The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-09
STOP At Los ANGELES
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY AND PARTY
ARE LITERALLY PEI.FED
WITH FLOWERS
CITY PACKED WITH PEOPLE
POLICE HAVE TROUBLE MAKING A
WAY FOR THE CITY'S DIS
TINGUISHED VISITORS
is GUEST OF GENERAL OTIS

LOS ANGELES, Cal, May S.-President
Mckinley and his party today had their
first taste of the hospitality of California.
Gov. Gage and the California congression-
al delegation met the president at Red
lands, in the San Bernardino valley this
morning and welcomed him to the state.
Through an avenue lined with palms
and yentian masts he drove over beds Of
roses, beneath a tTiumphal arch of flow
ers and fruit to the Casa Iona hotel,
on the balcony of which the exercises
took place. A drive through the orange
groves and parks followed All along
the route of the drive ladies showered
the president and Mrs. McKialey with
flowers From Redlands down to Los
Angeles it was one continuous ovation.
Every station was crowded with chill
dren with wreaths of flowers in their
hands and with cheering men and women.
Minute stops were made at Cotton. On
tario and Pomona, and at 2:20 o'clock the
train drew into Los Angeles. Steam
whistles screamed. cannon doomed, and
as the train passed through the Chinese
quarter, long strings Of fire crackers
hung from awnings, exploded. The city
had been beautifully decorated in honor
of the presidents coming. The Fiesta
is in progress here and the town was
dressed in carnival colors. At the station
the party was met by the citizens COM
mittee and many distinguished people
from all over California. Gen. Shafter,
| commander of the department of the
Pacific with his entire staff in full uni
| form, had come from the Preside to
| greet his chief. Secretary OF the Navy
| Long, who was to have met the party
| at San Francisco, also came here to meet
| the president and was at the station.
! The party were driven in carriages to
| the Vannuys hotel.
HAD TO FIGHT THEIR WAY.
| An escort of artillery and several COM
! panies Of militia had been provided to
escort them. but both the military and
police had to fight their way through
the enormous crowds which had swarrned
the city, drawn by the double attraction
of the presidents VISIT and the carnival
! At the hotel the police were obliged to
| literally force a way to the entrance
| There the president met Gov Nash OF
Ohio, and the Ohio congressional delega-
ton, who had arrived by different routes
an hour before the president. In the
rotunda Of the hotel the mayor Of Los
Angeles formally greeted the chief ex-
| ecutiye and extended to him the freedom
of the city. The president responded
briefly.
The president then held a short public
reception in the parlors OF the hotel.
Meantime Mrs Mckinley and the ladies
of the party had been driven to the Wom-
ans club in Figuere street, where they
met the ladies of Los Angeles
This evening the president and Mrs.
Mckinley dined at the residence of Gen.
Harrison Gray Otis. and after dinner
a private reception was held there In
their honor. They spent the night at
Gen. Otis home.
Gov. Nash held a public reception at
the chamber Of commerce. Late In the
afternoon some members of the presi-
dents party ascended Mount Low, 5000
feet high, whence they had a birds-eye
view Of seventy miles Of Southern Califor-
MIA, and the Pacific ocean twenty miles
out to sea. Tonight, the members Of
the cabinet and other members Of the
| party witnessed the brilliant Illumination
! in the streets.
Tomorrow the president and party win
witness the looral parade and in the
afternoon visit will be paid to the SOL
dier's home at Santa Monica.
The train will leave Los Angeles early
Friday morning.