Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-03-09
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NV mann oNuHtl from WHICH lTeSltlpHt
Cleveland reviewed the parade was erected
Immediately in front of the White House.
u was 100 feet long aud quite deep, and
bad a comfortable seating capacity for
|, 100 persons, 600 more than the CORE
Spending stand erected On the same site for
the inauguration Of President Harrison.
It was decorated with effective taste. In
the centre was an arch IL feet high. hand
somely draped, aud surinounted by the
arms of the United States. On the OK
treme right was the coat of arms of New
York tMr. Cleveland's stateI, OH the
extreme left was the coat of arms
OF Illinois CNice president Steven
sons statel, and between them
were displayed the armorial bearings of
the other members of the Is original
states. Above each of these insgnias was a
banner bearing the name OF the state
Cushioned seats were provided for the
President and his cabinet who surrounded
MN; and folding chFirs were supplied for
the diplomatic corps, who were arranged
Immediately behind him. On either side
We're seats for senators. members of the
House of Representatives and specially
invited guests, The nearest stand to that
OF the President werc assigned to represen
tatlyes Of the press. 1t had a seating
capacity Of 300, and the applications to
the press committee numbered a little over
2UOO. The vast treasury building was cont
pletcly walled IN with stands the princ-
pal one extended along the entire
front OF the building along Pennsylvania
avenue and had capacity for seating sew
raj thousand people. This WIS an open
stand and was intended to be occupied
chiefly by the department employees and
Their families. But the position most
sought after in connection with the
treasury building was the stand on Fif-
tecnth street, which commanded an unob-
structed view Of the avenue all the way to
the Capitol. ON all the little parks and
public reservations OH the line of march
and on every other available point stands
were erected, the largest of all extending
Immediately in front of the White
House and the Presidents stand, and
seating fully 5000 persons. Protiting
by past experience and bearing in mind
the discomfort ocCasioned by the wretched
weather of iOur years ago, nearly all of
the stands were made both wind and
water proof aud thus afforded far more
pleasant shelter than ever before. The
finishing touches to the decorations were
not accomplished until almost the last
moment but they were effective, though
not 50 varied or artistic as those which
New York, under the direction of its COM
mittee on taste. displayed on the occasion
of its Columbian celebration. The pre-
ponderanCe Of red, white and blue bunt-
ing, unrelieved by other tints, gave AN air
of sameness to the general effect which
might well have been avoided.
4 SEA OF liu uMANIrY on CAPITOL HILL.
Capitol Hill, far as the eye could reach,
from the eastern front of the Capitol, was
an undulating sea of humanity, assembled
to witness the administering of the oath of
office to the new President by the Chief
Justice of the United States and to hear,
as many Of them rs could &c. within ear
shot, the inaugural address. The pictur-
esgue and Thoroughly republican practice
of taking the oath of office and delivering
the inaugural address in the open air in
the presence of the people was begun by
Zachary Taylor in lSi9. Previously the in
augural address had been read in the
Senate chamber. jefferson was the first
President to be inaugurated III Washington
city. Washington read his inaugural in
New York; Adams in Philadelphia
Washington's first inaugural was l,30C
words in length; his second only l3i. John
Adams inaugural was 200 words long
,lelferson's >, 100; Madisons | 100 on both
occasions; Monroes 1890 and 400; j. q
Adams $500; Andrew Jackson, first anl
second, each 100. Van Buren, employed
$500 words; aud William Henry Harrison
the most voluminOus of them all, $500
John Tyler, in entering upon the duties ol
President, after the death of Harrison, ad
dressed his inaugural of 1909 words to thi
public and published it in the newspapers
Congress not being in session. Polk
employed nearly 300 words; Taylor 100
Fillmore simply announced the deatl
OF Taylor in message of 26U words SEN
into each house of Congress, and delivered
no inaugural. Franklin Perce's address
was 4, 800 words; LinColn's on his first cleo
ton 8, 500, Oh his second only $50 John
son took up the reins Of government afte
LinCOln's death III a brief message of 36I
words Grants first inaugural was l., ,lO
words long; his second 1890. Hayes EN-
ploypd 2.4uO words; Garfield :, 800. Arthu
followed the custom OF other Nice-preSi
dents in succeeding to the Presidency
through death by giving only very a shnr
address of 4uO words. Clevcland's first in
augural, which he committed to memory
was 600 words. benjamin Harrison en-
tered Office with an inaugural of hoo,
| words.
INAUGURATION WEATHER.
In the matter of weather, the inaugura
ton uf William Henry Harrison, Polk
| Lincoln. Grant, Hayes and benjamin
| Harrison alone were marred by storms ant
| rain. Ailthe other Presidents were faYore
| with sunshine; some even with balm,
warmth. Thus the popular idea as to th
| prevailing inclem9nCy of March weathe
| in Washington does not seem TO be born
| ont by tho facts. The exceptions, how
| ever. have been of great severity. a
| Grants second inauguration some of tn
troops nearly froHc at their posts, an
! many deaths were directly attributable t
the cold, drcnching rain which accom-
| panied the late Presidents entry into Office
Az IMPOSING PARADE.
The parade of to-day was greater i
numbers and more imposing in militar
and civic display than that of any prt
yiDus inauguration. General Martin /
Mcmahon of New York, the grand MAJ
shal, carried out in the organization of til
procession the same admirable methods u
assembling his forces which made hi
management of the Columbian parade il
New York city last October so successful
With military sagacity he recognized III
fact that il takes many hours to marc
forty or fifty thousand men past give
point, even under the most fayorng cll
cumstunCeS of broad and wGa pave
streets, and instead OF ordering all the ol
ganiHcd bodies to be ready To fail i'll ut on
and the same time, he allowed suiiiCiel
intervals between the hours of assemblin
to prevent as far as possible iatiEuln
waits, and SO arranged the assGmblin
places on contiguous side streets that tn
men were able to form and drop into lin
without delay and without crossing tn
line of march. In all these matters i
was ably assisted by his adjutant.gcne
Colonel II. c. Corbin, U. $. \.
The escurting division, composed of q
tillery, cavalry and infantry of the reg
lar army, drawn from the garrisonS
Fort Monroe. Fort Myer and Fort NJ
Henry, and the marines from the Was
ington Navy Yard, with the admirab
drilled National Guard of the District, II
High School Cadet Regiment, and 9th
borhooi of the White House aud the wi,
, state and navy buildings, and formed
, columns of sections OF II each prompt