Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-28
Inauguration of President William
Henry Harrison in lS4l'
DAYS OF TIPPECANOE And TYLER, TOO
Similar Events Upon Each Recur-
renee Of Quadrennial Period.
"OLD ROUGH AND READY

exciting one and probably the most pictur-
esque of any of its predecessors MOI only
were live BOOSTERS and dead coons used by |
the followers of Van Buren,, but the friends
of Harrison had their log cabins, barrels |
of hard cider live coons and dead ROSTERS !
in evidence Long before the day OF in !
auguration was reached preparations were
made for the greatest event OF the klnd |
known to that time. and the people were |
expecting a crowd and hoping Tor pro-
pitious weather A correspondent OF Bar
timore paper, writing from here March T. |
said: The city presents spectacle never |
before witnessed and | think never Will |
be again The living stream of people /
moving in all directions gives one the idea
of the crowded thoroughfares of London or |
Paris
cold and there was no appreciaple eHect |
lDon the crowds other than to keep the |
people moving. There were no STANDS |
along the route. but there was much deco
ration by national and party embleIns Tor
those days ,
DAYS before and having paid a visit to ms
old home at Berkeley, Va, had returned TO
the residence of Mayor Seaton. on street
between Ith and Sth streets, as ms guest;
For the procession W m. l.. Brent was the
chief marshal; DIR. William B. Magruder'
John A. Blake, Walter LenoX, Ihotlas
Rlagder and VIM +. Elliot being marshals
of division, each with ten or tWeNe as
sistants A salute was fired in the morn
ing and the various bodies participants III
the procession asse mbled in front OF the
city hall and in 9TH. 9th ana streets.
They were in readiness for the slShai VI "
gun to be fired at 10 O'Clock
The military escort consisted OF me TOTO
mac Dragons. the Columbian Artillery,
The National Grays of Philadelphla. lilT
Washington Light Infantry and Natlohai
pines (afterward the Grays). Then came
the President. who, having declined 10 i4ue
in magnificent carriage drawn ps lou
white horses, presented by the WHY'S VI
baltimore was mounted on a me Whi.e
horse and was accompanied by Noi; iouu
and Mai Hurst. who had been win MN d
the battle of the Thames he was SUI
rounded by number of other olncers;
twelve mounted marshals preceding anu
following the party. The members Vi ia ia
yress diplomatic corps ana tne ma ois atiu
corporate authorities of the Distrlct ciues
in carriages
Tippecanoe Clubs and Log Cah1hs.
Following them were many Tippecanoe
clubs with floats bearing log cabins tha'
from Laurel. Md, having power loom on
which were operatives. Others made INDUS
trial exhibits of various kinds.
Including the state and miscellaneous
ALLEGATIONS the line was spread out 10 an
astonishing length for that Gay, anu W.
II was closed by the faculty ana s'uue a
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bar.ner Washington had seen the liaesl us
play ever made here. ,-,b
TIC route was by z, nth, and lon
stl Gets and the avenue to the oapl'o. aih
Here was. much CHEERING en- route when
was acknowledged by the President ooiiiis
his hat. At the Capitol was 1ound an M mn
rne1lse crowd, estimated Dy some as iiSH
as 10 600 The presidential party, dis h-iiI9
al the door of the Senate. proceeded 10 lIe
platform erected on the east poruco NiieL
President Harrison delivered MS lhdus u!di
address and took the oath OF Once auiii IN
istered by Chief Justice fancy. the act pc
ing hailed with cheers and announced "
the world by salvos of artliiery. .,o
There was some enterprise shown D! tile
NEWSPAPERS out of town, and Dv an d.
roneauent with them, the Baltimore ana
Ohio railroad had locomotive ana car
readv near the corner of 2d and b streets
the north end of the old depot, which eooh
~ inaupural address northward, leaving
at 1c::,I o'clock. and reaching the outshirtS
o. Baltimore in one hour ana d quar-
whence it was carried by pony express 10 d
like equipment on the Philadelphia rallroau-
II was published the same afternoon In Bal
timore and Philadelphia.
When the procession was reformed at the
Capitol, the President declining asaiii .ils
use Of the carriage. remounted mis- charger
and was escorted to the Executive manson,
where for three hours. he received the
congratulations of the multitude Many oI :
xanizations called in a body, the corporate
authorities of the three District cities
among them $1,000.
There was much rejoicing on the streets
the whie residents and visitors leading IN
S1nonstrations and at night many homes
were Illuminated in primitive manher'
but the great feature GROWING the DAY
doings consisted of the inauguration pam,
There was a peoples Tippecanoe pail at
Carusi's Assembly rooms, now herman
Theater; a national affair at the assembly
rfoms formerly the American Theater. and
later the Canterbury. on Louisiana avenue
and a native American at the Central Ma
sonic Hall now the Bradley building, AT
a. and d streets. The President with ms
daughter, visited each in the course or the
evening. ,.
ZION of Gen Harrison the office became va
cant by his death, on April 4, ana the wee
President. John Tyler, was called by a
sreciaI messenger to the city On April u,
for the first time IN our history. was the
oath of the President administered to the
Vice President. and. of course TINS was
done in the most quiet. simple manner.
President Folks Day.
Tuesday. March T. 1S45. was not an au-
spicious day for the Inauguration Of Pres
tdent Polk. for 1t opened cloudy. and before
the exercises we're over at the Capitol rain
fell. but those participating for the most
part remained until the close
There were many flag stats erected the
nreyious campaign by the partisans-the
hickory by the democracy and the pine OF
other woods by the whigs-and the party
was quite display of the red. white and
blue along the route of the procession
Gen. John M McCalla was the chief mar
shaI with Gen. W. F. Sanderson OF ONO
Col. j. C. Zabrinskie of New Jersey and
Mai A. T Hillyer aids. and j. g. Gin
ton of New York. r. Brodhead OF Pennsyi.
yania Gen. J. II. Carson of Virginia anc
Lund Washington of the District or Co.
lumbia. assistant marshals.
To accompany the President en- route was
the marshal of the District Gen. Hunter
with Maj. T. p. Andrews. Maj. A. A. Mich
olson C. s. WaIlach, p. Barton Key, ii. III
Dent ]. W. Miner and Maj. e. W. Cam
bloss all mounted, as assistant marshals
Al the Capitol the following were the as
sistant marshals: Mai. j. \. Barker. DR.
John B. Blake. T. Dixon, J. NJ. Torbert
DR. Lacy, Mai. ]. P. H.iss, James Hoban
John Branch and II. B.. Tyler.
At sunrise q national salute was fired
and at & O'Clock single gun was the sig
nal for the gathering of the organizations
preparatory to the march to the rendez
vous, the city hall front and adjacen
streets The military escort was forme'
under Brig. Gen. Mason Of the Potoma
Dragons and consisted of the following
Fairfax Cavalry. Capt. Wilcoxen. whicl
of a