Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-03-05
The installation Of Gen. Garfield
as President Witnesses BY
One of the GraEdest Ar
my's of People thai
Ever Assembled.
1hs Air Laden with Music by
Yany Bands and Filled with
National Co'ors.
Niles on Miles Of Procession Pa
rads the Streets Of The
Federal Capital.
A Graphic Description from the
Registers" Special
Reporter.
HOST UPON HOST.
tuatotne EgGr,rEa.


The Jrums' deep roll and the triumph
49,, v,rIike blast, made martial echoes
,t.,,r. through the Capitals crowded
..-..,s to-day. The Federal flag multi
,r,s4i,srii hy the thousands on ware
i,,.... hotels, palace and private build
.us>
Vhs City Looked Like Br de
r..ssi yu, ior the altar. Venice, ot
..I wss welded % the sea. Washing
,,, no, given TO aquatic matrimony,
,.-s-I in her fond embrace the more
Substantial forms Of a great army OF the
r4,,lus sons, and babe them be happy.
Tss .lr smiled propitious, the air was
.r,..-.,..n. and an aspect OF glorious
..-.,rfr,ss seemed 10 cover every object
tIrr,g p, sted upon.
F.rrv minute swelled the multitude
IN ALI the thorough!ares. IL would
seem o .i the city had become a grand,
r,sn,I,kr. into which the whole coun-
,,. va, rouring the he OF its poPula-
-..-. And no matter where they hailed
,r,g. their sole reply was that the Cap
,,l deserved to be the layOrite city OF
n, American republic. Handsome as
,.r n.r Washington always -, that
beauty was intensified by the artistic
,.r,r.ucs that outdid the grandest rain
a1a ;aa, ever dung its giories across the
summer sky.
The murmuring ui the multitude had
,.st peculiar sound which the inn
ulr.lr orator oi Greece compared
t,,lr roar oi the ocean. Everybody
fr,.. ..rr seemed 10 feel, exhi,arated be
,.g,r I'd, ,hat peculiar magnetic excite
m,nt which i hegotten by the congre-
yl,..r O.. such immense vital bodies.
Enthusiasm seemed 10 transmit itself
from heart 10 heart, even among those
Who UaI no connection whatever with
rr mighty organization that produced
display 80 magnificent. Hardly q
rl,e ui 1u,irc,s, era house of prOmi-
lruca was destitute oi the basners,
whose prototypes once waved in wars
With iurrisu AMI domestic Toes, anu re-
Gently ,rl To furious battle
Our Hereto Federal Warriors.
Ia, constant arrival OF organized
bodies At the depo,s Yesterday and to-
tag. recalled the most stirring days OF
taeuar. when soldiers were passing To
the i,unt from every State in the
Union. and traversed in proud array
tue thoroushiares that led them
10 the direction OF the railroads
va, were % carry them "tO glory or the
.-lye' The heads Of columns, preceded
ny Gorgeous bands, were everywhere,
and rtiia,ed from the grand headquart-
- Ike the SpOkes OF wheel. The
,,F,a VAS absolutely invaded by a
s-a,yiu, army, and surrendered, with
ne n1nors Of peace, to conquJror's
;ssr>, % her blOOl All this was at
@giru; upon the Inauguration Of Gen
r'4 James \. Garfield as President of
ta uJtrl states.
Tie doors oi the Senate Chamber we're
Brown open at IL o'clock this
-''a,us % admit those who were
r1,art 20 admission viz: the members
l'CsrrSS AMI those persons holding
~.,2ytcrS under the Government. The
@..rsS wrre soon tiled with those
h1g admission tickets.
H. tar same hour the President and
osaente'rct, accOmparled by men,
7No OF Tue Committee of Arrangements,
1''rl AZ he bronze door of the Senate
'lsol the Capitol and proceeded TO
The Presidents Room.
"v Nice PreSlitnt-eleCt arrived in
Sae manner at his room. The
..'Na''r CORPS assembled in the mar.
r''m and proceeded in body TO
senate chamber, followed by the
r'..eS o' the supreme Court and the
.rnt ant Wee Presilent-elect.
~ : v. the senate assembled and
@'.r' 'ae orSsnizA,ion Was completed
- - G the chamber proceeded TO the
C,,...'SI on the central porticO of the
Fo' Oa the pnrticO was the Presi-
i g.; 80. 'T tne President elect, with the
80 80 aSNce o! the Supreme Court on
II - .sl' and the Sprseaut-at-Arms OF
W 4, 4.r On their lett, together with
III l. oA'nent Oticiais and ex-oiIicials.
49, grant scene that | Witnessed
,ts. as s,ant. The sun and shadow
~ -, {S-A'e' each other m the shifting
"a ,b- r.'i1e M; more tluciuatiug than
sg1,,.'.,,S ihai surged on Capitol
gsrF auN tha, heaved and struggled
nsTr.-.l -.g4Gl tie vas, portico OF the
de- ,,,o "a. Federal Capitol The au-
w5ris u .1a' hung upon the Presidents
tbonv "S worthy OF Acibiaies or An
throS,,3 70 ~ grander gathering ever
or arv Ae PreclDC,s OF anv building
soil r PORTION OF land on American
came -. eH'.dren Of the great nation
Oh AMI ~ s,s 10 their holiday garb The
With ~ he men OF ripenipg wears
y0gag X;,t t''o'hess Ol middle life. the
the s,a,s,r -.H,' .1, aud Glowing Hands.
mont Of s,nS ana the beautiful, with the
loDe. /, Spoi.o or the grace Of Pene.
emotion ne I.e myriad faces that IN bv
the loIy SSs&laed beneath the shadow ~
VI liber,, could be read the legend
wear ,hS, ~ No slayish croSd conld
cringins = 'stfless .less aspect. No spbisc,s
t. eo1'd 6rn.~ ~e royal or imperial Issb
4 place sucb 70 that eventiul tTvs,ino
limbs happy hearts and oSe S!sSIne
Shether Republican