The members of Mr. Cleveland's Cabinet also came to pay their respects to
the President-elect. After the greetings were over, Mr. Cleveland and
Major McKinley walked out on the porch side by side, ready to make their
journey to the Capitol.
As they passed down the steps through the crowd that was waiting to see
them, every hat came off, and the spectators stood bareheaded as the two
most important men in the country passed before them.
The state carriage, drawn by four horses, was waiting for them; stepping
into it, they started on their trip to the Capitol.
The streets through which the carriage passed were thronged with people,
who cheered and yelled, some even dancing up and down in their excitement.
There was a trifling accident to the President's carriage in the course of
the journey, but it did not delay the procession much, and, except for the
excitement it caused, would hardly have been noticed.
One of the rear horses slipped and fell, and in his fall broke one of the
silver links that held the traces.
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