The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-03-04
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elongated triangular parkings, and
supply additional width at such
point to the general prospect.
These parkings today gave room
for substantial grandstands, in
which every seat was taken. The
rough timbers out of which the
stands were constructed were
swathed in bunting. and on their
roofs tan stats carried long
streamers of red. white, and blue.
There were 100000 visitors In
Washington today. With the resi-
dent population. the parade was
seen by nearly half million peo-
pie.
Experienced observers say that
the procession beats all its prede-
cessOrs, even that of McKinley's
second Inauguration. Not since the
review of the Federal Army after
the Civil War has the Avenue
seen so many and such variety Of
soldiers. The military led, then
came the civic organizations as a
sort of 'afterthought - not that
their appearance wasn't spectacu,
lar and as interesting as in former
years, but somehow plug hats and
frock coats did not evoke the en-
thusiasm reused by gold lace and
brass buttons. 1t was great day
for the big stick" But there was
no croaking over the predomin-
ance of soldiery. 1t was the crown
ing of Teddy, the Rough Rider"
exponent of the strenuous life.
hero of the crowded hour. Back in
the line somewhere there are COM
ing a half hundred cow-punchers
who. in the guise of cavalrymen
afoot, climbed a mill with him in
Cuba. The people could not forget
if they would, that Theodore Roos
evelt was a soldier before he be-
came President.
There were between thirty-three
and thirty-five thousand men in
line. For three hours the mobili
cation progressed along First
street, Pennsylvania avenue, and
continent streets about the capitol
Many of the militia companies and
civic bodies arrived on morning
trains; some that should have ar
rived yesterday afternoon and
evening were SO delayed on &C
count of congested traffic that they
were not detrained in the railroad
yards until the wee hours of today
Lieutenant-Gene Chaffee, grand
marshal of the parade, had the
method of alignment planned to
the last notch. and the local militia
officers, with District of Columbia
guardsmen and number of regu-
lar officers and enlisted men, acted
as a well-organized force of aids
in the preliminary troubles Of
gathering the lorces about the
Capitol grounds.
POLICE PRECAUTIONS
Twelve hundred uniformed po-
lice. 70 plain-clothes men, detect
ives from every large city of the
country, who are walking encyclo-
paedias on criminals, their habits
and their haunts, insured the sue
cess of the Inauguration from the
standpoint of safety. Precautions
against possible harm to the Pres
ident were most elaborate. From
the time he left the White House
until he returned he was guarded
by 30 experienced sleuths. On
enther side Of the carriage there
trudged a dozen detectives. while
keeping pace with the Presidential
party along the curb marched an
other line Of plain-clothes men. A
squad of secret service men fol-
lowed on bicycles. A house-to-
house inquiry had already been
made as to possible tenants for
the day who would view the par
ade from the hundreds of windows
and balconies overlooking the line
of march. The police were deter
mined that no one, crazed or other
wise, should have the opportunity
from point of vantage to take a
shot at the President. AL. cranks