New-York tribune., 1885-03-05
THE STORY OF THE DAY.

op,cur wFATHER--sCENES on THE STREETS AND Al
THE CAPITOL--A BRIEF INAUGURAL"
Try TELEGRAPH TO rHe TRIBUSEl
w.suSGroy March 4.-The transformation
scene is over. and the Government is once more IN
The hands of the party that was sent into retirement
tventvfonr wears ago. This extraordinary transfer
y, rowe, has been accomplished with all the
o,.vora signs of cheerful acquiescence In the
docrees of fate and Tonight five thousand people
are dancingin the new regime. AT dawn lhe shy
wa, overcast and persons who failed to notce tnat
The smoke rose in straight columns from chmneys
feared the spell was broken and that two days OIL
GENIAL weather would be succeeded by at least a
drzzs; but long before the hungry multitude had
succeeded in capturing by torce or persuasion some
scanty morsels of breakfast the sun broke through
the thin and drifting clouds and .shone WIN miio
energy upon swaiming city. during the garry
morning hours the last touches had been put Oh
flags and bunting and the last props inserted
beneath ouaking balconies. The people who had
silent everywhere aud nowhere poured out into the
streets the troops and marching companies donned
their regala and found their way to their appointed
places Swords and bayonets and buges had been
poshed and ali the official array was i'll ieckless
contrast to the swarm of human bees that buzzed
about the streets and clung to platforms, balconies
and easements.
Again this morning the Arlington Hotel was
thronged with politicians who hoped that some
miraculous dspensaton of Providence would afford
them a glimpse of the man who was 50 near the
supposed summit Of earthly ambition. but those
alone who came on extraordinary,errands succeeded
IN penetrating the divinity that doth hedge about
n President-eect on the morning of has Inaugural
ton Mr. Cleveland breakfasted quietly with his
e family. and II the appetite which waits on good
Digestion deserted him at this critical moment the
blame must be on the natural excitement which
precluded every other emotion.
THE START FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
At1O:15 o'clock the committee appointed to con-
duet the President elect to the White!ouse arrived
mud few moments later he had reached the initial
point of his progress to the Capitol and was sitting
BY President Arthurs side in n barouohe. The
sienal gun doomed tho city and the carriage,
drawn by four bay horses, swept from the doorway
and entered upon the long avenue which stretches
as straight as an 'arrow from the Treasury TO the
Capitol. accompanied by the first division of the
martial array which two hours later brought back
the new President to the Executive Mansion. At
This moment the spectacle which the streets pre-
sented was as characteristic of Republic as any
scene could be. The populace which all the morning
had drifted amlessly through Pennsylvania-aye.,
wasYpressed back from the centre OF the street
nearly 10 the curb or each side. Carriages, trucks
and hand-carts scurred into the cross streets ana
the advertising wagons of a soap dealer. which oil
the week have been giving persistent hints to the
great unwashed, disappeared at last from view
but no military precision marked the clearing of
the roadway The police seemed to have u tender
feeling for the sght-seers and there wasltlemter-
ference with the naienabls rightso the people who
had come forth to see their Chief installed.
As the Presidential cavalcade appeared at the
head of the avenue, Mr.. Cleveland caught bis first
glimpse of the Capitol through "A soft blue haze
which thinly yelled the vast structure and above
which the splendid dome scared into clearest air !;
and thus through wavering lines OF citizens. with
million flags iuttering in the gentle breeze which
scarcely served to keep them afOat, and long roll
OF cheers swelling before, behind and all around,
the coming man was borne swiftly to the scene OF
h'sjnauguration.
AN IMPOSING SPECTACLE IN TIE SENATE CHAMBER.
Meanwhile, from an early hour the fortunate
possessors of tickets had been assembling in the
Capitol and taking the places assigned them in the
Senate Chamber. Every possible space had been
made available and a sea-of faces looked down on
the sleepy Senators, who, after the long abor5 of
the night, were going through the final business of
legislation. As the momentous hour approached
comparative hush fell upon the audience. which Was
broken only at intervals by some significant Incl
dent as when Captain Bassett performed his great
historical act of turning back the hands of the clock
IN order that the official noon might not arrive
before II was wanted In due order the dignitaries
of the occasion arrived and were ushered to their
seats on the floor and when ut length the diplomats
In fall regala and the Supreme Court Justices III
their gowns had found their places and the chamber
was crowded in every corner with the flower OF
official life. the spectacle certainly an imposing
one. The members of the new Cabinet were of
course sought out by eager eyes In the galleries.
Three of them were the floor as members of the
6anate and all the others. II not actually In attend
Ance may be said to have been constructvely
present Here are suggestions of their personality
"a they have appeared among scenes with which
they are TO be hereafter so closely associated: {:
bayard-heir to gentlemanly Journalism. political
breferment and snug estate. who likes nothing
Ia this world better than to hear himself called
bristocrat and who is sure to feel peculiar sasfac
ton in stately intercourse:withef efete monarchies
Iamar-a chivalrous dreamer, sycrse to all work
Ind fonder than most meu of his own society. but
IN agreeable and even q fascinating companion
when he chooses to DO. q Cabinet Minister who is
lkey to wish that the portfolio Of the Interior
we're at the bottom of thesea before six months are
pver. Garland-a man whose physiognomy would
pe worth good salary and o long tenure to any
pchooimaster sound lawyer, but not half pictur
esque an Attorney General as Mr.. Brewster his
public character wasformed In the Confederate Con-
eross, and at the present juncture he will as
civic reminisccnce of .the!period. Manuing-the
und and rosy, who will sadly disappoint the hungry
md thirsty II he does not make the United Statos
yssasury moro amiable machine than the ono over
Witch he has presided at Albany has been to some
q the factions Of his party. vilas-who looks not
pnliSea Aourishing physician of the Western type,
epd who. sitting in the National Post Office will
Fssp bic finger on tho pulse Of ths people. There
ere hundreds oi politicians hero today who would
- glad TO know II Mr. Villas chershss the fond
2mhtion to be loved for the enemies he has made"
Whitney-younR. alert .dlscrset who .ponsesses the