Evening journal., 1901-03-05
Ball Was an Unparalleled
Spectacular Event
GRAND MARCH WAS OMITTED
Owing to IndiSpOSiliOn Of Mrs. M'KiR-
lev, Rhicl However, Vas OF
Brief Duration

Washington, March 5.-"He that
handleth a matter wisely shall fnd
good, and whose trusteth in the Lord
happy is he.
The wise in heart shall be called
prudent; and the sweetness Of TIE llps
increaseth learning"
kissing these verses of the Sixteenth
Proverbs, with bowed head in aclgnowl-
edgment of his subscription TO the oath
OF Office administered by Chief Justice
Fuller, President Mckinley at III
O'Clock yesterday for the second time
passed completely into the full honors
of the presidency of the United States
The book, a dark brown seal Teach
ers' Bible, about nine by six inches in
size, had been opened at random by
Clerk McKenny, of the supreme court,
who long has made it a point to note
as matter of curious knowledge the
verse which chances to meet the lips
of incoming presidents.
The Greatest Military Pageant.
Washington's streets yesterday re-
sounded to the tread of more
marching soldiers and sailors than
ever have participated in a pregi-
Dental inauguration, and the fune-
tion had as witnesses to the cere-
monies a vast multitude who cheered
frequently whenever President McKin-
ley or his vice presidential colleague
was visible There has been better
weather on Inauguration day, and there
has been much worse than that which
attended yesterdays ceremonies. The
day in the early forenoon gave prom
ise Of being golden spring day. such
as Prof. Moore, the chief Of the weather
bureau, on Sunday very confidently AID
with much emphasis predicted bit the
weather man was in capriclous mood
and by noon q slow drizzie had begun
that lasted with some intermissicns
and and occasional lively downpOur
until late in the afternoon. The worst
Of the wet weather unfortunately came
just at the time President Mckinley
was being inducted into Office on the
east front Of the Capitol ia the pres
ence of a crowd estimated to number
10000 persons.
But the air was mild and pleasant
and the day ended with dry weather.
so that, as stated. there have been
many worse Inauguration days than
this. Garfield wes inapgurated in a
storm, Harrison in a colGTain that del
Ahtu Ant tlAg lIUlu udMM NllA uAIh anu
Cleveland took the oath of Office at his
second inaugural before 10000 cheer
ing people in a fierce gale. with the
snow beating down upon his bare head
Yesterdays downpour at the most in
teresting point Of the proceedings again
brought forward the agitation Of April
30 as the date for future inaugurations
1t was on April 80 that George Wash
ington took the first oath to the highest
office known TO man, ard yesterdays
experience was a commentary on the
uncertainty of March weather.
Had a man been on top OF the dome
OF the Capitol Washington must have
looked as it did in the spring of 1865
when the victorious armies and the
multitude behind and with them gath
cred here for the grand review. Penn
sylvania avenue, decorated with mile:
OF bunting and with thousands of flag.
trembling and fiuttering in the gentle
breeze, was lined with an impenetrablI
mass Of people so early that no on,
pretended to have arisen in time to Soy
when they began swarming into theii
places. They surged up and down boil
sides OF the beautiful avenue, overflow
ed the terraced stands and balconies
walled in the windows and fringed th'
roofs, while blaring bands, clear drawn
bugle calls and gallOping aids told o
the military legiOns marching deep int
the tangle of streets to take thei
places in the grand procession. The in
nuence of the greatest multitude tha
ever invaded the city overshadowed al
the pageantry and most impressed tn
mind.
But Few saw the InauEuration.
Only a comparatively insignifcan
portion Of the vast multitude saw any
thhg Of the actual inauguration cere
monies at the Capitol. The great un
numbered thousands were content L
wait in the avenue below to see iii
two men on whom the mental attention
of the world was fixed and the grea
procession which followed them. TIL
brilliant and impressive scene in tn
senate when the vice epresident-elect wa
inducted into Office was reserved for
few hundreds. The public had no paI
in it. The judges of the supreme cour
in their satin gowns. the speaker an
members of the house, the governor
of the states, were all there. when th
brilliant asstmblage felt an electri
thrill as the vice president-elect wa
announced. He halted moment be
meath the clock at the entrance. dre'
himself up until he seemed a foot talle
and marched down the aisle erect an
with the bearing OF a soldier He aC
lnowledged the round of applause tha
greeted him, and smiled up at the ga
lery, where his wife and children sa
The president, who was the last to Ell