The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-03-16

frfs1dGnt ADtd tho Plaudits of Assem-
bled Thousauds--The Culn,,nation of
tie Triumph s,i Dornocrncy
WAsIIINGTON, March I.-t;rover
Cleveland, Of New York. thrice nomi.
mated for President Of tie United States
and twice elected, was to-day successful
lY inducted into that high office for his
second term with all appropriate core
moEies and tho gathering Of mighty
multitude and the a commandment of a
bindlng snow storm. The last occasion
was greater than tho first. 1t was more
imposing in the military and civic dis.
pay. Had The atmospheric conditions
been anything Ike favorable, instead Of
bclng as bad as they could possibly be,
mere would probably have been sixty
thousand men 2nd a number of ladies'
marching or riding in the parade, as
AGAINST twenty-five thousand in 1885.
They were all here waiting to fall in
line, but at the last moment mary of
the organizations were compelled to de-
slSb form participation. Nevertheless
the occasion was made memorable by
The vast attendance. In 1885 there
were at the outside not more than TWEEN {.
ty'fiVe thousand men in line in the in
augural parade. To-day the Governors
OF eleven great Statcs-New York, New
Jersey. Connecticut and Massachusetts
IN the North and East; of PENNSYLVANIA
and Maryland among the Middle States;
ol Georgia, North and South Carolina
and Louisiana in The South, and Of
Wisconsin in the far West-partcipated
IN The national ceremonies and thereby
emphasized the complete restoration of
national unity. Mole interesting and
significant even than this, perhaps, IN
the eyes OF other nations and the his
torlan, were the manifestations of the
marvellous growth of the country in
population and power, and the fact that
tins momentous and majestic change in
the government Of siXty.fve millions Of
people was accomplished according to a
cut and dried formula, every step of
which was planned and publicly an
nounccd beforehand, and without notice
able disturbance Of public interests or
The creation OF any excitement except
that naturally acc )mpanyng a great
national pageant and the influx OF two
or three hundred thousand siehtsecrs
into the Capital.
TURN ABOUT IS FAIRPLAY.
The order Of proceeding was almost
ssAlen.ically the same as four years ago.
with the action of the chief participants
reversed, and it differed very little, ex-
cept in the extent Of the demonstration,
from the 9 GIem9Sfes Of eight years ago,
iDnIon mncn 9 Cleveland ;snn 1Say to Wash sh
tne'Gn the rst duS1c Ma!en cnreeS esS0 me doP
a 80 Il l.
I Which ~ D. aqv lqvs nome "pe in Da moian aea.1 j.
had wroughshkae sy changes in the interim
however. The most dramatic incident
connected with Mr.. Cleveland's first in
au2uratlon was the passage by the
House OF Representatives., under the
skiltul management of Speaker Rand
OF the bill which authorized tho placing
OF Gen. Grant on the retired list of the
army with the rank and pay Of a full
general; President Arthur's nomination
OF the dying hero to the position thus
created, and the Senatc's immediate c
confirmation Of the appointment, in
open executive session then and there
held for the first and only time in its
history. All this accomplished within
few minutes Of the hour when the 18th
Congress and the Administration of
President Arthur passed out of existence
together, and while Vice President
Hendricks was waiting at the door of
the Senate chamber To take the oath of
office at the hands Of Acting President
Edmunds and barely twenty minutes be-
fore Mr.. Cleveland commenced readn ,
his inaugural address from the east Dor.
tiCo of the Capitol. Grant and Arthur,
Hendricks and Randall, the chet actors
in this memorable drama, have all since
been called away, and Senator Edmuuds
has retired to private life.
THE RAVAGIIS OF FOUR YEARS
-Four years later, when MIR. Cleveland
in turn surrendered the Chef Executive
office OF the nation to BENJAMIN Harri-
son, conspicuous IN the distinguished
thrOng participating in the ceremonies
IN the Senate chamber were Ex.Vlcc
President llamlin, Gen. Tecunlseh Sher.
man, James G.. Blaine, VIM Window
and John G.. Fremont each of whom
has since passed to his reward. What
changes another four y rs may bring
none may divine, but the experience OF
the past is eloquent in its suggestive
ness of the possibilities Of the future.
THE GREAT FEATURES OF THE DAY.
1hSlo olC OuI great icuLureS OF lnau.
guration day: The closing hours OF
Congress, into which go much lawmak.
ing and history arc frequently crowded:
the ride of the retiring President and The
President and Vice Presidents elect with
their military escort from the White
Mousc TO the Capitol TO lay down and
take up The rens OF power respectively,
the pageant Of the returning procession
ard review after the ceremonies of inau-
euration are Oyer, and the Inauguration
ball at night. Since blunt old John
Adams, ,sgripsack in hand, "slid" Out of
the White House in the early morning
dawn OF March +, 1901, extending to his
hated rival, Thomas Jefferson. the hos.
pitalitics of the Executive Mansi, n,
there has been no break in the uniform
courtesy cXtendsd every four or eight
years by the retiring chief to his success
sOr unless there be excepted the per.
sonal misunderstanding which arose be-
tween President Andrew Johnson and
General Grant in the last days of the
formers Administration, when made
Their intercourse fli3ld formality. In
This year OF grace courtesy between the