Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-03-11


Members of the House of Representatives
and members-elect. Governors and ex-
governors of states, officers of the Senate
and officers of the House of Representa-
tives, and others
On reaching the portico the Pres
ident and President-elect took the
seats reserved for them. the chief JUS
tice on their right and the sergeant-at-
arms of the Senate on their left, and
other distinguished guests, above men
toned, occupied the seats assigned to
them
At noon the oath of office was adj
ministered to the President-elect by
the chief Justice, and President Cleve-
land delivered his inaugural address.
At 1 o'clock, on the conclusion of
the ceremonies, the members of the
Senate, preceded by the sergeant-at-
arms, vice-president, and the secre-
tary, returned to the Senate chamber,
and the President, accompanied by
the committee of arrangements, pro-
ceeded to the executive mansion.
The Parade.
The parade was the grand feature OF
the day. The military turned out 12,-
600 men, the civic organizations H.
600, while brass and cornet bands,
aggregating $50 men, furnished the
music.
Gen. Ordway, chief of staff, had tele-
graph communication with each divis-
ion during the five-mile parade, by
adoption of the field telegraph of the
signal corps. AS there were $4,000
men in line this was found to be the
safest and most accessible way of COM
municating with the divisions to be in
formed of delays or Interruptions to
the line.
The first division composed of the
regular troops and district militia
| formed west of Seventeenth Street and
escorted the President-elect from the
Arlington Hotel to the capitol, where
| he took the oath of office and delivered
his inaugural address, while the troops
| passed on to the north side Of the
capitol and halted in readiness for
the line of march down that side Of the
capitol when the ceremonies were COM
/ pleted. The remaining three divisions
! did not take part In eScOrting the
President to the capitol, but proceed
| ed direct to New Jersey, Maryland
| and Delaware Avenues, east Of the
! capitol, where they waited the termin-
alton Of the ceremonies The line
/ then formed and the parade actually
began. The route of the procession
was via the north side of the capitol
| to Pennsylvania Avenue, to Washing
| ton Circle, to K Street, to Connecticut
| Avenue, to Rhode Island Avenue, to
| Massachusetts, Avenue, to Fourteenth
! Street, where the parade was dis
missed Before the head of the line
reached the avenue opposite the exec
| utive mansion the President left the
line and proceeded to the stand in
front of the White House, where he re-
viewed the parade. The line was five
miles long.
All along the line of march the side
walks were thronged with enthusiastic
people while every available window
was filled with sightseers. Every little
| park on the route was covered with
tiers upon tiers of wooden seats, and
| filled with spectators. Public and pri-
vate buildings were handsomely deco
| rated with bunting, flags and shields,
the War Department loaning nearly q
thousand stand of national colors for
/ the occasion. Various trades and civic
organizations in the parade bore hun
t deeds of brilliant banners and emblems,
| and among the features was a hand
! somely decorated liberty car drawn by
members of the East Washington
! Cleveland and Hendricks Club, sur
mounted by g pretty young lady, rep
resenting the Goddess of Liberty. Two
large bells chimed out glad tones as
! the thrOngs made the air resound with
! loud cheers, and every moment ortwo
the booming of cannon drowned the
/ din OF the multitude.
/ Ornamental arches were constructed
! over the entrance gate to the White
4 House grounds, but, in Difference to
! the wishes of President Cleveland, no
triunlphal arches were erected over
! the streets as in former years.
/ The gay scene was also further en-
HANGED by decorating lamp posts by
/ means of designs painted on canvas
| backed by wood. the canvas about
three by three feet, representing coats
of-arms Of the several states, United
/ States shields, army and navy designs,
! science, art, etc.
/ The Fireworks.
After brief rest from the festivities
/ OF the day, the celebration were con-
tinued in the evening.
| The night fireworks, which were dis
/ charged on the White Lot, were brill
liant in the extreme, and included
many varieties of the Japanese fire
works, shells bursting with various eff
! fects, large flights of from 500 to s.
900 rockets OF different colors, floral
fountains and shells, batteries of
many-colored lights, mines of saucis-
sons, a number of exhibition pieces,
including star of America, star Of indie
pendence, tree of liberty, cross of hon
or, serpentine wheel, cluster of dia-
monds, jeweled cross, Maltese cross, a
large piece representing a realistic
scene of the falls of Niagara, 800 feet
long by IS high, making an area of
10, 500 square feet of fire; another rep
resentingthe capitol with portraits of
| Cleveland and Hendricks on either
side. One feature was asingle flight of
5000 rockets simultaneously, filling
the heavens with blaze of glory.
The main streets were brilliantly
illI1n1iD atad with aiuhtvc Y,oorpp,o+h