Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1900-12-12
The Washington Centennial

Washington, Dec l2.-The Preside,
and Congress, the Supreme Court ma
twenty-seveD Governors, marching sal.
diers and cheering throDgs, all in civ
gay with the national colors, celeb-st.I
The fact that one hundred years ago hs
government was established 10 WASH.
ingtoD. The centennial exercises regsn
az ten O'Clock at the White Hou.e md
will end this evening with a recep,ior
to the visiting Governors and the,r
stats at the Corcorsn Gallery Of Ar,
At ten O'Clock Presiden Mckinley O..
tered the Blue room to meet the y ~.
Ing Governors sDd other State digri.
taries. Colonel Bingham, Supel.tte,f.
ent OF Public Buildings aod Grouuf.
acted as master OF ceremopies. miro.
duciDg each gentleman ss be st,Dp.d
up to shake hands with the Pre-l1egi
After the reception the guests were
ushered into the East room where t,,y
were shown handsome mode of ia
future White House done 10 p.aste- #
paris, Colonel Bingham briefly ON
log the history of the present N
House and detailing the advantage Of
the proposed changes. The cost Of he
additions that he has designed wall he
10 the neighborhood of $llOOM0
Henry B. F. Mcfarland, Presiden, Of
the Board of District Commissiope,s
followed Colonel Bingham, bis theme
being "The Development of the DE-.
trict of Columbia Governor Shaw.
of Iowa, spoke on the "Developmeat Of
the States During the Century Or.
ing to the illness of Ex-Governor Wi.
| colt, of Massachusetts, the address On
the programme, Development Of toe
Nation During the Century" gss
uot given Alter the sueecam K.
ing 10 the East room toe PIE.
ideDt and the Governors ana 10.
vited guests sat down to lunch.
At 1:30 the centennial procession start
ed from the White House on lis Journey
to the Capitol, and the pageant made
4 sight well worth seeing as il stretched
down the broad avenue. First went
platoon of mounted police, closely fol.
lowed by the civic escort, Lieutenant
General Miles, the Grand Marshal, a0d
his staff aud q brigade of United ) ales
troops. Then folio ed President Nc.
Kinley and his Cabipe 10 csrri-ees
They were escorted by the Nalio1sl
Guard of the District md closely folO5.
co by the vi-iti0g Governor with tuer
salts. A. $50 the President reviewed /
the centennial parade from the stand
in front OF the Capitol. Tlen the Pre.i
dent and his CaLinet, the Governors
and their stats with the invited guests
ADD all the crowd that could throug toto
the galleries, adjourned 10 the HOnss /
chamber. The ball, which had been aI
propristely decorated, was crowded
from floor to gallery. The blacgrobed
judges OF the Supreme Court, grouped
10 the pit, presented a striking and
dignited contrast 10 the gala attire sud
futler ofthe. crowds In the gallery. The
statesmen of the nation aud the dlplc.
mats of the world seemed to present
q solid phslanx of msscuiioity against
a background of the plum,s ana flowers
worn by the fairer sex. The tbud Of
the huge ivory gsvel Welded by
Speaker Henderson brought camnss'
as the sightless Senate chaplain pro-
nounced the invocation. The exercises
were begun at the appointed hOut
Senator Frye, president pro TEN OF The
Senate, was given control, and Represen'
!ative Richardson, of Tennessee, laucca'
ed into bis historical sketch Of tho
transfer of the national capital from
Philadelphia. Representative Payne
of New York continued the story I'D
told OF it's establishment in the DstIic.
OF Columbia. The progress made dur
ing the first century was detailed by
Senator McComss of Maryland, andIbs
future was graphically pictured oy
Senator John W. Daniel of Virginia.
Senator George F. Hoar OF Massachu'
sets concluded the addresses by TemI'
niscent and historical sketch.