New-York tribune., 1901-03-05
z KINLEY INAUGURATED
ROOSEVELT BECOMES VICE.
PRESIDENT.
rHF PRESIDENTS SECOND TERM BE-
GINS CEREMONIES UNUSUALLY
BRILLIANT. THOUGH SLIGHTLY
MARRIED BY RAIN.
rR7 TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUSE.

washington. March 4-william Mckinley Of
,oL,o and Theodore Roosevelt, of New-York,
--ore inaugurated President and Vice-Presiden.
:. +be United States at noon to-day. Mr.. Roose-
a1+ first taking the oath Of office in the Senate
hor,ber and President Mckinley being sworn
TITO Office again the main portico of the
-o,ito1 The ceremony of administering the
ootb If office to the President was marred by
,,gb+ fall of rain. which afterward turned
,or an hour or more into steady downpour.
The success Of the inaugural programme was
,o+ seriously clouded, however. by this disa-
sraeable incident The shower was April
one and soon gave way TO clearing skies whick
assured the uninterrupted continuance OF the
outdoor celebration Little discomfort X
ne-ienced by either the bodies which marched
IN the parade or the tens of thousands Of spec
.s.ors who witnessed it. and the day proved on
.be whole an unusually favorable one for in
auguration purposes
The Presidents drive from the White House to
che CapitoI was the occasion for unbounded
-husiasm Senator Hanna sat beside the Pres-
dent in the carriage which was escorted by
veteran organizations numbering 200 men and
by Troop A, Of Cleveland. Ohio. The Cabinet
end Admiral Dewey and General Miles in
riages followed the President, and behind them
marched the West Point and Annapolis cadets.
she Porto Rican battalion and four thousand
regulars
The oath Of office administered to Vice
President Roosevelt in the Senate chamber by
MI Frye, the president pro tempore. In the
presence Of the President, the Cabinet, the Su-
preme Court, the Ambassadors and ENJOYS and
cvercrowded galleries. Among the spectators
were Mrs Mckinley and Mrs. Roosevelt.
President Mckinley went from the Senate to
the east front of the Capitol 10 take the oath
Of Office. Tie cath was administered by Chief
Justice Fuller in the presence Of the Senate, the
House of Representatives. the Supreme Court
and an immense multitude of people. The de-
livery OF the Presidents inaugural address con-
suned only twenty-five minutes. of the
shortest inaugural speeches ever delivered.
The grand review was splendid military and
civic spectacle, thirty thousand men being in
line. The formation was unusually compact
and passed the reviewing stand in two and one
half hours. The cadets from West Point and
Annapolis, the Porto Ricans and the Governors
of States carried of the popular honors. The
President WAS attended at the review by Vice
President Roosevelt, the admiral of the navy.
the general Of the army. the Cabinet, Senator
Hanna and General Corbin. The parade was
over at o'clock
The ball IN the great court OF the Pension
Building was the most brilliant inaugural ball
liz the history Of the republic The beauty and
refinement Of the decorations suggested the ele-
gance Of a private function, and would have
graced a modern American palace. Twelve
thousand was the limit OF tickets, and the ap-
pearance Of the ballroom indicated the presence
OF that number Of people.