Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-03-06
THE INAUGURATION.
Cleveland Installed as
President.
Grand Spectacle at the Capitol.
The Delivery of the Inaugural
Address.
President Cleveland Takes the Oath.
Immense PrOce88ion.~Ciyc and Military Or,
garizatiOnS.
Crowds Throng the Streets.
The Inaugural Ball Il Brilliant
Affair.

Affair.
WASIINGTON, March THE Inaugural
tion ceremonies were carried out in the
midst of fair weather and an immense
crowd of people. The city was handsome
ly decorated. and much enthusiasm pre-
vailed during the exercises. \ great
floral ladder reaching To the roof of Il buSi-
ness house ON Pennsylvania avenue bore
upon its rungs the words. sheriff, May
or, Governor, President" The entire
population of the city seemed to have de
serted their homes and occupied the
| streets.
Just before the entry of the members OF
the Supreme court in the Senate chamber
the annual act of turning back the hands
of the senate clock was performed by the
veteran doorkeeper, Captain BaSsctt
President Arthur was now announced and
his coming was greeted with warm clap
ping of hands. \ moment later and the
buzz of conversation suspended in antic-
patton of the announcement. THE prcsi-
dent-clect of the United States" Clcvr-
land had already entered the hall with his
escort and halted within sight of the as
eemblage. While his arrival was being
ttllllOitIlttll dppituSc, CldpIInB Ol lillltS al
first and then cheers loud and prolonged
welcomed him, The Vice President elect
was escorted into the chamber and the
oath was administered to him by the
| President pro terppore, Mr.. Edmunds.
Mr. Hendricks now took the gavcl and
called the senate to order in extra session.
The NiCe-PrcSident made Il brief address.
The new senators were sworn in and after
the reading of the message of the PreSi-
| dent cOnVcniug the Senate. the procession
Il a lnl rl h,.
platform in the central portiCo Of the
Capitol.
Before the President left the Senate
chamber the crowd in front of the stand
had increased until it became one solid
mass of humanity reaching as far as the
eye could command, the crowd being esti-
mated at ljO.OOO. Precisely at l4:}O p. IN.
the procession left the Capitol. President
Arthur stepped to the front of the plat
form, followed by the President elect
Chief Justice Waite and the Sergcant-at-
arms uf the Senate. All uncovered as
they stood facing the crowd and the vast
ussemDlage cheered again and again for
several minutes, At l:4O p. m prcsi-
deut-clect Cleveland arose. and began his
inaugural address
The Presidents Address.
FELLOW ,ITIZLNo: In the presence of this
vast as~emblage of my COuutrymen | am
about to supplement and seal by the oath
which | shall take the manifestation
\
the exercise Oi their power and right of
self government tncy have committed to
one OF their fellow citizens supreme and
sacred trust, and he here ConSeCrates
himself to their service This impressive
ceremony adds llttlc to the solemn SENSE
pt the responsibility with which cOntem
plate the duty owe to all the people of
he land Nothing can relieve me from
anxiety lest, hy any act of mine their inter
estS may suffer and nothing is needed to
every faculty and effort in the
promotion Of their welfare. Amid the
din OF party strife the people :
choice was made but its attendant cir
CumstanCeS have demonstrated anew tuc
strength and safety of government by
tine people In each succeeding year il
more clearly appears that our Democratic
principle needs no apology and that in it-
fearless and faithful application Is to bc
found the surest guaranty Of good govern
mcnt. But tlc best results in the opera
tiOn of Il government, wherein every Cti-
zen has IA share, largely depend upon proper
limitation OF purely partisan zeal and ef
fort. The time arrives when the heat OF
the partisan should be merged in the pa
triOtlsm of the citizen
To-day the Executive branch of the GOV
eminent is transferred to new keeping
but this is still the government O
all the people and it should be none the
less an object of Il aprOpOrtiOnate SOliCitude
At this hour the anlmOsities of pOlitica
STRIFE, the bitterness OF partisan defeat ant
the cXultatiOn of partisan triumph should
be Suppanted by an ungrudging aCqu
escenCe in the popular will and II sober con
scientiOus concern for the general welfare
II from this hour we Cheerfully and hon
eStly abandon all sectional prejudices ant
,distrust and determine, with manly con
lidenCe in one another, to work out har
moniOusly'the achievement of our nation
al destiny we shall deserve to realize al
the benefits which our happy form of gov
ernment can bcstOw, On this auspiciOU
occasion all may well renew the pledg
of our devotion 10 the COnStitu
ton which, launched by the found
ers of the republic and consecratec
by their prayers and patriotic devotion
has for almost century borne the hope
and the aspirations of great peOpl
through prosperity and peace, through
the shocks of foreign war; and the peril
of domestic strife. by the father of hi
country our constitution was COmmende,
for adoption as THE result of Il spirit q
mutual concession In that same spri
il should be administered in order to Pre-
mote the lasting welfare of the COuntr
and to secure full measure of its priceless
benefits to MS and to those who will sue
Ceed to the blessings of our national life
The large variety of divers and cOmpetin
interests subject to federal control, persis
emily seeking the recognition of the
claims, need give us no fear that 18th
greatest good to the greatest number wi