The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-03-05

Prominent National off ctals and Splcn
 slidly Gowned Women Stand Unpro tacted Through the Ceremonies ill
 Water TrickIing Down Their Backs
 Parade Causes Wild Enthusiasm
 Great Ovation to Roosevelt-The Ball. Gowns of Mrs. Mckinley and Mrs Roosevelt.
 Washington, March 4.-"He tha handleth a matter wisely shall hnt good and whosoever trusteth in tht Lord happy is he"
 "The wise in heart shall be called prudent; and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning"
 Kissing those verses of the 18th Prov erbs, with bowed head in acknowledg- ment of his subscription to the oath of office administered by Chief Justice Fuller. President Mckinley at 1:17 to- day for the second time passed com pletely into the full honors of the pres idency of the United States
 Immediately around the president were the chief representatives of the nation and the diplomatic corps of others while stretching far out and away over the broad expanse facing the east front of the capitol, was a. vast sol dier and civilian array. The oath of office was followed promptly by the de- livery of the inaugural address. This was short and soon what many persons regarded as the most impressive feature and the finest spectacular event of the presidential inaugural ceremonies was but memory.
 (The inaugural addresses of the pres ident and vice president are printed in full on page 3)
 The day in the early forenoon gave promise of beipg golden spring day much as Professor Moore, the chief of the weather bureau last night, very predicted. But the weather was in a capricious mood, and by noon a slow drizzle had begun that lasted with some intermission and an occa- sionai lively downpour until late in the afternoon. The worst of the wet wealth CT unfortunately came just at the time President Mckinley was inducted into office on the east front of the capitol in the presence of a crowd estimated to number 10000 persons. At times it was accompanied by hail and sleet. was inaugurated in a storm; Harrison in a cold rain that deluged the city from dawn till dark, and Cleveland took the oath at his second inaugural before 10000 cheering people in fierce gale with the snow beating down upon his bare head. To-day's downpour at the most interesting point of the pro- 2eedings, while the oath was being ad- ninistered on the east front of the cap- tol again brought forward the argu- nent and agitation of April 30 as the late for future inaugurations.
 In the maze of choked streets spread put below squares of moving gun bar els gleamed; banners, flags and trans oarencies rose above compact masses of nen and gorgeous bands, checks of col ITS drifted here and there and every where the shifting multitude so closly backed that the ground seemed fairly llive. Pennsylvania avenue decorated with miles of bunting and the thou ands of flags was lined with an inn mass of people so early that 10 one pretended to have arisen in time O say when they began swarming into heir places.
 The influence of the greatest multi ude that ever invaded the city over hadowed all the pageantry and most the mind. Washington had ecked herself as never before for the econd inauguration of Mckinley and he induction into the vice presidency f Theodore Roosevelt. She has been many times a bride. The committee in charge had insisted Il uniform and harmonious decorations. The scheme was superb and 1t was ad- 1iraby executed. The general interest tas centered in the court of honor,
 
 ade. It extended from the treasury uilding, war and navy building, com- | rising the stretch In front of the ex- ! cutive mansion. Guarding the entrance ,ere gigantic white pilons. surmounted l y bronze urns for the Greek fire at ! fight. Doric columns, like measured 1 stood before the white-roofed Lands in which the distinguished per 0nages were seated while other col | mns ran in a semi circle through the White house grounds.
 Only comparatively insignificant ortion of the vast multitude saw any hing of the actual inauguration cere- lonies at the capitol. The great un- thousands were content to ait in the avenue below to see the vo men on whom the mental attention the world was fixed to-day and the reat procession which followed them. | he brilliant and impressive scenes in le Senate when the vice president ect was inducted into office was re- ,rved for a few hundred.
 While the distinguished audience was ithering in the Senate chamber the
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