Evening star., 1897-03-02


ans in the departments. Senator John
Sherman and Mr.. Mark Hanna each sent
large bunch OF pink and white roses
for Mrs. Mckinley" as the cards attach
ed read. with their compliments.
The members of the staff of Gov. Bush
nell of Ohio made an early appearance at
the Ebbitt House in their fatigue uniforms,
but as the hour for the arrival of the pres
idential party drew nigh they departed
for the Arlington to get into their full
Gress uniforms preparatory to accompany
ing their chief in receiving Mr. Mckinley.
Ihe corridor lion of the morning was H.
clay Evans, who. it seems. is not yet re-
garded as entirely out of the running for
cabinet honors. Mr.. Evans arrived at the
Ebbitt late last night. His registration at
the same house with Mr. Mckinley Swas
regarded by some of the prognosticators as
significant. They expressed the belief that
II Mr.. Mckinley failed in his attempt to
get the proper sort of a New York man
in his cabinet he would finally bestow q
cabinet billet upon Mr.. Evans. who has
stood exceedingly high In Mr.. Hanna's es-
timation from the start
Mr.. MckinIes's Arrival.
BY the time the cheer from the tremend-
Gus crowd of people massed around the Eb-
bit House announced the arrival of the
distinguished party every avenue within
the hotel was packed to suffocation, and
the three gigantic policemen stationed in
sioe mad couple of minutes of pretty Sc
we're exertion in clearing a small passage
from the ladies' entrance on F street to the
elevator. The people in the street set I'm
thelr shout as soon as the line of carriages
appeared at 18th and streets When the
carriage with Mr.. and Mrs Mckinley in II
hauled up alongside the curb, and Mr.. Nc
klnley stepped out. somewhat heavily, and
assisted Mrs. Mckinley to alight a hurrah h
went up from the crowd that could have
been heard for blocks
Mrs. Mckinley took her husbands arm
upon aiighting. and the couple stepped
hastily through the storm doors of the
ladies entrance. In spite of the efforts of
the policemen stationed in the parlor cor
ridor. the President-elect and his wife had
to positively jostle their path sideways
through the throng. Mr.. Mckinley. clutch
ing his wife's arm, going a tri1e in advance
and using his elbows freely, as was neces-
sary. He was smiling and good natured in
the midst OF the crush, the more SO, per-
haps, because his passage was blocked al
most entirely by ladies' One of these
ladies, the wife of a prominent Ohio Off
cial in the Interior Department. In waving
her small lace handkerchief in a Chau-
tauqua greeting to the President-elect ac-
cidentally dropped the handkerchief di-
rectly in front of Mr.. Mckinley as he was
about to step into the elevator. He stoop-
ed. picked up the handkerchief and re-
stored it to the lady with Chesterfieldian
bow. A little cheer went up and the other
ladies looked enviOus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mckinley went up in the
elevator alone. and when they stepped off
at the second floor they were conducted by
Proprietor Burch to their sumptuous apart
ments, which were heavy with the fra
GRANGE of the flowers that had been sent
during the morning.
Meantime Chairman Bell of the in
augural committee entered the ladies' en-
trance. with Mrs. Mckinley the President
elects aged mother, his arm. AS they
passed through the throng that lined the
passage greater cheer Wen: up than that
which heralded the arrival of Mr. Mckinley
himself. Mr.. Abner Mckinley next appear
ed. with the wife of Capt. Heistand on his
arm For fully twenty minutes the car
riages Of the party drew up at the Ebbitt
House curb, and meantime the President
elect was giving audience to Gov. Bushnell
and the gorgeously decked out members of
the governors staff. The governor intro
duced each member of his staff personally
to the new President although all of them
appeared to he fairly well known to Mr..
Mckinley. Star reporter who was pres
ent during the ceremony had a good
chance to note the President-elects appear
ance.
What the Register Shows.
When the entire party accompanying the
President-elect had finally deharked from
their carriages and ascended to the rooms
assigned them, Mr.. Abner Mckinley, with
slip of PAPER in his hand, walked up to
the hotel desk and officially registered the
memi ers of the party. William Mckinley
and wife. Canton. Ohio" he read at the
outset. in a matter-of-fact tone. which
caused a smile around the desk The other
members of the party were registered in
this order:
of the President-elect: Miss Helen McKin-
ley. the sister of the President-elect; Nh
and Mrs. George b. Morse of San Fran
cisco tMrs. Morse being a niece of the
President-elecD, Mr.. James Mckinley,
Iephew; Mrs. Abner Osborne. Mrs. Clar-
ence Shaffee, Mrs. Maria Saxton. who is
to be Mrs. MeKinley's White House COM
ranion; Capt and Mrs. l.. NJ. McWilliams
of Chicago, cousins of Mrs. Mckinley; Mr..
and Mrs. NJ Barber. Mrs. Barber being
Mrs. Mckinley's sister; Mr.. and Mrs. Dun
can of Cleveland, cousins of the President
elect; Capt and Mrs. II. o. S. Heistand.
w Mckinley Barber. James Barber. Miss
Ida Barber. Mr.. and Mrs. Seward Bowman,
George Saxton. Mrs. Mckinley's brother;
Mr.. Will Duncan. Miss Sarah Duncan, Jo-
seph p. Smith. Mr.. B. l.. Mckinley of San
Francisco. Mrs. George b. Frease. Col. G.
A. Garretson. Henry Grouse, Webb e.
Hayes, Col. and Mrs. John n. Taylor. Min
lie Lancroft. George w. Floyd the Rev. c.
f. Manchester. the Mckinieys' pastor; DR..
7. H. Phillips. their physician, and James
Boyle and wife, Mr.. Boyle having acted as
Mr.. Mckinleys Canton secretary. Nearly
all OF the press correspondents who ac-
ccmpanied the presidential party the
Twp from Canton were driven from the
Depot to the residences of friends in the
city.
Gov. Bushnell and his staff remained with
the President-elect until close on to II
o'clock. Upon their departure Mr.. Mckin-
ley sent for Proprietor Burch and request
ed tnat cards whatever he sent to his
room, both himself and Mrs. Mckinley
were exceedingly fatigued and were in
urgent need of rest. The chagrin of a
great number of Ohio men. who confidently
handed their cards to the hotel clerks with
the request that they be taken to the
PI Iesident-eicct, when they We're informed
of Mr.. Mckinleys decision to see nobody
for several hours, was plainly to be seen
in their faces All of them were thus
turned down." whatever their degree of
prominence.
Gen. AlEer Calls.
Gen. Russell A. Alger walked over from
the Arlington Hotel about l o'clock. His
arrival at the E,bbitt House seemed to be
expected for, instead of going to the desk
and sending up his card, was the pro-
gram all the rest of the visitors had to
follow. he simply stepped into the eIe-
vator and, in company with Proprietor
Burch. was whisked up TO Mr.. McKinley's
apartments. The hotel proprietor left Gen.
Alger at the door of Mr.. Mckinley's office,
and the President-elect and his Secretary
of War remained together until nearly z
O'Clock. Gen. A-ger was The only gentle