Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-04
FROM WASHINGTON.
Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
WASHINGTON, March 4, 1898.

I Correspondence OF the AleXanuria uaZctte.l
WASHINGTON. March 4, 1898.
The parade of to-day was greater in
number and more imposing i'll military
and civic display than that of any pre-
vious inauguration. The escorting d.
vision, was composed of artillery, caval-
~, and infantry of the regulars, drawn
from the garrisons at Fort Monroe, Fort
Mver and Fort McHenry, and the ma
rines from the Washington. navy yard,
with the national guard of the District,
the High School Cadet regiment, and
other local organizations. They march
ed down the avenue, accompanying
the Presidential party from the White
House to the Capitol prior to the in
auguration. All the rest of the parade
assembled below the Capitol and
marched from the Capitol up the ave-
nue. after the inauguration ceremonies
were over,a distance of fully two miles,
to the point of Observation-Disclosures
ington Circle, near 23rd street.
For more than half the day the city
looked like vast military camp, the
almost interminable marching past of
regulars and the numerous and we'll
equipped militia forces of the States be-
ing broken in upon only i'll part by the
visiting governors in their civilian cos
tune, riding past i'll the order that
their States were admitted into the
Union, and accompanied by their bril-
liantlv uniformed stalls Then, with
an intervening interlude ofGrand Army
and Union veterans, came the civic
half of the parade, fully as numerous
and Us interesting as the military dis
MAY. The civic procession was in SIX
d vision 5, an aggregated more than
10000 men. and quite Il noticeable dash
of lady equestrians. Tammany, with
its gorgeous new banners aud badges,
held the right of line. The second
division was assigned to Pennsylvania:
Massachusetts,, New Jersey and Della
ware held the third division; Maryland
the fourth; the fifth was tho western
division, and the sixth was made up OF
the late arriving organizations. The
bicycle clubs of Washington and Balti-
more brought up the rear.
The scene along the line of march
was such as no city but Washington
and no street but its broad well-paved
Pennsylvania avenue could produce.
Public and private stands erected along
the line of march from the Capitol to a
point beyond the White House had an
estimated seating capacity OF $4,000
p rsons.
At about II o'clock fine four-in-
band turnout of white horses with
white harness came briskly around the
corner and drew up in front of the ho-
tel. As everyone knew, it was the one
which had been provided to convey
the President and President-elect to
the Capitol The President-elect had
waved Il general au revoir to the party
Of official and personal friends gath
cred about him and was about to pass
through the doorway when Mrs. Cleve-
land called him back, and with utter
disregard for the assembled company,
threw her arms about her husband and
kissed him several times, bidding him
God speed" on his way TO take the
oath of Office Those who saw this
leave-taking endeavored to look I'M
conscious of what was going on, but the
act Of Mrs Cleveland was done so SIM
ply and with such womanly grace that
it seemed TO be the most natural occur
renee in the world, and endeared the
wife of the President-elect to all those
in the apartment.
1t was shortly after II o'clock when
President-elect Cleveland and Vice
President-elect Stevenson, accompanied |
by the Senate committee OH arrange
ments, entered the Executive Mansion.
They were received by President Har |
rison. Five minutes later the President
and his successor reappeared, and en-
tering an open carriage, the march OF
the procession to the Capitol begun.
President Harrison wore an overcoat
with fur collar and cuffs; Mr.. Cleve
lands overcoat had a plain velvet col
lar. Both. of course, wore silk hats.
They rode in President Harrison's car
riaee. drawn by four bay horses.
Before Mr.. Cleveland and Mr.Steven-
son arrived President Harrison and his
Cabinet entered and took seats imme-
iiately in front Of The republican side.
None of them looked particularly hap
pv. The diplomatic corps were re-
;plepdent in highly colored uniforms
md decorations. After the new Vice
President had been sworn into office,
Ill those who had admission to the
Senate side marched to the east front
If the Capitol, where, facing the cold,
lamp wind, bare headed. and just ia
'ront OF bis wife, Mr.. Cleveland de-
ivered his inaugural address before an
immense throng, SO large that it ex-
ended as far off as the statue of Wash
ngton. At its conclusion Chief Justice
Fuller administered the oath of office,
and the procession started off for the
White House.
General Fitz Lee was feature in the
and received an ovation all
ii0Hg the route.
The weather to-day almost equalled
that of March 4th 1883, for though the
rain did not pour as it did then, snow
ell, and sitter it stopped cold and
lamp wind continued, which, together
with the slushy streets. made every
hing out of doors exceedingly disa-
yreeable. The crowd on the streets
was hardly as large as on some previous
similar occasions, but that ut the Capt.
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