The herald., 1897-02-28
represented by the governors of the
states and their staffs.

represented by the governors of the
| states and their staffs.
| The concert Saturday afternoon will
be in honor of congress, represented by
| the president of the senate and the
| speaker of the house. The last concert,
Saturday night, will be in honor of the
United States, and will consist of mu-
sic by the Twenty-second Regiment
| band and chorus of 500 voices. Admis-
sion to each concert will be SO cents
The probabilities are that the parade
will be large. Gen. Horace Porter, of
New York, will act as grand marshal,
and will have as his chief of staff, a.
Noel Brakeman, of New York city; Col.
H. c. Corbin, of the United States army,
as acknowledgement, and Capt John A.
Johnston, of the United States army, as
chief of aides, with Capt. William Ed !.
ward Horton, of the D. c. N. G., as spe-
cial aide and military secretary.
The parade will be organized in two
grand divisions, one civic and the other
military. Gen. Grenville NJ Dodge will
be chief marshal of the first grand divi-
sion, to be composed of military organ
| izations. He will have as his chief of
staff Gen. Huidekoper, of New York,
and Col. Joseph p. Sanger, of the United
States army, Acknowledgement.
The civic grand division will be COM
manded by b. H. Warner, of Washing
ton, as chief marshal, and will be made
UP of civic clubs of all descriptions. the
parade will start from the east front
of the capitol and will march west along
Pennsylvania avenue, past the presi-
dents reviewing stand in front of the
White House, to Washington circle, re-
turning on X street to Mount Vernon
square, where 1t will disband. 1t is ex-
pected that $4,000 people will be in line.
Major Mckinley, 1t is expected, will
reach Washington March l. Technical
ly, he is still private citizen, and, there
fore, his conduct must be regulated by
the rules which govern the men who
make up the bone and sinew of the
American public Perhaps, all things
considered, it might be more convenient
for him to go to the white house at once
and begin to become accustomed to his
place of residence for the ensuing four
years. This would not be so awkward
as might be imagined, for the furniture
which Mr. Cleveland and his family have
been temporary possessors of belongs
to the United States government. and,
therefore, Mr.. Mckinley and his family
will fall heirt to all that the White House
contains, except the personal possess
sions of the outgoing president. This
is why Mr. Mckinley might feel at home,
but official etiqutte requires he shall
be purely and simply a visitor to the
white house until he is vested with the
right to become it's official resident
So the McKinleys will go to hotel,
the Ebbitt house, that old time Wash
ington hosiery around which are
grouped historical associations sutli-
cient to make it interesting to any one
If there is any visiting from the Ebbitt
to the executive mansion it will take
place so quietly that few persons will be
cognizant thereof. Between II and l.?
o'clock on March 4th, however, Major
Mckinley will proceed alone to the
White House, where he will be formally
welcomed by Mr.. Cleveland. These two
great men will chat for moment or
two, and then President Cleveland's car
riage-not a government convey
ance, but his own equipage-
will appear at the White House
entrance The president and his sue
cessor will enter the carriage and be
driven to the capitol, where the oath of
office will be administered by Chief JUS
tice Fuller. 1t must not be supposed
that the chief justice must administer
this oath ex -officio, for any other person
could perform the function If it was de-
sired. Neither is there any Bible of
state upon which the president places
his hand in taking the oath. 1t Is SAID
of President Cleveland that on both oc-
casions when he was inaugurated the
Bible used was that belonging to his
mother, a well-worn, modest little vel
unle on the fly leaf Of which was W.T.
ten the dates Of the two events in .tch
it took so prominent part
Sometimes the oath Is adrrlinistered
upon the portico Of the capitol or the
east side. but that Is not a matter OF