Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-03-09

than seven previous inaugurations have
taken place III dsagreeabIe weather. At
Grants second Inauguration the weather
was very bitter. Some of the soldiers were
nearly fro2sh at their posts, and many
deaths were attributed to exposure.
THE PROCESSION.
President Harrison rode to the capitol
with Grover Cleveland sitting in tho car
riage at his left hand. A short while after
ward President Cleveland rode from the
capitol to the White House with ex-Presi-
dent Harrison sitting at his left hand A
change in the relative position In the car
riage had all the significance OF a gained
and lost power.
The march from the capitol to the White
House was anything but trumphal ono
for the chief figure in it. He was cold and
damp. The drapings aud adornings along
the way looked thin and frayed; nor had
the coors always proved fast. Tbs curb.
stone was lined not more than two deep
and the stands were ugly with great vacant
spaces II there had been any enthusiasm
among the spectators it had been frozen,
AMI did not thaw.
The Tammany crowd fred their pocket
pistols at shorter and shorter Intervals ia til
every man was douDly loaded inside and
out Justice Diver remarked that there
was ono thing about the Arlington that did
not require much attention, and that was
the water cooler.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, at the head Of the
Virginia troops, ELECTED round after round
OF applause and when the leading band
changed from a popular air of the day to
Dixie" just as it came abreast OF the
president, the crowd los5 control OF itself
q nd md in, TT
climax in excitement was reached, however
when the band OK the 1st Maryland regi.
ment marched confidently toward the pres-
dents position As tho band got near the
president it was playing "My Maryland"
in the oudest, if not the most artistic man
ner, while the spectators were yelling out
their pleasure. As the front rank of tho
band reached position opposite the presi-
dent. the music suddenly ceased and then
with remarkable vigOr burst forth into
"Dixie'--a double honor to the solid South.
The first str on the reviewing stand was
made when Gen. Mcmahon and his staff ap-
peared. To the critical military eye lack
OF harmony in the uniform and dress of the
| staff might have been observed and some
little wonder was expressed why the general
! and several members OF the star were in
full regalie, while the published order for
the occasion distinctly prescribed "undress,
with overcoats" as the uniform. But the
crowd was not critical, and, as some one re-
marked, everything went"
IN THE SENATE CHAMBER
The senator's had reserved the right hal
of the hall for themselves. On the lef
hand the diplomatic corps had the front TIVE
rows. The back two rows were allotted &
the 332 members of the House. The resui
! was that two-thirdS OF the members had t
struggle for standing room best they
| could; there was great delay and confusiol
in consequence, and the dignity OF the cere
mony was rudely married.
As Mr.. Cleveland stool talking to a littl
circle around him shabby fig ure approach
ed. He was tottering old man, dressed fl
a greasy, shiny and weather worn coat, an,
| carrying faded cotton umbrella on th
knob Of which he twirled battered sill
tile of the pattern of the seventies. Thong
his presence was incongruous and offensive
he was entitled to be there, having ono
served as a senator from North Carolina il
the days before the war. The old maj
stammeret out some words and tried to tax
the president elects hand, but the latte
turned his back abruptly and hurried away
The radical change which has taken plac
In the membership of the supreme Cour
during the last four years must have bee
apparent at glance TO every spectator
But four of the justices present had see
President Harrison inaugurated in 1889
During one administration Matthews, Miller
Bradley and Lamar had all disappear
and save for the venerable Justice Field
not member of the court was now presen
whose term of service dated back hey on
the administration of President Arthur.
Don NJ. Dickinson was also present. II
carried under his arm a good-sized copy o
the Bible and in answer to many inquiris
as to its purpose, explained that the boo
was the property OF Mrs. Perrine, tn
mother Of Mrs. Cleveland, and would b
used to-day, as it had been used at Mr.
Cleveand's first Inauguration, for the pur
pose OF swearing in tho new president.
THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
President Cleveland, as he did eight year
ago, delivered his inaugural address with
| out the aid of notes-a feat that has beel