The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-02-16
Both Houses Reach Final Agreementas
to the Admission of Four New States.
A Number of Certificates of Congressmen-Elect
Have Not Yet Been Received, but Repub-
licans Are Certain Of a Majority.
INAUGURATION ARRANGEMENTS.

Preparations for the Most Imposing Display
Ever Witnessed at the Capital.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15.-"Jeffersonian SIM
plicity" will not characterize the inaugura-
tion of President Harrison. He will not
ride on horseback to the Capitol, hitch his
old mare to q tree, and 60 into the Senate
chamber to take the oath, as it is said his
illustrious predecessor did, but he will bs
accompanied to the platform with all the
pOmp and parade possible. The prepara-
tiOns are very nearly completed, and, if the
day is fine, the demonstration will be more
imposing than anything of the kind the
country has ever seen. The size of the pro-
cession will be limited only by the widths and
length of Pennsylvania avenue. Fifty
thousand soldiers and members of civic or
ganizations will be in line, and under the
rules of the committee Oh arrangements
they must be uniformed. There have been
few great parades in this country, and the
intention has been to make this one surpass
all the rest. The inaugural proceedings
will take place at 10 o'clock, on the eastern
portico of the Capitol. General Harrison
will be accompanied from the White House
to the Senate chamber by President Cleve-
land and his Cabinet. by committees from
both houses, by the citizens in charge
of the inaugural proceedings, and
the escort of the party will be composed of
1,500 troops of the regular army-cavalry
infantry and artillery, and by the National
Guard, of the District of Columbia. who
comprise about 800 men. The immediate
personal escort of General Harrison will be
the members of the regiment he commanded
during the war-the Seventieth Indiana.
Arriving at the Senate chamber, the Presi-
dent-elect will will see the Vice-president-
elect sworn in, and then, accompanied by
both houses of Congress, will proceed
to the east portico, where the
oath will be administered to him
by Chief-justice Fuller. He will
then deliver his address. get into carriage
and be escorted to the White House by
procession of fifty thousand men. This
procession will be of FIVE divisions. In the
first division Will be the regular troops
under the command of Gen. Schofeld. and
the militia of the District of Columbia.
numbering about twenty two hundred men.
The second division will be the National
Guard ofPennsylvania, of commanded by Gen.
Hartranft, eight thousand men. The third
division will include the other military
organizations, numbering about ten
thousand men, who will be commanded
by Gov. Foraker, of Ohio The fourth
division will be composed of the Grand
Army of the Republic, under the command
of Representative VIM. Warner, of Mis-
souri,. as commander-in-chief-50oO men
The fifth and sixth divisions will be COM
posed of civic organizations, under the
command of Hiram M. Parker, of Washing
ton, and Edwin S. Stuart, or Philadelphia.
respectively; The reports received at in
auguration headquarters show that civic
organizations numbering 5000 men have
already indicated their purpose to be pres
ent and participate in the procession.
As soon as the formal proceedings at the
Capitol are concluded, President Harrison
and ex-President Cleveland viii be escorted
to their places in the procession, which
will then pass down Pennsylvania avenue
| to the White House, where the two Presi-
dents will take their places IN the review
| ing stand, and the column Will march
| along Pennsylvania avenue as far as
Twenty-second street, where X street in
tersects the avenue, and forms what Is
known as Washington Circle" The pro-
| cession will pass around this Circle and
proceed down to X street for two miles.
| when it will be dismissed. Pennsylvania
| avenue and X street are to be elaborately
| decorated for the occasion and there VIII
be show of bunting such as never has
| been seen here.
| In the evening there will be another pro-
cessiOn of fiambeau clubs. prize having
been offered for the best display. There
| will also be four or five thousand dollars
| worth of fireworks exploded in the park
| south of the White House, and private
| illuminations on the principal streets.
| The ball will take place in the Pension
| Building, where there is floor room TO ac-
commodate 1900 people. The committee
in charge of the ball propose to limit the
| sale of tickets to that number, which il is
| quite probable they will be able TO do.
| This will bring them a fund of 10000,
| penses of the Inauguration. A guarantee
fund of $4,000 has been raised and plaoed
| in a bank which will be returned to the