The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-05
MCKINLEY is PRESIDENT.

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aud the procession TO the inaugural
platform was put in execution.
After the inaugural ceremonies had
been concluded the Senate .eaded by the
new Vice President returned to the
Senate ohambebr and resumed its session.
| On motion of Mr.. Cockrell, it was
| ordered the hour of meeting hereafter
be at 10 noon. The Senate at 210 p. m.
adjourned until tomorrow noon.
THE EVENTS OF THE DAY.
Story of the Inauguration Ceremonies in
Detail.
Washington, March Awhile the in
augural ceremonies we're progressing In
| the Senate cham Der, the vast throngs on
the plaza of the, Capitol resorted to vari-
Gus devices to pass the time waiting for
the appearance of the Presidential party.
AT $50 some one started the familiar
| strains of NEARER My God to Thee -"
They soon swelled into mighty roar.
The people were massed at every point
of vantage and view, covering almost
| every 0ApOboo pul VI VIC OhpibOl 4uOnN7
not less than 10000 finding room on the
| front. Photographers in abundance were
| in attendance. AT L. 45 the first occu.
pants of the stand marched out of the
| Capital doors and took their eeats. They
| were representatives of the press. Five
| minutes later the first of the Presiden-
tial party stated down the steps from
the bronze doors. Mrs. Mckinley in the
| lead, escorted by C. j. Bell, chairman
of the inaugural committee, and J.Addi-
son Porter, President McKinley's secre-
| tary. Following they came Mr.and Mrs.
Barber and Abner Mckinley with his
venerable mother and the other members
of the party which accompanied the
President from Canton, and VIM. M. Os-
borne of Boston, secretary of the national
Republican committee, with friends.
They occupied seats directly In the rear
of the platform occupied by the Presi-
DENTS party.
The ladies of the Supreme Court. head
ed by Mrs. Fuller, and mum Der OF the
wives of Senators, were in the party.
Mrs. Mckinley walked slowly and as she
came down the long aisle of the plat
form, the crowd cheered Wildly.
The party was headed by Capt. Charles
King, U. ga. (retiredl. the well-known
novelist, and First Lieut.. Shipton of the
First Artillery, who had charge, under
| direction of the senate committee of
arrangements. of seating the people on
| the stand. AS soon as this party WAS
seated the musically inolin6d portion Of
the crowd sang verse of America. !"
An intermission of some minutes fol
! L 80 ,foh of
the crowd jumped over the fence, sepa-
rating the space in front of the stand
from the rest of the plaza.
At 1. 10 ringing shout announced the
approach from the Senate of the official
Presidential party. 1t was headed by
Marshal Wright of the Supreme Court OF
! the United States and Marshal Viii son
of the District Of Columbia.
| Following chem were the members of
the Supreme Court of the United States
| headed by Chief Justice Fuller with
Clerk McKepney, carrying the Bible
Then the committee of arrangements,
Senators Sherman, Elkins and Mitchell
of Wisconsin, next President Cleveland
and president-elecs Mckinley. The for
mer wore his hat, a concession to the ne
cessiby which compelled him to protect
himself against the rheumatism. They
4 took their seats on the platform. Fol-
| lowing these the other occupants of the
| Senate cham her, headed by Vioe-Prei-
don't Stevenson, reached the platform and
were seated.
While this was being done the crowd
enjoyed themselves by singing "Ameri-
ca" and cheering for Mckinley, Cleve-
| land and Sherman. The first feature of
the ceremonial was the administration
of the oath of office. The Bible upon
which the President took the oath of
Office was radically different from any
| that had previously been used on similar
occasions. Heretofore the book has been
of tue style known as "pooket Bibles, -
and was easily held in the hand of the
Chief Justice in administering the oath.
Today a large family Bible weighing
fully 20 pounds, was used. In one of
the lids WINS inserted silver plate, in.
soIibed "Wm. Mckinley, President of
the United States, inaugurateu March
4, 1897
The Bible was prepared for the bishops
of the African Methodist Episcopal
church. 1t is the intention of the bishops
to formally present the Bible to Presi-
dent Mckinley.
The tumult was so great that the cere-
mony was nero pantn,nime, the voices
of the Chief Justice and the President
| being wholly inaudible to those within q
| few feet of them. When President Nc
Kinley arose to read his inaugural the
crush and tumult of the restless mov-
| ing crowd Wac 30 great that 1t was still
| impossible to hear word. The crowd
surged around the stand and many Ia
| dies were almost crushed.
| Cries of "Poiice'' were the only cries
that could be recognized in the confu-
sion. Many of the crowd were COM
PEELED to climb the fence, surrounding
The platform. in order to escape serious
| bodily harm.
| In the midst of all the confusion Presi-
dent Mckinley read his address, standing
with barred head, while his predecessor
sat at his right, bearing tile on his
head, and gave his attention, not so
J. UGH to what was being said, az to the
noise and tumult about him. The Eitua-
tion WINS somewhat relieved by the peo-
pie on the edge of the crowd moving
away and giving more room to those
near TIE speaker.
| The platform from which Mr.. MoKin-
ley delivered his inaugural address ex-
tended along the east front of the Capt.
| tol from the northeast end of the Senate
wirg, to the centre of the building. Near