Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-23

| sor and the latter was taking a horse
! back ride In the country when the
| booming Of cannon pronounced his re-
! turn 10 private life. When Grant came
| TO be inaugurated, and when his rela-
| lions with Johnson were known TO be
| strained, the committee on arrange
ments feared that they might behave
Ike the Kilkenny cats II hauled 10 the
capitol In the same vehicle. SO II was
proposed 10 take them I'm separate car
rlages, abreast Of each other, but az a
safe distance. The proposition angered
Johnson. He refused TO take any part
In the swearlng-in party and stayed
away, But Mckinley viii be exposed
10 no such friction. IL Mr.. Bryan at
tends the Inauguration perhaps he viii
ioHoW the example set by Stephen a.
Douglas, Who at the first Inauguration
Of Lincoln-his rival In the late cam
palsn-stood beside the latter while he
TOOK the oath. Douglas held Lincoln s
mar on That occasion. Gen Hancock
was also a conspicuous figure at Gar
fields Inauguration.
IL the precedent OF Grants second in
ahguration Is followed the Senate in
augural committee will have the honor
OF riding In the presidential carriage
during the parade
$1,000 TO PARADE.
Ihirty.hye thousand men are expect
ca TO follow President Mckinley from
lne capitol lie will review this pa.
geaht within an Imposing court of
hohof INTO which the broad plaza of
avenue before the treasury, White
Rouse and state. war and navy de-
Pafunents has been converted by adj
dluon OF tall pyron columns and decor.
atlQhs. The President viii sit in box
lhclosed In glass and comfortably
heated. The Republican national com
Inltlee VIII be similarly warmed and
sheltered within a special stand with
IN the same space The public re-
viewing stands are not the rough board
structures OF former years, Skilled
architects have designed them In har-
nony with their environments. Seats
on 'hfse are selling for from 81 to s..
vastly different from this pageant OF
next week was the capital city's first
lnNuRuru parade, on March 4 1901.
Jefferson had journeyed in the saddle
rom Monticello and had quartered
nlnself IN 'unassuming lodgings" with.
IN stones throw Of the capitol. In
me morning companies OF artillery and
rlilemen paraded In front of his house,
Al noon, after waiting In vain for
carriage engaged TO take him 10 the
Senat" chamber, he proceeded afoot
over the short space Intervening and
was escorted to the capitol by soldiers
members Of Congress and a concourse
OF citizens, He appears to have been
similarly escorted back 10 his lodgings
where he held an informal reception,
washington, however, had established
the precedent for an elaborate inaueu-
RAJ procession, He was escorted nom
MS lodgings on Cherry street New
0rk, by long line Of regular soldiers
~ cooked hats and continental uni.
forms He rode alone in his coach
After his oath-taking he was escorted
TO church to attend services comment
Grating the launching Of the shin of
STATE, Adams was similarly ushered
to his swearing.in. The custom of
sending q cavalry troop to escort the
new President TO the capitol probably
originated at Madison's Inauguration
the second in Washington city, as aid
that OF making the new Presidents
ride to the White House the occasion
OF the parade proper.
Revolutionary veterans, regulars and
militia turned out at Madison's and
Monroe's inaugurations. The last Mon
roe parade was a failure because of the
bad weather It was the last of the
oocked-hat pageants. Quincy
Adams parade was small because Of
the long uncertainty as to the result
OF the election. Because OF Jackson's
refusal TO pay Quincy Adams the cour.
tesy Of a call. the officials In the cit,
refused 10 take any part in the inaugu.
ration OF the former Jackson was es.
corted TO the Capitol by one company
OF militia, q number Of veterans hast
lily organized, the Young Hickory
club and a multitude Of friends. Some
say he rode white horse. others thar
he was driven in an open carriage sur.
rounded by his veteran soldiers. Van
Buren, was ushered TO the White House
by dragons and infantry The first