The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1909-03-05

ElFtEst 81 aEF Er4fe aza fefg 4itlEl
~ again the nats0n HIfhssa.ss -
strain magni6ce1ly.
The sage " Mo1tiesllo as JefteF
con was a@eetlo1atsiy termed wss
tts frs prssl1s1t 70 ba lHaugurstse
ia washington tle seat of govern.
meri aeaa having bean eaasge1 Ac.
c0npaalea - only ~ friends he
rode 81 e0yaeback from 4is home %
Washlngsg1 ne Was sosred ~ 9
small aetactment oI eaTalrF which
esoo1ee hia inD tae e.fE ne went
gnaccoupaz ir bis carriage 70 tte
capitol nj because ne bad 10 pre4e-
cessor. baf because PFes.denf Adams
emblttare1 - The resslg of ths aetio1
81 The h0ase left the citg early IL the
dag 9eefaing 10 await ise IAN prazt-
dent ire Inaugural ceremony took
piece e tie oid senate chamber the
oath 81 0Nce being administered BY
Chlef Justice Narchall Al its con
cluaion. tie nev president proceeded
10 the White House. According %
contempofaueou8 accents "a vast
concourse 81 about 4 thousand people
stood 20 he gardens aalds and strips
% woodland along Pennsylvania ay-
enue ard gaTe Jefferson enthusiastic
greeting AS washington was nearly
inaocesihle a those days celebra.
tons q ne inauguration were held II
many cities and townz throughout tie
country
q IS reported that q taFo1g of ten
thousand people assembled on the
east front ~ the Capitol 70 witness the
inauguration q President Madison.
Az immense crowd taaf vas. Tor
washington in those days Regular
troops and militia formed the nucleus
or a parade, which war concluded with
real inaugural procession The cere-
mony was concluded with q reception
az the white House. O. which former
President Jefferson was a prominent
figure
President Monroe was The nTsi %
take the oath of Office 81 stand %
the east front ri the Capitol midway
between the senate and house Of rep.
reaentatIfes he announced chat be
proposd 70 have the obligation ad
mlnlatered d. the hall of the house.
bot the senate objected The result
of tie wraneIe that enaued was that
the ceremony took place IN the open
air. as it takes place nos Il was re-
garded as an omen of good that Amer
ican eagles few maiestloally over the
Capitol al the time of Monroe's inaug
uratiou
The struggle over the election Of
John Quincy Adams By me house of
represer ,atlses was 30 long that the
Inauguration bad 70 be postponed un.
til the later part Of March bnt ID was
the most elaborate ceremony that yet
bad been held 81 Washington
The inauguration Of Andrew Jack.
son So 1929 was notable ceremony
II probably would have been even
more spectacular than It waa had the
president not suffered the loss Of his
wife shortly before As IT vas. how
ever. Washington gave evidence OF its
appreciation and patriotism and hos.
pitality with q demonstration which
called from Daniel Webster this CON.
mont Never has such i crowd been
seen here before There must have
been fully 5000 people along The line
OF march Persons came fully 800
miles . see the president inaugural
Cd" The president that day occupied
carriage constructed from a part Of
the hull Of the frlgate Constitution.
Twenty thousand spectators were
banked along the line Of march at The
Inauguration of presldent Van Buren,
The ceremony attendant upon .4e in.
auguration however lad ~ special.
" distinctive features
AZ the Inauguration of President
William Henry Harrison for ne first
time citizen soldier from the various
states participated ln tie ceremonies
ln the Inaugural parade elaborate
campaign devices were useu the log
cabin being q prominent feature, The
protective doctrine. on which pres
dent Harrison bad conducted his cam
paigu was illustrated II working
looms and other machinery illustrative
OF be progress OF American industries
General Harrison rode On horseback
20 the Capitol aud returned 20 the
White House IN coach presented 20
him by the Whlgs of Baltimore lt
was estimated. that seventyhve thous
and people Witnessed the ceremony
Scarcely a month later Vice presl
dent Tyler was called upon to take
the oath Of Office as preaiuent. presi
dent Harrison having PASSED 20 bis
reward The ceremony of inductinR
prealdent Tyler was conducted IN his
own home in Washington without