San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-03-03
inaugural Preparations.

ingtOn is assuming its quadrennial
Inauguration appearance. Today
the multitude from every corner of
the country is streaming into the
city, filling up its wide thorough
fares and haunting the corridors of
the National capitol. Vice Presi-
dent-elect Stevenson and his party,
from Bloomington, were the first
of the active participants in the
Inauguration ceremony to arrive,
reaching here Tuesday.
But little has been done in the
way of clearing the streets of some
of the most Objectionable stands.
In fact, from the White House to
the Capitol there seems to be an
uninterrupted row of stands along
Pennsylvania avenue. The Lafay-
cite statue is completely hidden
from view and many of the great
buildings occupied by the depart
ments have an appearance as
though they were just in the pro-
per construction, the stands hiding
their fine. proportions and almost
completely from view.
At the depots and in the hotels
the mass of visitors are crOwding
in and out and by tomorrow night
the scenes incident to a Democratic
National Convention will seem to
be repeated, at least as far as the
crowds are concerned. The first of
tbo p,ilitorx- commands who ara to
take part in the Inauguration par
ade are already on the scene and
every incoming train is increasing
their number.
In the Pension building where
the Inaugural Ball is to take place
the decorations are about in readi-
mess and crowds of sightseerS are
in vain seeking admission to get a
view of the magnificent floral and
bunting displays. When it is con-
sidered that $50, 600 has been spent
in making this room look beauti-
full there is some excuse for the Gu
riOsity of the crowds. The entire
ceiling has been covered with a
canopy of white and gold which
required ten thousand square
yards of material and thirty-fve
thousand feet of rope to hold it in
place. The great walls, which rise
to a height to OnU-hundrcd and
twenty-five feet are resplendent in
white, gold and red from top to
bottom. Shields and flags, both
foreign and American cover the
galleries. On the columns rest dec
grated shields bearing the names
of all the presidents as well as that
of the Incoming Vice-prcsidcnt.
The one hundred and tiftY-tWO col
umnS, which support the galleries
and twined about with garlandS.
Arches are formed on either side Of
the court and in front Of these are
grandly decorated bandstands.
Chief Marshal Dicks and his
staff of one hundred aids are hold
ing continuous meetings and orders
being issued almost hourly cover
ing minor changes in the order OF
the procession and making place
for unexpected additions. Adj.
General Josiah Porter and his
Tammany force of three thousand
will arrive this afternoon and eve
ming in twelve sections from Penn-
SylVania and b. 4 O. Governor
Peck and staff of Wisconsin will be
here by evening, so will Governor
Morris and the contingent from
Connecticut. The Randall club, of
Philadelphia, is expected to have
its train side-tracked on New York
Avenue late this evening. 1t is
the place occupied by the Ameri-
Gus club, of Pittsburg four years
ago.
In the House and Senate the
galleries are filled to suffocatiOn
and it is not thought that a great
amount of business will be trans
acted during those closing hours
of the present Congress.
Nice-President-elect Stevenson is
expected to visit the Capitol today
and is promised an extraordinary
reception.