The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-03-07
HAIL TO HARRISON.
On His Old Family Bible President
Harrison Takes the Oath
of Office.
Tho Army, Navy and Supreme
Court Dignitied Witnesses of
the Imposing Ceremony.

WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, March A
Benjamin Harrison is president The cere-
mony which made him so had an i'm
pressveness that dripping skies could
not Quench, nor depressed spirits cloud
For the fist time in half generation
the responsibility for the entire COIL
mol of the government is laden i'll
single political party, taught by its own
errors and strengthened by adversely. This
reflection lent soberress to the memories
and earnestncss to the hopes of the Re
publican Lead RS vino assembled in the
senate chamber 70 witness the Inauguration
Of President Harrison. This circumstance
gave an Importance TO the ceremony and u
meaning to the new epoch it inaugurates
higher than any found i'll recent political
changes The scene in the senate chamber
was worthy of the occasion. The surround
!nLS lent an intensifying influence to the in
TiratioE of the hour. The day was dismal
/ failure in every other spectacular aspect
Costly decorations were dim med and
alaggIed The pomp and bravery of the
military procession was clouded. The
dramatic effectiveness of the inaugural
proper on the east steps of the capitol was
destroyed. Everything which had been
planned to take pace IN the open air by the
persistent downpour of rain from eprly in
the morning ii late in the afternoon, ac-
compauied at noon by a strong wind that
sucked across the capitol park, drifting the
rain drops ia slantnG sneets under umbrellas
| and into the very teeth of the president and
| the knot of people bold enough to surround
him during the delivery of his address
At 11:O5 MIR Pruden, the efficient assistant
secretlry Cf tie president of the United
States, who has been handed down in that
confidential! Office by word of IN outh by every
| president since Gen Grant, came to an
uounCo the last official mes age from the
president Of the United States. Directly after
| Mr. PrudCn had made this announcement
| here entered the mate cham her a tall man
with heavy Il al OF iron gray hair and a
.ong curly i'on gray beard. 1t was eX Sen
| atOr Jones of Iowa, one Cf the oldest men
n the body. lie was second in the famous
Jones and Scily duel; he for many
years WAS in the United Sc ties senate and he
always was Damocla5 until the last cum
| Dalgn, when, in Response to the claims OF
he mugwumps that Iowa was to go Demo-
cratic, he published 4 two-column letter
declaring why ali Democrats should vo:e for
Harrison. At 11:1O the presiding officer ap-
|
lent of the United Stares to join a commit
zee on the part of the house to announce
hat the work OF the session was ended and
20 inquire whether he had any further mes
sage 10 communicate. There entered soon
after another reminder of the days of Re-
cublican rule in Louisiana, ex Senator Pitt
| Kellogg and Frank Morev Of that s ate. A
| little time before there had Joined a
| notable OrOun Of which Hannibal Eo,n1in
and Senator Sherman were conspicuous fig
ares, a gentleman who was unknown to most
in the senate. He rcsemb!ed in appearance
very much Mr. Hunt of Louisiana, who was
| he secretary of the navy under Garfield, and
! who was one of the last discoveries OF Gar
ield in the trying hCu1s in the morning of
| tne 4th of March, when he VAS endeavoring
| 70 patch his broken cabinet slate. This gen.
| Eleman was Mr.. Noble OF s.. Louis, the man
| whose name is supposed will be sent to the
| senate tomorrow as secretary of the interior.
He looked like man of strong character,
and had altogether fine presence.
| THE ARMY STAFF
At 11:3O Gen. Schofeld, major general of
! The United States arG2yfn command, ap-
| peareG at tha east door of the senate cham
Der, which was the wrong door; but he soon
! found his right place. He was dressed in the
tnll uniform of major general. His stall
wart figure filled out every fold of his heavily
| glt-laced coat until not single wrinkle re-
NAMED; yellow silk sash crossed his broad
breast; he held in his left hand richly
mounted sword and in his right he carried u
cooked hat with u trailing plume The retired
general Of the army, the admiral Of the navy
| and the officers Of the army and navy, who
| by name, have received the thanks of con-
gress, were ass gned seats iD the area
in front of tho desk OF the presiding
officer. Time is laying a heavy hand upon the
| general staff. AT the last inauc uration place
was kept for the retired general of the army
| and for the lieutenant general of the army.
| The great commander who was the retired
general of the army then, now lies by the
side of the Hudson at Riverside. The great
soldier who was then the lieutenant general
of the army lies in another grave on the
heights of Arlington, overlooking the Poto-
mac And the old soldier, who a few
months ago stood by the side of that then
open grave, who is now retired general of
the army, is among the last of the long list
Of noted heroes OF the war; Scattered about
in the brilliant assemblage were the staff
officers in their gorgeous regulation uni
forms,
At IL: :26 the supreme court of the United
States apHeared at the door of the senate
chamber, preceded By their marshal, Mai.
Wright and by their cerk, Mr. MoKenny.
The justices wore their silk robes With
The exception of the chief JUSTICE, whose
commission is of the latest date, they seated
themselves in the order of their commissions
in large red leather upholstered chairs
on the right of the area Immediately in front
Of the vice presidents desk. As seated they
were in the following order: Chief Justice
Fuller, Justices Mi l'r, Field, 'adley, Har-
Ian, Gray, B'atchford and Lamar With
them, too, was ex Justice Strong, retired
and Bancroft Davis, the clerk of the United
States supreme court The latter carried
with him the family BIb.e of the Harrison
family, upon which latter Gen. Harrison was
sworn. Stanley Matthews was the
only member of the coulI VINO was
not present; he has not yet recovered
from the long and serious illness with which
he for so many months has been Frustrated.
At IL 80 the committee on the part of the
senate-the tall, grave and stalwart Senators
Sherman apd Sau'sbury-@ppeared at the
main door of the chamber and announced
that they had called upon the president of
the United States, and hal informed him
| Ludb LiC OL lily war cuOSu,
and that he lad stated that he had no fur.
ther communication TO make. That was the
last message from Grover Cleveland to the
senate Of the United States glance at the
clock showed at that hour but ter minutes
remained of the legal life of the congress
But there had been a notable delay, as q
consequence of which the committee of ar
langements was not able to bring the out
going and incoming presidents together at
the place that was expected, The conse-
quence was that
| DooRKEEPER BASsETT,
the venerable functionary of the senate
who has 20 often played the part of Joshua.
found it necessary to again cause time to
stop still Three times to-day, once more
than the record of former years, did he turn
back the hands, SO that altoge her nearly
thirty minutes were added to the life of The
1 cnrnrccs In fhia xvav Snn1t aft fhnf ali