The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-03-05

n him the next day ct the head Of . dele
alton &c present him with the Bible
On which he had been sworn. Grants
wife and family stood near him during
s sn1 r ss"n and his %i s:r.
also ct Sand At this severance Of the
ties which had united them TO
their CHIEF in 90 many battles and marches
and caEfaigna They accompanied the
new pfsNdent to the White House and
then took their leave. Grant, however,
did not r.snain 1t the executive mansion
after tak,Se posse.sion. but returned to
bis own rouse, which he continued TO oc-
eupy for several weeks. He left me in
charge of. the presidential building and
spent the remainder Of the day there, en-
0rely aohe. receiving and answering let
ters. Except the servants and messengers
there was not another human being in the
house. us;saily % crowded with official and
political ). fe. doubt if in half century
another Is An. president or not. has been
sole tsnss. Of the White House on the 9TH
Of March,:
Grant'sssscond Inauguration was not
notable, hst that of Hayes. who followed
him, was 2ne of the most remarkable in
our histo%. His was the only really dis
puted eIsItion the country has known.
There hAi been threats Of resistance.
Grant msSs no pretsnsion 70 decide the
issue, but: when congress appointed the
electoral som mission and that commission
pronounc ID it, verdict, he determined to
carry ont. the decision. Whatever others
might do lr say, he was elected to execute
for law: than tho legislative body
created D. the constitution when Endorsed
~ the LsuPrems court. Accordingly
he toox every measure 10 Sc
eurs the peacsabls Inauguration of
Hayes; troops we're collected in the
such wHs a. not to provoke opposition,
but yet 20 DO entirely prepared for it
Gen. 6hsynan, 1T the head OF the army.
received 2iis orders and was completely
In sccor2 with the government, and
Gen. Haccock also was ready to take
his part Doubtless the knowledge Of
this preparation and Of the characters OF
the three, soldiers did much to prevent
disturbai.ce and to secure the quiet &C.
ceptsncs:of the situation by any who
might htve been inclined to resistance.
The 4tlt Of March that year fell on .
Sunday, Ind Mr.. Hayes arrived in Wash
ington % Friday. the I'd. Grant invited
him to dsie at the White House on satur-
day. TtSre was party OF thirty people
70 meet aim. which purposeiy included
the chief ,iustice Of the United States and
Hamilton Fish, the secretary of state.
Mr.. Tild5n had been openly advised to
defy tho SECESSION Of congress and to take
the oathSDf Inauguration IN New York,
ana no Republican knew what would be
his course. In this emergency the secre-
tsry Of < ate was directed by Grant to i'm
Quirs ofsMr. Hayes IL he would take the
oath OF sshce in advance. and 20 forestail
any actin on the part Of his rival. Hayes
bad scis'ples about taking the oath or
Sunday. the 4th. 90 after dinner on the
b he vss invited into the east room Ut
the Wh?e House. and there, in the pres
encs Of abe secretary OF state and one or
two wit3esses. the chief justice admins
tered tbs oath Of Inauguration.
II ws< . solemn and critical ceremony.
The cosfatry still remembered wildly the
acutelyf the possibility of their recur.
renee. Grant and those who acted with
him we determined to do their part to
avert tae disaster and this quiet, almost
secret cath administered In the evening
before half . dozen witnesses was one OF
the mIst important acts In the nations
history. On Monday, March s. the pub
lie cersmony took place, and not many
knew ehen the oath was administered
at the capitol that IL was legally unneces-
oary, apd that Rutherford B. Hayes was
- mu.h president before his ostensible
inauguS alton ~ afterward. The crisis
passed and var was averted, bat Just a.
much credit was due TO him who sub.
mitted, for the sake Of his country. to
what - considered . grievous wrong,
and &; HE friends and allies, ~ TO those
who teok the precautiou ! have de-
scribees Or - those others who reaped
the .rsSults q Caldsn and Thurman's
pstriot.sm.
Afsn: Hayes came Garfield. triumphins