East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-25


expected to be in this city to witness
the Inauguration of Theodore Roose-
welt as president of the United States.
This will be the largest crowd that
has ever witnessed such an event.
Tangible preparations for the great
event are now in evidence on every
hand. The great grand stand along
the front of Lafayette park, facing
the reviewing stand of the president,
is almost completed. 1t will seat g.
600 persons. The presidents stand,
which will accommodate 1000 persons
is also virtually completed. Windows
fronting on Pennsylvania avenue are
bringing hundreds of dollars for
single day.
In the great procession which will
follow President Roosevelt from the
capitol to the White House there will
be about $4,000 persons. Seven thous-
and of these will be regular United
States troops. marines, midshipmen
from Annapolis and cadets from West
Point. Fifteen thousand militia will
be in line. The other twelve or four
teen thousand will consist of politi-
cal and civic organizations-roug
riders, cowboys, Indians, etc. There
will be bands in plenty, a great null
titude of them. The South, 1t is con-
| fidently stated, will be better repre-
sented at this Inauguration that at
any previous Inauguration of a repub-
lican president
Sworn in ut Noon.
| AS for the event itself it will follow
the lines of other inaugurations. The
| congressional committee on arrange
meats, consisting of Senators Spooner,
Aldrich and Bacon, and Representa-
tives Crumpacker of Indiana, and
Williams of Mississippi, will call at
the White House early, and with
President Roosevelt will leave that
point for the capitol at 1880 o'clock
in the morning. Veterans of the Civil
and Spanish wars will act as escort
on this journey. The president will
be taken TO the presidents room in
the senate wing of the capitol, where
he will remain until the stage is set
so to speak-in the senate chamber.
This must be done by 11:30 o'clock.
The stage dignitaries will include
house members and judges of the
United States supreme court, former
speakers of the house. and a multi
plicity of others who have the floor
privilege for the day. The supreme
court judges will take their places a
1850 o'clock, and Immediately after
ward the president will enter the
chamber and sit imme diately in from
of the desk of the president of the
senate. President of the Senate Fryt
will declare the senate of the Fifty
eighth congress adjourned, will sweal
in Vice-President Charles w. Fair.
banks and hand the gavel over to him
The vice-president will make c
short inaugural address, after which
the procession will move to the eas
front of the capitol, and there, on the
stand prepared, President Roosevelt
will take the oath of office, admins
tered by Chief Justice Fuller of the
supreme court. The president will
give his inaugural address. He and
the congressional committee will en-
ter carriages and head the procession
of the rough riders and Squadron A
of New York will act as personal es-
cort on this trip. The militia ry will
come next, and civilians will fall i'm
behind. General Chaffee will be
grand marshal of the parade.
VIII Watch the Parade.
1t is expected that the president on
his return trip will reach the White
House at o'clock. He and his COM
mittee, with possibly friend or two,
will have hurried luncheon together,
and they will hurry out Immediately
afterward to the reviewing stand.
where the president will review the
parade. General Chaffee, General
John NJ. Wilson, chairman of the To-
cal committe; cabinet officers, COVER
nors and their staffs, few senators
and representatives and personal
guests of. the president will occupy
the reviewing stand. Only the guests
of the president will be admitted.
1t is expected that the procession
will keep on moving until nearly 7
O'Clock in the evening. AS soon as
1t has passed the president will ex-
change his black frock and other
morning dress for an evening suit and
will get a hurried dinner. He will
appear at the grand ball in the PEN
sion office building at $3.50. Presi-
dent Roosevelt will lead. the grand
march, and after that Ls over will
make program for hi mself. Since
it will be Saturday night, the ball viii
lclose promptly at midnight. Their
the inaugural will have. become his
tory.
AT the hotels 1t is stat ed that no ad-
vance in rates has been made on ac.
count Of the inaugur alton, but the
leading hostelries are taking guests
for no less, than a week. The ad.
vance guard Of visitors is already put
ting in an appearance. Not the least
Conspicuous among those already on
hand are the multitude of street
takers who are gathering from New
York. Philadelphia and other cities
In anticipation of reaping a harvest.
Owing to the extraordinary precau-
tons taken by the Washington police,
In conjunction with the detective de-
Dartments of the .chfef cities of the