The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1893-03-05

er rbeTcd thelr carriages under the White |
d USE pprtico The president and Mr. |
Cleveland entered the first vehicle, closed |
carriage, belonging to president Harri |
son. II was drawn by four handsome
bays from the White House stable, |
and was driven by Willis, the White |
II use coachman Mr. Stevenson aud
Senator Mcpherson were in the second
carriage, drawn by four big white horses
with white t1appings. Albert Hawkins,
who has driven General Graz and every
subs queDt President from the White
H H1use to the Capitol and back again,
held the reins in the third carriage
Drawn by four bsys. were Senators Ran
som aud feller, of the Senatorial Com
mlttee, Secrttiry Charles Foster, of the
Treasury Department, and his successor.
| MIR. Carlisle, came next Their Car
| rlage, like each of the succeeding ones,
was drawn by two horses. In the fifth
earrisige was Seer try Tracy, in the 9Th
Attorney General M,ller and P0stmas ter
General Wanamaker, in the seventh,
Secretary Noble, in the eighth, Secre
tary Rusk, in the b. acting Secretary
Whait)n, Of the State Department, and
in the tenth and last, Admiral Ghersrdi,
| VIZ SNh.C' NAiAcNt VI tlC navy 0CbCld al
Schofeld. commanding general of the
army, Lieutenant Ridgeley Hunt,
aide ID Admiral Gberardi and Lieut. N
ant Schofield, aide to General Schafeld.
There was no abatement of the storm,
and the ride to the capitol was through
fast falling snow, whirled through infre-
quent gusts of high wind.
Notwithstanding the inclemency of
the weather Mr.. Cleveland's hat was off
frequently in response to enthusiastic
cheers of the unterrifed who swarmed
the sidewalks unmindful of discomfort
The presidential party with their mlli
tary escort came in sight of the eastern
entrance of the capitol few minutes af-
ter 10 O'clock. A large crowd had as
sembled at the east front and cheered
loudly as Mr.. Cleveland approached. He
went in by the basement entrance in or
der to avoid the somewhat slippery steps
on the outside. From the moment he
descended from the carriage he was re-
ceived with lusty cheers and when he
entered the senate wirg the cheers of the
outside gave way to an ovation. Mr..
Harrison entered the Presidents room
where he spent some time signing bills
Messrs Cleveland and Stevenson in the
meantime were entertained at buffet
lunch in the vice presidents room.
When the senate clock indicated II SO
r but when the actual time was 10 80, the
vice president elect was announced snd
: Mr Stevenson. escorted by Senator Nc
: Pherson, took his chair to the right OF
Vice-Presldent Morton. Immediately
t | sfterwards the President of the United
| Sa4~ 4 =
t and President Harrison and tle mem
. bers cf his cabinet entered the chamber
J Mr. Harrison was escorted to one of the
4 scarlet chairs standing in front of ths
f clerks desk Immediately afterward.
s rhe President elect was announced anC
0 Mr. Cleveland, escorted bv Senator Ran
IS som, t0ok TIE chair next to Mr.. Harri-
son. His entrance into the chamber wa
d 'rceiGa with applause. Then Vice
l. President Norton administered the oatl
d of office to his successor. and yielded t.
: h'm the chair of the presiding eff ,er
i TIE special session CT the senate of til
. fifty third congress was then fcrmall
opened with prayer by Chaplain Butler
. Y ce-Prcsident Stevenson arose and ad
! dressed the senate. He said:
+ s'Seaators:-Deeply impressed with
i g nse of its responsibilities and of il
8 dignity, | now enter upon the 0ischarg
n cf the duties of the high Office to whic
d | have been called. am not unmindfu
le Of the fact that among the occupants c
e this chair during the one hundred an
u four years of our constitutional histor
is have been statesmen eminent alike fr
it their talents and their tiIeless devotio
- nrh1io 1,,ty, AIayoo I.f
: Calhoun honored its incum bency duriD
in the early days of the republic, while A
Or thur, Hendricks and Morton have, at
e later period of our history, shed LUST
st upon the flee of president of the mo-
n. august deliberative assembly known
As men.
u I assume the duties Of the office Of Il
Mt great. trust contided to me with no fee
p ing of self-confidenee, but rathe- wi,
of that of grave distrust of my ability sati
,rs factorily to meet its requirements. / m,
he be pardoned for saying that it shall
my earnest endeavor to discharge Il
he important duties which lie before n
N with no less OF impsrtiality and courte
ch than of firmnesa and fidelity. Earnest
ms invoking the CO operation, the forbes
rss ance, the charity of each of its officers,
Of now ent ,r upon my duties as presidil
e officer of the Senate"
nd As he closed his remarks Mr.. Steve
son directed the Secretary of the Sens
to read the proclamation of the Pre-
- dert convening the Senate in extraort
: nary session.
70. Gen. McCook read the proclamati
and then the Senators who were new
49, elected, or re elected, were invited
5l' the Vice President to come forward q
~ ~. take the oath of office. They did
~ ~ leach escorted by his colleague and
VIC VIC oath was solemnly admins tered by t
'Ao Vice President. The Senators afterwar
subscribing the same at the clerks des
MS All the preliminaries have been q,
:te disposed of, the Vice President dire
lie. ed the Seargert-at Arms to proceed
the execution of the order of the Ser
for relative to the inauguration of the Pr
has ident of the United States. The proc
vel sion to the east portico of the Capitol Y
the then begun.
zen An immense throng had been gathel
~, at the east front of the. Senate wing
he'd the Capitol since 8 o'clock in the mo
,tul ing in defiance of the danger to til
n health. The snow storm subsiizd
ed, wards noon, but the temperature low
ner ed and the northwest wind blew b ttel
Of TIE sun made several ineffect
'nse efforts to pierce the clouds "
ven only q partial success The troops arri
oAs at the noon hour and filed up the pl
by reserved for them, while several p
t'graphers planted themselves in the
lave house enclosing the Washington sta
d l and prepared to take pictures Of
vain wintry scene The patience of
and crowd was at last rewarded, and ST
and l 80 o'clock the arrival of Mrs CT,
nta land, Mrs. Perrine ard other mem
sion Of the Presidential party, betokened
most early appearance of the President el