The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-04
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the hotel, probably to prevent a crush
OF people rushing after the president
elect, for the hotel was crowded. The
preSident-elect'S exit was made quiet
ly. He came down the elevator and
passed at once out to the carriage,
driving quickly away. almost before
any one knew he was in the neighbor-
hood.
No one save his secretary. Mr.. Por-
ter, and Chairman Bell, Of the inaug-
ural committee, accompanied the presi-
dent-elect They We're. shown directly
into the blue parlor, the official recep-
ton room of the White house, where
they were met by President Cleveland
and Secretary Thurber. The president
walked with much less stiffness than
he has shown for the past two days.
He sat UP late last night, disposing
of business which came to him from
congress, and naturally he, as we'll as
Mr.. Thurber, showed the effect of their
heavy labors, but by the use of some
easy foot-gear Mr.. Cleveland managed
to get about with a limp, and the ex-
pectations are that, unless he suffers
from an unexpected recurrence of the
painful attack of rheumatism, which
has afflicted him for the past few days,
he will be able fully to meet the obliga-
tons of the ceremonies of tomorrow.
The meeting between the incoming
and the outgoing presidents lasted only
a few minutes. The subject was nat
urally the weather. While they spoke
of it, the outlook was rather depress-
ing. with the sky yelled in light, but
nlcisture-dripping clouds and the bunt-
ing hanging rather Imply from the
grand stands. the winds having died
away But the president had seen the
special weather report, in which Chief
Moore staked his reputation on his pre-
diction of fair weather for tomorrow,
and he congratulated MIR. Mckinley on
the prospect thus held out
The president-elect then returned to
the Ebbitt, and in an hour Mr.. CleVe-
land, following the custom in such
cases. returned the call. Mr.. Thurher
accompanied him to the hotel The
large carriage was driven to the door
way and again the crowd was forced
back to admit Of the passage of the
president. His call was even shorter
than that of Mr.. McKinley's upon him,
and within a few minutes he was on
his way back to the White house. The
reception was rather formal, as it must
needs have been in view Of the fact
that the two men had parted only an
hour before with a similar ceremony.
The afternoon was spent by the pres
ident elect in the reception of partic-
ular friends and in adding the finishing
touches of his inaugural address to be
Mckinley. attracted by the fine wealth
er, enjoyed a long drive around town
in company with Mr. and Mrs. George
Morris and a cousin from New York.
Of the social events of this evening,
the dinner given by Col. John Hay to
President-elect Mckinley, was the most
important, the attendance IN
Guiding many of those who will take
prominent parts in the work of the new
administration Maj. Mckinley left the
Ebbitt house just before o'clock, for
the Hay mansion, a few blocks away.
Those invited to meet him at the din
ner were: Speaker Reed, Senators Hale,
Cameron, Aldrich, Frye, Lodge, Davis,
Elkins. Mcmillan and Wetmore; Sena-
tcrs-elect Foraker, Hanna and Platt;
Representatives GrOsVenOr, Hit and
Wadsworth; John Addison Porter;
Gems William M. Ost%rne, Horace Por-
ter, Russell A. Alger. Lyman j. Gage,
Henry White, Assistant Secretary
Rockhill and A. S. Hay. Senators Sher-
man, Cullom, Allison and Quay were
prevented from being present by the
condition of business in the senate:
The dinner lasted several hours, and
at it's conclusion, Maj. Mckinley re-
turned to the Ebbitt house.
Senator Sewell, Of New Jersey, to-
night gave a luncheon in the room OF
the senate committee on military af-
fairs to Vice PreSident-elcet Hobart,
to which all the senators were invited.
The affair was quite an elaborate one,
and was given for the purpose OF
making Mr. Hobart better acquainted
with the senators with whom he will
be in close contact for the next four
years.
Mrs John A Logan gave a dinner
to Gen. and Mrs. Russell A. Alger.
Judge McKenna was expected to be
present, but was detained. The table
was taStefully decorated with palms,
ferns and roses. After the guests left
the table the No. l Newsboys' band,
of Detroit, which is in the city with the
Alger Republican club, marched up to
Mrs. Logans residence and Serenaded
the next secretary of war. Among
those present were: Gen. and Mrs. Al
ger Mr.. and Mrs. James Wilson, Judge
and Mrs Gary Gov. and Mrs. Bushnell.
Mrs. Hastings, Gov and Mrs. Tanner,
Gen. and Mrs. Miles, Col. and Mrs.
Grout, Gen. Brunette Gen. Dodge, Mr..
and Mrs. Davis, Judge and Miss koon,
Judge and Mrs. Day, Judge and Mrs.
jeremiah Wilkinson, Gen. and Mrs.
Grosvenor, Representative and Mrs.
Hull, Mr. and Mrs. Bentley, Miss Tuck
er and John A. Logan Jr.
Gov. and Mrs. Black had large
number Of callers at the Cochran dur
ing the morning. The staff officers
were the guests Of the Army and Navy
club tonight, while the governor at
tended the theater.
Abner Mckinley, brother of the pres
ident-elect, was in the lobby OF the
senate tonight, and his close resem-
blance to the new president created
something of a stir among those who
really, for short time, thought that
the president-elect had visited the
chamber.
Prominent among the arrivals In the
city during the day were Hon. Joseph
MCKenna, Of California, who is to be
the attorney general Of the new ad-
ministration; ex-Representative Chas.
Tracey, of New York; ]. Edward Ad-
dicks and party, Delaware, and Rus
sell B. Harrison, a son of the eX-presi-
dent, who is to be special aide on
the staff of Gen. Horace Porter.
Hon. Hazen s. Pingree, Michigan's
governor, accompanied by his staff
and q number of prominent citizens,
arrived tonight after a tedious journey.
There were a number of delays, and
on reaching Parkersburg, W. Va, this
morning, it was found that the Wag-
ner coach. which the governor occu-
pied, was too large to pass through
the tunnel on the outskirts CT the city.
The car had to be detached from the
train and taken back to Pittsburg,
thence to Washington.
Organizations arriving during the
afternoon and evening included the
following: The Tippetanoe club, of
Cleveland, O.; the Young Mems Blaine
club, of Cincinnati, and Charles L.
Kurtz club, of Columbus, O., and the
Old Republican Glee club, Of Column
bus, which has attended each inau-
guration since Grants.
A pleasant incident Of tonight's
events was the presentation to Grand
Marshal Horace Porter of an elegant
sword by his staff and aides in tomor-
rows narade.