party arrived in
Cleveland several hours ahead of Sched-
ule time, or rather the time anticipated
by those who had planned the local
reception.
The Comanche, which brought the
presidential party from Buffalo, arrived
inside of the Cleveland harbor al 2:3O
o'clock. There she lay at anchor until
z o'clock, when she steamed into the
inner harbor and made fast at the dock
of the Pennsylvania company. Senator
Hanna was somewhat surprised to
know that elaborate preparations had
been made for the reception of the
president, and said he had advised
against it yesterday by telegraph, stat
ing there was no certainty of the hour
of their arrival. He asked that the
naval reserves and the Tippecanoe club
be notified of the arrival of the
Comanche, and invited the newspaper
men aboard the yacht. The presidential
party was scattered about the boat in
y groups of twos and threes. President
and Mrs. Mckinley were midship look
ing across the muddy Cuyahoga, and
conversing with Col. NJ. T. Herrick.
The presidents appearance gave indi-
cation of perfect health.
The bitterest disappointment prevails
over the surreptitious manner in which
the president and Senator Hanna en-
tered Cleveland. The Tippecanoe club
and the naval reserves had planned q
most elaborate reception which includ-
ed q parade about the down town
Streets and a speech in the public
square The hour that the Comanche
was expected to arrive was a. M, and
the programme had been prepared to
conform to that time. At o'clock the
Tippecanoe club and the Great West
ern band were marching and counter
marching about their headquarters to
get into position. The people were
gathering in numbers to go to the boat
landing 1t fell as distinct shock to
all of them to learn that the president
had arrived two hours earlier, and
aIr Of
President Mckinley was unusually
pleasant in his demeanor. He talked
volubIy of his trip to Buffalo, of the
G. A. r. encampment which he pro-
nOunced the greatest in history, and
spoke in the highest terms of the man
ner in which the people of Buffalo had
handled the encampment. He was ask
ed his impression concerning prosper
ity as gathered from his trip across the
country
You had better ask the business men
about that" he replied. "They can
give you better information than 1
can"
Of his plans for next week the pres
ident spoke quite freely. His stay in
Cleveland, he said, would be a quiet
one, with rest as the principal thing to
be sought. On Wednesday of next
week. probably in the morning, the
presidential party will leave for Ere
Hayes-Smith wedding in the evening.
The following day the president will at
tend the reunion of his old regiment.
On Friday7he will attend the state fair
at Columbus. The presidents mother
will not visit Cleveland during the stay
of her son, but the latter will make O
short trip to Canton after his trip to
Columbus. The president will proba-
bly, spend Saturday and Sunday with
his mother before returning to Wash
ington.
At 7:30 o'clock the carriages arrived
at the dock, and the party left the
Comanche. The crowd had increased
but little in size since the yacht first
tied up at the dock There were not
more than $50 people in sight. Those
who came from Buffalo on the Co
manche were President and Mrs. Nc
Kinley, Secretary and Mrs. Alger, Miss
Alger, Frederick Alger, Senator Hanna,
Col. M. T. Herrick, H. NJ. Hanna and
William Chisholm. Vice President Ho-
bart and Mrs. Hobart will not come
to Cleveland.
President Mckinley decided to spend
the afternoon at Mr.. Hanna's home.
The naval reserve, however, was de-
termined not to be deprived of It's
presidential salute. The Andrew John
- son accordingly steamed out in the lake
of Hsana's residence, and after firing
tsrsncy guns returned to the harbor.
g = sort OF compensation Tor the
djeap1oi9 tment of the people who ex-
pcrteC O greet the president on his
Il. iva IRE this morning, it has been
a-r2rcgG 10 hold public reception to-
Nero afternoon at the Hollenden
hotel. The president and Senator
Hanna regret that there should have
been any disapp ointment at all. The
latter said this evening: Il did not
know that a single arrangement had
been made for a receptiOn or any thing
q the kind until our party had reach
&C tho house this morning"
SeTV-C~ Hanna said that he received