The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-03-07
M'k|NLLY'S INAUGURATION.
Good Weather Favors the Capita!
City,
CROWDS WITNESS PAGEANT.
The City Is Gay with Decorations and
fllied with Officials and Strangers
from all Parts of This Country and
Foreign Lands.

IoTelSn Lands,
Washington, d. c., March ITO
day was one of the most beautiful in
auguratlon days in the history of the
natlon. The weather was delightful.
Inc city was thronged with officials
and strangers from all parts of the
United States and other lands The
complete program as carried ont was
as follows:
IL am.-Gathering of high govern
ment officials, diplomats and specially
invited guests in the United States S n
ate chamber.
ll:o0 a. inauguration of Theo-
dore Roosevelt of New York as vice
president of the United States. Cere
monies in the senate, attended by tn,
president and distinguished com
pany.
IL noon.-President Mckinley takes
the oath OF office in the presence of the
assembled multitude Delivers iDau-
gural address,
l:3O p. m.-Inaugural parade moves
from the capitol up Pennsylvania ave-
nue..
$3.50 p. INFLAMMATION of the court
of honor in front of White House.
7:45 p. m.-Display of aerial fire
Work7 from Washington monument
grounds.
p. INDOORS of pension once open
for reception of guests of the inaugural
ball.
p. m.-Inaugural ball openeI by
President Mckinley.
Following an ideal Sunday alter
noon and a clear warm moonlight
night, March dawned under clouds,
threatening rain. But toward noon
indications of clearing skies and sun
shine appeared.
| President Escorted by the Police.
| The president was escorted to the
| capitol by platoon of police, followed
by a band. The grand marshal, Gen.
r. V. Greene, his staff and aids, fol-
lowed, and behind them rode Gen. Dan
b. Sickles, leading the veterans. Pres
1dent Mckinley's carriage followed the
veterans and Immediately behind it
was troop A of Cleveland.
The first division of the military
grand division of the parade proper
marched after troop A and consisted
of the regular troops, the cadets of the
West Point and Annapolis academies
and tie national guard of the District
of Columbia.
| Roosevelts Inauguration.
After allowing the vice-president-
elect to come into the capital Satur-
day evening without any official atten-
ton, the inaugural committee has en-
deavored to make up for the mistake.
Governor Roosevelt got off his train
into a dense crowd Saturday and car.
rying his own grip and leading his
family he charged into mob of ar
rivals and their friends at the depot
and managed to reach hack stand.
There he selected rickety affair,
drawn by an old white horse, and.
bundling his family in drove to his
sisters home. On his way to-day to
take the oath of Office as vice president
he was escorted in an imposing man
ner. With him in carriage rode
members of the committee on inaug-
ural arrangements Of the senate and
house of representatives. A troop of
squadron A, the crack cavalry organ
ization of New York city, and the most
gorgeously uniformed soldiers who
will take part in the inaugural cere-
monies, formed the chief part of Col
Roosevelt's escort.
President Takes the Oath.
President Mckinley rode to the cap-
itol in the carriage that he usually
uses in pleasant weather for his daily
drive, and behind horses of his own.
Senator Hanna and Senator James X.
Jones rode with the President. The
pleasantest personal relations have al
ways existed between President Nc
Kinley and Senator Hanna and SEN
ator Jones.
| Everything n Big Scale.
Everything was on a big scale, char
acteristic of America, but everything
was artistic, too. There was no gaudi-
ness anywhere. The decorations are
simple and tasteful. The American COL
ors have not been abused and have
been used only in a dignified and
proper way. No pillars are wrapped
with them, they are not used to cover
the nakedness of any rough lumber
All the reviewing stands-and their
name is legion-had been nicely
painted and decorated, green stuff at
the cornices, electric lights at night
tasteful bunting here and there. For
once it may be truthfully said tha!
there is nothing raw about the stage
setting for this quadrennial drama of
American political life.
A Great Parade.
The final estimate of the size of the
inaugural parade as given out at mil
itary headquarters before the parade
moved was: Military volunteer and
regular, 22,240; veteran organizations,
1900; civic societies, 1880. Out of
this number total of about II, 500 ar
rivals were officially reported to the
reception committee early in the day.
General Francis Greene, the grand
marshal, estimated that the parade
took four and half hours to pass the
reviewing stand.
PRESIDENT TO PEOPLE.
inaugural Address of Mr.. McKinle,
Following Oath of ONCE.
Washington, March 4.-Presiden
/ McKin1oy took tho oath oP oH3oo