Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-03-13
THE NEW i REsIDENT,
Cleveland and Hendricks Inaugurated
as President and Vice President OF
the United States.
The Assembled Thousands Greet the
New Chief Magistrate With Thun- !
58HS ders of Acclaim.
a Most Imposing Military and Civic
Parade Follows the Inaugu-
raj Ceremonies.

The gentlemen named were inaugnrated
: to- day az president and vice-preaident, re-
spectiyely. OF the United States OF America
The installation OF. the first Democratic ex-
ecutive for twenty four years was made the
occasion Of demonstration OF extraordinary
magnitude, marked by q degree OF enthusi-
asin not ofJsn witnessed The event was
celebrated by the booming OF cannon, the
waving OF countless flags and banners, the
music of $50 brass bands varied by scream
OF fife, blast OF bugle and roll OF drum, and
above all tho uproarious shouts and cheers
OF the great multitude chat literally packed
the principal streets of the capital city.
Providence smiled graciously upon Grover
Cleveland, il bright skies and q comfortable
stage OF the thermometer may ba construed
as an evidence OF divine favor. The petit
tcns for good weather appeared to have
been answered, and everybody was happy.
The chill OF winter had not gone entirely
from the air, but 1T was as warm as could
have been expected or even hoped for n day
early In March, and it was possible to sit or
stand for hours without serious discomfort
The troops forming the first division or
escort to the presidential party were under
arms at 81 very early hour, and began arriv-
Ing at the point OF organization west of the
White House, as early as 8 o'clock. The
regular troops We're the first there, and COM
! prised light battery and twelve foot bat
terics, eight Of these being of the Second
artillery aud the others one each Of the other
artillery regiments from Fortress Monroe. 1t
is queer circumstance that by the orders of
Maj Gen Hancock, who commands all the
troops stationed cast OF the Mississippi, none
of the captains OF the five batteries stationed
at the Fortress Monroe artillery school were
/ allowed to come here with their commands,
the batteries being commanded here to-day
by ieutenanta The regular line was
formed along the north side of the
avenue beyond the White House, with
the right resting on Seventeenth
street by the Corcoran art gallery, and with
the Light battery OF the Second artillery in
Lafayette place, just in the rear. These
troops were formed in two battalions form
Ing brigade. under the command IF Lieut.
Col LOOMS L Langdon, Of the Second
artillery, with the battalions commanded by
Col L. /. Livingston, Fourth artillery, and
Maj G. B. Throckmorton, Of the Second
Those are familiar names to the readers Of
war history as old commanders Of dashing
light batteries in the field during the war
None Of them can ride now as light as they
did twenty odd years ago, when they used
to take their guns into action with swing
at hard gallop; and Throckmorton (who is Of
the old Kentucky Throckmorton stockl rides
now 80 heavily that it takes a seventeen
HANDS high horse to carry him, and even
then the horse was pitied to-day. The
marines aud others OF the escort division
were formed near by, so that when the time
came and '- 1#S ~
THE ARTILLERY BRIGADE E
broke from the right and marched down In
division front which extended almost across
the broad avenue, they and the other troops
following in and the procession moved as
promptly and regularly as clockwork. There
was no delay whatever in the movement of
the procession, and at 1880, the hour
named, it extended down the broad space OPP
posite the White House through Fifteenth
street past the treasury, and along Pennsyl-
vania avenue as tar us Wizards, where it
halted for the presidential carriage to fall in
AT the Arlington the ponleroy house annex,
where MIR. Cleveland was quartered, was
alive at very early hour, although the new
ruler did not seem at all to hurry himself,
but turned out and breakfasted with about
the same deliberation that he prob
ably i did when he administered the
affairs Of the state of New York
His breakfast, at which were present Messrs
Villas and Whitney and Col Barrett, was fin
ished just at 10 O'Clock. Before this Daniel
Manning was with Mr.. Cleveland for little
time, and the quiet and ubiquitous Col. La
mont was in the lower passageway, aiding
Sergeant Dinsmore in the struggle with the
people who would insist in being where they
We're not needed nor wanted Lamont and
his family, as soon as ~. 81.
TX MIR. CLEVELAND DROVE AWAY,
took carriage and drove rapidly through
by-streets to the capitol. Scarcely was the
breakfast completed when the private car
Efiage Of President Arthur, drawn by the four
handsome dark bay horses that all Washing
ton knows so well, drew up in front Of the
private entrance to MIR. Clevelands quarters,
! driven by albert" the coachman Of Grant
Hayes, Garfield and Arthur At almost the
same moment, Senators Sherman and Ran
som appeared and were shown up stairs, and
IN less than five minutes they reappeared,
escorUing the president-elec5 and entering
the carriage. Cleveland and Sherman taking
! the rear seats and Senator Ransom the front
! Adense crowd numbering at least s, 600, filled
the street in front clear across to the park
railing and around in East Lafayette place,
! and as soon as the chief magistrate appeared
/ and was recognized Q ringing. hearty cheer
i went up that gave the sigma to the troops and
multitude q square away. The carriage was
I driven rapidly to the White House, where Pres
t ident Arthur received the party Ii the blue
parlor, and as soon as the troops began to move
/, theparty returned to the carriage, Arthur and
Cleveland taking the rear and Senators Sher.
man and Ransom the front seat III the
meantime Senator Hawley had escorted Vice
President Hendricks from his quarters at
Wizards to the White House In carriage
+ drawn by four white horses, the leading
team being beautiful pair Of Arabs, owned
by the livery stable man who furnished the
teams At the White House the spare seat
in the Hendricks carriage was filed by ex-
I Senator Barnun and Senator German, and
the carriage followed that of Arthur out
through the west drive to the avenue, where
it took position in ssyi4 i 5sg 4
"a 5 a THE PROCESSION,
which promptly moved forward at 1O:45 q.
m. Mr.. Arthur has not been noted for being
on time on great occasions, but to-day the
most exacting pedagogue that ever birched
abOy for tardiness could have found no fault
with him. As / have kaid above, the column
after pulling out rested at Wizards Then
Mai. Gen. Ayres was leading with his staff
and looking suSyoung horseman that 1t
seemed almost impossible that more than
twenty years had passed since he commanded
One OF the divisions OF the old Sixth corps
under sedgwick and Wright His aides
looked Ike young men, but most Of them,
s. too were veterans of the war. Ahead fully
thirty yards rode o platoon Of mounted
y policemen. under the immediate command
Siof Con. Iillian n. Dye, the CHIEF of police
here, who was given his present position be-
ra,Ian Ma II = W1saf pnint Far This little arf1ad