The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-03-10
WASHINGTON LETTER,
The Inauguration Ceremonies
And Grandeur Thereof.
Thirty Thousand Militia in Line
Inaugural Address
Very Brief.

The Inauguration of another chief
executive of the United States has
become part of history and your
correspondent will bear witness that
il was a National Inauguration in
every sense.
| have seen many parades go back
and forth on historic Pennsylvania
avenue, but this one think. eXcelled
them all in pomp Of drum majors,
length and orderliness of procession
and in the numbers and enthusiasm
of the throngs of spectators. The
Presidents salute of twenty one
guns from the Navy yard and like
number from Fort Myer and from
Fort Washington were still booming
when the procession began to pass
the reviewing stand.
There were about thirty thousand
men in line, six thousands regulars,
twelve thousand National Guards
and two thousand cadets. There
were over fifty Civic organization in
the parade. The presence of Porto
Ricans and Filipinos added to the
picturesqueness of the scene.
The President left the White House
at eleven o'clock and proceeded up
the Avenue to the Capitol accompan-
led by a troop of his own Rough
Riders, those who had been with him
in Cuba. They were fine looking
group Of men. When the President
reached the Capitol he proceeded
at once 10 the marbel apartment
known as the Presidents room.
Here the floral decorations were
elaborate. The mantle and windows
were banked with roses and orchids
and the bronze bust of Mckinley was
surrounded by flowers and a draped
flag. Accompanied by the members
of the cabinet, he went to the sem
ate where at twelve o'clock Vice
President Fairbanks took the oath
of office, and made short address.
The floor of the Senate was crowd
ed with Senators, Representatives,
members of the diplomatic Corps and
Presidential party. The galleries in
which every seat had been reserved
for the families of the President,
Vice-President, the Speaker of the
House, and of Senators and mem
bers, were packed, even the steps
which were utilized as seats by the
observers.
After his address and prayer by
the Chaplain Vice-President Fair
banks administered the oath of Of
fee to the Senator'S elect.
At the conclusion of these ceremo-
MES the President took his stand on
the Inaugural platform, facing the
great crowd that had assembled on
the plaza which extends from the
Capitol to the gold-domed Library of
Congress. On his right sat the Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court who
administered the oath of Office and
the President then delivered his In
augural address. 1t was very short
taking not more than ten minutes
for its delivery and owing to the i'm
mensity of the rowd'could be heard
only by those who sat in his immedi-
ate vicinity.
Immediately after his address the
President returned to the Presi-
dents room in the Senate and after
congratulations and a few words
with his friends he re-entered his
carriage and was driven rapidly to
the White House.
The waving of flags and cheering
met him on all sides as he proceeded
at swift trot up the Avenue and he
was kept bowling from the right to
left, acknowledging the enthusiastic
salutes the entire way. After
luncheon to which a number of
guests were invited but which was
really hurried meal he took his
place in the enclosed stand which
was in the centre of the Court of
History" and from this point re-
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