Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-03-08
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The LINE OF MARCH.

Fully Forty Thousand Men Tramp
Through the Rain to the Music of .
Thousand Bands.
As the president and ex-president
drove out from the carriage entrance OF
the senate wing of the capitol, the head
of the procession appeared in the great
D space in front of the east portico
and joining it at the head of the line, the
presidential party was driven down
Pennsylvania avenue and to the Execu-
tive Mansion. Meantime the procession
began to uncoil from the side streets on
Capitol Hill. 1t was of huge proportions.
The rain had not interfered with the en-
thusiasm or the patriotism OF the mill
tary and civic organizations who had
come to Washington for the parade.
Fully ~, 900 men marched in the rain
to the music of 1000 bands down the
broad avenue between the lines of cheer
ing people. The stands on the venue
were not well filled, but there was a
dense crowd. The windows were
crowded and the covered balconies were
all full. Occasionally q head peered over
the edge of the roof OF some tall build
ing. At the head of the column rode
the grand marshal, Gen. James A. Bea-
yer, and his chief Of staff, Gen. Daniel
E. Hastings.
THE SCENES ALONG THE LINE
of march from the capitol to the Execu-
tive Mansion and at the reviewing stand
beggar description. A surging mass Of
humanity covered the sidewalk on either
side of the street. Every window in
every hotel, store and residence on both
sides of the wide thoroughfare was
crowded with people, and on the scores
of stands erected at street corners and
little parks along the route, thousands q
people stood sheltering themselves v :A
seemingly acres of umbrellas from ~
peltering rain and cheering themsafcss
hoarse as the presidential party and Re.
ticularly brilliantly caparisned horseinsn
or splendidly uniformed military snd
civic organizations passed by. The
march from the capitol to the White
House was one continual
OVATION TO THE NEW PRESIDENT
and it 10 safe to say that a quarter of a
million people watched and waited and
cheered him as he passed along. At
Fifteenth street the procession was
halted, and the carriages containing the
president and vice president made a de-
tour through the treasury grounds and
then
TO THE EXECUTIVE MANSION.
A light lunch was waiting the presiden-
tial party in the private dining room.
Among those who sat down besides the
president and vice president, were Mr..
Cleveland, Mrs. Harrison, Mr.. and Mrs.
Mckee, Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Harrison,
Mrs. Saunders and several others. The
party were at luncheon only 10 minutes.
After bidding Mr.. Cleveland good bye,
the president, leaning on the arm of his
son Russell, proceeded to the reviewing
stand in front of the mansion,
accompanied by the vice-president, the
congressional committee, and the sur
vivors of the Seventeen Indiana regi-
ment. As the president stepped on the
stand, cheer after cheer arose from the
multitude and the former responded by
tipping his hat. The word TO march was
again sounded and Benjamin Harrison
watched the great retinue Of soldiery
and citizens that had followed him from
the capitol to the Executive Mansion
file past the reviewing stand for nearly
four hours. During this time he re-
NAMED standing and took off his hat as
each and every color bearer in passing
by saluted the new chief magistrate.