The San Francisco call., 1897-03-03
ENTERS AS
4. PRIVATE
. !. CITIZEN
Without Military Display
or Pomp,. Mckinley Goes
to. Washington.
MANY GREET THE MAJOR
UPON ARRIVAL.
Wins All Hearts Upon Leaving
:, the Train by Giving the
A Engineer a Bouquet
HAPPY INCIDENTS PRECEDE
The INAUGURAL.
:
Demonstrations of the. People That
~ sh%w the. Popularity of the
r: .. President-E ect
HAPPY INCIDENTS PRECEDE
!, The INAUGURAL.
Demons trations of the. People That
=. Sh&w the Popularity of the
=. President t.E ect.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 2-WiI-
liam Mckinley entered Washington to-
day, quietly and unostenta atiously as any
: private citizen could under similar CIR
cymstances. At the, request of the Presi-
dent-elect there was no military or other
display on his arrival. He walked through
. the crowd at the railroad station and, en-
tering the carriage awaiting him, was
driven to the Ebbitt House, the hotel at
: which he made his home in Washington
while men ber"of Congress.
That was the entire programme attend
ing his appearance in the capital city as
the future President of the United States.
Itwas just IL OK clock when the McKin-
ley special rolled into the Pennsylvania
station, exactly on time. Outside the sta
tioh building an immense crowd had
gathered, densest around the ladies' en-
trance, where number of carriages indi-
Gated that the President-elect and his
party would appear there. All those who
could not satisfactorily explain that their
business required them TO be there were
forbidden entry TO the station.
The. big iron gates guarding the tracks
from the waiting-rooms were closed TO all
except the comparatively few who were
.Presid dent- elect and those accom- panyIng
him.. The police arrangements were adj
mirable.
The mem bers Of the reception commit
tee gathered early at the station. They
were Charles J. Bell, chairman; Colonel
James G.. Barrett, ex;Mayor of Washing
ton; c. Z. Glover; MYron NJ. Parker, Ma
. tional Com mitteenan for the District Of
Colum bia; James. T.. Norris and J. c..
Lowell. Accom- panylng these gentlemen
was J. Addison Porter. the coming secre-
tary Of President.McKinIey.
b: Just before the arrival of the Mckinley
train Governor Bushnell of Ohio with his
staff arrived at the station and was per-
mitted to pass through the gates leading
to the. track platform. The staff officers
were IN at the brilliancy of dress uni
. form and presented an imposing appear
ance as they lined up TO salute the Presi-
dent-elect when he stepped from the train.
:" Meanwhile the crowd outside the sta
:,etion had increased 1t blocked up Sixth
street for a few yards of that thorough
fare, between the station and Pennsyl-
vania avenue. At the end of the station
where lhe etrain entered was another good
sized gathering, held in check by high
fence and squad OF police.
AS the beavy@trajn came to standstill
the members of the reception committee
took positions at the rear platform of the
rear car, the well. known mo. 58," in
which the President elect made the Jour
ney. When the well-knowu figure OF
Major Mckinley appeared On the plat
form the people who peered through the
high board fence set up cheer that re-
verberated through the big trainshed.
Major Mckinley doffed his silk hat in