Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1885-03-12

was now annnui.c Il anil his coming was
greeted With warm clapi.iag Of hands. in
recognition Of whel h. b well :.rac fully
tdshe assembagn. A ii ,'nrnt alter and
the buzz OF couyc.sa,.oI was again sus-
pended In an;ie pI'ina Of the announce
ment Of
THE PREsIDRNT-ELEcr
Of the United States. Mr.. Cleveland had
already entered the hall with lis escort
and halted withis sight of the assemb!age.
While his arrival was heiag announced ap-
plause, by clapping OF hands at first, and
then cheers, loud aud prolonged, welcomed
him. Then staiwart voice in the gallery
arose above the din, demanding three
cheers for Grover Cleveland" This was
not held by the assemblage TO be in good
taste, and Nc. EImunds' proclamation
that order must be preserved, or the gal
leries will be cleare'i." was superiuity.
THE vIcE-PREsDEsT-EL ELECT
was now escorted into the chamber, and.
without delay, but with the sOemnity and
decorum befitting the occasion, the oath was
administered to him BY President pro tenn
pore Edmunds, who now turned TO the
front and addressed the senate in few
well chosen words of farewell as Its presid-
ing officer, taking occasion, however, TO say
In view OF recent experience, that it might
be doubted whether congress could congrat-
ulate itself on being the best example of q
Legislative body conducting its business
with deli6eratiOn, care, and decorum. Is
was the fault of large bodies that measures
OF the greatest Importance, requiring much
time for proper consideration, were brought
under discussion SO late that Ii was not pos
sible to deal with them with intelligence,
and consequently they were enacted hastily
into laws. he then in warm terms thank.
ed the senate and its officers for their cour-
tesy and kindness, and retired from the
chair.
The chaplain here offered a prayer of un-
conscious length, at the close of which
VIce-President Hendricks delivered a few
opening remarks in voice which, though
low,swas clear and audible. He said it was
some years since he was connected with the
senate, and he might not at first be so fa-
millar with the rules as he should be, and
would have to lean upon the indulgence of
senator's He added: THE senate Is now
in session, by virtue Of a proclamation Of
the president of the United State, which
t e sec etary will read" The chief clerk
read the proclamation.
This ceremony over, the vice-president
called for the reading Of the order of in
auguratiOn ceremonies, and the entire as
sembly adjourned to the central portico TO
witness the final ceremony that made Gro
yer Cleveland president of the United
States.
IHE FlhhWOhhS.
At o'clock the display of fireworks be-
gan. They greatly surpassed in beauty and
grandeur anything ever seen or attempted
in this country. The greatest feature of
this kind seen heretofore was at the Gen.
tennisl at Philadelphia. The number Of
pounds of material used to-day was Just
double what was used on that occasion.
The display took place in front of the White
House, between that building and the
Washington Monument. One Of the ''ex-
hibition" pieces was Of mammoth size, rep
resenting the Capitol, with portraits Of
Cleveland and Hendricks and the Goddess
of Liberty placing q crown on each. AnOth-
er large exhibition piece represented Mag
ara Falls from shore TO slore, with Goat IS
land. This piece was $50 feet long and 66
feet high. The performance commenced
with a display of shells and 5000 large rock
cts fired simultaneously.
THE tBALL
was the crowning event of the day. There
were accommodations for nearly 10, 900 peo-
pie. The great ballroom has already been
described as the greatest ever had in this
country, but can better be appreciated now
that it is complete and the decorations in
place. The assertion that there has never
been such a ballroom in this country seems
quite warranted by the facts, Certainly no
Inauguration bail ever held here compared
with LnlS Ill the SIZE O1 Ji6 Duilull9 OF tne
magniiicence of Its appointments. The
floral decorations of the hall were magnif-
cent and costly. Prominent among these
were seven massive designs representing
the Cabinet offices. So.
MISS ROSE CLEVELAND,
To be mistress of the white house is
synonymous with being the first lady
of the land. On her shoulders rests the
onerous duties of entertaining the
guests of the president. To do this
properly requires talents of no mean
order and also great amount of tact.
The lady who is to preside at the white
house with President Cleveland is his
sister. Miss r. E. Cleveland. She is
described as q highly intellectual wO-
man, and in New York State has gain
ed creditable distinction as a school
lecturer. She is a linguist Of no mean
ability, and is well up in history and
tho arto Miss IlayaIanIi rnta1 fny.