The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-12
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Celebration Of His First Inaugur-
alton as President.
THESENATE ANDH HOUSE ASSEMBLE
And Listen to an Grafton by Chief Justice
Fuller-A Union Pacific Strike-Chi-
cagO and Divorces.

! WASHINGTON, Dec. lin pursuance of
resolution adopted by Congress in Feb
ruary, both houses met in the hall of Rep
resentatives to hold centennial exercises in
commemoration of the Inauguration of
the first President. 1t was literally a
gathering of the nations through the
foreign legations resident in Washing
ton. All were officially represented and
added to these were the delegates from the
Central and South American republics to
the Pan-American congress and members
of the Marine conference. There were also
present the governors of twenty states
drawn hither for consultation in regard to
memorializing Congress for the erection of
centennial memorial buildings at Philadel-
phia. The galleries were packed. Shortly
before o'clock the House OF Representa-
tives notified the Senate that it was in ses-
SIGN. In few minutes the Senate, pre-
ceded by the President and President,
members of the diplomatic corps and JUS
tees of the supreme court of the United
States, entered the hall of the House, and
were escorted to seats il front of the
speakers desk.
Vice-President Morton took the speak
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houses to order. j. G. Butler, Senate
chaplain, opened the exercises with prayer.
Chief Justice Fuller, of the supreme court
of the United States, then delivered an ora
| ton on the progress of America" Wash
ington," the orator said, "had become first
in war, not so much by his victories over
the enemy or by his success in strategy, as
by the triumphs of constancy which no re-
verse, no hardship, 10 incompetency, no
treachery could shake or overcome. He had
become first in the hearts of his country
men because the people comprehended the
greatness of their leader and recognized in
| him an entire absence of personal ambition
and absolute love of country, of themselves
and of mankind. He had become first in
peace by bringing to the charge of the
practical working of the system he had par
ticipated in creating on behalf of the people
whose independence he had achieved the
same serene Judgment, the same sagacity,
| the same patience, the same sense of
duty, the same far sighted comprehension
of the end to be attained that marked his
career from it's beginning" Referring to
| the fear of arbitrary power in respect to
the presidential Office, Fuller said: But
no fear, no jealousy could be entertained of
him who had Indignantly repealed the sug
gestion of the bestowal of kingly power,
| who had unsheathed the sword with reluc-
| lance and LAID it down with Joy; who had
never sought official position, but accepted
public office or public trust in Difference
to the so unan imous demand for his ser
vices as to convince him of necessity, whose
patrio tism embraced the whole country,
the future grandeur of which his pre-
science foresaw" Fuller spoke of the
Pan American congress and lasting form
of our government. He closed with brilliant
prreroration and predicted grand future
forthe nation.
Rev. w. H. Milburn, House chaplain, de
livered the benediction and while the
Marine band played national airs the as
semblage dispersed.