Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1901-03-08
GREATEST IN HISTORY
Scenes at Washington such a. Have
Never Before Been Witnessed

Never Before Been Witnessed
The influence OF The greatest multi
ude that ever Invaded The city over.
sladowcd al the pageantry and moSl
Impressed the mind. Washington had
dnckcd herself a. never before for the
second Inauguration OF Mckinley. and
tie Induction into The vice presidency
Of Theodore Roosevelt. The committee
In charge had insisted upon Uniform
and harmonious decorations. Thr
S.home was superb. and it was AL.
nirably executed. The gem of il all
was the court uf honor. whore the pres.
idcnI reviewed the parade. Il extended
from tlle Treasury huilding tn TIE War
S-ate aud Navy building. comprising
tAe stretch In front Of the executive
mansion. Guarding the entrance were
Ni-anIic White pylOns. surmounted by
bronze urnS for the Greek tire at night
boric columns. like measured SentinelS.
SioOd before the Ehite-roofcd stands. "
which the distinguished personages
were seated. while other columns ran
in >emi-circle through the White
House grounds.
only a comparatively insignificant
portion uf the vast multitude saw any
thing of the actual Inauguration cere,
monies nj the Capitol The great uu.
numbered thousands were content to
wait in hc avenue below to see the 1--WE
iItn on WHOM the mental attention OF
the world was liked and the great pro
ceSSiOu which followed them
When the ceremony in the senate was
over, the iloorand galleries emptied into
the corrid. s-thrpugh which the people
jo~tled and squeezed into the rotuuda
and out onto the great platform erected
from the east pCrtico of the Capitol
building. As the urSt of those from
the senate appeared tnc drizzling
mist began falling which changed Guicl,
~ into pelting rain. Soon il was a
veritablc duwup"ur. The forbidden.
aspect drove some back into the r,-
tHnda. bot many handsomely -gowned
women. most nf the senators and repre-
sentativeS, every member Of the >u-
Ireme court and the entire bespangled
diplomatic corps braved the elements.
The hushed multitude waited breath.
leSSly TO see him kiss the Bible. and
then. despite the rain. they awakened
the echoes OF Arlington across the Pc
tomac with their applause Hardly
lad the inaugural been finished when
The rain abated. turning into driz-
zlius mist again and later ceasing alto
gethcr
When the president and vice prcsi-
dent had quilted the scene To take their
places n the head of the procession. the
soldiers stretched across the plaza
where the multitude had been. their
bright uniforms. gay standards aud ac-
coutrementS Of brass and gold and steel
showing nu bad effects from the wet
ting they hal received. The procession
wound down the hill and m the broad
rain-dreuched avenue. through Il living
lane OF people. The crowds had waited
patiently through the rain rather than
lose their place and when the parade
appeared their ardor seemed un-
dampcned.
The crauin=. eager crowd had eyes
only for the open barouche drawn by
four horses. in which the president and
senator Hanna. chairman of the com
miItee on arrangements sat. The eX-
ploson of applause which greeted the
chief magistrate. We're redouhl"d as
Vice President Roosevelt in another
carriage, drawn by two horses, came
into view The hero of San Juan. if
anything, received more flattering
reception than the president himself.
y detachment of the Twenty-thir,l
Ohio. the presidents own regiment dur
ing the rebellion. battered and griZzled
by time, trndging along on foot in the
wake of the carriage testified 10 the
loyalty of the presidents old comrades
of the Civil war The military as II
whole attracted unhounded admiration