The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-05

WASHINGTON. March At has been a
day OF acclaim, a nop-partisaa demonStra-
ton OF vast proportions. BY which the
American people. without regard 10 sec
ton or political alliance have hailed a
new president and watched the launch
ing or his administration upon unknown
seas. X is the only day in any presidents
career when. from sunrise 10 the putting
out o. lights In the inaugural ball room,
there is unbroken and enthusiastic ceIe-
bration by citizens OF every section and
every shade OF political belief Before the
readers scan these pages. the line of the
opposition will be forming in the gray OF
the morning for an assault on the new
administration. but for the one day the
people OF all ranks and classes and poll
tics, as II uttering a nations Numbering
voice, have welcomed and aided 10 install
their president, not as the executive OF
any party. bur as the head of the ma
tional government IL has been a great
state affair. not in its oroadest sense a
tribute 20 the man. but national Demon
strstion OF respect for the high office. The
weather was appropriate FOR such a day.
gloriously beautiful
No previous Inauguration has equaied Il
in careful preparation. In every feature IL
IS a Washington affair. Il Is the only na-
tional demonstration in which the unrep-
resented residents OF the capital are
leaders and In sole control They guar
antee all expenditures by public suhscrip
ton. and. through a iarge and energetic
COMMITTEES OF its most influential citizens.
Washington gives months Of time and un-
remltting effort 70 these preparations for
properly receiving a president. On this
occasion Washington has weG played her
brilliant part in the oPening drama of an
administration.
The city y a. early ss,ir It's oSn pop
ulstion and the strangers within its gates
moved In great tides from al quarters to-
ward Pennsylvania avenue 10 view the dec
oratious Hours before tae organic q com
panias formed the Inc of march an army
of visitors. close IN mass, FAR exceeding
the formal array that was 10 follow.
swarmed for hours over IL. Citizens OF
every grade and station. in most democrat
Sc fashion. took first view Of everything
After this general Inspection by the peo-
PIE came their two servants. uumerouslv
and gaEanliy attended Mr. Cleveland,
whose stewardship Is ending. escortinE
Mai. Mckinney 20 the capitol. where the
honors and burdens % the succession were
30 ~ laid upon hirn Meantime from every
Quarter came the sounds Of bands leading
the columns into thsir appointed places
east OF the eo-ito'. whence later they would
fali into the united i3nes o. the grand ua-
rade. Great streams OF citizens poured
into the immense spaces open 70 them east
ward from the reviewing stands IN front
ot the senate wing. awaiting the anDeof-
aace of the cr'cial party from the senate
chamber
In AMI about that room the Official
pageant II the Inaugural ceremonies gath
erred TIE senate wing Was closed % al
excegf those formally connected with she
exercises ard the few invited guests
which The contracted chamber cocld &c
ccuRodate. -Four tickets - each senator.
Two fer rep~esez tattve, twenty as the
sois provision FOR the leading employees.
ard - for che press % the entire coua-
try. represented the unofficial attendance.
Those crowded ghs galleries and .eok I'd
down On the concentrated reTareseH "a tlves'
% eur government IN IFS various branches
ard tfaa ambassadors ana ministers - che
naflons. The members Of che iefanet
house - representative. gcavlaE their
che Waher a. noon. APPEARED lAst uroa the
aoor 81 the senate. The ncw Vlce pres.-
dent taoK the Gath o. csTice utW seua-
sass we~e swcrn -. and ANITA tAa watt-
ing ples.deut-eieci shoGi8 proceed 80 the
ratfern n grsnr 81 TIE seuasc ana there
% INA uyaratc4. S9T. Ilooart EoCi1 81 8ct-
iaS president
me nation could earnssa 10 ms-e t-n.
posing ofiacssl audience Crowded upon
The ssraL faceT % tee ssnate s&ete Eae threa
coordinate braaeaes e tea government
IN the persoas GO ihetF most prominent
snsn. sae legislative branca H. So-re tas,
executive cf tae immediate past Mlta MS
saAiEet. and the nsw executive an4 caas-
uet rcpressssssEsg tae past sna unkaoR-u fu-
furS xlse Eagrenfe ccsEk IL Is g8eses fha
array ard navy ia rs uluues. sAelr EoAs
ara tAE1T E5ltfers me afa4ssu4xae se-us il
lts 1Arez anA decorations. aG8 c8,aaenS IN
a-ssGaz-y dress representing tAe gzeretezA-
lrx zna14oza of TIE bzn4.
The ceremonies wsEe QascklF ever. a-f
asss % sAe ehzaaaeE as passes "a 20 -A.s
platform az Es@ east Frual WsfIh fs arst
srr-ezraece tsee WattssE tAazsares h-ssta
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relied snss ~csre~t we1,s the procession fsg-
kss~a b gre aecava~ts o. fAe e. -ss.-ars
rssa~ss cvsv sae 5urssnse platform a.t
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