Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-03-12
THE INAUGURATION,

ing ceremonies, u II N"VA'N@VN>' FNNNF
twenty-five thousand @ea tVoA E'Ssrt IN
the parade.
The President elect WAS greeted with
cheers and waving Of hana&evVhietS rs
he drove along 10th street 0on the
hotel He kept his hat raised III reeeS-
milton of the compliment, While che
party were at the White House, the
chief marshal of the procession aud
his aids ran into the grounds and nott.
fed the President-elect that the pro
cession was ready to start, II was
precisely at the hour set, 1880 o'cloek,
that the Presidential party entered the
carriages and took the position assigned
to them in the line.
The party entered their carriages as
| follows: In President Arthur's carriage
President Arthur with President
elect Cleveland on his left, Senator
Sherman facing President Arthur, and
Senator Ransom on his right facing
the President ELECT. The second car
riage contained the Vice President
elect with Senator Hawley on his left.
AS the carriages drove out of the gates
and entered the line, the occupants
were greeted with the widest enthu-
siasm.
Mr.. Cleveland had entered the Sen
within sight of the assemblage while
his arrival was being announced. Ap-
plause, clapping of hands at first and
then cheers, loud and prolonged, well
coined him.
The Vice President-elect was escorted
into the Chamber, and without delay
but with the solemnity and decorum
beftting the occasion. the oath was ad-
ministered to him by the President
pro tempore. Mr.. Edmunds then de-
livered his valedictory
Prayer was offered by the Chaplain,
following which the Vice President
made brief address. The new Sena-
tors were sworn in and after the read
ing of the message of the President
convening the Senate, the procession
was formed and filed its way toward
the platform on the central portico of
the Capitol. 1t was in the following
order:
Marshal of the District of Columbia
and the Marshal of the Supreme Court;
ex-Presidents and ex-Vice Presidents;
the Supreme Court; the Sergeant-at-
Arms of the Senate; the Committee of
Arrangements; the President and the
President-elect; the Vice President
and the Secretary of the Senate; Men,
bers of the Senate; the Diplomatic
Corps; Heads of Departments.
The Retired General of the Army.
the Lieutenant General of the Army,
the Admiral of the Navy, and the off
GERS of the Army and Navy, who by
name, have received the thanks of
Congress; Members of the House of
Representative and Members-elect:
Governors and ex-Governors of States;
officers of the Senate and officers of the
House of Representatives; all other
persons who had been admitted to the
floor of the Senate Chamber followed
by those who had been admitted to the
galleries.
Following is President Cleveland's
inaugural address:
FelloW citizens:-In the presence of
this vast assemblage of my country
men l am about to supplement and
seal by the oath which l shall take. the
manifestation of the will of a great and
free people. In the exercise of their
power and right of self-government
they have committed to one of their
fellow citizens a supreme and sacred
trust and he here consecrates himself
to their service.
This impressive ceremony adds little
to the solemn sense of responsibility
with which | contemplate the duty 7
owe to all the people of the land; moth
ing can relieve me from anxiety lest nv
any act of mine their interests NAV snf-
fer, and nothing is needed to strength
en- my resolution to engage every fac
ulty and effort in the promotion of
their welfare.
Amid the din of party strife the peo-
pies choice was made; but its attend
ant circumstances have demonstrated
anew the strength and safety of a
government by the people. In each
succeeding year it more clearly appears
that our Democratic principle needs no
apology, and that in it's fearless and
faithful application is to be found the
surest guarantee of good government.
But the best results in the operation
OF government, wherein every citi-
zen has share, largely depend upon a
proper limitation of purely partisan
zeal and effort, and correct apprecia-
ton of the time when the heat of the
partisan should be merged in the pa
trlotism of the citizen.
To-day the executive branch of the
government is transferred to new keep
ing. But this is still the Government
OF all the people, and it should be none
the less an object of affectionate solicit
tude.
At this hour, the animosities of no
lltlcal strife, the bitterness of partisan
defeat and the exultation of partisan
triumph, should be supplanted by an
ungrudging acquiescence in the popu
lar will, and SOBER conscientious
| concern for the uapara1 ,yo,l NTo.a