The Minneapolis journal., 1901-09-07

OCCdS1OA Vi his YISAI u tnG 6ApOSlIlOu.
From the time Of his arrival every mo-
ment at Mr.. McKinley's disposal was
carefully apportioned among various COM
mtttees and the way they rushed the good
man around was a caution.
His train did not stop at the city, but
was drawn directly to the grounds. The
reason for this was that John G. Mil
burns house, where the president was to
stop, is very near the grounds, and as
the railroad tracks approach nearer to
his house at the exposition than anywhere
else. 1t was thought best to have the
party stop there.
Upon arriving the presidential salute Of
twenty-one guns was let off. This had a
delightful effect, blowing in all the car
windows on one side of the presidents g
car. Escorted by police, soldiders and a
committee from the exposition company,
Mr.. and Mrs Mckinley and party were
driven in state through the grounds and
thence to the Milburn hlDme.
On the morning of Presidents Day-the
5th-a regular procession was formed at
the Milburn house, slightly before 10
o'clock There were lot OIL was going
to say horse marines, for they rode like
fish out of water All the military at
tEis function were of local persuasion,
The inevitable squad of police were on
hand, as we'll as a motley throng Of un-
SOdp6Q anu just DIS uIdAS fDu1dAQ
taries as could be crowded in. These last
were provided with carriages and filed
nearly dozen before the piece de re-
sistance, the presidents party, came on
the scene. First came the director gem
eral of the exposition, William |. Bu-
chanan, grand and gloomy; then came AS
sistant Secretary Vanderl1p of the
treasury, quite as grand but less gloomy; !;
in fact, the secretary succeeded, with ap-
r9V1rl
catching up with the director general.
BIare Of Triumphs.
President Mckinley and Mrs. Mckinley
walked arm and arm down the short
walk to the street, the president looking
the personifcatiOn of quiet contentment
Mrs. Mckinley carried one of those tilt
ing sun shades and seemed fully recov-
cred from her recent illness. The un-
soaped greeted both with marked enthu-
siasm and he of the goggles, otherwise
captain Of the marines (horse or other
wise), gave some command and the youth
Of Buffalo blew it's lungs out in trying to
play Hail to the Chief (it may as we'll
have been that as anything else) on four
trumpets.
The president and his wife were driven
to the grounds, between lines of the un-
washed and those who showed the more
recent use of water, in a four-horse
brougham with coachman and footman.
Upon arriving at the Lincoln parkway
gate another salue of twenty-one guns
was let off, this time at a discreet dis
tance.
About the foot Of the northwestern Py-
Ion Of the Triumphal Bridge had been
erected a stand, for the party and from
here Mr.. Mckinley and others delivered
addresses, the president being the last
TO speak. His remarks were listened to by
only about 1000 people and were of a
highly pleasing character and entirely
devoid of political significance. On leav-
ing the stand the exposition guards, with
characteristic incompetency, allowed the
crowd to get away from them and push in
on the presidents carriage, crushing sew
eral people against the high-spirited
horses attached to the rig. This little
incident seemed to cause the chief execu-
tive good deal of uneasiness but was
quite what was to be expected, as the only
way the guards know how to handle a
crowd is to club it or else weakly allow
it to run over them.
Reviewed the Troops.
Mrs. Mckinley left the party at this
juncture to pay visit to the Women s
building, while the president proceeded to
the Stadium, where he reviewed several
thousand troops, attended by the greater
portion of the diplomatic corps, which
came on from Washington for the purpose.
The president, surrounded by lot OF
foreigners, dressed in American clothing
for the most part, with glimpses OF
national costume occasionally showing,
presented a scene worth mentioning.
The exposition authorities had thought
fully failed to provide any cover for the
stand, so the president stood in the full
glare of the sun, while half Dozen for
some reason privileged amateur pho
tographers, stood in the way of the troops
passing in review and took snap shots at
the president thus lending gentle touch
of enterprising Americanism to the affair.
The guards penned the invited guests
up in the reserved seats provided for
them, so that they did not enjoy the
same liberty as was accorded those who
simply came to see and were allowed to
leave after all was over. Instead the in
vited guests were released one by one at
intervals after the president had quilted
the structure, presumably so that they
would not get in the way of the less
privileged ordinary outsider
And so on throughout the day. The
president visited the buildings Of the for
eign countries and the more prominent of
the larger exhibit buildings, held an in
vitation- by card reception in the Gov
ernment building in the afternoon and
saw the fireworks in the evening after he
had supper at the Milburn house. He was
all the time accompanied by the "elite"
of Buffalo corps of guards, Gordon Of
police, while the guards harassed the peo-
pie and Director General William l. .Bu-
chanan continued to look grand and
gloomy.
Big labor Day Crowd.
Labor Day brought out the second crowd
in point of size since the opening the
first of May, and Thursday was Presi-
dents Day. for which had been predicted
one of the largest attendances of the en-
tire exposition. Labor Day was large
simply because the working people OF
Buffalo had a holiday 'and Presidents s
DAY was another record breaker because
so many wanted to see the special fea-
lures, to say nothing of seeing the chief
magistrate Both of these special days
were ideal so far as weather was con-
cerned, but it is doubtful whether the ex-
position officials were satisfied with the
attendance on either OCCASION.
CONGRESSMAN James 7. McCleary spent
the larger portion of the week al the ex-
position and called at the Minnesota
building on several occasions. He is look
ing in splendid health and seemed to en-
iov the show great deal. Like most Of
the Minnesotians who have visited at
Buffalo, he thinks that Minnesota's ex-
hibit is a most creditable affair. Mr.. Nc
Cleary also visited the falls at Niagara
and received a special invitation to oc-
cupy a seat at all the functions given in
honor of President Mckinley.
Invitations Galore.
The invitations for the various presi-
Dental functions make a very imposing
collection First there was the large card
requesting s'the honour of your presence
at the Exposition Ito meet the Presi-