Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1897-03-11
THE INAUGURATION.

imposing of ceremonies, Nllllam Nc
Kinlev of Ohio. was made President OF
the United States last Thursday.
1t is impossible for weekly paper TO
give detailed account of the proceed
ings of the day, and so we Will venture
upon but a brief synopsis.
The President elect left his quarters
at the Ebbitt House about 10 III. and
went TO the White House, to which he
was escorted by Troop A, a cavalry
companv of Cleveland; while his wife
nd mother and other ladies of the
party went to the Capitol, and occupied
he seats in the Senate Gallery reserved
for them:
Towards II. President Cleveland and
President-elect Mckinley entered
Cleveland's barouche and started for
the Capitol, General Porter and his
staff heading the procession, then Troop
A. and then the two Presidents with
| guards. and the different organizations
which were in place in the side streets
fell into place in the procession as 1t
moved along Penn'a Ave, towards the
| Capitol.
When the Capitol was reached,
| Cleveland and Mckinley went to the
Presidents and Vice Presidents rooms
in the Senate wing, while the process
sion massed in the space reserved for it,
| in front of the platform erected at the
| East front of the Capitol,
| Early that morning all the big chairs
had been removed from the Senate
Chamber, except few that were plac-
ed around the Speakers desk, and the
room was filed with small chairs, and
towards noon, the House having finish
| ed its business, all the members OF Con
gress fled in and found seats, as did
| also hundreds of others who had tick
cts. The Gallery also filed up with
people having tickets, the newspaper
men noting particularly Mrs. Mckinley
and her party in one division of the gal
lery. and the wives and families of the
foreign ministers in another division.
Oueen Lii was there and somebody
blamed Olney who had a spat with
| Cleveland about Lee, with giving her
ticket. Mrs. Yang Yu, the wife Of the
Chinese minister wore bright colored
dress that everybody seemed to see
\ a1a
and was assigned seat; the two Presi-
dents came in-everybody rising when
they were announced-and took thel1
seats; the Justices of the Supreme
Court and other officials came in and
took their seats; and the Ambassadors
and ministers of all the foreign Govern
ments represented at Washington,
came in in body, some of them III
gorgeous uniforms, advanced to the
centre, made profound bows and took
their seats.
Then Vice President Stevenson adj
ministered the oath of office to Vice
President Hobart, made a speech de
Il
down.
Then Vice President Hobart admins
| tered the oath of Office to the twenty
seven newly elected Senators-first
reading Cleveland's call for an extra
session of the Senate.
Then a procession composed of every
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dents and Vice Presidents, Justices OF
the Supreme Court, etc, wended its
way slowly to the great platform erect
ed over the central steps of the East
front of the Capitol building and took
their seats there
Then Mckinley and the Chief Justice
stood up, and the Chief Justice repeat
ed the short oath of Office; and McKin-
| lev kissed the book and then made his
| splendid inaugural address. a note OF
| which Ia ,aaado below, to the vast sea
of heads" surrounding the platform.
Then Mckinley and Cleveland reen-
tered their carriage, the procession re-
formed and marched back to the White
House, where Mckinley entered the
platform erected there and saw the
procession About so, 900 men were in
line and it was grand affair. Then
Mckinley entered the White House
where he was greeted by his wife and
family who had preceded him, and
also by Cleveland and his family and
he was kept busy till evening shaking
hands with people.
That night there were fire works
down by the monument; and great
ball, or rather a display of fine clothes,
in the hall of the Pension building at
| which the President and Vice Presi-
| dent and their wives put in a short APP
| pearance. After the procession every
| body was tired and hungry and the
street car lines and restaurants were
crowded, though everything had been
50 well arranged that their was no halt
or hurrying during the day Next day
| all the visiting bands in the city sere-
naded Mckinley and ne was kept busy
i
all day greeting people.
The Senate that day confirmed his
| nominations for Cabinet officers as fol
| lows:
John Sherman, of Ohio to be Seere
tary of State.
Lyman J. Gage, of Illinois, to be Sec
| retary of the Treasury
Russell A. Alger, of Michigan, to be
Secretary of War
Joseph McKennNof California, to be
Attorney General.
James A. Gary, Of Maryland, to be
| Postmaster General
John d. Long, of Massachusetts to be
Secretary Of the Navy.
| Cornelius N, Bliss, of New York to
be Secretary of the Interior.
James Wilson of Iowa, to be Secre-
tary of Agriculture
On Saturday President Mckinley is
sued a proclamation convening Con
gress for next Monday, the 18th inst,
The Inaugural address was moderate
in tone and neither too long nor over
elaborated in details, and the following
brief passages from it indicate such an
administration as the people of the I'm
tied States now need and desire:
T.
The severest economy must be OBJ
| served in all public expenditures. and