Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-03-12

Q cealed by sea of upturned faces. Mer
! shouted, women screamed and waved
their handkerchiefs as if half-frenzied
i with excitement. The u. S. regulars
came first, their ranks stretching entire
II ly across the avenue, then followed the
artillery battalions, Marine corps and
/ band. General Slocum, the chief mar
shall, and his staff, with a body of U. S.
cavalry, preceded the Presidents car
. | riage, which was followed by the car
/ riages containing the Vice President
elect, the national Democratic commit
tee, and the inaugural committee, fol-
lowed by the District militia, headed by
the Washington light infantry. The
local division of the Grand Army of the
Republic closed the rear.
A crowd of many thousands packed
the space before the east front of the
capitol. and.the mounted police charged
five or six times against the solid mass
before they succeeded in forcing pass
age. The Presidents carriage was
greeted with tremendous cheers. After
Mr.. Cleveland had entered the Senate
Chamber, the Vice-President-elec was
escorted in, and the oath was admins
tered 10 him by the President pro tem.,
Senator Edmunds, who then turned and
made his farewell address.
Mr.. Hendricks took the gavel and
called the Senate to order in extra ses-
sion. The chaplain offered a prayer,
the Vice-President made short ad-
dress. the new Senators were sworn in,
and after the reading of the message
convenipg the Senate, the procession
set out on its march to the platform on
the central portico of the capitol in the
following order: Marshals of the Dis
triet of Columbia and Marshals of the
Supreme Court, The Sergeant-at-Arms
/ of the Senate, The Committee of Ar
Irangements, The President and the
President-elect, The Vice-President and
the Secretary of the Senate, Members
of the Senate, The Diplomatic Corps,
Heads of Departments, The Retired
Generals of the Army, The Lieutenant
Generals of the Army, The Admiral of
the Navy; and The Officers of the Army
and Navy who, by name, have received
the thanks of Congress, Members and
Members-elect of the House of Repre-
sentatives, Governors and ex-Governors
of States, Officers of the Senate and
House of Representatives, and all other
persons admitted to the floor of the
Senate Chamber, followed by those ad-
mitted to the galleries.
The oath of office was administered
after the Inauguration address by Chief
Justice Waite, who used small NOR
occo-covered. gilt-edged Bible marked
S. G. Cleveland, which had been given
to the President-elect by his mother
when he left home in his early manhood,
and he then took his seat in the car
riage to return to the White House.
The procession wkick attended him
was the largest ever beheld here at an
Inauguration. and % 900 men are esti-
mated to have been sn line. The first
division had acted as an escort to the
capitol, and led the van on the return.
The second division had Major General
John +. Harfrauft for Marshal and
numbered 1900 men of the Pennsylya-
MIA militia, dressed in the regulation
U. S. uniform, but with the distinguish
ing mark of small keystone on their
caps. The Marshal of the third divis-
ion was Major General Fitzhugh Lee;
it contained militia from New Jersey,
New York, Virginia, Maryland, Geor-
gia, South Carolina, Pennsylvania and
Albany, the Southern troops being,
however. largely in the majority. The
Marshal of the fourth division was MIR.
Thomas j. Luttrell, resident of Wash
ington, and it contained the various
civic organizations, headed by the Jack
son Democratic Association, and fol-
lowed by the New York Society of Tam
many, New York County Democracy,
and a number of Democratic clubs, one
of which wore as badge miniature
whisk- broom. Brooms and roosters
figured as devices at intervals in this di-
vision. Major General Lee was greeted
with frantic enthusiasm, many of the
spectators in their delight raising the
peculiar shrill cheer, yclept the "Rebel
yell" The line of march was along
the north and east fronts of the capitol,
up Pennsylvania Avenue to 22nd aud
X Streets, thence down X to Connect
cut Avenue, down Connecticut Avenue
to Rhode Island Avenue, thence through
Massachusetts Avenue to Thomas Cir
Gle, where it was dismissed. On the
way it was reviewed from the stand in
front of the White House by President
Cleveland. The evening was celebrat-
ed by magnificent display of fire.
works, closing with the largest set piece
ever seen in America-represe the
national capitol. with portraits of Cleve-
land and Hendricks, with the motto:
Peace and prosperity; huge cataract.
Falls of Niagara, and discharge of
5000 rockets, forming a floral bouquet
in mid-air.
The ball given at the new Pension
! Building was most brilliant and
crowded affair, so thronged in fact that
dancing was almost impossible until
after midnight. 1t is estimated that
from 10000 to $4,000 tickets were sold.
A large number of members of the
house of representatives and prominent
department officials, with the ladies of
their families, and almost the full diplo-
matte corps we're present A private
dressing room was arranged for the
Presidents party, handsomely fitted up
with rich draperies, plush and ebony
furniture, as was also the larger one adj
jacent, where the President held his re-
ception. The floral designs in the latter
were magnificent and included q tall
canopy, covered with roses, beneath
which stood a huge armchair formed
of roses Ex-President Arthur, with
, the members of his cabinet and their
] wives, reached the ball room at quarter
of eleven, President Cleveland arriving
shortly after. He was met by DR.. Wei
ling, of the reception committee, and
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