The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-03-03
Great Crowds Greet Him in the
Capital City.
HOBART ALSO ON HAND
READY TO RELIEVE ADLAI OF
THE GAVEL AND SALARY.
WILL BE A BIG INAUGURATION
Great Crowds Expected From 40
Sections ALREADY Forty Thou
sand Visitors Have Reached
Washington.

Washington, D. c., March 2.-Presi-
dent-elect William Mckinley with
his family and large party of
friends arrived safely in the capital city
minute after II o'clock this morning,
over the Pennsylvania railroad. A large
crowd had assembled at the station long
before the train arrived and it required
the efforts of considerable force OF
police to keep clear the approaches to the
station.
Only few distinguished persons had
been admitted within the enclosure at the
station where the train was to stop.
Governor Bushnell ard staff were
present in uniform. j. Addison Porter,
who will be the Presidents secretary,
was early on hand
About a minute behind the schedule
time the special train came rolling into
the station amid the cheers of the spec
tatOrs. Notwithstanding the long journey
to the Ebbitt and the broken night, nearly
all the party looked fresh and bright.
The President-elect, in particular, ap-
peared to be in the best Of spirit.
1t was generally remarked by the on
lockers that he was certainly stouter
and of better complexion than when he
was last seen in Washington. Mrs.
Mckinley also appeared to advantage.
After a short greeting to some immediate
friends, who stood near, the party formed
line and started through the station,
As he passed the head OF the train
Maj. Mckinley did graceful thing
which was quickly appreciated by the
crowd. He paused, beckoned to one of
the party who bore aloft great bou-
quet of cut flowers, and carefully select
ing from it some white carnations of
wonderful size, he handed them to the
engineer, all grimy and perspiring, who
sat aloft in his cab Instead Of turning
to the right through the nearest passage
to the street, the partg went straight
through the station and were seated at
once in the carriages provided. There
were ten Of these and that occupied by
the President-elect was drawn by a gray
and roam team. His companions were
Mrs. Mckinley, Chairman Bell and Mr..
Porter. The others of the party found
places as they emerged from the station,
without special arrangement. The people
were packed so densely in front of the
station and the electric cars made tne
horses so restiye that it was not deemed
wise to wait to form the carriages in
line and as fast as they were filled with
passengers they were dispatched by the
members of the reception committee hav-
ing the matter in charge. Consequently
that equipage occupied by the President
elect was nearly at its destination before
the last of the carriages started from the
station. As the party drove off, the peo-
pie outside set up cheer. On Pennsyl-
vania avenue, up which the carriages
were driven, there were so many vehicles
and pedestrians and bicycles and street
fakirs and so much confusion in general
that the President-elect passed along as
fast as the conditions permitted without
gaining general recognition. At the
Ebbitt House the crowd had been gath
ering since early breakfast time. During
the hour and half, while they waited n
strong detail of police gradually accumu-
lated itself in an unostentatiOus way in
and about the hotel The Presidential
party finally arrived about 11:20 o'clock
and by a clever coup the President-elect
gained entrance to his hotel without
crowding and inconvenience.
In an instant Maj. and Mrs NIcKin-
ley were out of the carriage and inside
the hotel under the convoy of chairman
Bell and Secretary Porter. Mark Han
ma, General Alger, Ccl. McCook and
Stewart W0odfoId, of New Yorl had
been given hint cf the movemert and
greeted the new President before any one
else. Mr.. Mckinley once inside the hotel
entered an elevator, the grey-clad boy
in charge grinned comprehensively, pulled
the rope and sent the car shooting sky
ward, and Secretary Porter feaYing a
sigh of relief raised a much ruffled silk
hat in grave salute TO his disappearing
chief and then elb0wed his way over to
the entrance of the ladies parlor to re-
ceive the gentle maledictions of a crowd
of ladies pinned in behind the policemen.
the disappointed ones admitting that the
flank movement had been cleverly done,
but declaring the Secretary too mean
for anything"
THE VICE-PRESIDENT COMES.
Washington, March 2-The royal blue
line train which brought Vice-President-
elect Hobart and party to Washington
from New York, over the Jersey Central,
Reading and B. and o. railroads reached
here at 1926 p. M, having made the run
in four hours and % minutes, the best on
record. The run from Baltimore to
Washington, 80 miles was made in 36
minutes, also record time for this division.
Taking out time for stops, the total run
Of 231 miles from New York to Wash
ngton was made ir 235 mirutes.
The Vice-Ptesident-elect and wife
brought sixteen trunks with them.
When the party left the depot they
we're driven at once 20 the Arlington.
where apartments had been preserved
Cor them near those occupied by the
family of Mark Hanna.