The morning times., 1897-03-05


throng was half disappointed by diplo-
matte move OF Mr. Mckinley in which he
fled from the embrace of the curious ten
thousand or more who had gathered to
see him Off. When he raced against time
away from the crowd and up the incline
OF Fifteenth street and to the White
House the crowd did not have long to
wait for the next event.
AfeT minutes after Mr. NICK Kinleyreached
the White House Grand Marshal Porter and
lis handsome and brilliant STAIR, preceded,
ofcoursc, by thclocal gendarmes, mounted,
with bands playing and colors flying,
swept round the angle of the Treasury
into Fifteenth street, amid the acclama-
tons OF The throag and the waving of
haGdkercAicfs from windows and bal
cories anG The stands of the Treasury
Grand Marshal Porter makes an effective
military figure, and especially so on horse
back. and The fame OF his skilfnl manipula-
ton Of his pa ageant Of / %, ,Oo0in New York
had pTcccded him to Washington. After
him came his chiefs OF staff and special
aides, and following these in platoons, the
200 aides, appareled in plumes and saShcs
or various tues. All this Pomp and cir
eumstance or war served to entertain the
populace until the arrival or the central
figure OF the days pageantry-
When the last platoon o the first division,
under Gen. Merritt, had passed, there was
a sound OF tpupets and tine booming Of
cannon cchoing from the White House.
House. The carriage OF the two Presi-
dents had just left the grounds.
IN a moment the Sixth United States
Cavalry, with the mounted band in fun
blast. ca;nc along, and after them the
splendid Troop 4, or the Black HussarS,
they have been dubbed here and else
where And then the PreSideut-elect, with
the President nt-departing, seated side by side,
and opposite to them Senators Sherman
and Mitchell, caught the eyes OF the crowd
- they turned. after a slight accident, into
Pennsylvania avenue Whether it was the
view ofThe FresidenU-elect or the generous
Impulse or the people, seeing that the acci-
dent was So happily ngIted, the whole
m1ss broke out into a cheer that could have
been heard at tie Potomac shores.
Il mast have been a proud ride for the
nrw Pres dent. down through those walls
cr humanity. which reached from roof and
pa-apc5 10 pavement, all the way from
Fifteenth to First streets There must
Eave been hundred thousand faces at the
windows. on the balconies and in the re-
viewing stands along the line Of march.
And human faces have seldom been set in
more gorgeous hOlday frames than those
o yesterday
The Avenue was the admiration of the
world Of washington, and what remains OF
Il beyond the District lines. The two
sides OF the street were hung as IL they
were the sides OF an immense picture
gallery OF course the pictures were
largely the same old and ever dear flag.
6ut every year adds something new to the
possibilities Of red, white, and blue COM
5Inations. So, il was not monotone
picture. bat one Of endless yariety ON both
SIDES of the street. And the reviewing
stands were made things of beauty, de
ptrtuFe from the vogue OF former Inaugural
tons. They we're richly adorned in bright
colors aud eyerss<ens aroundt the standards,
over the top Of each being line Of banners
which the breeze caught and kept all day
IN merry, enthusiastic motion
And tle immense thronG on the streets
was equally enthused with itself and
amused asits own coGIpleX and picturesque
elements, ranging in characteristics from
3 hahyin arms to the fakir fiend and other
inevitables OF the grand army OF camp
followers They had everything to sell,
but perhaps tie ne plus ultra Of genius
and dindustry was attained by the man who
made the people merry with his cry of
souvenir sausages.''
The innocent public and the merchants
snd prGdlcrs made of the street a conlbl-
nation OF May Fair and Vanity Fair The
crush was a small matter to the push of the
man With the badges, the bugs and the but
tons.
Mr Mckinley was kept busy from the
White House TO the Capitol making his
Acknowledgements all along the route-
one wave OF the silk hat for a street out
burst ana several waves for the ovations
from the grand stands where the out-of-
town people We're mostly massed. These
same scenes We're repeated along tie
curved walks Of the Capitol grounds ard
up to the point where he vanished with his
great and good friend into the Capitol build
ing
He uasdc his speech TO probably 60 900
people oround the stand and in the en-
viTonment Il the Capitol To the great
ma loTity OF those on the csplanade it was !
tae speaker and not the speech which
held their attention, because OF the i'm
possibility OF hearing the Grafton. No
sooner had he concluded than there was
& rush through the grounds. all possible
OF the overflow lining up on the east side
or First street. and others making the |
circuit or the streets parallel with the |
Avenue, to reach point ahead of the
coming procession.
There was only one more feature of |