The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-05
SKY FROWNS ON
THE REGAL SCENE
Mckinley Inducted Into Of
flee in Pelting Rain.
| CLOUDS BURST AS
He BEGINS SPEECH
Multitude of People Witness the
Impressive Ceremonies.

washington, March 4.-"He that
lambeth a matter wisely shall find
good; and who so trusteth IN the Lord
1 happy is he
THE wise in heart shall be called
prudent; and the sweetness OF the lips
! increaseth the learning"
! kissing these verses of the Sixteenth
! Proverbs with bowed head in acknowl-
| edgment of the subscription to the oath
I of office administered by Chief Justice
Fuller. President Mckinley at LIZ to-
! day. for the second time, passed COM
pletely into the full honors of the pres
/ idency of the United States. The book,
| a dark brown seal LeXers bible, about
! nine by five inches in size, had been
| opened at random by Clerk Mckinney
| of the supreme court, who long has
/ made it a point To note, a matter
| of curious knowledge, the verse which
| chances to meet the lips of incoming
| presidents.
Immediately around the president
were the chief representative of the
! nation and the diplomatic agents of
other countries, while stretching far out
and away over the broad eXpanse fac
! ing the east front of the capitol, was
| a vast soldier and civilian array Rain
at the time was falling steadily and
changing into drops of hail as the tenn
perature suddenly dropped capriciously
| q. few degrees
The oath of office was followed
promptly by the delivery OF the inaug-
! ural address This was short, and soon
what many persons regard as the most
impressive feature and finest spectac-
ular event of the presidential inaugural
ceremonies was but a memory Of a vast
cheering. Tain-SOaked multitude Wis
Ia of banners and flags, and the figure
of a we'll kept buoyant-lo looking man
taking the oath of his cOuntry's high
est Office and then making public ad-
dress to those who had thus honored
him.
Brilliant Outdoor Spectacle.
The induction of President MeKin-
ley was 9. sudden transformation from
the impressive solemnity of the senate
proceedings to the brilliancy and clam
| or of an out door spectacle of NAM
moth proportions. From early in the
day the whole city had emptied its
| throngs into this vast central plaza
until by noon il was a. billowing eX-
panse of humanity, cut mere and there
by narrow defiles for the uniformed
| marchers.
Massed half way back we're the
mounted officers of the military es-
! cort and the staff. in their brilliant
| uniforms of the cavalry. artillery and
| infantry. Off 60 the left. fronting the
senate, troop A the presidents crack
organization. sat mOtiOnless on their
i, / black chargers. Fronting the house
wing was the silk-hatted and hesashed
| citizens committee, their horses
| champfng and restless. amid the push
ing thousands. Back of the glittering
front of marshals. generals, aides, with
their waving plumes and banners.
surged the countless multitude.
Quite as many women were in the
thrOnSs as men. Far over TO the left
stretched the military escort, horse.
: foot and artillery, and off to the right
the state troops. awaiting the signal
to A oil Il
sound of mighty Multitude with the
tramping of many feet. the gallOpiBg
of horses the orders of chiefs and mar
shals, the clank of sabres and spurs.
the sound of an occasional busle, and
the hum of many voices. It is esti-
r mated that 10000 people We're
packed in the assemblage.
Acres Of Seats.
: Jutting out from the capitol steps
? and sweeping across the front We're
acres of seats. hundreds deep and ac-
! cOmmOdating 5000 guests. Off to the
right on the high DOrticO Of the senate
wing were more seats, crowded with
the distinguished guests of that body
= ! To the left on the house pOrtcO-
Speaker Henderson's family and
: ! friends mingled with house leaders
/ Every projecting ledge had been util-
| lied for a stand and the vast front
teemed with its myriads of occupants.
/ / Even the capitol roofs were alive with
, | occupants.
A blaze of color was at every hand.
. I, Just beneath the Goddess of Liberty q
; huge flag hung out. The big dome was
! | surrounded with flags and further
down mammoth flags hung in graceful
. folds from between the pillared front
| of the main pOrticO- The huge stand
, ! had a front of solid COlOr-fag on flag.
And amidst this riot of color and of
Surging humanity rose the central fea-
, ture of the decorative scheme-the pa
, ] viliOn Sheltering the president and the
; | distinguished assemblage about him.
! 1t was of Grecian outline, with COrin-
| THAN pillars and low arched roof From
Z | the front of the pavilion blazed the ma
I | tiOnai arms. Just opposite on a raised
: | platform, half thousand cameras
J were trained on the presidential pavil-
! ion. looking like so many guns along
! a quarter deck.
Just before O'Clock q drizzling sIeet
with hail began TO fall and over the
sea, OF heads went up countless nm
breflas. The sky turned from gray to
/ black and the signs looked OminOus
But the crowd held its ground unmind-
: full of the lowering sky and slanting
hail.
n President Last to Come.
0 Tt was Just O'Clock when the official
y party came through the main door
{ way of the capitol. All eyes were
strained toward the distinguish
groups as they appeared. Usually the
president comes among the first, out
h today there was an entire change and
5 instead of having the president wait
e until all the officials were in place, the
Q presidential party did not appear un-
Il fill all the invited guests had. assembled
v and everything was in readiness to
4 administer the OATH
= BY this time the hail had turned
- into a steady driZzle of rain When
t the special guests had been usheTed tc
e their seats there was a momentary lul
d and silence fell upon the great con-
course as it strained to catch the FRS
: glimpse of the president
= AS President Mckinley stepped out
Y uper the portico, in fun view of the
l. waiting multitude, a great cheer Went
r iup which was echoed and re-echoed
e until the huge stand fairly trembled
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