Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-24

equally fortunate, though the day began
with lain. When Grant was inausurateo
trst there was a heavy rain in the morn
ing; the day of his second inauguration
was so 'fearfully cold as TO amount TO a
Dllzzard, the fingers and ears OF the nlarch-
ing troops being frozen and frostbitten.
That was the coolest March 4 in the his
tory of Washington.
NO wine Is to be served at the inaugural
Dali thls year. At the last one there was i
5000 deal of drinking, and some disreputa-
bie persons Were disposed to be disorderly
mat pail, however, was. on the whole, a
remarkable success thanks 10 the pcrfec-
Ilon or the management. The pension Of
nee building, in which it was held. is Gd-
mlraoly adapted for such purpose. 1t Is
Dullt around Il covered court, 2S0Nl30 feet
and is surrounded by three galleries suit
able for promenading. All around the court
arc large rooms, which can be made 10
serve as supper rooms, cloak rooms etc.
and TO accommodate the press, the police
the lire department and the telephone
corps. The three rooms of the commits
sioner oil pensions, on the second door,
were reserved for Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland
while adjoining apartments We're set apart
Tor the vice president and the diplomats.
The cloak rooms We're under charge of 1a5
employees of the city poSJoffice,, and there
was separate numbered box for eacn
guest. On each ball ticket was printed the
number of the box belonging to the holder.
The kitchen department occupied tem-
porary structure built outside. There were
74$5 tickets sold for Mr.. Cleveland's ball
Similar arrangements will be made for
1t is expected to be an equally great sue
cess. Usually there Is a surplus of money
after ali expenses are paid. and this is dis
trihuted among local charities. Mr.: Cleve-
lands first inaugural ball was held in the
pension office, which, being at time un-
completed, was rooted with canvas tempo
rariiy 1t was estimated that 12 900 people
attended the ball given in honor of General
Harrison at the pension office eight years
ago. No wine was served on that occasion.
A feature of the day was the appearance
of the survivors of the Seventieth Indiana
resiment in the parade. This was the regi-
war. The ball in honor of General Garfield
was held in the National museum, the
eacnm fb Gf EhGS NeaTT
ed. The building was then new; it is now
so crowded with exhibits as to be unavail-
able for such a purpose.
When Hayes entered upon the presiden-
tial office there was great deal of riotous
talk, and threats were made TO the effect
that he would not be permitted to occupy
that his life would be attempted. and &C
cord!ngly, on his way to the capitol, he was
of veterans of the civil war, dressed in citir
zens' clothes. General Grant thought
enough of the danger to thrust Pisio
House, and 1t is said that he put his hand
on the weapon once, when there seemed TO
be rush by the crowd toward the car
riage in which he and Mrs. Hayes were
seated. There was no inaugural ball upon
that occasion. because the result of the
few days before. Hayes inauguration
took place on March 5. because the 4th day
OF the month fell on Sunday. II is alleged
that Tilden took the oath OF president pri-
vately-not because he contemplated fight
for the presidency. but in order that all
requirements should have been fulfilled by
him.
Grant was not on good terms with An
drew Johnson, and the latter refused to
ride to the capitol with him, though 1t was
suggested that he might occupy second
carriage. A feature of Grants first in
augural parade was a miniature copy OF
the frigate Constitution, full rugged and
manned by boys in sailor costume. The
ball was held in wing of the treasury
building. There was dancing on three
floors, and the manager of the festivities
communicated orders to his assistants by
telegraph. Supper was served in the base
ment but the contractor did not supply
enough of 1t, and hundreds of people went
The cloak rooms were so badly managed
that the crowd became impatient and
broke into them, helping themselves to the
coats and hats that came first. 1t Is said
that Horace Greeley waited for two hours
to get his white overcoat. On the occasion
of Grants second inauguration special ef-
forts were made for grand display, an i
military organizations from many cities at
tended. That was the awfully cold day,
the wind being SO high that the president 8
address could not be heard For the ball
a temporary building, $50 by $50 feet, was
put up in Judiciary square. Everything Tor
the supper was cooked in New. York. Not
withstanding all the preparations. the al
fair was failure the intense cold keeping
thousands of people away. The building
could not be kept warm and the guests suf-
fered 1t is said that the milk froZe in the
hot coffee and that the boned turkey had
to be chopped with a hatchet.
Lincoln left his home in Springfield. ILL.,,
nearly month before the date of his inau-
guration his purpose being TO make a Sc
ries of speeches en- route for Washington.
He was the originator of the car platform
style of speechmaking. Many threats or
alleged that men in Baltimore had formed
conspiracy to kill him when he passed
through that city: If such a plan was on
foot he defeated it by leaving Harrisburg
earlier than was Intended and going
through Baltimore when nobody knew of
it. AS a precaution, General Scott ordered
Batteries of light artillery were posted
here and there, and sharpshooterS were
placed on the roofs of houses along Penn
sylvania avenue. Mr.. Lincolns carriage on
his way to the capitol was surrounded by
soldiers. The inaugural ball was held in
a temporary building put up on Judiciary
square. On the occasion of Lincolns sec
ond inauguration the model room In the
patent office was used for the ball.
William Henry Harrison's Inauguration
delphia Grays, a crack military organiza-
tion. This was the first time that a COM
pany of soldiers from beyond the limits of
The president rode to the capitol on
white horse. Three balls were held that
evening" to all of which Mr.. Harrison
went. One of them was at Carusi's. anoth-
er at Masonic hall, and the third and popu-
lar one was at the old Louisiana Avenue
theater, which was bought by the commit
tee of arrangements and remodeled fer the
purpose.
On Harriscns demise Tyler left Rich
mond at once for Washington, assuming
the functions and the place of the presl-
dent. Up to that time the power of the
vice president to do this had been in dis
pute many able constitutional lawyers
contending that the vice president could
only exercise the functions of president
while retaining the capacity of vice pres
ident The precedent thus established by
Mr.. Tyler has been accepted as equivalent
to law.
Van Buren's inaugurai ball was held at
Carusrs Andrew Jacksons first BAH was
given at the same place. He gave the
first public reception at the White House.
when much wine was spilled and china
broken, and men with muddy boots stood
Ilpon satin covered chairs TO see the presi-
dent. Jackson's second inaugural was
given at Masonic hall. Jackson believed
that President Adams was at least cogni-
zsnt of ISLANDERS circulated by Washington
office holders against Mrs. Jackson, and on
thar account he did not call on Mr.. Ad-
ans when he arrived in Washington.
Pure Superstition.