The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-22

turned 10 acKno"ieose tne gtR., Oh the
crowd. Senator and Mrs. - nh, got
into the carriage with the PI0 <c/x
Mrs. Mckinley, and the carriage wa- Ota,.
some distance down the street to awaits
Decentralization of the others in the party
Then the President received a reminder of
the campaign of 1896 and what he had done
so much to prevent. for it was near East
street that his carriage was stopped. Right
beside him was a storeroom. in front of
which was an enoromous sign announcing
bankrupt sale of clothing" and the sign
by its wear was evidently two years old.
The others in the party were assigned to
carriages as fellows:
Second Carriage-Secretary and Mrs.
Gage. Governor Mount and Mr. H. H.
Third Carriage-Secretary and Miss Will
son. Mayor Taggart and Mr.. E. b. Martin
| Fourth Carriage-Mr. John Addison Por-
| ter, secretary to the President: Assistant
Secretary Cortelyou, Admiral Brown and
Fifth Carriace-Mr. w. E. Curtis Mr..
John Schriver, Mr.. McFarlan and Mr.. Chas.
| S. Hernly.
sixth Carriage-Mr Raymond Patterson.
| Mr.. Frederick Benzinger Mr.. j. W. Carroll
Seventh Carriage-Mr r. Foster. Mr.. Jas.
| Mckinley nephew of the President, Mr..
| d. NJ. Parry and Mr.. r. O. Hawkins.
The remaining carriages were occupied by
members of Governor Mounts staff and of
| the reception committee.
The presidents personal military escort
consisted of companies c and d. of the One
kundred-and-fifty-e Indiana, which
marched in platoon front both in front and
in the rear of his carriage On either side
of the carriage marched three policemen.
The reception committee Immediately pre-
ceded the military escort
WITH HIS HEAD Barred.
The procession then started, and from that
| moment the President had no further use
| for his hat. 1t seemed to be in the way
when he wanted to wave his hand at the
crowd, and there seemed to be no other use
| for it, as 1t was not seen on his head Down
| Washington street the line moved. On both
! sides of the street were people three and
| Tour rows deep, shouting a welcome. waving
handkerchiefs and trying to see everything
and everybody at the same moment. Right
| and left the President bowed, and the smile
on his face seemed to show a genuinely
| warm feeling for the generous welcome.
| Down the street ahead of the presidential
carriage ran wave of hand-clapping,
| which swelled into cheers as the carriage
| came alongside. The courthouse steps were
black with people, and in each window and
on each window ledge were venturesome
| SlduQl1S. from InlS cfOWQ came
a solid cheer which was greatly augmented
by improyised megaphones, through which
many of those in the windows roared their
| greetings.
The swapping of cameras along the en-
tire line of march was like the rattle of
firecrackers. One enterprising amateur had
dragged a large box out in the middle of
Delaware street at the intersection with
| Washington, and on 1t he stood with cam
| era as large as a soap box. AS the Pres
| ident approached he waved his hat franti-
| cally and yelled louder than the rest. The
President looked up at him and immediate
ly down came the hat of the photographer
on his head and he swung the camera
around in front of him.
OBLIGED A CAMERA FIEND.
The President looked amused but he held
his hat quietly for moment and gave the
| enthusiastic photographer a good sitting
| Immediately there was a snap that sounded
like rock falling into an empty barrel, the
| photographer bowed low and resumed his
| cheering, the President bowed and laughed,
| and, if one man in Indianapolis has not a
| picture that is a good one, it is not the
! Presidents fault. Mrs. Mckinley smiled
and seemed to greatly enjoy the event. as
! we'll as the entire reception. The greetings
sent to her personally kept her bowling her
acknowledgements almost as constantly as
did the President
AS Pennsylvania street was approached
the crowd grew more dense, and from three
to four rows deep the entire sidewalks were
filled The open space at the intersection of
| Virginia avenue was black with enthusiastic
| citizens. From this crowd rose cheer
| which eclipsed any that had preceded
| it, and, to add to the din, some one up on
| Pennsylvania street began to set off cannon
| frecrackers. 1t seemed as though Pennsyi-
| vania street and the buildings along it con-
tanned every man, woman and child in In
| dianapolis who had not been on Washing
| ton street. Up Pennsylvania to Ohio the
| same scenes were witnessed that had pre-
| ceded or Washington. The ladies seemed
to predominate on Pennsylvania street. but
| they were no less enthusiastic than the
| men, and did not content themselves with
waving handkerchiefs and flags alone, but
they cheered Justify. At the corner of Ohio
| street the procession halted for moment,
| and for the first time the President raised
his hand if to put on his hat. The
crowd decided otherwise for him, as at once
| cheer strong was raised that off came
the hat, and once more was he compelled to
bow repeatedly.
".
Had there been enthusiasm among the
adults, 1t was not to be compared to that
| among the children when the difference in
sizes is considered. On the Pennsylvania,
| Vermont and Meridian street sides of Uni
! versity Park the school children were
| massed. The shrill cries and cheers which
| rose from their young throats at once at
| tracted the attention of the President and
| Mrs. Mckinley, and for the next three
| blocks the children received the greater
part of their attention. Mrs. Mckinley sell
dom took her eyes from the side of the
| street on which the children stood, and the
| President turned only enough times not TO
| be discourteous to the cheering crowds op-
posite the children, but it was the children
to whom he turned and who received by far
| the greater number of his bows and smiles.
| One little fellow clutched big bunch of
| roses tied with red, white and blue ribbons,
which he evidently intended to present to
the President or Mrs. Mckinley, but when
the time came he forgot all else but that
he was looking at the President Of the
| United States, a title. of course, he himself
| expected to assume some day, and the car
| riage had passed before he recovered suffi-
| GENTLY to think of his flowers
As soon as the carriage had passed the
Pennsylvania-stree side the children there
made rush to the Vermont-street side and
| Joined those already in position.
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