The Topeka state journal., 1897-08-27
BADLY SNUBBED.
City of Cleveland is Indignant
at the Slight
Put Upon the City by the Presi-
Dental Party.
1T CAME In AT NIGHT.
The President Was at Winde-
The President Was at Winde-
mere, Before the People
Had Any knowledge of the
C0manche's Arrival.
RECEPTION ARRANGED
Great Preparations Had Been
Made for the Occasion.
Clubs and Bands Marching
About in Anticipation.

Cleveland, O., Aug. 27.-President Nc
Kinley surprised the people of Cleve-
land by his arrival from Buffalo this
morning. He became the guest of the
people of this city this morning and
will remain such until next Wednesday.
The reception of the president was not
as elaborate as had been planned.
There was no presidential salute fired
by the naval reserves from the old rev.
enue cutter Andrew Johnson, the can
non of steam and sail craft did not belch
forth in welcome sounds for the presi-
dent. The banners and flags did not
f1utter in the breeze in honor of his
coming. There was reason for the alb
sence of all this ceremony, which had
been planned on an elaborate scale. It
was lacking because the presidential
party arrived in Cleveland several
hours ahead of schedule time, or rather,
the time anticipa ted by those who had
planned the local reception.
The Comanche, which brought the
presidential party from Buffalo, arriv-
ed inside of the Cleveland harbor at 2:30
o'clock. There she lay at anchor until
z O'Clock, when she steamed into the
inner harbor and made fast at the dock
of the Pennsylvania company. Sen
ator Hanna was somewhat surprised to
know that the elaborate preparations
mad been made for the reception of the
president, and said he had advised
against it yesterday by telegraph, stat
ing there was no certainty of the hour
of their arrival He asked that the
naval reserves and the I1pp0canOe cluO
be notified of the arrival of the Com
anche and invited the newspaper men
aboard the yacht.
The presidential party wssxescattered
about the boat in groups of tWos and
threes. President and Mrs. Mckinley
were amidship looking across the mud
dy Cuyahoga and cOnverSing with Colo
mel NJ. Z. HeTrick. The presidents ap-
pearance gave Indication of perfect
health.
The bitterest disappointment prevails
over the surreptitious manner in which
the president and Senator Hanna en-
tered Cleveland. The Tippecanoe club
and the naval reserves had planned
most elaborate reception, Which 1nclud-
ed parade about the downtown streets
and speech in the public square. The
hour the Comanche was expected to ar
rive war a. m and the programme
had been prepared to conform to that
time At o'clock Mayor McKisson
placed his overcoat on his arm and
sauntered to the boat landing. Mean
while the Tippecanoe club and the
Great Western band were marching and
countermarching about their headquar-
ters to get into position. The people
were gathering in numbers to go to the
boat landing 1t fell as distinct
shock to all of them to learn that the
preident had arrived two hours earlier
and was already at Windemere.
President Mckinley was unusually
pleasant in his demeanor. He talked of
his trip from Buffalo; of the G. A. R.
enca ampment, which he pronounced to
be the greatest in history, and spoke in
the highest terms of the manner in
which the people of Buffalo had ham
died the encampment. He was asked
his impression concerning prosperity:
You had better ask business men about
that. They can give you better in
formation than I can
OF his plans for next week the presi-
dent spoke freely. His stay in Cleve-
land, he said would be a quiet one, with
rest as the principal thing to be sought.
On Wednesday of next week, prOba bly,
in the morning, the presidential party
will leave for Fremont, O., where they
will attend the Hayes-Smith wedding
in the evening. The following day the
president will attend the reunion of his
old regiment, and on Friday will go to
the state fair at Columbus. The preSi-
dents mother will not visit Cleveland
during the stay of her son. The latter
will make a short trip to Canton, how
ever, after his trip to Columbus. The
president will probably spend Saturday
and Sunday with his mother before re-
turning to Washington.
At 1880 O'Clock the carria ges arrived
at the dock and the party left the Com
anche. The crowd had increased but
little in size since the yacht first tied
up at the dock. There were not more
than $50 people in sight. Vice Presi-
dent Hobart and Mrs. Hobart, who
went east from Syracuse, will not come
to Cleveland