New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-04

Washington. March 3.-Prcsidcnt-
elect Wrson arrived here AT 3:i6
o'clock this afternoon and stepped from
the train hearing tho cheers Of the six
] hundred Princeton students who ac-
companicd him and the shouts and APP
plause. Of about five thousand persons
who had gathered in the railroad sta
/ ton. The crowd was not so large as
some Of the next Presidents friends
! had expected, but there was good rea-
son for it, The suffragists' parade was
! in progress. and many of the visitors
here preferred TO watch tho energetic
l women march along Pennsylvania ave-
inue i'm search of the ballot rather than
stand in the crowd at the station
and watch the President-elcct pass
! through.
There had been just "A little friction
between the reception committee and
the students committee as to what
should be done when MIR Wilson's sps-
was smoothed out before the train ar
rived by Henry Clay Stewart, president
of the Princeton Alumni Association, OF
Washington, and James II. Truesdale,
treasurer of the Woodrow Wilson Col
lege Mems club. who boarded the rain
at Baltimore and thrashcd the thing
out with the President-elect.
When the train stopped William Cor
coran Eustis, chairman Of the inau-
gural committee: Thomas Nelson Pas",
chairman of the reception committee,
and Theodore W. Noyes, member OF
the reception committee. took the
President elect in charge. and, with the
six hundred students lined up on eacn
side of the path. went TO the Fresi-
dents room in the station.
Colonel Spencer S. Cosby. Superin-
tendent of Public Buildings arl
Grounds. there introduced the reception
committee 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson.
after which the rarty went to the
Shoreham Hotel, Mr.. Eustis and Mr..
Page riding in the White House auto.
mobile with the President-elect AMI
Mrs. Wilson.
Cheered as He Enters Auto.
As Mr.. Wilson got into the autouo-
bile cheer after cheer came from the
Princeton students. First they gave
the locomotive" cheer with its sis
boom-ah" for Wilson" and then 'or
"Princeton.' They alternated this
with a laundering roar, until the Presi-
denSe elect started away.
There were cheers along the way os
pedestrians recognized the party The
first person TO greet Mr.. and Mrs. Wl-
son on the steps Of the hotel was Cap
tain bill" Mcdonald, the aged Texas
ranger and bodyguard of Mr.. Wilson
during the recent campaign.
How are you?" exclaimed the Presi-
dent-elect and Mrs. Wilson at the same
time, as they stepped rapidly forward
and grasped Captain McDonald's hands.
The captain, who IL frequently is sail
in Texas. is filed with so much lead
from shooting affrays in the ranger
service that he would sink II he vent
swimming, was overcome with joy.
I'D never aided happy If | hadn's
been here to-day" said Captain Bill"
as he walked into the hotel arm in irm
with Mr. Wilson, who found the co.ri-
doris crowded with Princeton alumni.
wearing orange and black rosettes.
! Mr. Wilson went directly to his suite
on the fourth floor of the hotel ana
had barely settled himself into an eas;
chair when the ePresident-elect.
Mr.. Marshall. called to pay his rs-
| spects.
Governor Sulzer of New York a.
rived "A few minutes later TO iind olt
whether or not the new President "xa