The morning news., 1897-08-28
THE SURPRISE MISCARRlED.
CLEVELAND HAD ARRANGED To
GREET MKINLEY.

4 Right Royal Reception Had Been
Arranged For. but He UnwittingIy
Threw the Plans of the People Out
OF socket by Arriving Before He
Was Expected - The President
Spenl-s OF Prosperity and of His
Visit to the q. 4. R--A Reception
To-day.
Cleveland, O., Aug. T-President Me-
Klnley surprised the people of Cleveland
by his arrival from Buffalo this morning.
lie will remain until next Wednesday.
The reception of the President was noH
as elaborate as had been planned Thers
was no presidential salute fred by the
naval reserves from the old revenue cut
ter Andrew Johnson; the cannon Of steam
and sail craft did not belch forth IN deaf
enins sounds In welcome. and flags did
not futter In tho breeze In honor Of his
coming. There was reason for the absence
Of all this ceremony which had been
planned on an elaborate scale 1t was
lacking because the presidential party ar
rived in Cleveland several hours ahead
of schedule time, or rather, the time an
ticipated by those who had planned the
local reception.
The Comanche, which brought the press
idential party from Buffalo. arrived In.
side of the Cleveland harbor at 2:9q
O'Clock. There she lay at anchor until
O'Clock, when sha steamed into the In.
ner harbor and masie fast at the dock
President Mckinley was unusuallv
pleasant In his demeanor. He talked vol~
uhly Of his trip from Buffalo, of the O. A.
Il. eneampment, which he pronounced to
be the greatest in its history. and spoke
In the highest terms Of the manner i'm
which the people OF Buffalo had handled
the encampment. He was asked his i'm
preston concerning prosperity as gather
ed from his trip across the country.
You had better ask business men about
| that he replied. They can give Won
better information than | can"
NJ $3.50 O'Clock the carriages arrived at
the dock and the party left the Comanche.
| The crowd had increased but little In size
since the yacht first came up to the dock.
There were not more than $50 people In
sight
President Mckinley decided to spend the
AFTERNOON quietly at MIR. Hauna's home.
The naval reserves, however, were deter-
| mined not to be deprived of its presideu-
tial salute. The Andrew johnson accord
| lngly steamed out into the lake or Mr..
Hanna's residence and after firing twenty
| one guns returned to the harbor.
! Those who came from Buffalo on the
| Comanche were President and Mrs. Nc
kinley, Secretary and Mrs Alger, Miss
Alger, Frederick Alger Senator
Hanna, Col. M. r. Herrick. II.
NJ Hanna and William Chisholm. Vice
President Hobart and Mrs Hobart will
not come to Cleveland.
As sort Of compensation for the dis
appointment OF the people who expected
to greet the President on his arrival this
morning II has been arranged TO hold a
public reception tomorrow afternoon at
3 O'Clock at the Holenden hotel The
President and Senator Hanna regret that
there should have been any disappoint-
ment. The latter said this evening: IT
dld not know that single ARRANGEMENT
had been made for a reception or anything
OF the Kind until cur party had reached
the house this morning"
Senator Hanna said he received several
kilograms in Buffalo yesterday asking him
what time the President would arrive I'M
Cleveland and to all of them he had re-
piled that he did not know, for every
thing depended upon tho weather. It
was not certain the President would come
by boat until he went aboard the yacht,
Mr. Hanna said he discouraged a public
demonstration for the very reason that it
could not be definitely stated what time
the President would reach Cleveland
The Cleveland arrangements were mado
quietly, the Intention being to surprise the
President, and for that reason the peo-
pie on the yacht knew nothing about the
reception.