Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1905-03-09

places before eight o'clock and with that
good -natured patience 20 typical of an
American crowd waited for long hours
for that which they had come to see
Many hours the people had to wait and
yet those hours were not long. Pcnnsyl.
vania avenue was moving picture
ablazc with color. Every arriving train
brought hundreds Of visitors from the
neighboring states and every arrival
helped to swell the rapidly growing
throng on the avenue.
NOTABLEs ArpEAR.
But soon there were more interesting
things TO see than mere people. There
were marching clubs headed by their
bands moving to their appointed sta.
tons; there were troops of regulars and
volunteers; there were STAFF officers all
aaiow in gold lace riding at full galIop
as If Sheridan were still ~ miles away;
there were Indians who ambed alonH at
their dogtrot, who refused to be dis.
turhed from their calm even although
they had been brought to- Washington to
take part in the inauguration OF the Great
Father.
And ther. still later. the SPECTATORS
caught n fieetirg glimpse OF diplomats
in their rich uniforms and jowcled orders,
of handsome women beautifully dressed,
many Of whom were in open carriages, 70
mild was TIE day, on their way 20 tho
capitol TO see the vice-prcsidert indicted
into Office and the President sworn In.
Along that avenue passed not
only the government of the United States,
but hundreds of men famous In all VOLTS
Of life.
The President. the vicc-prcsident, the
members of the supreme court of tine
United States senators and representa-
tivcs, high officers of the army AMI navy,
diplCmatists. all we're there, the only
notable exception being the admiral of
tho navy.
Admiral Dewey is i'll and his physician
would not permit him to venture out.
Md so the time wore on until far Of
UP the avenue the music of a band was
heard and thrill ran through the crowd.
Here he comes" passed from lin to liz.
men and women crancd forward, and tine
word quickly passed down the line that
the President was ON his way from the
White House to thc capitol. 1t vas then
1890. Ills progress was one continued
ovation.
Cheer after cheer went up, men and
women waved handkcrchiefs. flags and
strips OF bunting. They shouted and
stamped and clappcd From one end OF
Pennsylvania avenue 20 .hc other.
through a. densely packed mass of human
ity on both sides of the street more peo-
pie it is said, than have ever been seen
before at any previous Inauguration. ac-
fyp it,,f, ha
was deafenng and was like the roar Of
the ocean beating upon Il rockbo md
coast.
RIDE TO THE CAPITOL.
There was no pause. no interval for
rest. As soon as the President left tho
White House the demonstration began
and it travelled from mouth to mouth and
hand to hand without break.
The President looked supremacy happy.
He bowed and smiled and waved his
hand. When ne caught sight of Il face
in the crowd that he knew n broad grin
ovcrspread his face. occasionally his lips
were seen TO move as il he were trying to
make himself heard above all that uproar
and say to his friend: Bully old chap,
dee-lghted."
People who saw an Inauguration for the
first time We're keenly disappointed. They
had heard much about the parade. they
expected to see long lines of troops. and
all that they saw were a handful OF
militia cavalry and the picturesque rough
riders and cowboys from the West. They
felt that they had been defraudcd. but
they felt better when they were told by
the initiated that there would be more of
the parade to he seen later.
But 1t is typical Of the extreme simple
ity of everything connected with the in
auguration OF IL President that the mill
tary display is tho smallest part OF it and
that the President should he escorted
back and forth from the White House not
by regulars but by volunteers.
To Squadron a of the New York Ma
tional Guard was assigned this honor in
connection with the men from the West.
for whom tho President cherishes such a
warm affection. These and the detectives
on and about the carriage. who kept an
ever watchful eye on the crowd to see
that no crank attempted to do the Prcsi-
dent harm, were his only guards.
And 80 through the lines formed by
these cheering. waving thousands. be-
tween the men and women who shouted
themselves hoarse out of pure delight.
the President drove the whole length Of
PENNSYLVANIA avenue and turning to tho
left entered the capitol grounds. where on
the east front was the stand from which
he was to deliver his inaugural address
ana surrounding 1t on all sides were the
people wedsed in SO tightly that the place
was black and only the tops NJ their
heads could DC seen.
Tho Presidents carriage was driven to
the steps leading to the bronze door
through which he entered. and surround
cd by the detectives and secret service
men he was escorted by the committee of
arrangements To tho Presidents roor
whilc huzza after huzza went up from
the assembled multitude eagerly waiting
for his appearance on the platform.
CLOSING or CONGRESS.
Meanwhile the favored few who had
the coveted tickets Of admission tn the
Senate wendell their way up the capito-
L line hill.
Within the huge white national state
house gathered at an early hour the au-
dience for the days ceremonies.