The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-03-03

PIE outside set up a cheer, in which the
Orleans. members Of troop A, national
| guards, who were to have formed part
I of the escort, made themselves heard
| above all else
On PENNSYLVANIA avenue. up which the
| carriages were driven, there were SO
| many vehicles and pedestrians and bicyt
| cles and street fakirs and so much con-
| fusion III general, that the president-elect
passed along as fast as the conditions
| permitted, without gaining general rec
| ognition.
AT THE EBBITT HOUSE.
AT the Ebbitt house the crowd had been
gathering since early breakfast time,
pre-empting doorways, carriage steps,
windows and other points OF vantage.
During the hour and a half while they
| warted strong detail Of police gradually
accumulated itself in an unostenta-
lious way.
The presidential party finally arrived
abou. II pc o'clock and by clever coup
the pres:dent-elect gained entrance TO the
! hotel without crowdng and inconvenl-
ence. All the preparations indicated that
Fourteenth side of the hotel There was
a guard of policemen al the door and the
corridors leading TO that point were KEEP
clear.
Women were almost in the majority
in the crowd and most Of them were
armed with bouquets.
THE CROWD FOOLED.
A. .-.,- ,,;n,,+aS mast eleven there
was a cry of here they come as the
first carriage Of the presidential party
drove up Fourteenth street Every one
crowded forward toward the corridor
leading to the Fourteenth street en-
trance. But ii was only feint. The
carriage never stopped, but swung
briskly around the corner TO the ladies
entrance on the F street front. The po-
lice reformed and pinned the mass Oh
the crowd down in the cul de sac to-
ward the Fourteenth street entrance
Another body Of policemen emerged
from the ladies parlor and formed
solid line of blue coats from the ladies
entrance elevator fifty feet away. In an
instant Major and Mrs. Mckinley were
out OF the carriage and inside the Motel
under convoy of Chairman Bell and Sec
rotary Porter. Mark Hanna, General
Alger. Colonel McCook and General
Stewart L. Woodford of New York,
having been given hint of the move
ment, greeted the president-elect before
any one else. Mr.. Mckinley, once In
side the hotel, enteredNAn elevator, and
went TO his apartments.
Behind the presidential carriage there
followed a score of other conveyances
with the remainder of the Canton party
and Governor Bushnelrs staff. They
were all safely landed in the hotel and
the section of the house reserved for
them was guarded against the intrusion
Of the crowd.
CALLERS KEPT OFF.
Major Mckinley received few friends
Informally and then settled down TO
rest and light luncheon.
4 large number OF visitors called at
the hotel during the afternoon but Sec
rotary Porter took decided stund and
at once sent word that no cards were TO
be received. This turned the tide for
time upon the secretary himself and he
was for time soon compelled to make
A similar rule as to his own callers.
Everything was found to be 10 the
satisfaction of the president-elect Some
members OF the executive committee
who called about this time described
some of the details of arrangements but
aside from these persons every one was
refused access to Major Mckinley du--
ing the afternoon