Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1885-01-19
mn - Ri -cHANkN WENT IN.
,...,,aueation Of tho Last
democratic President.
. r;,..lv Account Of the Ceremonies
81 Incidents Which Occurred

.-.,;c president - Oh csIscDs"A hASSs ~
,,,,s tiuae writes a Washington cor
-..nondent Of the Cleveland Leader.
"a, ,rhar buchanan was inaugurated on
80 Atm Of March. 1867. Washington
w.s hardly more than village, scat
,.,ad over territory large enough for
! immense city. II contained less
,h.n sixty thousand inhabitants, and
that we're then considered the finest
houses we're just below the capitol
and above the avenue. The fashiona-
bIe northwest part Of the city was a
.wan,p. and even the negro huts which
Ia,er sprung up had not yet appeared.
The whoIa country contained less than
thirty millions Of a population. Still
,be records state that 10000 stran-
GERS came to sec the inauguration, and
on the night Of the Sd of March,
tbousands walked the streets to keep
warm being unable to procure lodg-
inOs Several Of the different hotels,
small as they were then, had eight hun
dred guests registered. and every
boarding house was packed. halls,
cellar and garnet.
March Sd was bleak winter day,
and the president elect rose before
daybreak at his home at Wheatlands
Pennsylvania. and as soon as he had
finished breakfast. he started for Lam
caster In bis carriage. He had written
and rewritten bis inaugural message
and he made only one change in it
after he got to Washington. A crowd
Of Lancaster citizens went to Wheat
lands to escort him to the depot, and a
band Of music played while he rode
into town with his private secretary,
Mr.. Henry, Harriet Lane, and another
young lady in his carriage
AT the Lancaster station he found
special car waiting for him, built fer
the occasion by Robert Magraw. a
railroad friend of his. This car had
painted windows. and these represent
ed the scenes about Wheatlands, Pres
ident Buehanan's home. All along the
road from Lancaster to Washington,
Oyations were given the president
elect, but he arrived in Washington
two hours earlier than was expected,
and the programme of his reception
here was rather thin.
He WIS driven at once to the Ma
tiOnal hotel. which still stands on
Pennsylvania avenue. half way be-
tween the capitol and the treasury,
and here he was crowded with visitors.
Nearly everybody was admitted. and
politicians, office seekers. and disinter-
ested parties pushed this way and that
to get at him. That night he received
invitations. says Gohight, to dine with
President Pierce. Stephen IA. Douglas
aud others, and declined all. invita-
tons.
All night of the Sd Of March, 1857
congress was in session. The 9TH
broke bright and sunny, with an
atmosphere full of the blandness OF
spring, As It did so. hundreds OF
people were already at their stands to
get an early watch-pOint for the pro-
cessiOn. and the city hall steps, where
y was to organize were crowded. at
izOclOrk the procession was formed.
md 1t marched to Willard's hotel, at
the head of Pennsylvania avenue. near
we treasury. where the two presidents,
fieFco and Buchanan. were TO meet,
md go to the capitol in the same car
rage President Pierce was ! few
minutes late. lie came In 4 private
carriage, and tho crowds cheered AS ha
.na Buchanan shook hands ut the
fourteenth street door Of the hotel.
.a0 entered theopen barcuche prepared
Ior them. With them rode Senator
D'lger' Ct Pennsylvania. and Foote. DC
vermont. The procession was = long
ne L was made up Of military
''ganlzations. citizens. and clubs. and
!. " were two Penpsylvanians who
l was SAID, bad walked sixty miles I'd
! present at the Inauguration Of ~Old
Suck," IS they called him. One