The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-03-05
To the General Public It Wa
the Parade on Pennsylvania
Avenue,
Which Occurred After the In.
augural Ceremonies at the
Capitol.
Twenty Thousand Men Escoltej
the President From Capitol
to White House.

ASftlNtION, "dTCu TOTI me gem
eral public, %unfavored by invitation to
the inaugural stand or the senate cham.
Der cere' MES of the Inauguration,
and unable to get within easy dist nee
of the stand because of. the presence
ahead of them of thousands of their fell
low citizens, the great event of the day
was the grand parade after the inaug-
uration was over of 20, 900 men, with
bands playing, from the Capitol to the
White House, and two miles beyond.
And the pu Bile was there. A delay
after Mr.. Mckinley had delivered his
inaugural occurred, owing to the fact
that it was deemed advisable
for President Mckinley to par
take of lunch at the Capitol before
resumlng the procession back to
the White House, whence he had
emerged a private citizen EARL err in the
day, instead Of following the former
custom and hating the parade while he
took lunch at the White House. AS
President Mckinley and ex.President
Cleveland, arm in arm, emerged from
the capitol after their lunch, the cav
airy buglers sounded a salute, the troop
ers came to present arms" and the
great throng pressed forward to catch
a glimpse of the new president.
Cheer on cheer went up, frightening
the horses and making some confusion
in bringing forward the handsome
turnout which was to bear the presi-
dental party to the White House.
Mr.. Mckinley took the rear seat on
the left, with Mr.. Cleveland beside him
On the right. On the front seat were
Senator Sherman. muff1ed in a fur col
lar and Senator Mitchell of Wisconsin.
Marshal Porter gave the word to adj.
vance. the troopers swung into com.
pany front, followed by the presidents
carriage, drawn by four sleek bays. 1t
was II continuous ovation from the
start.
Took on Hts Hat.
The president raised his hat time and
again, bowling and smiling his ac-
Acknowledgements. From windows, roofs
and trees rang continuous cheers, while
flags and handkerchiefs were waved
in demonstrative greetings. Mr.. Nc.
Kinley seeing that his salutes were con-
tinuous, ut last sat ~bareheaded, hat in
hand, waving acknowledgment to the
multitude. At the Peace monument,
the brilliant escort and the Presidential
party swung into the broad avenue and
took its course to the executive man.
sion. When the head of the parade
came in sight Of the thousands lining
the way to the capitol. the magnificent
stretch of broad asphalt of Pennsyl-
vania venue vas swept as clean of i'll.
truders as though the whole town was
deserted, for behind the wire rope, a
steady patrol of police had forced l00,.
600 persons. Ahead Of everything in
the line Of parade rode Major William
G.. Moore, chief Of police Of Washing.
ton, and with him Captain Austin,
both in full uniform. They were not
scheduled for this position in the OF.
fetal program, and the majority Of the
crowd cheered the police chief Justify,
under the impression it was doing
honor to General Horace Porter, grand
marshal of the parade.
Another interesting feature of the
special mounted aides which did no.
appear except to those familiar with
inc dTTduReIleutS, was tudC Ill the y
gregatiOn there were five SONS of ex-
presidents of the United States. They
were U. S. Grant, Webb G.. Hayes,
Harry A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur
and Russell Harrison.
General Horace Porter of New York
was grand marshal 'of the parade and
had for his chief of staff Mr.. 4. Noel
Brakeman of New York city. Co.ODel
H.. G.. Corb.n of the United States
army vas a djutant general. and Cap
tain John A. Johnson Of the United
States army as chief of aids, with Cap.
tain William Edward Horton of the ID.
G. N. G., special aid and military
secretary.
The parade vas organized IN two
grand divisiOns-one civic and the
other military. General Granville Nj.
Dodge was chief marshal of the first
grand division composed of military
organizations. He had as his chief Of
staff General Huidekoper of New York
and Colonel Joseph P. Sanger of the
United States army, adjutant general.