The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-03-09
President Hayes Only InauE-
ura1 fed.

Great sn Gh asiasm at Wash
inGtGn and Rejoicing All
Over Ihe Country.
Alta a. m. last Friday, March End,
Congress finished counting the cleo
toral vote, and a majority of both
houses in joint convention assem-
bled declared r. B. Hayes duly
elected President and VIM. A.
Wheeler Vice President, by an cleo
toral vote of 1S5, te 1S4 cast for
Samuel j. Tilden and Thomas A.
Hendricks. The result was follow
ed by public reioicings on Friday
and Saturday all over the United
States, and by an entirely peaceful
acquiescence on the part of the de-
feated candidates and of the Demo
cratic party. This counting of the
vote was not accomplished without
the most determined opposition on
the part of over one-half of the
Dem ocratic members of the House,
aud Friday and Friday night were
used up by them with all sorts of
dilatory motions and desperate eff
forts to protract the counting until
after March Alb, when In that case
they proposed that the House should
elect a President. But Speaker
Randall, Fernando Wood, and
enough other Democrats to form q
majority with the Republicans,
stood firmly by the Electoral Com
mission bill, and insisted on acqui-
essing in the decision of the Com
mission, and the Senate was unani-
nous in the same direction, and by
4 o'clock Friday morning the count
was finished and Vice President
Ferry formally declared the result
as above stated.
Friday Governor Hayes reached
Washington, and was received
with proper ceremony and escorted
to the residence of Senator Sher-
man, and on the same day called
upon President Grant at the White
House, where he was very cordially
received. On Saturday Mr.. Grant
gave an elaborate state dinner to
the President elect and his family,
who had accompanied him to Wash
ington, and Congress quoted down
and proceeded with business as usu-
al, the House by G6 10 80 vOling
down Mr.. Fields bill to authorize
Mr.. Tilden to appeal his presiden-
tial claims to the supreme court,
and President Grant calling an ex-
ira session of the Senate to begin
March 9th. Great crowds began
to pour into the City to witness the
Inauguration ceremonies, for which
as adequate arrangements were
made as tho shortness of time per-
mitted. They were fixed for Mon
day, the 9Th, although President
Hayes took the oath OF Office on
Saturday, evning, in order that there
should be no interregnum of the
Presidential Office.
THE INAUGURATION.
This event, as described in the
associate press kilograms of Mon
day evening, was admirably con-
Quoted. at ten O'Clock Monday
forenoon President Hayes aud fam
lily were driven from Senator Sher-
mans residence TO the White
House where they were cordially
received by President Grant and
family. Vice President Wheeler
was also present. In the mean
time the presidential procession had
been marshalled about a mile from
the White House and started for the
capitol building, and was soon an
nounced as on the March. AS it
passed the White House, President
Hayes, Vice President Wheeler,
aud ex-President Grant and Senator
Morrill,, of the committee on ar
raugemeuts, stepped into President
Grants carriage drawn by four
horses, ard accompanied by other
carriages containing the families of
distinguished officials, look the
the place assigned them in the pro-
cessiop, which proceeded to the
capitol, greeted at every point by
cheers from the immense multitude
of spectators.
THE PROCESSION
was as follows: General Whipple,
Grand Marshal.
Adjutant General and the aids to
the grand marshal.
FIRST division, with Major Gener-
al W. III. French, as commander
band of the second United States
artillery bsttsliOn of the Uaited
States army-firs;, second and third
regiments.
Second division, Lieutenant Col
ouel Chas. Haywood, commanding
band; battalion of the United
States marines.
Third division, Colonel Robert
J. Fleming, commanding - band ;
Washington light infantry corps ;
band; Wecacoe legion Washington
light guards; Washington artillery ;
first battalion of the District of Co.
lumbis, colored Columbus cadets,
Here the distinguished party
awaiting within the gateway OF the
executive grounds passed out, and
amid tue piaudits OF the multitude
took a place in the procession, no
halt being made by tue procession.
Following the carriages of the
president and vice-president elect,
with citizens on foot on either side
of the carriages, came the civil part
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