Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-03-04

including 900 men from the ex.
Presidents home town, accompanied
him to the train to bid him goodbye
and God-speed.
The Parade.
There may have been bigger pa
rades than the one that marched to.
day down the broad mile from the
Capitol to the White House through
the snow and slush--there may
have been larger and more en-
thusiastlc crowds to view an incom-
Ing president, and the soldiers, sail
ors, and politicians. and bands. and
glee clubs and societies that followed
him to his four-year home-but Mr..
Oldest Inhabitant never heard of
them.
Pennsylvania Avenue, paved with
asphalt and smooth as a table top,
IL 200 feet wide from house to house
and 100 from curb to curb, and from
the Capitol to the Treasury Is as
straight as a string. Every block or
30 along the way finds a little Gov
eminent reserve" or park, and upon
these. as well as in front OF business
houses, were erected for the occas-
lon innumerable stands. The prices
ranged al 1.-The way from the compli-
ments OF the owners to S. each, and
when the president and his following
Of 10000 marcheTs passed up the
avenue. few vacant places were to be
found. Up at Lafayette Square, at
the end OF the line Of parade, in front
Of the White House and OF the Pres
ldent's stand, was the largest seating
space. one structure at this point
seating $500. The presidents stand
Accommodated 1900 diplomats, Gov
eminent officials, and favored person
ages who got their tickets gratis.
Windows and suites In the hotels
between the White House and the
Capitol sold for all sorts OF fancy
prices. Senator Depew. of New York.
paid $500 for a corner room at
Fifteenth and the Avenue; Govern
or Guild OF Massachusetts, is credited
with paying close to $1,000 for a
third floor front suite In one OF the
big hotels; and two gentlemen who
had more money than most OF us
gave $500 each for two wide wind
ows In the Munsey building, one
block east OF the treasury. Other
windows fronting Pennsylvania Ave-
nue. sold all the way from $25 up.
With colors flying. bands playing.
rifles glintlng. and feet keeping time
to the rhythm of the drums. the great
procession of military and civic pow
.er started from the Capitol immedi-
.ately after the new president had
been made, and It was estimated that
ave o'clock would come and pass be-
fore the last company could salute
the reviewing stand at the White
House.
All the old favorltes we're there,
drawer and snappier and better
drilled than ever before. The cadets
from West Point and Annapolis.
marching like magnificent pieces OF
Iclockwork; the 5000 blue jackies of
the feet. fresh from their voyage
around the world; the splendid reg
Iulars ON foot and horseback: the
heavy artillery. with their trundling
aeld guns; the batteries of mountain
artillery, with their funny little
mules, each carrying a gun on his
back; the White Horse cavalry band,
every trooper playing like a wizard,
whether his mount was standing still
or moving: the crack National Guard
regiments from New York, Pennsyl-
vania. New Jersey, Ohio. and other
states; the Governors and their stats
and last. but by no means least. the
famous constabulary Band from the
far-oR Philippines which had made
the long Journey from the Orient to
see their old Goyernor-General ele-
waited to the highest ONCE in the land
of their new allegiance,
There were political clubs, too,
and each one of them had come to
Washington with the intention OF
and out-shining every
thing in the line. The Americas Club
from Pittsburg. which has attended
all inaugurRtions OF republican pres
idents since goodness knows when.
carried red. white and blue umbrel-
las In the line; the Virginia Fox
Hunters. VIII turned out for the tirst