The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-03-09
SWORN IN.
Harrison sits IN Grover CIeye'
lands Chair.
HEAVEN DRIzzLEs TEARS
While One President Makes Room
For Another.
The Inauguration With Pomp
and Ceremony.

WASHINGTON, March. 4.-With sim
pie and solemn ceremony. in the
presence of all of the wisdom and au-
thority embodied in the coordinate
branches of the government. and sur
rounded by the representatives of all
the great nations on the face Of the
globe. Benjamin Harrison was to day
indicted into the highest Office with
in the gift Of the American people.
Gathering up the reins Of power as
they fell from the grasp Of his pre-
decessor, he took the oath which
bound him to the service Of his
country and charged himself with
the destinies Of sixty million people.
And so it was that Washington. the
Capital City, was to-day the Mecca
of liberty worshippers in all parts of
the land.
They were here in countless thous-
ands. Weeks ago little rivulets Of
humanity began to flow. in almost I'M
noticed. AS the day drew nearer,
the streams increased to rivers.
The rivers combin d into floods, and
to-day vefitable ocean of fervent
life surged through the city. 1t has
filed all of the hotels that form the
regular channels; it has overhowed
the boarding houses, byways, and
finally it has permeated the sacred
Businesses of the private home.
There was never such crowd in
Washington. Trainmen could not
begin to estimate the numbers of in
coming passengers. Boats on the
river were laden with human freight,
and the roads leading in from the
country saw professions of wagons
filed with family parties, all coming
to see President inaugurated.
Every available room in the ho-
tells had been engaged weeks in adj
vance. The boarding houses had
changed their halls into dormitories,
A great army of soldiers had camp
ed in the public buildings. Poor,
indeed, was the private family that
did not accommodate it's country
cousins. A myriad of cots sprang
up like mushrooms over night and
filed almost every place that
boosted roof and walls as shelter
from the keen March weather. 1t
was the reign of the cot. 1t whiten-
ed every floor and appeared in every
shape from the humble cross-legged
army couch to the tangled two
storied variety, which some rare gen
ius invented to help out city in
such emergencies as these. In all
Gifts many forms it was welcomed and
not despised by the vast majority of
the half million of free American So
Journers in Washington. Great
numbers of them had not even this
comfort and we're forced to content
themselves with a mattress thrown
on the floor or an uneasy slumber on
billiard table, while it was a mat.
ter of record that more than one vii
lage magnate reposed last night in
state in the cool embrace of the cop
per sides of a bath tub. Many other
persons, too-more unfortunate
disiegarding the kindly precaution
of the hard worked Committee ON
Public Comfort, and came at late
hour yesterday to the the city. and
straying from the over crowded
benches of the railroad stations, wan
dered about the streets at night,
seeking for shelter and places to rest
their travel worn bodies. Yet, in all
cases where intelligence was shown
in the quest, thanks to the indefa-
tigable efforts of the public spirited
committee having their comfort in
charge, some sort of a shelter was
found, and it may truthfnlly be said
that Washington successfully &C
complished the herculean task of
receiving and caring for an army of
strangers twice as numerous as the
population of the city.