The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-05
ADMINISTERING THE Oath
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| the west front of the Capitol Grounds,
when shortly after II O'Clock the platoon
| of mounted police. heading the President s
| escort from the Executive Mansion to the
| Capitol, could be seen coming slowly
| down Pennsylvania Avenue.
| Here they come" was echoed all the
way around the Capitol Grounds and ia
| ken up by the immense throng on the
| east front.
| Slowly the head of the escort appeared
| and after the First Division of the pa
rade. which comprised the escorting col
umn, the Grand Marshal with his
gayly caparisoned aides. wheeled ma
jesticalIy from B Street into the Capitol
Grounds at n:25.
The Union Veteran Legion the Depart
| ment of the Potomac, Grand Army of the
Republic. and the Union Veteran Union
followed, their sombre blue uniforms con-
| trasting with the gayly decked aides who
| were lined up across the Capitol drive
| way. The column marched straight up Il
| Street.
| The appearance of Troop A. of Ohio,
| the personal escort of the President. was
! a signal for a great uproar of applause
| from the crowd. Behind the troop came
the Presidential carriage. President Nc
| kinley, bareheaded. bowed. smiling, left
and right to the shouting mass of people
| Troop A. followed by the Presidential car
riage, turned into the Capitol driveway
and the President was driven to the low
er east door, under the main entrance
TO the Senate wing.
Behind the Presidential equipage
stretched a string of carriages containing
the members of the joint committee of ar
| rangements. the members of the Cabinet,
General Miles, and Admiral Dewey. a
tremendous shout went up as the Presi-
Dental carriage disappeared from the
view of the general crowd. under the por-
! tico formed by. the eastern steps of the
| Senate wing. When the President alight-
! ed from his carriage it lacked "a minutes
| of noon.
! President Mckinley, who sat on the
right of the carriage, jumped out before
| Senator Hanna. whose gout rendered him
less ni,nble. The President and Senator
/ entered the Capitol together. passing
! through the vestibule, to the right, up
through the marble corridor to the Presi-
| dents room. There was work awaiting
| Mr.. Mckinley. the retiring President
| in his room. as number of late bills
awaited his signature.
Behind the President came the other
members of the Committee on Arrange
\ ncnts. Then came Secretary Hay, and
Secretary Gage, who were generously ap-
plauded. Next Admiral Dewey. Com
mander of the Navy STROBE in arm in
arm with Lieutenant General Miles The
uniform Of lieutenant general, which
General Miles wore for the first time. is
a sartorial creation. worthy of mention
Certainly, Solomon, in all his glory, never
glowed with the splendor of the new
Lieutenant General.
About sixty people were assembled in
the Senate corridor when the President
and Senator Hanna marched through.
More than half the crowd were of the
sentler sex. 1t was remarkable fact
that the people in the corridor, who for
the most part appeared to be strangers
in the city. merely stared az the Presi-
dent respectfully, and showed no tenden-
cy to applaud. AS the Pres','--- ..rr
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of cameras. The House and Senate stands
to the south and north respectively We're
packed with people standing In front of
the President stand the crowd spread
out. 4 little to the left, in the midst of
the crowd, were some gaily caparisoned
mounted aides. and further along Troop
A, of Ohio. To the right. in a slightly
open space, near the outskirts of the
crowd. the West Point and Annapolis ca
diets stood at rest.
A CHANGE IN THE CEREMONIES
Contrary to the custom observed on all
previous inaugurations, the President did
not lead the procession from the Senate
Chamber to the platform. At the sugges-
tion of Mr.. Ransdell. Ser2eant-at-Arms
he waited until all We're seated and then
made his way to the little stand erected
for his convenience. His appearance at
the Rotunda door leading to the platform
was the signal for a tumultuous outburst
of applause-a wild demonstration of de-
light.
The Supreme Court Justices and officers
I
from the main doorway of the Capitol 1T
| 1858 o'clock. They took seats on the left
of the Presidential stand. Members of the
| Diplomatic Corps. headed by Lord
| Pauncefote. of Great Britain, followed
taking the seats reserved for them on the
right.
| The procession moved to the Inaugural
| platform from the Senate in the follow
| ing order:
| United States Marshal Palmer and Mar
| shal Wright, of the Supreme Court; the
| Associate Justices of the Supreme Court
James II. McKenney, clerk of the Su-
preme Court. and Mr.. Davis, Supreme
Court Reporter; Sergeant-at-Arm Rams
| dell, of the Senate; Vice President Roose-
| welt: the Ambassadors to the United
States; Ministers Plenipotentiary; Sena-
tor Frye, and Secretary Bennett. of the
Senate; the members of the Senate of the
Fifty-siXth and Fifty seventh Congresses;
Sergeant alarms Casson. and Clerk Nc
Dowell, of the House of Representatives;
the retiring members, members-elect and
officers of the House Of Representatives.:
members of the Cabinet: Governors of
States and Territories; Lieutenant Gener-
al Miles and his aide; Admiral Dewey ana
his aide: officers of the Army and Navy
who have received the thanks of Con-
gress; Judges of the Court of Appeals and
Supreme Court of the District of Column
bia; Judges of the Court. of Claims; the
District Commissioners; Secretary Lang
ley, of the Smithsonian Institution; the
Librarian of Congress; Architect Clark
and Assistant Architect Woods, of the