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

sble point stands were erected. the largest
extending the entire length Of Lafayette
square Immediately in front Of the White
House. and to the presidents stand on
Capitol hill. As far as the eve could
reach from the eastern front Of the capitol
was an undulating sea of humanity as-
sembed to witness the administration Of
the oath Of Office to the new president BY
the chief justice Of the United States, and
to hear, - many Of them as could get
within ear-shot. the inaugural address.
The escorting division Of the parade.
composed Of artillery, cavalry and In
fantry Of the regular army and marines
with the National Guard of the district. q
high school cadet regiment and other local
organizations. assembled in the neighbor-
hood of the White House, the war, state
and navy buildings, formed in columns in
sections Of twelve each and marched down
the avenue. accompanying the presi-
Dental party from the White House to
the capitol prior to the Inauguration. All
the rest Of the parade assembled below the
capitol and marched from the capitol up
the avenue after the Inauguration. For
more than half of the day the city looked
like vast military camp. There was al
most interminable marching past of regu-
lars and tho military forces Of states,
which was broken only BY the visiting
governors in civilian costumes, accom.
panied by brilliantly uniformed stats. rid-
ing past in the order that their states
were admitted into the Union. Then.
with an intervening interlude OF Grand
Army veterans, came the civic half of the
parade. aggregating more than 10000 peo-
pie. Tammany, with its gorgeous banners
and badges, held the right of the line. The
second division was assigned to Pennsyl.
vania. Massachusetts,, New Jersey and
Delaware: the third division to Maryland,
and the fourth and fifth were Western di.
visions. The sixth was assigned to the
later arriving organizations. and the bicy.
Gle clubs Of Washington City and Balti-
moro brought up the rear.
There was . round Of applause ~ the
carriage bearing Harrison and Cleveland
came in sight on Pennsylvania avenue,
preceded by Grand Marshal Mcmahon and
staff. Both raised their hats in response
to the salute, which was only redoubled.
A brigade Of regulars then preceded the
presidential party toward the capital. fol.
lowed by the vice president-elect and the
committee on arrangements. brigade Of
district militia bringing up the rear. Vice
President Stevenson was received with al
most as much enthusiasm as his chief In
this order the cavalcads proceeded to the
capitol.
At the conclusion Of the inaugural I'd.
dress, amid the booming of the presiden-
tial salute from the Washington City
barracks. the navy yard and Fort Myer.
President Cleveland and his escort moved
rapidly toward the White House. followed
r. ~ S~> -
appeared on the reviewing stand another
cheer signaled his presence and was taken
up and re-echoed. United States forces
under Gen. Brook lead tho parade. and the
following, among others, received the sp-
plause Of the multitude as they passed in
review: Gov. Pattison, Of Pennsylvania;
Gen. Fitxhugh Lee, of Virginia; Gov.
Werts, of New Jersey; Gov. Northsn, of
Georgia; Gov. Morris. Of Connecticut;
Gov. Russell, of Massachusetts,; Gov.
Brown, Of Maryland; Gov. Tillman, Of
South Carolina and Gov. Carr, Of
North Carolina, al Of whom were
accompanied BY military stans and
several Of them with crack military organi.
cations at their bscka The Western
Democrats had their .inning. When Gov.
George w. Peck and sta6, Of Wisconsin,
made their appearance. The author Of
Peck's Bad Boy, who has since doubly
distinguished himself BY carrying Wis
consin into the Democratic column and
being twice elected governor Of the Badger
state, was compelled to make frequent
acknowledgements to salutations along
the line. Then came that ever popular
spectacle, the veterans of the G. A. r.,
grixzled. but sturdily marching under the
command of Department Commander
Faunce, with large number of aides, in
cluding Gems. Burdett, Veazey and Cor.
poral Tanner. The civic portion of tho
procession was headed BY Chief Marshal
Dickson, among whose aides was
William F. Cody. better known
as Buffalo Bill" attired in frontier cos
tune and attracting marked attention.
The New York contingent, led by tho
National Guard of New York, was the
most significant feature of the parade.
There was great wave Of applause at the
appearance Of Gov. Flower and staff. But
the greatest enthusiasm was reserved for
Tammany. which turned out 5000 strong
in four divisions with Mayor Gilroy. grand
sachem, in the van. The Pennsylvania
delegations. including many clubs. also
attracted attention. The Western Demo-
Gratis were also out in force. making up
the fifth division. composed of organiza-
tions from Illinois. Iowa. Wisconsin. In
diana. Missouri, Kansas, Ohio and other
states. The sixth division was composed
Of Democratic organizations of the South.
The guard of honor of Cleveland con-
sisted of 100 members of New York busi-
ness men, the Cleveland and Stevenson
Association. representing fifteen msrcan.
tile organizations in the Empire city. The
passage Of the president along the avenue
was one continued ovation OF the most en-
thusiastic kind. A novel feature was i'm
ing corps. This was the releasing Of q
number of carrier pigeons with messages
rel lat.ng to the cerem onies Of the day, des-
tined to Philade.phi Ia. Baltimore. Annap-
oils and other points. In close proximity
to the Lou sianans in line was small but
compact delegation representing the Tus.
corora Society of Salt Lake. the Tammany
of Utah, the members OF which had under
taken 1900 mile journey to participate
IN the inauguration Of Democratic presi-
dent. A mounted battalion of exceed
ingiy good-looking young women led the
Cleveland and Stevenson Club Of Mont
gomcry county, Md. They were the sis
ters and daughters Of the members. and
their riding habits and crowned riding
hats presented decidedly attractive ap-
pearance. The spectators were not slow
in recognizing the novelty and the bellies
from my Maryland" were cheered until
their faces were OF carmine tint. The Or
ganization OF which they formed the es-
cort had si6 men in line, precisely the