New-York tribune., 1885-03-05

whose glasses n pair OIL Keen out irionu'J W
out upon a world which ho.has never had occ"s,oh
to regard otherwise than the best of all possoie
worlds. And lastly. Endcott-a scholar ana
juris whose friends express the loyal beief that o
is able to administer the stern concerns OF war
quite as we'll as another. but whose}lips. Judging
from his appearance would be as likely as any
mans to blanch at the red kiss of the3sabre.
GREETING OF PRESIDENT AND PEOPLE,
AT last the hands of the il-tIeated clock point 10
noon, and President Arthur. greeted Ivy coro,ai
round of cheers appears at the entrance. waA
down the .asle and seats himself before 'no 'ico
Presidents desk. A moment later tho man iv'
whom the stately ceremonial exists is ahnouho0u'
and the Presdent-elect moves slowly 70 HIS '0"''
the centre of the sgttcrlng ring, whiie again 'n0
rules of the Senate are broken by vocilerous cneo'
ng Mr. Hendricks takes the oath OF the Woo
President. and then the assemblage breaks up in
divisions and proceeds in established order Oh pre-
fermeut to the platform above the western
entrance to the Capitol. The committee in charge
of the arrangements has been over-generous IN the
matter of seats, and not more than two-thirds OF
them are filled But what an inspiring scene greets
tho President as he rises to deliver his inaugural
address Behind HIM one of the noblest domes ID
the world of architecture rises above the Vlsioio
home of the Government Of the people. AROUND
him are seated many Of the civil and military
heroes who have been Identified with It's later
history and before him spreads a throng "hcn
no man can number while far up the avenue whioh
stretches toward the west the sun, shining out nj
length in tull splendor of MONDAY. gliste',s upon
thousands of uniforms and forest OF bayonets. III
until this moment 1t has seemed to any one inc
ceremony has been somewhat rude and dull, surely
now all longing for q more august ana shining
snectacle must be dispeled by the thought that in
on nnn ,,ta
ring upon the ruler of their choice the noblest
authority which the world can Offer After all. is
not this familiar greeting of President and people
worthy of a great. Free enlightened and prosperous
landf
When in years before biting March wind has
chilled the blood and made the ears tingle, the
inaugural address has seemed long to tho waitihg
thousands. but to-day it was positive pleasure 10
stand in the soft sunlight and air. President Cieve-
lands voice was clear and his delivery simple ana
effective and many thousands of those before him
must have heard him distinctly though the people
at his back caught only now and then phrase
The inaugural finished and the solemn oath taken
the hrOng slowly falling back into the great spaces
lying behind waited for the new!President ana the
old to be driven away. and the long procession to
begin It's march.
The scenes and incidents which attended the
parade were similar save for the great occasion
which they illu strated, TO those which accompany
any great parade in an American city If possible
few moro thousands of people crowded into long
avenue cambercd into balconies and pecred from
windows along gaudy but not imposing thorough
fare The cleared space in the centre OF the road
way was frnged on both sides with spectators ten
rows deep who stood for the most part while the
interminable procession moved between them .but
on the sidewalks and near the curbs heterogeneous
mob of men, women and .children. licensed venders
with carts and itinerant peders with baskets.
slowly moved to and fro with the utmost good-
nature.
THE REvIFw At THE WHITE HOUSE
And so President Cleveland and eX-Presidcnt
Arthur returned to the mansion which is never
without a tenant. and took their places on the
reviewing stand between the eastern entrances 10
the grounds. No one will deny that the view was
imposing in respect to numbers and as creditabie III
other respects as multitude of detached bodies OF
men undrilled for the occasion would have been
expected to be- 1t was late in the afternoon before
the last civic organization had completed its course
and the tired and hungry multitude had dispersed
in search of whatever rest and refreshmcnt might
be procured in anticipation of the decorons delights
of the bal-soom and the more informal induigcnces
of the night.
The early evening was enlivened by the nsnal
display of fireworks in the vacant space south OF
the White House, free entertainment for which
all rural strangers are duly grateful.
At this hour the famous, Inauguration Ball, which
IN spite OF many vicssltudes in the past. is still to
many the crowning event of the days festivities IL
III fJll swing and most Kaleidoscope scene 1t is
Any public ball is apt to be what the late llustrlous
Mr.. Pool the London tailor called mixed. and
particularly Inauguration iball. where all
possible extremes of station and breeding meet. IL
was midnight before the dancing had fairly begun,
and experience teaches that not before dawn will
the departure Of the last jewellers signify that the
Inauguration of 1885 has passed into history. Just
what history will say of it remains to be seen.