The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-03-03

| large coacourse of citizens, entered the
senate chamber and in the presence of both
houses of congress, heads of the departments,
foreign ministers and as many spectators as
| could find room, he rose and said:
Fellow Citizens: am called upon by the
votes Of my country to execute the functions
of its chief magistrate. When the occasion
proper for it shall arrive, l shall endeavor to
express the high sense entertain of this dis
tinguished honor and of the confidence which
has been reposed in me by the people of the
! United States of America. Previous to the
execution. of any official act of the president,
the constitution requires an oath of Office.
This oath l am now about to take in your
presence, so that if it shall be found during
my administration Of the government have
in any instance violated, willingly or know
ingly, the injunction thereof, may, besides
mourning constitutional punishment, be sub
ject to the upbraidins of all who are now
witnesses of this solemn ceremony"
JOHN ADAMS.
| 1t would seem that the young republic ex-
hausted its taste and capacity for ceremonial
display at the first Inauguration, for the con-
trast between that and several succeeding
was almost ludicrous. Furthermore, great
deal of the pomp and pageantry of Washing
tons administration, the gilded coach with
coat of arms on the panel, the six white
horses, the half court dress and ali that sort
of thing rapidly disappeared The country
was rapidly growing more democratic.
On the 6th of February, 1881, John Adams
acting as vice president, opened and counted
| the votes which made him president, an
nouncing that there were for him II, for
/ Thomas jefferson GO, for Thomas Pinckncy-
late minister to Great Britain-50, for Aaron
/ Burr so, Samuel Adams Is, Oliver Ellsworth
/ II, George Clinton :, John James Iredell 3,
George Washington ., John King ., Samuel
johnson . and Charles C. Pincllney l.
/ On the 4th of March Mr. jefferson was
installed as vice president early in the morn
ing, and took his seat as president of the SEN
ate. With them he proceeded to the repre-
sentatives' hall, attended by the members
and large audience of ladies and gentlemen
/ In front Of the speakers chair sat Chief JUS
/ tice Ellsworth and Justices Cushing, Wilson
and IredelL. Soon a loud cheering was heard
rolling along the street announcing the ap-
preach of Washington and the president
elect. As they entered tho hall the audience
arose and greeted them with enthusiastic
/ cheers. Washington, when they had reached
their seats, read a brief valedictory. All
/ the writer's of that time described the scene
/ es singularly impressive and affecting
After Washington Mr.. Adams arose,
took the oath of Office, and at once de-
/ ivered his inaugural. 1t WAS noted that
/ when he concluded and Washington left tho
| ball, nearly all the vast audience, Snd even
/ the members, followed him, and the new pres
ident was left almost alone. And that even
ing the merchants Of Philadelphia testified
their love for Washington by a splendid
| banquet and other entertainments.
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
| It is rather curious that matter so recent
and so fully described as the Inauguration of
| Thomas jefferson should have been the sub
| ject OF so much discussion. We now know
/ that it WIS the intention that he should pro-
| coed in the usual state-that is in q carriage
with four or six horscs-to the Capitol, pre-
ceded by the marshal and followed by
whatever civic societies should yolun-
teer; but as q matter of fact his
carriage did not arrive, and so no rode on
horseback, with only moderate state, and en-
/ tered the senate chamber attended by the heads
Of thedepartments, themarshal of the District
Of Columbia, his officers and other officials.
In the last year OF John Adams administra-
| ton Washington city had become the seat Of
| government. Early in the morning on the
4th Of March, 1901, Aaron Burr took the oath
| of Office as vice president and acted as such
when the senate and house assembled to &c
ceive jefferson. lie vacated the chair before
Mr. jefferson and occupied one on the left,
| Chief Justice John Marshall sitting on the
right. Mr.. jefferson then delivered his in
augural, after which the oath Of Office was
administered by the chief justice, and with
out further ceremony the crowd dispersed
and congress adjourned.
The second inauguration Of Mr.. jefferson
differed little from the first.
JAMES MADISON.
On the 4th of March, 1909, there was a
large aSsemblags TO witness the inauguration
OF James Madison, and some circumstances
connected with it attracted attention, among
others the fact that Mr.. Madison Was clad in q
plain suit of black, all OF which was Of Aneri-
can manufacture He went through the csro-
monies Of the day with solemn dignity. The
officers we're seated as before, tfG vice preSi-
dent on his left, the chief justice on his right,
Mr. Jefferson accompanying him to the door
The second administration Of Hr. Radisoa
began with almost exactly the same cspeno-
| mics.
JANIS RoERoB
The inauguration of James Monroe, on the
4th of March, 1917, sstfacted a very large
crowd, especially from Virginia and the Dor
der states Of the north. The ceremonies wore
substantially the same IS before. As the sth
OF March, 1921, fell on Sunday, the second IN
augurasion of Mr.. ROaros took place the next
day. The hall Of the house was packed with
members and spectators; TIE city was crowded
with visitors from all parts Of the country,
and the procession from the White House to
the Capitol was very long and imposing.
JOHN Q. ADAMS.
On March 4, 1925, John Quincy Adams
was inaugurated as the sixth president Of the
United States, and with deference to what
was supposed to be his taste, the marshal of
the District Of Columbia, the officials and citi-
zens of Washington exerted themselves to