The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-03-06
SWlNPZD BY RETURN TRAVEL
TPtiNS OtT or UASHINGTON
EiN UOt rs BEHIND.
schr,lulr an the Pennsylvania Went 10
VIccc, Through Expresses suffer Win
the rest Republican club and 'oun-
q, Committee Couldn't Get Back.

Is Committee Couldn't Get Back.
Tho Pennsylvania Railroad was almost
,,,,.,...l Yesterday with traffic from Wash
ipF,an The regular schedule was broken
rr and trains from the far South had to got
ina. aa-' ffey could sandwiched in between
Inauguration day specials
The through trains from the South were
ar..hc-a from one to eleven hours late
Tle Atlantic Coast Line Express, due in
Isr-r, CTS. at 40 o'clock in tho afternoon
wa, ocs hour, ate; the Seaboard Line
r,D,.-.. dive at $50 o'clock, came in three
hour behind time and the Florida Special
due ~ aus O'Clock. was more than two
hour ltc
These trains had their greatest delays
son,h Co.. Washington There were just
a. big r, Sd- leaving the national capital
IN thl .ioction as in any other, and the
southern ril roads were taxed beyond their
capacity to handle them.
More than sixty trains were run out Of
Washington north on the Pennsylvania
road Yesterday Thirty came through to
this aty The New York trains were made
upon tie average of eight cars and carried
between 300 and 400 passengers
one VI the regular trains out of Wash
iNLifN WIS lAi III l'Il otN'lplAS AHPAANd-
tiorl- were made to the railroad by about
1000 PEOPLE for seats on the Congressional
Limited which leaves Washington at BIAS
oGoc, 10 the afternoon. The train would
hold My about 800 The fact that special
excursion tickets weren't good on that train
seemed 10 make no difference to the ex-
cur-i9ui-ts
lc sole idea of all Of them seemed to be
.,ttt..IsI., nj T,r fal
I'll, possible That idea was plainly re-
fec,eI IN the manner Of the crowds that
KEEP, pouring out Of the Pennsylvania
station iu Jersey City onto the ferryboats
all day long 1t was u tired weary looking
croHd silk hats looked frowsy and wom-
en-, hats we're awry. Almost everybody
looked cross There were some hang
over IN the crowd. The inaugural hang
over isn't different from any other. 1t is
doleful and sad-that is If appearances
dou't belle it.
A woman was waiting for man on the
special which arrived in Jersey City at 2:45
O'clock She was apparently his wife.
The man strolpd his mustache soberly,
hut wabbed as he approached her, swinging
h., case uncertainty in his disengaged
John she exclaimed, you have been
drinking
-Yesh, dear, he replied. Il WIS in-aug'-
rated; sher'mony was lovly, so t was,
Mary
Inundated. remarked somebody In the
crowd, and madame lost her temper, for
which John suffered
None of the return passengers seemed
though, to be sorry that they had taken in
the show. One man put it this way
wouldn't have missed 1t for anythlng
hut I'd hate to go through the experience
npuin There WIS devil OF a crowd and
the hotels robbed you
Another man. 1ho volunteered the infor-
nation that b. was almost dead from
fatigue said that 10 slept on Saturday
night in a private bathroom in a hotel.
4 friend Of his, he said. had the room to
Which the bathroom Was attached, but
bfi me available sleeping space on the floor
If tho bedroom was taken UP by other
friends Of this friend. By paying u S. tip
90 nm employee of the hotel this man man
ged to get some boards and mattress.
which were arranged without bedcothes
over the bathtub. And in the 9ing
'He hotel people wanted 70 charge him
SO room rent. They may still want TO;
he doesn't know.
The first Of the military organizations
from this city TO return was the Marine
Corps which arrived early in the ate rnoon.
squadron A left Washington late in the
afternoon and arrived Al about midn ght,
g. did also the Thirteenth and the Twenty
third regiments. The two special trains
hearrg tho West Point cadets and civilians
from he Point got in early in the evening
in time for the youthful soldiers to catch
their train on the West Shore road and
insure their being on time for the routine
u0sl ~ the academy in the morning Ii IS
r-eUa-s 20 sIv that they wouldn't have
t"en disappointed il the Pennsylvania
Railroad had gone ont of business entirely
i'r few days They had a fine time,
they said
The Oyster Bay delegation, 800 strong,
,sryl. .eal.
train home last night. There ought to
he no reasonable excuse for any Of them
hc'rg away from their homes over last
night
The Republican county committee had
ordered tweuty-nine sleeping cars for its
delegates 20 sleep in on Saturday night.
But when bedtime arrived there were only
Twelve cars On hand. Several hundred men
TAD 20 .it up all night or sleep in the aisles
Inc train was due back here with the dele
CATION yesterday afternoon. but the infor-
nation came late in the afternoon that il
would arrive some time this morning.
he Republican Club had arranged a re-
oeinoh for Gov Higgins at the Hotel Cor
don % Friday night. Mr. Higgins. with his
san. arrived 40 the hotel promptly at S
O'Clock, hut there was no committee to
meet hIW or any signs Of a reception. The
Republican CLUB was meanwhile some where
between Now York and Washington and I
reached Tho latter city about midnight.
l'e hours .1te. There wasn't any recep- /
lion. although the Governor waited nearly |
two hours for II 10 arrive
Tie Republican Cubs delegation had .
expected - leave Washington yesterday /
afternoon and was due hero at 10 o'clock 7
according ~ the schedule Of the trip. Word .
vas re,riyel AZ the club last night, however. I
taai because Of the delay the delegation 4
Nouau't leave Washington until o'clock 1
tl5 morning Gov. Higgins and his party /
az also due back to-day
The jersey Central railroad officials said !
tnAi they had never seen such heavy Wash /
msion travel Most Of the trains came in /
On time. however. except through ex- /
fe--e- from tho West. which we're held /
Up az Washington. The Harvard Repub- /
Acan 'iun, the Eighth Regiment. y. G.. \. Y, /
republican club from Syracuse and sew /
ray uainloads of Regular army troops re-
turned by the jersey Central.