The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-02
MKIuLHY'S ARRIVAL.
Enters Washington as a Pri-
yate Citizen Amid
Great Cheering.

WASHINGTON, March 2, 1S97.-Major
VIM. Mckinley entered the city this
morning as a private citizen. The jour-
ney from Canton was one continual ova-
ton. 1t seemed that the entire population
of some of the cities had turned out to
greet him. School children in many places
lined the tracks, and waved TINY flags.
Perhaps, the greatest feature of the jour-
ney was when the car reached Pittsburgh.
Here scores of factories. fouRdries and
mills were illuminated and when the train
passed the works of a great steel company
just East of the city, huge volumes of
flame and sparks belched from a hum
dred cupolas and blast furnaces. 1t was
a pillar of fire by night for the advance
agent of prosperity.
When at last Washington was reached
at the request of the President-elect there
was no military or other display on his
arrival. He walked through the crowd
at the railroad station, and entering the
carriage awaiting him, was driven to the
Ebftt House. the hotel at which he made
of Congress. That was the entire prog
tai city as the furure President of the
United States.
Just before the arrival of the Mckinley
train, Governor Bushnell of Ohio, with
the members of his staff, arrived at the
station and were permitted to pass
through the gates leading to the track
platform. The staff officers were in all
the brlliancy of full dress uniforms and
presented an Imposing appearance as
they lined up to salute the President, elect:
when he stepped from the train. Mean
while the crowd outside the station had
increased 1t blocked up Sixth street
for the few yards of that thoroughfare
between the station and Pennsylvania
avenue.
AS the heavy train came to a. standstill
the. members of the Reception Committee
took position at the, rear platform Of
which the President-elect made his jour
ney. When the weH-known- figure of
Major Mckinley appeared ON the plat
high board fence set up a cheer that
reverberated through the big train shea.
Major Mckinley doffed his silk, hat in
response and then stepped to the plat
form to receive the greetings of the Re-
ception Committee.
Half dozen policemen marched ahead
and on the fianks of the President-elect's
large party as it proceeded down the
platform toward the ladies entrance.
Major and Mrs. Mckinley were imme-
diately preceded by Colonel Berrett and
Mr.. Parker of the Reception Committee.
Mrs. Mckinley leaned on the arms of her
husband Chairman Bell while Secretary
Porter walked on the disengaged side of
the President-elect. Colonel A. T. Brit
ton Of Washington escorted Mrs. Nancy
A. Mckinley, the President-elect's mother.
The procession proceeded very slowly
with with dignity Major t Mckinley had one
frock coat while in the other he carried
a bunch of white carnations. Mrs. Nc
Kinley, looking somewhat tired and care
worn also carried carnations. Doffing
his silk hat pleasantly TO everybody who
saluted him, Major Mckinley walked
along toward the crowd outside the iron
to the train crew, the dining car servants,
the porters and the others who were on
the platform and at the windows of the
procession halted moment while the
President-elect handed the engineer the
carnations he had been carrying This
py, but no happy. as the begrimed throttle
handler. who fairly blushed through the
SCOT on his face.
Another cheer from those within told
the greater crowd outside that their pa
tience was to be rewarded at last They,
too, yelled when the well known face
and figure of the new President appeared
at the door leading from the ladies wait
ing room. The task of getting the Presi-
dent-elect's carriage started from the
station was the work of a moment only
and before the crowd knew it he was
rapidsys disappearing up Pennsylvania
avenue. With Major and Mrs. Mckinley
In their carriage were Chairman Bell and
Secretary Porter, while in the following
vehicle sat Mother Mckinley, Colonel
Britton, Mrs. J. Addison Porter and Mr..
G. G. Glover. of this city. The other
members of the large party that accom-
panied Major Mckinley to Washington
took the. other carriages.
The ride up Pennsylvania avenue, past
many reviewing stands and otlner evi-
dences Of the approaching Inauguration
was of an interesting nature. No mount
ed escort was there to tell that the Pres-
dent-elect had arrived, put the crowds
along the sidewalk recognized Major Me-
Kirlley as his carriage proceeded unat-
tended, at o leisureiy pace, and several
times knots of spectators sent up a cheer
At Fourteenth street. where the carriage
the Ebbitt House, large crowd shout
ed enthusiastically when the cari,iage APP
peared.
The block along Fourteenth street be-.
tween Pennsylvania avenue and the Eb-
bitt is the situation of newspaper row.
A large number of newspaper c,orrespon-
dents We're gathered there in front OF
their offices. Major Mckinley recognized
during his Congressional relations here
and saluted them pleasantly
The gathering about the Ehbitt was
larger than that at the station Four
Ebbitt House corner were thronged
with the greatest assemblas.e about
the ladies door on Fourteenth street,
where a squad of policemen gave the,
impression that the President elects
entrance would be made there. But the
carriage containing Major and Mrs Me-.
Kinley drove around the corner to the
main door on F street Cheer after cheer
went up from the crowd from the time.
the President-elect was sighted until he
was there waiting for him. The greetings
of the Chairman Of the Nationai Commit
tee were brief but hearty. He hurried
Major and Mrs. Mckinley Through the
lobby to an elevator and quicker than. one
can tell IT the new President ana his wife
had disappeared from public view.
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