The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-02-28

United States then announces from the
chair.
''The sergeant at arms will now execute
the order of the Senate relative to the
inaugural ceremonies Of the President OF the
United States
THE PROCESSION.
The per- ous in the Senate chamber then
proceed TO the platform on the eastern
central portico of the capitol in the follow
ing order:
Marshal of the District of Columbia and
marshal of the supreme court of the United
States.
Ex-Presidents and ex-Vice Presidents
the supreme court of the United States in
their robes, led by the chief justice # the
United States. The sergeant-at-arms of the
Senate. The committee of arrangements.
The President and President elect. The
Vice President and secretary of the Senate.
The mem bers of the Senate The diplo-
matte corps. The head of executive de-
Dartments, the members of the House of
Representatives and epresentative-elect
governors and ex-governors of states, and
Othets admitted to the floor.
Upon reaching the platform on the
eastern portico the President-elect, chief
justice, and committee of arrangements
occupy seats on a raised daiS. The others
Of the distinguished participants in the scene
have appropriate seats in the vicinity. The
people occupy the spacious plaza cas- OF the
capitol, and the escorting soldiery are
massed in the rear, the salut ling battery is
in the park, and the participating soldlery
and civic bodies are formed in positions
conveying upon the plaza ready to swing
into column as the inaugural procession
moves from the capitol to the reviewing
stand OF the President in front of the execu-
tive mansion.
TAKING THE OATH.
The President, as soon as the order of
arrangements on the platform is complete,
advances to the front aid delivers his
inaugural address. Having completed his
add esS ne turns, facing the chief justice in
tse presence of the people; the clerk Of the
supreme court, advancing between them,
holds in his hands formerly on a velvet
cushion) an opel Bible The President
rests the palm of his right hand upon the
open page, and repeats, after the chief
justice, the only oath prescribed by the
constitution. Having finished, the new
President leans over and kisses the sacred
book, as a symbol of acknowledgment of
his great trust in behalf of the people and
their Institutions. The chief justice then
bows and extends his hand in greeting to
t e new President. This he receives from
the head of the judiciary. The Nice-Presl-
dent advances and extends the same form
ordinate branch of the government. When
W ashington was inaugurated, State Chan
cellor Jay, there then being no chief justice
of the United States, proclaimed after this
browning act of the new constitution ::
Long live George Washington, President
of the United States of America"
CANNON SALUTE.
The moment the President places his lips
upon the Bible, in respolse,,to a given signal
the bate les in the park fire g national
salute. The troops present arms and the
masses of soldiers and citizens at once
become electrified by the stir of prepara-
ton. The Senate returns to its chamber
and formally adjourns The committee on
arrangements having charge of the Presi-
dent escort him to the state carriage, drawn
by four horses, awaiting him at the Senate
entrance to the capitol. The President
takes position near the head of the column,
which he leaves at the reviewing stand in
front of the executive mansion. The
diplomatic corps proceed to the reviewing
stand, where they form part of the brilliant
encourage of the new President.
The earlier forms of inaugural ceremony
were technically the same, though simpler
i'll detail. They present more elaborate
demonstration, ceremonial and spectacular,
began with the inauguration of President
Polk on March 4, 1915.
At the close of the review the new Presi-
dent is usually escorted to his official home
for the next four years by the ex President,
where luncheon is served, After this
act of salutatory hospitality the retired
President with his family withdraws to
his private residence at the capital and
usual departs from the city the following
day.
The new President is now fully invested
with the powers of his Office, and his wife,
or presiding lady, takes the place of first
lady of the land