The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1889-03-06
PRESIDENT HARRISON.
inaugural Ceremonies---Scenes and Incl
dents---The Address.


tude were not vouchsafed the regions of
Washington on or preceding the day of in
aururation. A pouring rain seriously in
terfered with the gala-day features of the
occasion. The morning of the 4th dawned
with little hope that the clouds would
roll by" Executive courtesies and the
formalities attending the change of presi-
dents, occurring in the open air, were per-
formed beneath sheltering umbrellas, adj
ding little to the impressiveness or pic
turesqueness of the occasion. Inauguration
scenes and formalities are much the same,
whoever may take the leading part. On
this occasion the congressional inaugural
committee, at about ten A. M, took the
president and e-presidentelect in charge
and conveyed them to the White House.
Then the retiring president was picked up
and the cortege took its way to the capitol.
/ 'esdent Cleveland rode with General
Harrison and with his umbrella sheltered
his head from the pouring rain. The retir-
ing executive was ia good humor, and Joked
and chatted with the man upon whom he
was unloading the cares, perpleXitieS and
responsibilities of the presidential office
As Mr.. Cleveland's carriage drove out from
the portico of the executive mansion, II the
newspaper correspondents are trustworthy,
Mrs. Cleveland with her mother was seen
at the window over the door. The lovely
mistress of the domains for three bright
years was smiling, but tear or two, the
veracious Chronicler says, trickled down
her cheeks and she frequently bit her lips
to hide her feelings. The avenue to the
capitol was lined with dense crowds.
Cheers greeted the incoming official and
Mr.. Cleveland chvalrously carried his UNI
brella above his successor to permit him to
raise his hat in acknowledgment of the
plaudits of the people.
IN THE SENATE.
The senate chamber was the focus of in
augural glory. Admission was restricted
to high digntaries and officials, and the
elect of their friends and relatives. 1t con-
tanned a distinguished concourse. From
the galleries the representatives of foreign
nations, and the unofficial members of the
families of the president and vice-presdent
elect and privileged spectators looked
down upon the assembling dignitaries. On
the floor were the senators, the members
of the cabinet, the judges of the supreme
court, and the members of the house of rep
resentatives Among the notable person
ages present were Ex-Vice President Hanni-
bal Hamlin, relic of the historic days of
Lincoln, General Fremont, the first candi-
date of the republican party, and General
Sherman, the sole survivor of the trio of
the great union commanders during the re-
bellion. There were besides governors of
states, eX.senators and higher officials in
all departments of the government, civil
and military. AT noon the president and
president-elect were announced, and follow
tered the chamber, and was escorted to the
platform of the president of the senate.
Mr. ingalls, administered the oath of office,
made his adieus as presiding officer of the
senate, and handing the gavel to Vice
president Morton, that official called the
senate to order in extra session and briefly
addressed the body over which he will pre-
side for the ensuing four years,
THE INAUGURATION.
The procession to the inaugural PLATFORM
which wag with CHASTITY humor styled the
" inaugural scaffold," was formed led by
the marshal of the District of Columbia, the
notables following in the order of their dig
nifty and Importance, Senators Edmunds
and ingalls, heading the senatorial body.
the rain in front of the platform, greeted
the appearance of the president with a
round of cheers Every available nook of
observation was black with people. When
the great tumult had subsidized Chief Justice
Fuller administered the oath of office, and
the president, turning to the rostrum, read
his address, of which we give the passages
OF leading interest.
THE INAUGURAL.
The opening paragraphs impressively re-
ferred to the appropriateness of public in
duction of the chief executive into his of
fee The oath taken in the presence of the
people becomes a mutual covenant. The
executives promise is spoken and the people
through their representatives covenant with
the president and with each other to sup
port and defend the constitution and the
union of the states, to yield willing obedi-
ence to all the laws and each to every other
citizen his equal civil and political rights
The occasion derived peculiar interest from
the fact that the first Inauguration of Wash.
ington took place in New York hundred
years ago on the Both of April. He would
not however attempt TO note the marvel
GUS and, in great part, happy contrast be
tween our country as it steps over the
threshold into its second century of organ
lied existence under the constitution, and
that weak but wisely-ordered young nation
that looked undauntedly down the first cen
fury, when all its years stretched out before
it," The president graphically sketcheC
the mighty progress in natural and mora
development of this nation in the first hun
dred years of its existence.
THE PROTECTIVE POLICY.
The divergent interests of peace speedily
demanded a more perfect union" TIL,
merchant, the ship-master and the manu-
facturer discovered and disclosed to on
statesmen and to the people that CONNER
cial emancipation must be added to thu
political freedom which had been so bravel.
won. The commercial policy of the mothe
country had not relaxed any of its hard ant
oppressive features To hold in check TIL
prevent or retard the establishment ant
growth of manufactures in the states, ant
30 to secure the American market for thei
ships, and the carrying trade for their ships
was the policy of European statesmen, an
was pursued with the most selfish vigol
Petitions poured in upon congress urgin
the imposition of discriminating duties tina
should encourage the production of needle
things at home. The patriotism Of the pee
pie, which no longer found field of excl
else in war, was energetically directed t
the duty of equipping the young republi
for the defence of its independence by max
ing its people self-dependent. Societies TO
the promotion of home manufactures an
for encouraging the use of domestics in tn
dress of the people were organized in man
of the states. The revival at the end of tn
century of the same patriotic interest in tn
preservation and development of domesti
industries. and the defence of our workin
people against injurious foreign competition
is an incident worthy of attention. 1t
not departure, but a return, that we hay
witnessed. The protective policy had the
its opponents. The argument was mad
as now that its benefits enured TO partic
lar classes or sections. III the question b.
came in any sense, or at any time sectiona
il was only because slavery existed in son
of the states. But for this there was I