The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-03-12
WILSON'S ARRIVAL
MAKES THNlUMPHAL ENTRY IN.
TO The CAPITOL
CHEERED ON ALL Sides
Thousands Upon Thousands Of Amer
leans Welcome to Washington the
Man Who Tuesday Became the
Second Democrat to Occupy the
White House Since the War.

Woodrow Wilson, CT New Jersey,
went to Washington on Monday to be
inaugurated the twenty-eighth Presi-
dent of the United States. His was
triumphal entry, the pent-up Demo-
cratic enthusiasm of sixteen years
concentrating seemingly at the gate
way Of the nations Capital and burst
ing forth In joyful acclaim
Through a lane of Princeton Uni
versity students and surrounded by
cheering thousands, the President
elect and members of his family were
fastened from the station, escorted
by an official reception committee, to
their hotel. The dome Of the Capitol
slistened under bright sun as they
passed and the city below presented
panorama Of patriotic color as they
viewed it from the hill.
Smiling in the glow Of kindly
day and bowling to the plaudits Of
the people, the former President Of
Princeton University, who rose thru
the goyernorship of New Jersey to
the highest Office in the land, looked
happy. President-elect Wilson's AZ
rival in Washington was quite SINH
lar to his departure from Princeton.
Students of Princeton University
formed in a narrow lane stretching
from the train steps to the Presi-
dents room in the Union Station.
There was deep silence as the Pres
ident-e1ect, followed by members Of
his family, walked through the ave
nue. formed by the students. The
latter stood with their hats off. Mr..
Wilson also doffed his silk hat. Walk
ing with him were William Corcoran
Eustis, chairman Of the inaugural
committee, and Thomas Nelson Page,
chairman Of the Wilson reception
committee. In the Presidents room
Mr.. Wilson was introduced to the If
ty members of the reception commit
tee while the students grouped them
selves on the esDlanade Just outside
the station.
Here, as Mr.. Wilson got into
White House automobile, cheer after
cheer came from the Princeton stu
dents. First they gave the 'lccomo-
tive" cheer with its isis boom bah"
for Wilson, and then for Wilson
and then for Princeton. They al
ternated this with laundering roar
until the President-elect started
away. Col. Spencer S. Cosby, chief
aide to President Taft, and naval
and military aide from the White
House, accompanied Mr.. Wilson to
his hotel. There were cheers along
the way.
Within less than two hours after
his arrival Mr.. Wilson, for the first
time in his life crossed the threshold
Of the White House and grasped the
hand Of William Howard Taft, Pres
ident of the United States. With
Mrs. Wilson, the President-elect was
escorted to the home which is now
theirs by Col. Spencer Crosby short
ly before six o'clock. The President
and Mrs. Taft awaited their coming
and extended them their cordial
greeting and the keys to the home Of
Presidents.
Before visiting the White House
the Wilson's received the Vice-Presi-
dent-eiect and Mrs. Marshall, Gov
ernor Sulzer, of New York; Governor
Pothier, Of Rhode Island, and staff,
and a few personal friends. First,
however, Immediately after their ar
rival at the hotel the President-elect,
Mrs. Wilson and their daughters
Joined in an informal reunion with
other members Of the family, who
have gathered from different parts Of
tho country. An entire floor Of the
hotel is occupied by the members OF
the family, who dined later in the
evening as the guests Of John Wilson,
of Franklin, Pa, cousin Of the Pres
ident-to-be.
Monday night as an alumnus OF
Princeton University the man who is
to guide the destinies of the nation
was the honor guest Of the alumni
Of his alma mater at smoker. There
he rubbed elbows with old classmates
and boys who had grown up under
his guidance and he left the last Of
his functions as a private citizen at
late hour to seek few hours rest.
Baby Killed by Engine.