Omaha daily bee., 1897-03-03
pREsIpENTIAL PARTY ARRIVES.
N,ior NcKiniey. with wife ana
Friends. ut the NntiOnnl CnpitnI.

Major Mckinney. with wire nm"
Friends. Mt the National Cnpitnl.
WASHINGTON, March 2.-Ma1or McrNiu
ley. with his family and a large party vi
friends. arrived safely in the Capital ci's
a minute after II o'clock over the fehn-
sylvania railroad. The weather was cheei-
full and bright, with warm sunshine anu d
temperature. If anything. too hlsh' 10 os
seasonable. A large crowd nau 49, tbe
Mt the PENNSYLVANIA station long before 'ne
train arrived. and 1t required the ehol's VI
a considerable force Of police to keep Ine
approaches to the station clear. ~
There was a good deal Of disappointment
expressed among these people oVeI nv ~,
sence of a military escort, put II was ~
snecial reouest of the president-eiect tIat
srcb formalities were dispensed with on thls
occasion, so the crowd had 10 ue
with the magnifcently attired stan OF Iii n1m
ernor Bushnell of Ohio in place Oh Vh' m"'
tary parade. admitted
or,y n few persons had been admi'tsu
within the enclosure at the station where tnr
train was to stop. There was Chaiilhan r. ",
of the executive committee, with heteptlon
Committeeman Barrett, Parker, glover MI,
rjS Inwell and Britton especially designated
as a to receive the presiueu-
| tial party in place of the full cohliilttce,
| Governor Bushnell and stan were present III
uniform. j. Addison Porter VINO WI bond
| presidents secretary, was carry oh han
He was to look after the personal coihloIs
of the president-elect but, as he hlulseIi
| said. he had little to do In TINS dlrectioh,
thanks to the we'll arranged program OF tne
executive committee ana the nearly 'O'PN'
alton of the police authorities uo
About n minute behind the schedule tlie
! the special train came into the station auilu
the cheers of a number OF Spectators w
watch for its appearance. AS soon as thS
cars came to a stop Governor bushnell
boarded the train, entering car NO. 90 whste
the president-elect with the members Oh ms
Immediate family were waiting. The eNecu-
tive committee also paid its respects 10
the incoming chief magistrate, and without
daIav the marty started for the carriages
which we're to convey them 10 the Eooi'l'
PARTY looked WELL.
Notwithstanding the long journey and the
broken night the party looked fresh and
bright. The president-elect in particular ap-
peared to be in the best OF spirits and those
who gazed in his face for signs OF the illness
from which he has suffered very recently
locked in vain for any sign of distress or I'M
haired strength. II was generally remarked
that he was certainly stouter and OF better
complexion than when he was in Washington
last. Mrs. Mckinley also appeared to al
vantage. She was attired in a dark travelling
garb and happiness beamed from every Inca
ment as she came forth into the bright sun
shine on the open platform.
After a short greeting to some immediate
| trlenlS WHO SlUuu hEdl NhN putty iNEN'
line and started through the station. Messrs'
Parker and Barrett. tall, robust men, came
lust behind the police, who cleared the way
down the platform. The president-elect, with
Mrs. Mckinley holding closely on his arm,
came through, with Chairman Bell and Mr.. j.
Addison Porter on either SIDE 70
protect them from the pressure of the
crowd. Colonel Britton, with the greatest
care, escorted Mrs. Mckinley, ST., the mother
( of the president-elect and the remainder OF
e the party took their places in the line just
r as they alighted from the cars, the stan OF
5 the governor of Ohio bringing up the rear
t AS he passed the head of the train MAJOR
t Mckinley did a graceful thing, whlch was
c quickly appreciated by the crowd. nc
t paused and beckoned to one OF the party
who bore aloft a great boquet of cut now
: ers, and, carefully selecting from 1t some
white carnations of wonderful size ne
handed them to the engineer. all grlmy aho
o perspirlng. who sat aloft in his cab. In
stead of turning to the right through the
d nearest passage to the street, the party wen.
straight through the station and were seated
at once in the carriages provided.
HORSES ARE FESTIVE.
There were ten of these and that occupied
by the resident-elect was drawn by a gra
and roam team. His companions were MIS-
a Mckinley, Chairman Bell and Mr.. Porter
o The second carriage contained Mother NC
Kinley, Captain Britton, Mrs. Porter an
c. C. Glover of the executive
IN Inn OtntTS Dl lUt party ohii t'NNNN 49, 49,
I emerged from the station without speclf
10 arrangement. The people were packed S
re- dengely in front of the Pennsylvania static
nj and the electric cars made the horses )
,d restiyc that II was not deemed wise 10 wa
TO form the carriages in line and as fa'
"a as they were filled with passengers they wei
70 dispatched by the members OF the receptlo
having the matter in hand. Coz
II seuuently the equippage occupied by the pre-
an ident-elect was nearly at its destination b.
,v fore the last of the carriages started iroI
40 the station.
~ AS the party drove off, the people outsi(
II; set up a cheer in which the Ohioans, men
h., hers of troop A, National Guards, who we
he to have formed a part of the escort, maj
~ themselves heard above all else. On Pen
y sylvania avenue, upon which the carriag
ca were driven. there were so many Yehlcl
Ir, and pedestrians and bicycles and sire
a fakirs and so much confusion In gener
n that the president-elect passed along as IA
C. as the conditions permitted, without galnlI
IN general recognition.
ne Al the EbbItt house the crowd had 10,
gathering since early breakfast time, pr
tie emptiug doorways, carriage steps, windol
and other points OF vantage. during u
is hour and a half while they waited a strc;
ny detail OF police gradually accumulated
or self in an unostentations way
,cI FOOLED THE CROWD.
"a, The party finally arrived about 1l;2O cello
and by a clever coup, the president-ele
gained entrance to the hotel withou, crow
ing Aul AlEpIN tiieAtt' All ihi bltllal
An tiOns indicated that the entrance would
49, made on the Fourteenth street side Of I
~ hotel. There was a guard of policemen
~ the door and the corridor leading from tn
10, point vas kept clear, Women were almC
~ in the majority in the crowd ana most
up them were armed with bouquets, At TWEEN
lal minutes past II there was a cry of "He
ht they come as the FIRST carriage OF I
nd. PARTY drove up Fourteenth street Eve
out one crowded forward toward the corrid
re- leading to the Fourteenth street entranl
e But II was only a feiut, The carriage nev
ich stopped. hut swung briskly around the corn
re, to tho w0men's entrance OF the street fro
Jay The police reformed and pinned the ms
ut. OF tho crowd down in the Cul de sac iowa
tel the entrance. Another body OF policem
the emerged from the womcn's parlor ana form
tho a solid lire o. blue coats. This left an al
Ith to the elevator, fifty feet away. I'm an
'cw slant Major and Mrs. Mckinley were out
ex- the carriage and inside the hotel unt
my convoy. Mark Hanna and General Stewi
tine i. Woodtord OF New York having be
nts given a hint OF the movement. greeted
in new president before any one else, J