The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1885-03-05
INAUGURATION.
CLEVELAND AND HENDRICKS ARE
SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT
AND VIOE-PRESIDENP.
The National Capital a Scene of
Brilliant Display and Cen
eral Enthusiasm.
The City ThrOnged with Over
100000 Strangers Come to
View the Pageant.
The inaugural Procession One
of the Most Imposing
Ever Seen

WASHINGTON, March Washing
ton entertains, to day, .hundret
Thousand strangers. They began t
come before the dedication of tn
monument and they have been coming
all day and night ever since. The,
have come in family parties, in club
and companies and regiments. TIL
hotels were filled week ago and pri
Yate boarding houses and dwelling
have since done what they could dt
to lodge the Shelterless and feed tn
hungry. Nevertheless not few of tn,
later comers, who thought of littl,
besides their patriotic memories anG
eXultant hopes, tramped tht
avenues last night from nee
esslty, and breakfasted this
morning with coffee anC
sandwich vendors of the market an(
street corners.
The morning opened Hazily, but
with excellent promises OF fair day
which was fulfilled before 9 o'clock
| The throngs were abroad early, walk.
ing and riding from point to point to
see what they could of the public
buildings, parks, statues and monu-
ments, before the great event OF the
day began. Filing and drumming
and marching of clubs and troops
were enlivening elements of the early
| forenoon, while morning serena
ders rendered to popular favorites
| served to amuSe and interest the par
| Elephants and crowds. Whatever it is
| possible to do with scantling and
boards, ,and bunting and gilt,to bedeck
a town for an occasion like this
Washington has undertaken and per.
formed. The harvest of decorators
| and carpenters began ten days ago
and the noise of their saving and
| pounding and click of their hammers
has been heard day and night ever
since down to the moment Of the
starting of the procession.
LONG BEFORE TIE HOUR
set for the movement of the process
sion, the music of hundreds of bands
heading organizations seeking their
| posts, blended in one confused roar
Everywhere the shrill notes of flies
and of the kettle drum was heard. By
10 O'Clock the entire population of the
| city seemed to have deserted
its homes and occupied the streets
on the line of march. The crowd
was something unprecedented even in
| this city, accustomed to receive the
! outpourings of a nations population.
Men, women and children pushed anC
elbowed in the vast throng. yet it was
| a good nature d crowd and evidently
disposed to do justice to the occasion.
| 1t was willing and anxious to be
onh f1,n ~
| slightest incident.
Senator's Sherman, Ransom and
Hawley, of
THE SENATE COMMITTEE
of arrangements, had short inter-
view with the President and soon
after Senator Hanley left and proceed.
| ed to Williards Hotel where he was
joined by Vice-President elect
Hendricks and the two proceed
ed to the White House.
They occupied handsome open
and drawn by four beautiful white
| horses. The vice e-presidcnt was heart
lily cheered all along the thort ride to
the WhiteH ouse. Just as he was
entering the grounds President Ar.
thurs carriage, containing Senators
| Sherman and Ransom, started to the
Arlington for the president-elect
This carriage was drawn by four pFan-
| cling bays from the presidents stable.
The seats were covered with soft
heavy black and white buffalo robes
The senatorial committee were ush-
| cred into the presence OF the presi-
| dent-elect Immediately on their ar
rival at the Arlington, and after a
short stay the three gentlemen ap-
peared at the south entrance of the
hotel, took their seats in the carriage
and were rapidly driven to the White
| House where they joined President
Arthur and Vice-President Hendricks
and Senator Hawley. Maj shal
McMichel met the party at the White
House portico and escorted the presi-
dent-elect into the presence of the
president. The president-elect was
greeted with cheers and waving of
handkerchlefs as he drove along Six
teenth etreet from the hotel. He kept
his hat raised in recognition of the
compliment. While the party were at
the White House the chief mar
shal of the procession and his aides
rode into the grounds and notified
tie president-eie that the process
sion was ready to start. 1t was
precisely at the hour set 1880 o'clock
that the presidential party entered
their carriages and took the position
assigned them. The party entered
their carriages as follows: In Presi-
dent Arthurs carriage, President
Arthur with President-electa Cleve-
land on his left; Senator Sherman
facing President Arthur, and Senator
Ransom on his right, facing
the President elect. The sec
| ond carriage contained the
vice ce-president-elect with Senator
Hawley on his left. AS the carriages
drove out of the gates and entered
the line occupants were greeted with
! the widest enthusiasm, men shouting
women screaming and waving theil
handkerchiefs and seemed carried
away with the excitement of the mo-
menE. The president elect and vice
president-elect came in for principa
share of the enthusiasm and each o1
them raised their hats and bowed
right and left to the crowd which
lined both sides of the carriage way
THE PROCESSION.
The first divlsision of the procession
escorting the president-elect, then be
gan to march to the capitol. Tn
scenes on Pennsylvania avenue al
most battles description. A grea
surging mass hid the sidewalks
Above them, stately buildings wer
covered with cloths of gorgeous col
ors arranged in patriotic device. Tn
soft, spring. like breeze lazily stirred
number of flags and streamers. an
special aids, In brilliant uniform!
clashed hither and thither lending an
imation to the scene. The police reg
ulatioSs were perfect and the broa
avenue, with its hard, smooth surfac'
was completely cleared of everythin
that might o5struct the pageant.
The United States regular troop
came first, thus departing somewhs
from the order of the programme
with the probable object of il
, suring q clear marching spac
) Their ranks extended cles
across the avenue and presented
most imposing appearance. I'll
! United States Marine corps, with il
magnificent bands, followed the a
tillery battalion. This portion of th
] procession proceeded as far as Il
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