The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1897-03-10
BENNErTsvILLE, s q, wEDHI5sDAY MAR0H ., 1897.
THE NEW PRESIDENT.
FORTY THOUSAND PEOPLE HEARD
MCklNLEY'SS INAUGURAL.

FORTY THOUSAND PEOPLE HEARD
MCklNLEY'SN INAUGURAL.
Tho Now President, Surrounded by Nota.
bles OF This and Other Lands, Speaks
Ills Policy Amid Deafonipg Plaudits--
People Hurt int tho Press.
& WASHINGTON, March e. President
Mckinley pledged his fealty TO the
American people on the East terrace
of the Capitol in the presence of q
great multitude. The people massed
on the plaza had waited patiently for
hours to see the President, and it was
eminent]y fitting that he should take
the oath in view of those whose sor-
want he was to become. A dazzling
and inspiring scene spread out before
him as he appeared on the stops Of the
Senate wing. The background Of the
splendid scene was the great marble
building with its classic outlines and
its huge dome, hung with, nuttering
flags ard surmounted by the heroic
bronze statue of liberty, typical, not
of political dynasties, but The enduring
majesty of the people. a.
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granite library building, with its beau
tiful architecture and its shining gol-
den dome, rivaling the splendors Of
the sun. From the central wing floated
the stars and stripes. Immediately In
front acres Of upturned faces were
wedged in SO close together that the
broad plaza seemed q vast pavement
of human heads. The people extended
back TO and choked up the mouths Of
the radlating avenue. Through the
naked limbs of tho trees which
yelled the park appeared patches OF
brilliant color fragments OF tho pa.
gennt gay plumes Of horemen, gor.
geous squares Of resplendent military
bands, streaming pennons, lluttering
banners, thousands of cleaning gun
barrels and glistening bayonets, which
marked the massing of the troops of
the escorting legions awaiting the
moving of the procession.
The broad platform, smothered with
national flags, on which the ceremony
occurred, was built out into the crowd
in the form of right anglo. Itran
parallel with the Capitol front from
the Senate wing to point directly
opposite the north line Of the main en-.
trance, where it bent back sharply to
the main building. Mr.. Mckinley
faced the park full of people from a
small raised and carpeted platform,
rallied with blood red bunting, at the
at tha ;nncI,,ra nf tho anaIe voc % fiiIad
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The new premier was consnicnons
Then came M. McKinlav and Mr..
Cleveland avn in arm Almost in.
stantly they were recoenized hv the
multit,de that had heen stra;nino for
the first olimnse of them The nn3ver. M
sal shout With wb;ch their annearanca
was greeted beoan viii ] ripoIa that thst
ran down the niatform swaifin@ aa ; #
went. until If fell unon tha ssa of
faces on the plaza and broke INTO q
thunderous roar that recoiled from
the dome and rolled awav thrnm oh tha.
diyerginp avenues As Mr. McI<;n. i'm
lev and Mr. Cleveland descended the
steps and emerped upon the pletform
the formers Napoleonic head was
thrown back and his clear cut, caman.
like features we're softened bv tho trsce
of smile as he advanced along the
platform with a confident air and an
elastic tread at Mr.. CIeyeiand's side =
Mr.. Cleveland now faced an ina,p.
uration audience for the fourth time
once moro than INV other Pres :aent
of the republic. Although he appeared
twenty years older than he did when
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