The National tribune., 1900-11-22

ratives at work had a place in the pro
cessiOn. Students of the Jesuit College OF
Georgetown appeared in uniform. headed
| by the faculty, and Carrying a beautiful
banner.
An immense crowd was already gath
cred at the Capitol. There We're many
distinguished men in the assembly. The
comb, Jones, and Wool, and several
among civilians who were to figure in the
new Cabinet-Daniel Webster, Thomas
Ewing, John Bell, George L. Badger, and
| Francis Granger.
After the formal presentation in the
Senate the ceremonies of the Inauguration
were enacted on the platform built out
from the Eastern Portico. There had as
sembled in front of the platform throng
of people estimated at 50,UO0. A deafen-
ing shout went up as the Presdent-elect
appeared in sight. 1t was a tiattering
ovation TO any man. When the voices had
subsidized the President delivered with
great power his address to the people of
the Nation. He then took the oath, adj
ministered by Chief-.Justice fancy. after
which he turned to the people and said:
Fellow Citizens: Being fully invested
with the high Office to which the partiality
of my countrymen has called me, / now
take an affectioDate leave of you. You
will bear with you to your homes the
remembrance of the pledge | have this
day given to discharge all the high duties
of my exalted station according to the
best of my ability, and ! shall enter upon
this performance in entire confidence in
the support of a just and generous peo-
pie"
After the ceremonies closed the can
non doomed, the bands played and the
multitude cheered.
The procession again formed, and es-
fnH hn m
Mansion. AS many as possible entered
the White House to give the new Presi-
dent greeting.
In the evening three Inaugural balls
were given in honor of the President. He
spent some time at each one of them. AT
one of these balls he joined in dance
with Mrs. Gales, wife of the editor of the
Intelligencer.
Thus closed one of the most spirited
campaigns the country has ever passed
through. The borrowed emblems from
their enemies became the watchword of
the Wings, which helped toward an over
whelming victory. With the closing
scenes Of the Inaugural there ended one
of the most unique events the Capital of
the Nation had ever witnessed.
To his Cabinet President Harrison
called some of the most famous men of
the party, and everything looked toward
prosperous times again for the country.
President Harrison was the oldest man
who had ever been elected President. The
infrmities not so much of age as the ex-
posed life he had lived in the service of
his country led to physical prostration
under the new conditions, and in one
month he was borne TO his grave, but he
left a cherished memory and an honored
name.
Gen. Harrison. married Anna Symmes,
who was born in Morristown. \. j. Her
mother died soon after her birth, which
occurred in July, 1873. She was left to
the care of her father. the Hon. John
Cleve Symmes, at the time a Colonel in
the Continental Army, until she was four
years old, when, TO place her in the hands
of her grandmother, Mrs. Tuthill, Of Long
Island, he assumed the disguise of a Brit
ish officers uniform and successfully car
ricd out his mission.
He returned to his troops, and served
during the war. He did not see his child
again until after the evacuation OF New
York, in the Fall of 1873.
When old enough to attend school she
was taken from this refined Christian
home and placed at a seminary in East
Hampton, and subsequently was a pupil
of Mrs. Isabella Graham, and lived in the
family. AT the age of 10 she babe her
grandparents goodbye" and went with
her father and stepmother to Ohio in
1874. Judge Symmes had located a small
colony at North Bend. His second wife
was Susan Livingston, daughter of Gov.
Livingstone, of New York.
1t was in this Western home that she
first met Capt. Harrison, who was in com
mand of Fort Washington, the present
site of Cincinnati. They were married in
November, 1885, For many years they
lived at the old French town of Vincennes.
on the Wabash, then the seat of Terrific.
rial Government. Gen. Harrison was
Governor of the Northwest Territory. and
here they dispensed with liberal hand
the hospitality incumbent upon them.
Mrs. Harrison was there in 1911. and
received the gratifying news of the battle
of "Tippecanoe." She rejoiced that it
was all over, and the foot of the red man