Evening star., 1897-01-23

| vessel boats from New Jersey and New
| York, while from the good ship Galveston
and from the Battery roared salute of
thirteen guns. On the New York side he
was received at the steps leading ZIP from
the waters edge by the governor of New
York, the state and city officials, The
French and Spanish ambassadors and the
various military organizations of the city
and was escorted by them. followed by a
large concourse of citizens, to the house
fitted up for him on Cherry stree.
April % the House received "A Letter from
the Vice President requesting tha1 COM
mittee be appointed by the House to confer
with a committee of the senate as to the
time. place and manner in which the oath
of office should be administered to the
President, whereupon the House resolved
Itself into a committee of the whole for
the consideration of the momcntous ques-
ton, and bill was passed and sent 20 The
Senate on April ~, and was at once passed
| by the Senate.
Agreeable TO the joint resolution of both
houses of Congress, the ceremony of in
auguration took place on April 30 Al .
am. the church bells rang, and me clergy
OF the dlHerent denominations assembled
their congregations and offered prayers for
the safety and honor of the President
The inaugural Parade.
At II m. the two houses of Congress as
sembled in their respective chambers and
the members of the House, headed by the
Speaker, Immediately proceeded to the Sen
ate, there to await the coming of the Presi-
dent who at the same hour left his house
on Cherry street with an escort arranged
as follows:
Col. Lewis, supported by two officers.
Capt. Stakes. with the Troop of Horse.
Artillery.
Maj. Van Horne.
GrenadierS, under Capt. Harfin.
German Grenadiers, under Capt. Serbia.
Mai. Bicker.
The infantry of the brigade
Mai Christie.
Sheriff.
The committee of the Senate
The President and suite.
The committee of the House.
The Hon. Mr.. Jay, Gen. Knox, Chancellor
Livingstone and several other gentlemen
of distinction.
Federal Hall, Washington at once pro-
ceeded to the Senate chamber, where he
was received by the Vice President, the
Speaker and the members of both houses
rising. The central chair on the dais had
been left for the President and the ar
rangements had been made that the
Vice President was seated on the right,
with the Senators occupying seats on the
same side of the chamber, while the Speak
er sat On the Presidents left with the
members of the House in front of him.
Seats had also been provided for the late
President of Congress. the governor of the
western territory" the five persons at the
head of the three great departments, the
French and Spanish ambassadors, the
chaplains of Congress, persons in the Pres
idents suite, and also for the governor,
lieutenant governor, chancellor, chief jus
tice other judges of the Supreme Court
and the mayor Of the city.
After the President had taken his seat
the Vice President announced to him that
this assembly was ready to accompany
him to the outer gallery of the Senate
chamber. where in the presence of the peo-
pie who crowded the street below he re-
ceived the cath of office at the hands of
Robert r. Livingstone, chancellor of New
York Gen. Jacob Morton. marshal of the
day, was at this time master of ST. Jonn's
Lodge the oldest Masonic body of New
York city. and had brought from the altar
of his lodge the Bible with its cushion of
red velvet, upon which the chancellor who
was grand master of the Grand Lodge of
New York. administered the oath. After
the ceremonies were over Gen. Morton
folded the leaf on which Washington's
hand had rested and returned the Bible to
its place on the altar of st. Johns Lodge
where it has ever since remained, except
when it was borne in the procession of
Masonic brethren met to pay funeral hon
ors to the deceased brother, George Wash
ington, in December, 1899.
AS soon as Washington had received the
oath the chancellor, turning 10 the people,
proclaimed him President of the United