Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-02

and he was recently quoted as saying that the
procession which attended "Old Tippecance"
down the avenue imprcssetlhim as being tAemost
| imposing spectacle he ever witnessed. and he
had even at that time seen a great deal OF the
/ world and Of service by sea and land Yet this
procession. which so impressed the young naval
lieutenant, could not have contained more than
1900 men all told. There were but i've military
companies In line, four local and one from Phil
| adepha. The local companies were the Po-
tomac Dragons, the Columbia Arterists, the
Arlington Light Infantry. and the National Blues.
and the remaining company. the National Grays,
came from Philadelphia. The civic organize
tons in line numbered two or three thousand.
and some of them came from long distances. A
| delegation from Cayuga county, n. ", carried
a large banner bearing picture of Gen. Har-
| rison on horseback. An organization from
Prince Georges county. Md. had with them o
vehicle drawn by six white horses on which was
| mounted large banner. firm OF Laurel.
Nd, manufacturers had in the procession
| weaving machine in full operation. with the
operators attending to their duties. There
| were several log cabins in line. Gen. Harrison
himself. the center OF all attention rode a fine
| white charger. He looked remarkably robust,
we are told. notwithstanding his years and the
| hardships OF his campaigns. He seemed i'm the
| highest spirits as he moved along bowling and
| smiling continually to the cheers of the crowds
| and saluting calamity the ladies who waved
| their handkerchiets and kissed their hands to
him from balconies and windows, A notable
| feature OF the procession was a battalion of
soldiers who had served under "Old Tippe-
canoe. as they loved to call him. i'm his many
campaigns. The day was cloudy and threaten
ing, but the streets were early thrOnged with
| people 1t was eStimated that 20, 900 strangers
were In the city, mere handful as we look at
1t now but great number in those DAYS when
only one railroad entered the city and but four
trains ran daily between here and Baltimore.
AT III o'clock the procession left the hotel at
wmch Gen. Harrison had rooms, and as it slowly
moved toward the capitol the throngs which
hlled the streets and doorsteps broke out into
enthusiastic shouts. which grew into a deafen-
ing roar as the President-eect passed on his
white horse.
On the arrival of the President elect at the CAP
ito the ceremonies that are still adhered to were
gone through with and Gen Harrison and Mr.
Tyler the Vice. President ELECT. entered the Sem
ate chamber, where the latter was sworn in
Zen Harrison then walked to the east front of
the capitol. where platform had been erected
AFTER welcome OF deafening applause and wild
Illes vi Joy from the great multitude the Pres-
9ent-eiect proceeded to read his inaugural Be-
lore completing it he stopDed and Chief-Justice
laney administered the oath of office Gen
Harrison then finished his address and the boom
ing OF cannon announced that new Chief Exec
utive had formally taken possession of his office
Inc PRESIDENT was then escorted to his residence
by the procession. where thousands thronged
about him to teQder their personal concratula-
tons.
In the evening salutes of artillery were fired
ana several balls were held in different public
| halls. The new President and Mrs. Harrison
visited most of these during the evening. re-
naming short time at each. The principal
pau was held at Carusis saloon the scene of all
the swell! social affairs of that day. Among the
managers OF this ball was Admiral Porter and
he is said to be the sole survivor of the one hun
area whose names appeared on the list
She Kissed sold Tippecanoe.o
talking OF the Inauguration of lS4l to a
newspaper man recently, Admiral Porter is
noted as telling very amusing incident of this
ball at Carusis. Among the attendants was a
New York girl of sixteen, daughter of friend
of Gen. Harrison. The girl had visited at the
OLD Harrison homestead at North Bend and the
general had become very fond of her. When
they met at the ball she teased "Old Time
canoe 10 dance with her and at last ordered
Min TO do 1t. Gen. Harrison finally declared
that he would dance with her if she would show
she wasn't ashamed of her old lover bv kissing
him in public. The girl accepted the terms and
right there. before the eyes of Mrs. Harrison
ana hundred people, put her arms around old
TlppecanOe's neck and kissed him on the mouth.
Mrs Harrison was very much amused. as every
one was, but the President went back on his
contract and refused to dance saying he was so
tired it would be impossible for him to keep up
with the music.
progress Of the past half century can be found
imam that Afforded by the press reports OF the
inaugural ceremonies of 1S4l and those that
Will appear in The STAR Monday March 3
lo4l. the National IrateAtgeJacer gave few frag-
mentary sketches of the scene and incidents Of
the proceeding day, the whole not filling two
columns. 1t prefaced its report with a note
saying: 1T cannot reasonably be expected that
we shall lay before the public very detailed or
accurate account OF yesterdays interesting pro-
ceedings and ceremonies"
The only other newspaper in the country IN
print any details OF the inaugural ceremonies on
the day following seems to have been the Ralti-
more Sun. or course the lack of telerraphic
facilities largely accounted for this. The S,o
had two columns of matter furnished BY their
correspondents in Washington. In those DAYS
the desire to know what the new President said
In his inaugural address was much greater than
1t Is now. and what was then regarded as stu
pendous enterprise was shown In distributing
the message For this purpose special train,
consisting OF locomotive and one car. was
chartered by number of Baltimore. Pnadel-
phia and New York newspapers. This special
train, bearing copies Of the message left the
Baltimore and Ohio station In this CITY at 1o.35
p. m. while the new President was still speak
ing at the east front OF the capitol. Baltimore
was reached in less than two hours and the sun
Issued an extra containing the message that
afternoon. The train reached PHILADELPHIA at
O'Clock. and the North american printed the
mtssd9e ueAt mOTillHT, out without q word in
regard to the Inauguration proceedings The
New York Express did the same having re-
ceived its copy of the message at IL O'Clock on
the night of the 4th
POINTS FROM THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
1t will doubtless prove interesting to many to
have the leading points from the inaugural ad-
dress of Gen. William Henry Harrison to COM
pare with the address which his grandson de-
livered to-day. After anyzing at some length
the provisions ofthe Constitution Gen. Harrison
said: 'When the Constitution of the United
States first came from the hands of the conven.
ton which formed it many of the sternest repub-
licans of the day were alarmed at the extent of
the power which had been granted to the fed
eral government. and more particularly of that
portion which had been assigned to the eXecu-
tive branch. There were in II, features which
appeared not to be in harmony with their ideas
OF simple representative democracy or repub-
lie. And knowing the tendency of power to in
crease itself. particularly when exercised by
single individual predictions were made that at
no very remote period the government would
terminate in virtual monarchy. 1t would not
become me to say that the fears of these patri-
OTIS have been already realized. But as / sim