The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-03-05

itr severe classic facadea and columns.
10 enc state. navy buildings. where its I'm
posing italians renaissance archit cture.
composing the stretch lu front of The exc
cutive mansion. Guarding the entrance
were aikantjc white pfons surmounted ~
bronze urna for the Greek fire at night
Dorlc columns. like measured sentincis
stood before the whltO rooted stands ln
which the dlstlneulahod personagoa wera
seated while other columns ram In
scmi-circle through tho White house
grounds u was as beautiful as the set
ting IN a theatre
only a comparatively Insignificant por-
tion OF the vast mulutude saw anything
on the actual Inauguration ceremonies az
the capitol The great unnumbered thou
sands were content 20 wait IN the avenue
below 20 sec the two men on whom the
mental attention OF the world was fixed
I today. and the great procession w'7ah
( followed thom. Tine brilliant and impr s.
sive scene In the senate when the vice
|prosidont-e was inducttd into office
yaa reserved for q Few hundred. The
/ public had no ibrt Ia t. while the dis
tnruishcd audience was gathered IN the
senate chamber, the president, in it-
ne side ROOM was signing the bills which
the dying congress was sending go him
Tho galleries were already filled, tier on
ticr. with handsomely eowncd women and
men conspicuous ia every profession of
life The diplomatic corps, headed by the
ambassadors. as the personal rcpr senta-
tivcs OF their European eovercigns'
marched in clothed with gold and aname
with ribbons. Tho admiral OF the navy
and the neral Of the army. stim in gold
braid had taken tncir places
The Judges OF tho supreme court Ia
their satin gown. the speaker and meme
bers OF the house the governors ~ the
states were all there when the brilliant
assomhlage felt an electric thrill az the
vica-president-olect was announced The
greatest curiosity existed TO see this man
who has been 40 much Ia the public eye
guring recent years, and inrffnuy pu
eyes were turned toward him az Wnest ~
q neld IS an blown one way Ia gan.
he halted moment beneath the clocn %
\ the entrance, drew himself up until he
seemed q foot taller, and marched down.
the aisle erect and with the bearing Of "a
soldier He ACKNOWLEDGED the round of
applause that greeted him and smiled up
az the e.dlcry whore hts wife and chH-
drcn sat.
The president. who was the last to efi-
tor. got an even more enthusiastic recep-
tion He never looked better, and never
seemed more graceful aud ~ ease.
When the ceremony in the senate, lit
tie tedious despite iSs brillamcy. was ever
the door and galleries cmptied into the
corridors, through which the people jost-
led and squeezed into the rotunda and ont
on to the platform erected from the east
portlco az the capitol building. Upon u
were TO be seated the senator's. rcpresen-
A tatives diplomatic corps, supreme court
and some OF the invited guests. Flank
ing 1t On either side We're other stands
black with people. while the steps to the
house and the senate were preclpitious
hilocks Of humanity. Overhead on the
lodges of the facade. and even on the
gallery surrounding the dome, were 9TH
ers ssin as u a great tidal wave OF hu-
manity had been washed against the
front OF the capitol. and receding had left
many people clinging 20 the dizzy projcc-
tions. Below them attitudes filed the
piazza and beyond. down the diyerging
avenaes patches OF color and myriads OF
polnts OF steel indicated the assembled
soldiery far as the eye could reach.
As the first OF those from the senate
appeared fine drizziing mist began fall
ing which changed quickly into a pelting
rain. Soon Il was veritable dowApour
The forbiddlng aspect drove some hack
into the rotunda. but many handsomely
gowncd women, most OF tho senltors and
Representatives. every member " the su-
preme court and the entire bespangled
diplomatic corps braved, the elements.
They stood N the platform IN huddled
groups most OF them without umbrellas.
with the rain tricling down their hacks.
The diplomatic corps suffered with their
bedragglod chapeaus, ostrich plumes ana
court nnery
The president and v,ce-prcsident, Mrs.
Mckinley, the chief Justice and several
others in the covered enclosure iutting
out into the crowd, were thus protected
from the storm. There in the presence
Of 2o00 and IN the sight OF twice that
number OF people standing iu n soaking
rain, the president took the oath OF o.
fec and delivered his second Inaugural
address. The multitude waited breath
lessy 10 see him kiss the B.ble ana then,
despite the rain, they awakened the ech-
oes OF Arlington across the Potomac with
their applause. aIIrdly bad the inaugural
been hnishd when the rain abated, turn
ing into drizzling mist again and later
ceased altogether
When the president ana vlcc-presdent
had quilted the scene 20 take their places
at the hond OF the procession the soldiers
stretched across the place whore the null
tltudo had been. their bright uniforms
gay standard and accourtrements OF
brass and gold and such. showing no bad
effect OF the wettlng they had received
The procession wound down the hill ana
up the broad rain-drenched avenue
through a living lane OF people. The
crowd had waited patiently through the
rain rather than lose their places and
when the parade came their arder seemed
undampened. The cheering rose and fen
and rose again, swept up the avenue
around the treasury building ard on
through tho court 0f honor 20 the White