The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1889-03-05
HARRISON'S 'SLEASE
The New President lnaugurated Yes
terdsy With All the Ceremony
Attending the Occasion.
An Inaugural Address Setting Forth
the Presidents Views on Ger
tain Things.
The Announcement Made that the Civil
Service Law will he Upheld. but the
workers tn be Taken Care of.

WASHINGTON, March with a simple
and solemn ceremony, In the presence OF
all the wisdom and authority embodied In
the coordinate branches OF the government
and surrounded by representatives of all
the great nations on the face Of the globe,
BENJAMIN Harrison was inducted into the
highest Office within the gift Of the Ameri-
can people. Never was such crowd In
Washington before. Ii is estimated that
half a million strangers camped In the city
last night, filling every inch Of hotel and
boarding house accommodation and draw
ing TO the full limit on private hospitality,
and even then many were forced 10 sleep
on the floors, some on billiard tables and
even the welcome recess Of an occasional
bath tub was not despised.
The senate chamber was metamorphosed
during the recess, which ended at $50 a.
m. Seats were reserved on the floor for
Cleveland, Harrison, Morton, ex-Presi-
dent Hayes and Vice President Hamlln,
state governors, the diplomatic corps, the
supreme court etc. The galleries rapidly
filled and Hannibal Hamlln, the venerable
ex president, was escorted 10 n seat Mt the
right Of President pro TEN Ingalls,. As he
moved across the chamber he was greeted
by a generous clapping Of hands,
the first demonstration Of the
day. Blaine came In this moment
by rear door and modestly
took seat at the extreme Of the senatorial
body but could not escape discovery. and q
ripple Of applause ran over the chamber.
This was the signal for wave NJ Senator
Hale went down 10 escort him 10 more
prominent seat Gen. John @. Fremont
only shortly preceded the entrance Of Gen.
Sherman and Maj Gen. Schoheld. Then
came the diplomatic corps In gorgeous
court uniforms In striking contrast with
the plain civilian dress OF American ofiic-
iAls
At two minutes before noon Cleveland d
and his cabinet entered and took seats as
signed them. Then Harrison, on the arm
Of Senator HoAr, appeared at the door and
walked 10 seat at Cleveland's right, the
audience rising. The same ceremony was
repeated with Morton. Before taking his
seat he was sworn In by Ingalls,. Al
| ii 59 President pro TEN ingalls, rose and
closed the Fiftieth congress. Then Vice
President Morton called the senate Of the
Fifty-frst congress TO order In special SEES
| sion.
After swearing In the new members the
vice-president announced without further
preliminaries the senate would proceed 10
the pla form at the east front of the
/ Capitol 10 witness and participate In the
ceremonies Of inaugurating the president
elect The procession then moved In the
following order: Marshal Wright, OF the
supreme cuort, Marshal Wilson, OF the
District of Columbia, ex-Vice President
Hamblin, Sergeantatarms Canady, OF the
senate, Senators Hoar and Cockrell, the com
mittee on arrangements, President Cleye-
land and Presidentelect Harrison,
Vice President Morton and Secretary
McCook, members Of the senate, the diplo.
matte corps, heads OF departments, Gen.
| Sherman, Gen. Schoefeld and staff, Ad.
miral Porter, the house OF representatives
and members elect, the governors OF states
and others admitted 10 the floor OF the sen.
ate. AT i2a5 the president-e elect reached
the platform and began reading his iuau
gural address, as follows:
| THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
There is no constitutional or legal re-
| qurement that the president shall take the
oath OF Office In the presence OF the people,
/ but there is 30 manifest an appr0priateDess
In public induction 10 Office of the
chief executive officer of the nation that
from tbs beginning of the government
/ the people 30 whose service the official
oath c0nsecrates the officer have been
called 10 witness this solemn ceremonial.
An oath taken In the presence Of the pe0-
Pile become mutual covenant An officer
covenants TO serve the whole body Of the
laws, so that they may be an unfailing de.
fense and security OF those who
who respect and observe them, and that
neither wealth. station nor power of com.
binations shall be able 10 evade their lust
penalties or wrest them from the bench
cient public purpose 10 serve the end Of
cruelty or seld'hness. My prom
Sst not the ssS real and solemn un%sposso %Ss sso
pie Of every state have here their repre-
sentatives. Surely | do not mlslnterpret
the spirit of the occasion when 1 assume
| that the whole body Of the people covenant
with me and with each other to-day 10 sup
port and defend the constitution and union
Of the states, 10 yield willing obedience 10
all laws aud each 10 every other citizen his
equal civil and political rights. Entering
thus solemnly into covenant with each
| other, we may reyefently invoke the aid,
confidently. and expect the favor and help
Of Almighty God, that He will give 10 me
wisdom, strength and fidelity, and 10 our
people spirit OF fraternity and love of
| righteousness and peace.
This occasion derives peculiar interest
from the fact that the presidential term
that begins to-day Is the twenty sixth under
our constitution. The first Inauguration OF
President Washington took place In New
York, where congress was then sitting,
April 30, 1883. having been deferred by rea-
son OF delays attending the organization of
congress and the canvass OF the electoral
vote. Our people have already worthily
observed the centennials OF the declaration
OF independence, OF the battle OF Yorktown
and OF the adoption Of the constitution, and
| will shortly celebrate In New York the in
stitution OF the second great department OF
our constitutional scheme OF government
When the centennial Of the constitution OF
the judicial department by the organization
OF the supreme court shall have been suit
ably observed, as trust II will be, our ma