Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-03-04
As Il Now Is and Was in
Years Long Gone By.
A Brief Outline Of the Days 0oings
and Principal Features.
Crowds on Street. At Capitol, At While House
and Everywhere.


weather. The chief Of the prediction dc
partment Of the weather bureau the mos;
important and most anxious man in town.
People thick as flies about n snmmcr kifch
en-. Hotels running over. Cots in every
room and hall. Boarding house keepers In
not run right. Guests all afraid they will
not get anything to cat. The market pco.
pie run to death to fill orders. Seventy five
thousand extra mouths to feed in this
town. The air full of flying banners and
futtcring flags. Electric light advertise
ners Houses all full Of visitors, especially
the pretty cousins and nicces and sisters
and aunts and other kin. Pretty girls flock
to Washington at Inauguration time as
naturally as they do to q matinee when
the star is Il lady's hero. Beautiful scene
all these pretty girls make as they parade
the streets with their chaperons and es.
corts One wonders where they all come
from
Eager and Buoyant.
The morning a great rush for clothes
for cocktails, for morning papers, for
breakfast. Hurrying and scurrying every
where. Servants unmanageable because
bapds arc marching by. Meal late. Only
good naturcsi people do not get out of sorts
Men all over town spending an unusual
time upon their toilets. Getting ready for
the parade. Putting on fuss and feathers.
Eager and buoyant now. How Is the
weather. Where's my boots? Wonder II
that boy will he here on time with my
horse: More bands. Air full of tremor.
great event is impending. No one ap.
pears quite natural. Wonder how Grover
is feeling, and isn't it q shame that Mrs.
Cleveland is going away Horse comes.
Man mounts proudly, but hasn't been on
q horse for four years. Doesn't feel com.
Portable Rides off with a courtierlike sa
Lutte with his cap.
Or the streets. everybody going in one
direction that is going Mt all. 1t is to the
capitol. On to the capitoline hill. Great
majority sore because they haven'ta ticket
Four hundred thousand people in the Dis
trict of Columbia and only !, 900 have tick
cts to the senate galleries and floor. Street
cars running over. Cabbics in clover Col
ored people, especially ragged boys and
spindleike girls with grinning faces, every.
where. Where in the world do all these
colorcd people live and hows Bands march
ing both ways. Horsemen galloping every
way.
The Last Hours Of the Senate.
People without tickets trying to get into
the capitol. Can't do it for love or money.
Dense crowd about the national statehouse,
"a sea of humanity" the descriptive writ
ers say. Inside the big building senate
struggling with appropriation bills, trying
to get through before the hour strikes
Aloazo Stewart turns back the hands OF
the clock. Flutter in the galleries. States
men look sleepy. Here and there one who
has been drinking too much. Lots of bust.
ness goes ON at the clerks desk which no
one seems to know anything about, but
they call it legislation.
The house of representatives" "the
supreme court of the United States" sthe |
president and president elect are an
nonnced in order. Floor filed with great
men. Hobart takes the oath of office.
Reads little speech. Everybody looking |
ut Cleveland Sand Mckinley. Now there |
isn't any president of the United States. |
Growers time ont and William not sworn
in yet. Twelve or fifteen new senators /
come forward and are sworn in. 1t Is all /
over. Not much to see after ALL
Procession files out of the chamber to /
platform erected on east front. Lot of PEG |
pie. Arrangements very good. Hoarse cry
through the sea of humanity as the new
president appears. Golden dome of the
library shows up in the foreground. Cere
monies short and to the point Mckinley
takes the oath. Photographers everywhere
In sight and all excited. Mckinley deliv-
ers inaugural address. Only few hear,
but applause great from those in front.
Glittering of steel seen in every direction
where the troops are formed 1t is all over
here too March to carriages. Mckinley
and Cleveland take seats. Order is given and
march begins Platoon after platoon falls
In. Down Pennsylvania avenue-historic
thoroughfare Crowds enormous, half
black. Great enthusiasm. Now Mckinley
does the courteous. Hat of nearly all the
time. Hope he won't take cold Why will
the bands play in rivalry and run their
tunes together like the colors on the deco
rations which have been in the rain?
At tho White House.
At the White House: Mckinley is there
at last. Alights under the big porte CO.
chcre.. Walks in the front door. Wonder
what he is thinkings Wonder how he will
walk out? Wonder when the prosperity is
coming? They 60 to lunch. Must be tired, +
but this is only a start. Lots of trouble
The procession halts little The
great men must eat. Then Mckinley
comes out and walks down to the front Of
White House grounds. Takes up position
on the big stand. Great scene. People ev-
stands and sidewalks, roofs
Of buildings, in trees. The grand review