The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1885-03-13
THE INAUGURATION.
Cleveland and Vice
President Hendricks.
The Inaugural Ceremonies witnessed by
an Immense Concourse of People-The
Presidents Address-The Great Pa
de-Fireworks-The Ball.
THE NEW ERA.


W. sHINGToN, March 5.-Grover Cleve-
land Is President. The solemn oath of
Office the delivery of the inaugural, the
boom of cannons, the waving of flags and
banuers, the shouts of the multitude, the
loud notes of martial music and the march
ing of thousands of troops in long process
sion attest this. The weather was very
fair and pleasant. From early morning
Pennsylvania avenue and the grounds
around the Capitol were crowded. Along
Pennsylvania avenue especially and
throughout the city generally were decora-
tlons, flags and banners and streamers and
garlands and devices of all sorts to well
come the arriving President. Among the
most elaborate of these are those upon the
fronts of the Pension Office, where more than
thousand dollars was expended by the
clerks in that Office in decorating the build
ing. Around the two fronts of the great
slx-story building is a network of red
white and blue bunting fastened at the in
tersections with golden stars and colored
rosettes. Some idea of the extent of this
is given by the fact that over 1900 yards
of this material were used for this
purpose. Along the top and lower por-
lions of the building are shields with the
names of the States, and on the Pennsyl-
vania avenue front others with the
portraits of the Presidents. Along the
front are the Roman "fasces," surrounded
by American flags, and at the corners are
figures of Peace and Liberty, while paint
ings of the Capitol at one end, and of JUS
tice with her books and scales at the other,
complete the great picture, which, with its
fluttering flags and banners, is the hand
soonest upon the streets.
In front of the White House huge stand
was erected at cost of $500, covered, pro-
vided with seats, and handsomely deco
rated, from which the President and sew
eral hundred invited gentlemen and ladies
reviewed the procession. just opposite it
was another grand stand crowded, of
course, long before the procession reached
that part of the route provided for it. 1t is
estimated that seats had been provided for
$4,000 persons, and that 100000 persons
viewed the procession as it passed down
the avenue after the inauguration cere-
monies had taken place at the Capitol.
At ten o'clock Senators Sherman and
Ransom, who were to be the escort to
President Cleveland, repaired to the Ar
lington Hotel, where the Presidents elect
was CHARTERED, and escorted him to the
White House. Senator Hawley at the
same time visited Wizards Hotel and
escorted Vice-President-e elect Hendricks
to the White House. After short time
spent there, they took carriages
for the Capitol, being escorted thither by
one division of the procession, consisting
OF the regular army, the marine corps and
the District militia. Arriving at the Capi-
toll, President Arthur went to the Presi-
dents room, where he found most of the
members of the Cabinet waiting to trans
act the last work of the Administration, the
discussion of the bills being passed by Con-
greSS in it's expiring hours, and the ap-
prevail by the President of those that were
thought worthy of approval. The Presi-
dent-elect was escorted to the Vice-Presi-
dents rSom, where he. was followed by
Mr.. Hendricks and his escort, the two re-
naming here until the moment Shouts ar
rive for their entrance to the Senate
Chamber.
At eleven O'Clock the diplomats, who
were entitled to seats on the floor of the
Senate, began TO arrive. They gathered
in the Marble Room, adjoining the Senate
Chamber, and marched into the Senate
Chamber and were given seats at the right
heads of departments, General of the
Army, the Admiral of the Navy, the
Army officers and others who have been
thanked by Congress, by name, for
meritorious services; Governors and ex-
Governors of States, Judges OF the Su-
preme Court of the District and of the
Court of Alabama Claims, the Commission
ers of the District, the Assistant Secretaries
of the departments, the Commissioner of
Agriculture and the Supreme Court The
members of the. House arrived during
prayer and while the new Senate was be-
ing sworn in, and with the utmost diff
Guilty made their way TO the seats assigned
them in the rear of all others in the Senate.
The galleries were literally packed.
Shortly before twelve the President and
the President elect and ice-President-
elect entered the Senate chamber, and were
escorted to seats reserved for them. Vice
President Hendricks was sworn in as Vice
President of the United States and Presi-
dent of the Senate, and proceeded to adj
minister the oath of office to the newly
elected members of the Senate, thus by this
simple process completing the reorganiza-
tion of the body in a very brief space of
time, and the Senate of the Forty eighth
Congress passed away, and it's place was
filled with the Senate of the Forty ninth
Congress. The new Senators sworn in, the
process on formed, for the purpose of es-
corting the President elect to the platform
in front of the Capitol, where he was to be
sworn in and deliver his inaugural.
The procession moved through the Cap
itol from the main door of the Senate
chamber to the rotunda, and thence
trough the main door at the east front of
ne Capitol Building to the great platform
oath of office was to be administered to
President Cleveland. The great space in
.ront of the building was packed
with a mass of people, thousands
on thousands, from whose Threats
came mighty shout as the procession
and the President, to be, appeared.
Marching forward to the platform, upon
which the members of the press had al
ready been seated, the President and Vice
President-electt took seats at the center,
well in front, assigned them by the COM
mittee, those following fling right and
left to their seats as assigned. When
silence was obtained President Clev land
began his inaugural address, which was as
follows:
FELLOW CITIZENs-In the presence of this
vast assemblage of my countrymen, / am
about to supplement and seal by the oath
which | shall take the manifestation of the
will of great and FREQ people. In the exer-
else of their power and right of self-g0yerl-
ment they have committed to one of their fell
low citizens a supreme and sacred trust: and
and he here consecrates himself to their SER
vice. This impressive ceremony adds little to
the solemn sense of responsibility with which
| contemplate the duty ] owe to all the people
of the land. Nothing can relieve me from
anxiety. lest by any act Of mine their interests
may suffer, and nothing is needed to
strengthen my resolution to engage every
faculty and effort in the promotion of their
welfare. Amid the din of party strife the
circumstances have demonstrated a new
strength and safety of the Government by the
people. In each succeeding year it more
clearly appears that our Democratic principle
needs no apology, and that in its fearless and
faithful application is to be found the surest
guaranty of good government.
But the best results in the operation of a
government wherein every citizen has a
share largely depend upon the proper limit
alton of purely partisan zeal and efforts, and
a correct appreciation of the time when the
heat of tie partisan should be merged in the
patriotism of the citizen. To-day, the Ex-
ecutiVe branch of the Government is trans
Government of all the people, and it should
eolcitude. At this hour the animosities of
political strife, the bitterness of partisan
defeat and the exultation of partisan
triumph, should be supplanted by ungTudg-
ing acquiescence in the popular will, and
veal Moreover, if from this hour we cheer
fully and honestly abandon all sectional pref
udice and distrust, and determine, with
manly confidence in one another, to work out
tremendously the achievements of our
national destiny, we shall deserve to realize
all the benefits which our happy form of gov
ernment can bestOw.
On this suspicious occasion, we may well
renew the pledge of our devotion to the Con-
stitution, which, launched by the founders of
ers and patriotic devotion, has for almost a
century borne the hopes and aspirations of a
great people, through prosperif> and peace.
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