The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-15
BUT M'KINLEY
STANDS BY THEM
REFUSES TO ENTER THE
GROUNDS UNLESS WITH THEM.
Action of the President Brings a
Fellow by the Name of Harding
to Time and the Boys of the Press
Are Admitted to Vanderbilt's
Grounds on the Same Footing as
the President and His Cabinet.

Asheville. n. c.. June l4.-Aa unex-
pected incident of Presi lent Mckinley 5
tour developed this afternoon when it
became known 10 newspaper men ac-
companying the parry THAI permission
to enter Biltmore hose, George w.
Van'derbilt's splendid mansion. had
been refused to them. while extended
to other members IF the party.
Mr.. Vanderbilt is abroad and ais rep
resentative, Charles A. c. McNam'e. is
with him. In the absence of both the
estate is governed BY E. ]. Harding,
said to be an EnglishEian by birth.
When waited on by the .ocal "orlnit-
tee of arrangements day or two ago
for permission for he president and
party to enter R:;r,1ore. he oJJectsi
strongly to receiving any members of
the party other than the president and
his cabinet and the ladies with them
He even refused permission TO MasaSsr
A. c. McKissick of The Battery Park
hotel, in charge of Ele parry here, and
in the course of conversation hal witi'
two of the members OF The committee,
said:
Mr. Vanderbilt soits on newspaper
notoriety, and so DO |.
After this there waS nothing <or The
local committee to do oue VI ;lzdraw.
So the matter rested until today. when
the president arrived AMI i. addison
Porter, his secretary, was toll Of the
incident He must have Informed the
president, for late Mr.. Harding was
called UP on the telephone by Re
porter and asked if it was true that
newspaper men would not be admitted
to the mansion. Porter was told that
it was, and he then informed Hnrding
that the presiden. considered the news
paper men were his invitel guests on
the trip, and that thrv were as much
a contingent of the party as members
of the cabinet.
Furthermore. NJ Porter notified
Harding that the p-csid had au-
thorized him to say that f he news
paper men were barre from the man.
sion he would not step his foo- inside
the estate. This brought things to a
crisis, and Mr.. Harii1g capitCIated
with the best grace possible and the
newspaper men were ad limited 10 the
mansion on the same footing as the
president and his cabinet
Before going to BiltmUre, Represent
alive Pearson persuaded Mr.. Mckinley
to attend a meeting at the Young
Mems Institute Hall of colored people.
the gift of George w. Vanderbilt. The
hall was filled to its utmost capacity
with colored people. comprising the la
boring classes, as well as the local col
ored politicians, and their wives end
children. With Congressman Pearson.
on one side, for ten minutes he shook
hands at rapid rate with all who
were presented to him. 1t was very
warm work. Presently the president
called for air and seven colored men
fannedi him while the Misunderstanding
went on.
At Biltmore the luxuries Of the IL
brary were fingered over with especial
delight. Mrs. Mckinley was given a
handsome boquet from Mr.. VanderOiits
Conservatives as she left the house
The drive continued over the French
broad boundaries of the estate, from
the river cottage TO the entrance ledge,
and the Biltmore incident was closed.
The train was taken at BiItmo~e sra
ton and the journey 20 Washington re-
sumed at about o'clock
Secretary Alger was indispOsad from
the extreme heat of the past two days,
but left Asheville sOmewh 1t lecuIer-
ated.