The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-18
HOW THEY CAME IN,

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HowTHEY CAME IN.
Inauguration Days Long Ago-sesnesat Gar
feld,s Inauguration.
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AS inauguration day approaches the &c.
tiyity Of Washington hotel keepers and Of
others directly interested in extracting Q
profit from slshtsssn u increasing apsee,
The regular caraYansatics, ss onlass tnsp.
isuratlon day, will not contain q 1.-THE 81
the guests expected, 50 annex buildings
are being hired OF built, and the guests
will be SC far removed in many cases frem
the dining hall Of the main hotel that the
services of guides will be required TO pilot
the hungry new conner TO his meals. As
history IA said TO repeat itself the iorth-
GAMING Inauguration day will be but 0
renetition. with variations, OF similar oeca-
s;ans since the DAYS OF Washington. The
Father OF his Country was lna9su5ateo
with d touch Of monarchical pomp, dress
cd in black velvet, with dress sword, cha.
peau-brasand powdered hair. Jefferson tne
first President inaugurated az Washlns
attired in workaday garment roue on
horseback up Pennsylvania avenue (then
as Ind as a country road in winter, and
walked into the Senate chamber without
ceremony. -Four years later he was better
dressed and took the oath amid greater
ceremony. In 1890 Jackson rode along
Pennsylvania avenue on prancing steeaj
followed by a spontaneous and informal
nrocession. Twenty years later came the
Emancipation OF "Tippecanoe" Harrison.
The procession ontdid its predecessors.
The General rode white charger. Forty
thousand people listened TO his long IN
augural address, ut a pause IN when
he whimsically had the oath delivered TO
him instead oil at the close. "Iach" Taylor
wasinaugurated on Monday, March5, lS4g.
On Sunday the nation was minus head.
Better that than to forego the usual cere-
mony. Taylor rode to the Capllol N ma .
carriage drawn by four gray horses. one
hundred mounted marshais Gmp!ea ana
pranced; there were militia and brass
bands galore. It was a great DAY. Lam
coins inauguration WAS memorable Tor me
reason that great doubt existed IN the
then troublous times whether heeyef
eonld yet TO Washington. Numerous
divide Awake clubs were present. The
ltrinn,phai car .IConsLitutiol followed be-
hind the presidenteeGt's carriage. Rifle
men we're posted along the housetops 70
0nard AGAINST assassinaliDg bullets, and
ali the public places were fortified:
Grants no inaugurations were models Of
military and civic pageantry, disagreeably
dashed with rain and Polar winds.
dARPIEtn's INAUGURATION,
Tho morning Of March 4, 1881, entered
with s'cold nip" duly predicted to order
| by Weather Prophet Nennor the day pre-
yious at the request of one Of the anxious
Executive Committee. The city was alive
from daybreak. Incoming trains disgorged
passengers by the thousand; eager sight
seors rose early from their beds; nags
were flying; all was animahoni every
thing smiling but the weather. Things
were being put in readiness The National
AIugeum; walkers were polishing the floors
and workmen hanging garands for the
grand Inauguration ball in the evening.
lfhe cooking OF the great supper for the
same had been begun two days before.
Items-l 500 pounds turkey, 100 gallons
OF oysters. so hams, $50 pounds butter,
ZOO loayes OF bread, 1000 biscuit, 900
rolls. 200 gallons OF chicken salad, 1900
cakes. $50 gallons of ice cream, 30 gallons
OF water ices, $50 gallons OF coffee and
many other delicacies too numerous
to be enumerated, but not too numer-
GUS TO be deyoured by the vast attend-
President-elect Garfield rose early and
breaktasted lightly, re-read his inaugural
address and corrected Il. Rain and snow
werc falling heavily. Street cars were
crowded and only millionaires could hire
hacks. Grave, mature mon paid from so
10 $500 for windows. Less wealthy but
equally patriotic individuals took their IS
and $40 seats On wet platform benches.
Then ct 10 A. N. the great avenue was
cleared Of vehicles and their places were
assumed by regiments, companies and
brass bands struggling 70 form in line.
The military parade was the largest ever
seen in Washington outside ot;the grand
reviews OF Grants and Sherman's veteran
armies in May, 1906. About thirteen
thousand men were in line. AT half-past
ten A. N. the signal gun for the procession
to move was fired. 1t moved. The vast
audience waxed enthusiastic, as the Presi-
dent-elect passed by seated in an open
carriage drawn by four splendid bay steeds.
At twenty minutes past II A. N. the first
division reached the Capitol. The Presi-
dent-elect passed in to tie building. The
Senate was in session. The Senator'S gal
lery was crowded. AT half.past II the
Sergeant-at-Arms announced the arrival
OF the Diplomatic Corps, resplendently
attired in scarlet and gold, in bright dis
tinction alongside the black-barbed sena-
SCENES IN THE SENATE.