The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1901-03-09
M'KINLEy AND ROOSEVELT TAKE
OATH or OFFICE.
t,ig Event at Washington Last flon-
day, Noted For its spIendor.

t,ig Event at Washington Last fIon.
day, Noted For It's Splendor.
William Mckinley of Ohio
Monday, for the second time ID
his career, took the oath as Pres
idenr of the United States. Not
since the time the Republic in
,iorscd another war President,
Ulysses S. Grant, has tine chief
magistrate succeeded himself un-
til Monday. Not even then was
there such an imposing inaugural
procession, SO mach enthusiasm
displayed, nor were there so many
spectators. AS Monday q pageant
lacked a retiring President to ush-
er in tho new, so were missing the
form and features of an outgoing
Vice President. Garret A. Eio-
bart, who four years ago bowed
and smiled in genial recognition to
tho cheering throngs on either
side OF the broad thoroughfare
leading To the Capitol, was not
there Monday to bid his friends
goodby. Several circumstances
conspired to make this inaugural
different from President McKin-
ley's first. In tie great audience
were seen strange faces - faces
darkened by tropic suns and re-
preventative of the Republica an s
possessions. There was an alb
sence of the eager ofiiccseeker
with voice pitched high to hope of
place. The President has made
no secret of the fact that he pre-
fers the old and tried friends to
he new.
Pennsylvania avenue, between
the Treasury building and the
Capitol, was a Kaleidoscope mass
Of color, red, white and blue, of
course, predominating. In addi-
tion to the dozen or more public
reviewing stands erected by the
Inaugural Committee, there were
hundreds of private structures fas-
tened to the fronts of stores and
buildings. Phces in windows
sold for from So to $40 for each
person. One building looking
down the court of honor rented
for the day only at 81, 200.
Fifty sevon dollars were raised
among the citizens of Washing
ton by the General Inaugural Com
mittee, under he craftsmanship of
John Joy Edison, for the derora-
tions, fireworks and inaugural
|ball. Three hundred extra po-
lice were sworn to keep order.
Senator Hanna and Representa-
stives Cannon and McRea of the
Joint Congressional Committee on
arrangements went to the White
House for the President at 10
O'Clock. After receiving their
congratulations, the President
stepped out of the front door, and
raising his hat in recognition of
Ithe cheer that went up, got into
|the carriage awaiting him, Sena-
tor Hanna following. Then the
march to the Capitol began.
A great concourse of reople had
gathered about the Capitol. Ten
minutes after the doors of the
Senate had been opened the gal
Kleries were filled, the throng over
.ilowing into the corridors. The
buzz of conversation ceased as the
sofiicial crier announced the APP
kpearance of the nations guests, the
Ambassadors and Ministers of
#foreign countries, who filed in, at
8tlred in glittering court costumes,
&the picturesque representative of
3the Chinese Empire, Minister WI
Fling Fang, most conspicuous of
JAIL. The silken-gowned and sol
#emn-visaged Justices of the Su-
preme court, the Governors of
States, the members of the House
of Representatives, the heads OF
the variouse executive departments
land chief officers of the army and
navy were all in their seats when
President Mckinley and Theodore
Roosevelt entered.
Roosevelt stepped to. the ros-
Htrum and received the oath Of Of
I Sfice from President Pro Tempore
Frye, who Immediately thereafter
kdeclared the Senate and the 56th
Congress adjourned sine die. Assn.
Eming the chair and gavel, the new
vice President forthwith announc.
&ed the Senate of the 57th Congress
convened in extraordinary session.
After prayer by the blind chap.
lain, Vice President Roosevelt de-
i llvered his inaugural address.
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