The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-03-03

Washington, March .2.-Wullam NC
Kinley entered Washington today as
quietly and unostentatiously as any
private citizen could under similar cir
cumstances.
At the request of the president-elect,
there was no military or other display
ON his arrival. He walked through
the crowd at the railroad station and,
entering the carriage awaiting him.
was driven to the Ebbitt house, the
hotel at which he made his home in
Washington while a member of con-
greSs That was the entire programme
attending his appearance in the capltal
city as the future president OF the
United States.
II was lust II o'clock when the Nc
Kinley special rolled into the Pennsyl-
vania station. exactly on time. Out
side the station building an immense
crowd had gathered. 1t was densest
around the ladies' entrance. because
number of carriages announced that
the president-elect and his party Wouia
appear there. All Of those who could
satisfactorily explain that their bust
ness required them in attendance to be
there were permitted to enter the sta
ton. The big iron gate guarding the
tracks from the waiting rooms veg
closed against all except the COM
paratively few who were concerned in
the personal reception of the president
elect and those accompanying him.
LOCAL COMMITTEE.
The members of the local reception
committee gathered early at the sta
ton They were Charles ]. Bell, chair
man: Colonel James G. Barrett, ex-
mayor of Washington: c. c. Glover.
ylra national committed
man for the District of Columbia;
James L. Norris and J. c. Lowell. Ac-
companying these gentlemen were j.
Addison Porter, the coming secretary
Of President Mckinley.
Just before the arrival of the Nc
Kinley train, Governor Bushnell, OF
Ohio, with the members of his stan,
arrived at the station and were per-
mitted to pass through the gates lead
ing to the track platform. The staff
officers were in all the brilliancy of full
dress uniform and presented an impos-
ing appearance as they lined up to
salute the president-elect, when he
stepped from the train. Meanwhile,
the crowd outside the station had in
creased. It blocked up Sixth street for
a few yards of that thOTOughfare be-
tween the station and Pennsylvania
avenue. Around the end of the station
where the train entered was another
2O0Q-S1ZGu SdlutLlLSs DCll III CAACNh ~
a high fence and a squad OF police
men. AS the train came to stand
still. the members of the reception
committee took position at the rear
platform of the rear car, the we'll
known No. 3S'' in which the president
elect made the journey. When the
well known figure of Major Mckinley
appeared on the platform the people
who peeIed through the high board
fence, set up a cheer that reverberated
through the big trainshed. Major Nc
Kinley DOTTED his silk hat in response
and then stepped to the platform to re-
ceive the greetings Of the reception
committee.
Half a dozen policemen marched
ahead and on the TANKS of the presi-
dent elects large party as it pro-
ceeded down the platform towards the
ladies' entrance. Major and Mrs. Nc
Kinley were Immediately preceded by
Colonel Barrett and Mr.. Parker, of the
reception committee. Mrs. Mckinley
leaned on the arm of her husband and
Chairman Bell, while Secretary Porter
walked on the disengaged side of the
president-elect. Colonel Britton of
Washington escorted Mrs. Nancy 4.
Mckinley, the president-elect's mother.
WAS VERY DIGNIFIED.
The procession proceeded very slowly
and with dignity. Major Mckinley
had one hand thrust in the bosom of
his long frock coat. while in the other
he carried a large bunch of white car
nations Mrs. Mckinley, looking some |
what tired and careworn, also carried |
carnations. Doffing his silk hat pleas |
antly to everybody who saluted him, /
Major Mckinley walked along toward |
the people outside the gates, who Gag /
erly awaited him. He bowed to the |
train crew. the dining car servants, |
the porters and the others who were
on the platform and at the windows |
of the train. When the engine was |
reached the procession halted a mo- |
ment while the president-elect handed |
the engineer the carnations he /
had been carrying. This made |
everybody in the vicinity look 1
happy, but none looked so happy /
as the begrimed throttle handler, who /
fairly blushed through the SCOT on his |
face.
Another cheer from those within told |
the crowd outside that their patience |
was 10 be rewarded at last. They, too, |
yelled when the we'll known face and |
figure of the president-elect appeared |
at the door leading from the ladies' |
waiting room The task of getting the
president-elect' carriage started from
the station was the work of a mo-
ment only, and before the crowd knew
IT he was rapidly disappearing up I
PENNSYLVANIA avenue. With Major and
Mrs. Mckinley in their carriage. were
Chairman Bell and Secretary Porter.
while in the following vehicle sat
Mother Mckinley, Colonel Britton,
Mrs. ]. Addison Porter and Mr.. c. c.
Glover of this city. The other mem
bers of the large party that accom-
panied Major Mckinley to Washing
ton took other carriages.
ZIP THE AVENUE.
The ride up Pennsylvania avenue,
past many reviewing stands and other
evidences of the approaching Inaugural
ton was an interesting feature. No
mounted escort was there to tell that
the president-elect had arrived. but the
crowds along the sidewalks recognized
Major Mckinley as his carriage pro-
ceeded. unattended, at a leisurely pace
and several times knots of spectators
sent W q cheer.
At Fourteenth street, where the car
riage turned from Pennsylvania avenue
toward the Ebbitt house, a large crowd
shouted enthusiastically when the car
rage appeared.
The block along Fourteenth street,
between Pennsylvania avenue and the
Ebbitt is the situation known as
Newspaper Town" Large numbers of
newspaper correspondents We're gath
cred there in front of their Offices Ma
jor Mckinley recognized a number of
them whom he had known during his
residence here, and sa-
luted them pleasantly.
The gathering about the Ebbitt was
larger than that at the station. Four