The evening times., 1897-03-04

dent-eieet in town, but there wasnothing TO
exceed the intliscriminate assemblage OF
this morning.
Ladies were pushed and hauled and
! scrouged themselves and feathers around,
coDtesting literally every inch OF floor fronl
i the street entrances away up TO the third
floor and all the approaches TO the corridor
on which the President and Mrs Mckinley
are located.
IL was really, however. no. mob of die
curiosity altogether. President McKin-
| ley personally issued a large number OF
| tickets 10 the revie wing stand, and many
OF the owners OF these ladies', were insistent
TO extend TO him ther thanks. Besides these
ladies, there were hundreds of the friends
! of the visitors who wished TO greet them
as they came down 20 enter their carriage
| for the White Hoase or the Capitol
The ladies OF the personal party of Mr..
Mckinley had different program each
half-hour, according TO the reports which
came down into the lobby. Mrs. Nc
kinney was said to be feeling well that
she desired to ride out Immediately after
the President-elect up toward the White
House, and then TO go up TO X, and by
that route, east. in the glorious morning
air and sunshine, to the Capitol. Later
the message came that the ladies would
all keep together, and take their car
riages at the Fourteenth street entrance
direct for the Capitol.
In the meanwhile the President-elect
was reported TO be in the finest personal
health OF many years. He had been watch
ing the sun, as certain man did at
AusterItz, ever since he came to town,
and he remarked to Mr.. Mark Hanna that
everything so far had been propitious.
Mr. Hanna, Gen. Miles, Hon. j. Adj
Olson Porter, c. J. Bell, chairman Of the
inaugural committee; Capt. Eastman and
Mr. Hobart (for a while), We're with him
after breakfast, which was taken at
O'Clock, until about 10 O'Clock.
While all this was going on several bands
passed down Fourteenth street, most OF
them stopping opposite the hotel aud play
ing an air OF salute The crowd kept on
increasing, and so did the noise and hubbub
and babel. The big massing OF the people
was on the street side, for the reason
that Mr.. McKinley's carriage had hauled
up at the ladies' entrance on that side.
| This was another ruse- The deceit was
heightened Toy the presence OF desach-
ment OF Troop A, which was drawn up on
the street While the crowd was waiting
Lieut.. Amiss appeared at the F street
entrance, where also d line was kept clear
| to the carriage.
He passed into the hotel, and then the
people began 70 shout, Hes coming, he's
coIningi'' assuming that Lieut. Amiss vert
in TO see him clear TO the carriage There
was a rush TO the very edge OF the pave
ment and almost under the wheels OF the
carriage. The driver raised his whip and
away went the carriage around the corner
to the entrance on Fourteenth street.
This was ten mint utes before the scheduled
lime for leaving the hotel
While the driver was doing this splendid
single turn. Mt Mckinley was hurried and
pushed down stairs, with the veteran John
Sherman, his Secretary Of State, under the
guidance of Gen. Horace Porter. the grand
marshal. They got him safely through
another dense mass OF people and out on
the street, where the carriage arrived in
due time
Mr. Mckinley. Mr.. Sherman and Gen.
Porter stepped in, the door was slammed,
| and the crowd, seeing the blood in the dri-
ver's eye, made way on all sides, and the
carriage bowled down hill to Pennsylvania
! avenue. amid tremendous roar all along
/ Fourteenth street.
The acclaim was taken up on the
| Avenue, the crowds from the east rush
| ing up and congesting the crossing.
There We're cheers and cheers, the
demonstration occurring at the Treasury
| Building, where the people in the stands
arose en- masse, shouting and waving their
handkerciIiefs.
This acclaim in less degree was taken
UP all along the line to the portals OF the
White House, where the President-plect
was received by the President, and a
few minutes afterward the line OF parade
began 20 move.
A very noticeable feature OF the progress
of the Presidential carriage TO the White
House was the polite disregard the people
! had for lines or orders of police or any,
body else. The Journey was therefore in
some respects like that which marked
the entry of Mr.. Mckinley to Washington.
| He did not however dislike it. He was
amused at the persistence OF the crowd to
! get near him and especially sundry gentle
men with kodaks who raced withthe horses
! and snapped up everything i'm sight. There
was good order, however, at the west gate
| Of the White House grounds and at the
central gate. The police were stern anddid
/ their duty wen. Both of these entrances
were invested for the most part inside the
lines by newspaper men awaiting the COM
| ing and going of the new President.
Asthe carriage went into the grounds Mr..
Mckinley and Senators Sherman and
Mitchell, OF Wisconsin, were cheered; but,
! as a matter OF fact, it was only sporadic.
! There was no popular tuInult OF applause.
! There were some cheers from the Lafayette
! Square stand, and some fainter applause
from the beautiful reviewing stand.
The scene in front OF the White House was
all the people had TO amuse themselves with
while the President and President elect
were fraternizing for the third time this
week The splendid Sixth United States
Cavalry, with gay plumes and spirited
horses, were drawn up on the north side
Of the street, the left resting on Fifteenth,
where was mounted the haifd. West the
! line was continued 10y the superb Black
! Dragons, OF Troop A. of Cleveland, and
/ beyond these, in splendid array, parts OF
the line for the parade in he afternoon were
4 maSsed.
Just a half minute before 1 O'Clock the
trumpets of the United States cavalry
sounded, and in few seconds thereafter
the guns Of the salute were heard The cav
| airy moved east at a trot, then Troop A
came up in gallant style, and behind them
/ the carriage of the President with four
| horses.
MIR. Cleveland was on the right, McKin-
| ley on the left rear seat, on the front seat
being Senators Mitchell and Sherman. Fol
lowing these were eight carriages contain