The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-05

Sonal representatives of their European
soVereigns, marched in glittering with
sold and aflame with ribbons. The ad-
mlral of the navy and the general of
the army staff IN gold braid had taken
their places. The judges of the supreme
court in their satin gowns, the speaker
and members of the house. the COVER
nCrs of the states were all there when
the brilliant assemblege felt an electric
thrill as the vice preSdent-elect was an
nounced. The greatest curiosity existed
tC see this man, who has been so much
ir the public eye during recent years,
and instantly all eyes were turned to-
ward him as wheat IN a field is all blown
one way in gale. He halted a minute
beneath the clock at the entrance, drew
himself UP until heese eemed a, foot taller,
and marched down the aisle erect and
with the bearing of a soldier. y He ac-
knowledged the round of applause that
greeted him and smiled up at the gallery
where his wife and children sat.
CHEERS FOR THE PRESIDENT.
The president, who was the last to
enter, got an even more enthusiastic re-
Ception. He never looked better and new
er. seemed more graceful and at ease.
When the ceremony in the senate, a little
tedious despite its brilliancy, was over,
the floor and galleries emptied into the
jostled and squeezed into the rotunda and
out onto the platform erected from the
east portico of the capitol building Upon
it were to be seated the senators, rep
resentatives, diplomatic corps supreme
court and some of the invited guests.
Flanking it on either side were other
stands alive with people, while the steps
to the house and senate were precipitous
hillocks of people. Overhead OIL the
Of ba ha
gallery surrounding the dome were 9TH
ers still, as if great tidal wave of hu-
manity had been dashed against the
front of the capitol and receding had
left many people clinging to the dizzy
projections. Below the multitudes filled
the plaza and beyond, down the diverging
avenues patches of color and myriads of
points of steel indicated the assembled
soldiery far as the eye could reach. AS
the first of those from the senate ap-
peared fine drizzling mist began falling
which changed quickly into a pelting
rain. Soon it was a veritable downpour
The forbidding aspect drove some back
into the rotunda but many handsomely
goWned women, most of the senators
and representatives and every member
OF the supreme court and the entire be-
spangled diplomatic corps braved the
elements. They stood on the platform
in huddled groups most of them without
umbrellas, with the rain trickling down
their backs.
DIPLOMATS GOT WET.
The diplomatic corps suffered most
with their bedraggled chapeaux, ostrich
plumes and court inery. The president
and vice president Mrs. Mckinley, the
chief justice and several others In the
rallied and covered enclosure jutting out
into the crowd, were protected from the
storm.
There in the presence of 10000 and in
the sight of twice that number of people,
standing in soaking rain, the president
took the oath of office and delivered his
second inaugural address The multitude
waited breathlessly to see him kiss the
Eible, and then, despite the rain, they
awakened the echoes Of Arlington across
the Potomac with their applause. Hardly
had the inaugural been finished when the
rain abated, turning into a drilling mist
again and later ceaSAng altogether
When the president and vice president
had quilted the scene to take their
places at the head of the procession the
soldiers stretched across the place where
the multitude had been, their bright uni
forms, gay standards and accoutrementS
of brass and gold and such showing no
bad effects of the wetting they had re-
ceived. The procession wound down the
nue. through a living lane of people Tho
crowds had waited patiently through the
rain rather than lose their places, and
when the parade appeared their ardor
seemed undampened. The cheering rose
fell and rose again, swept up the avenue
round the treasury building and on
through the court of honor to the White
house. The regulars, infantry cavalry
and artillery, the Jack tars and Marines
the sombre cowboys, the dark skinned
Porto Ricans in the American uniform
the militia of twenty-five states and the
political clubs of the civic division
swelled the great procession which es-
corted the president and vice president
back to the White house.
The eye and mind wee alike distracted
by the simultaneous bursts of music the
clatter of horses hoofs, the flashing of
sabres, the nodding plumes. the rumbling
of artillery and the blare of bands. From
one end of the avenue to the other the
troops keeping step to the rythm of the
martial music, rolled on like billows of
the sea, their banners and guidons COM
pletely filing the vision. Over all was
the continuous roar of voices greeting
the presidential party In advance rode
platoon of mounted police, followed by
the famous Governors Island band. play
ing Hail to the Chief" Behind these
there broke up on the spectators view
the grand marshal, Gen. Francis "
Greene, and his dashing staff
Then the handsome city troop of Cleve-
land in grenadier uniform, the presi-
dents personal escort, rode by, their
plumes rising and falling to- the move
ment of their coal black chargers But
tnelr claims to admiration were Sighted
in large measure.
MCKINLEY AND HANNA.
The craning, eager crowds had eyes
only for the open barouche drawn by
four horses, in which the president and
Senator Hanna, chairman of the commit
tee on arrangements, sat. The ex-
plosions of applause which greeted the
chief magistrate were redouoled as Vice
President Roosevelt in another carriage.
drawn by two horses, came into view