Evening star., 1909-02-28

gave evidence of it's appreciation and
patriotism and hospitality with a demon
stration which called from Daniel Web
ster this comment: Never has such a
crowd been seen here before. There must
have been fully 5000 people along the
line Of march. Persons came 500 miles
to see the President inaugurated." The
President that day occupied a carriage
constructed from a part of the hull OF
the frigate Constitution.
Twenty thousand spectators were banked
along the line of march at the Inaugural
mony attendant upon the inauguration
however. had no specially distinctive fea-
lures.
Citizen Soldiery Participate.
At the Inauguration Of President Will
liam Henry Harrison, for the first time
citizen sodiery from the various state:
participated in the ceremonies.
In the inaugural parade elaborate cam.
paign devices were used, the log cabir
being prominent feature. The protec
tive doctrine. on which President Harri
son had conducted his campaign, was IL
lustrated by working looms and Other
machinery illustrative Of the progress oi
American industries. Gen. Harrison rode
on horseback to the Capitol and returned
to the White House in a coach presented
to him by the wings OF Baltimore. L
| was estimated that $1,000 people wit
messed the ceremony.
Scarcely a month later Vice Presiden
Tyler was called upon to take the oati
Of Office as President, President Harrison
having passed to his reward. The cere
| mony of inducting President Tyler wa!
conducted in his own home in Washington
without pomp or display of any kind X
view of the grief-stricken city and coun
try.
A Heterogeneous Pageant.
The Inauguration of President Polk was
to an extent, personal disappointment tt
him. as the weather was execrable. Poll
was fond of display, although his taste.
were not specially military. The inaugu
raj procession, therefore. was somewhat
| heterogeneous. 1t included not only tht
| military. but members of his cabinet. tht
clergy of the District of Columbia tht
| professors and students of Georgetown
| College and what was known as the Fair
| fax Cavalry, kid glove Virginia regi
ment representatives Of the best fami
| lies In the Old Dominion.
President Zachary Taylor was not in
augurated on the 4th of March. tha
| date falling on Sunday. The old fighter
| was fond of pomp and ceremony and tn,
| inaugural procession was one Of the finest
up to that time, that had been seen in tn,
country.
Fillmore, through the death Of Presiden
dency without special ceremony. al
| though the oath of Office was administered
to him in the usual way before the Con
greSS.
Pierce and Buchanan were !nauguratet
| in no distinctive fashion, although tht
ceremonies in both instances were at
tended with great demonstrations.
Lincoln's First Inauguration.
When Lincoln came into the presidency
the country throughout was trembling
with apprehension. For the first time
in the history of the United States reg
ular troops had been ordered to Wash.
ington, not for display, but for pro
lection Although Lincoln himself ex'
pressed no fear, extraordinary precau
tions were taken to preserve his persona
safety. When he delivered his inaugura
address on the east front Of the Capito
in the presence of an immense throne
his rival, Stephen A. Douglas, stood a
his side and held his hat. Following the
formal inaugural ceremony Lincoln ten
dered to the populace an elaborate re-
ception at the White House. His seconc
Inauguration followed the greatest inter.
necipe conflict known to history. Elab
crate precautions were taken to insure the
Presidents safety, yet many were tht
| misgivings as to the outcome.
The induction of Andrew Johnson into
the office of President, following i'm
mediately upon the assassination of Lip
coin, was conducted in the private room
of a hotel. No ceremony attended 1t.
Greatest Spectacular Display.
The greatest spectacular display made
| up to that time was at the Inauguration
| of President Grant. 1t was practically
purely a military demonstration. and
although magnificent In all of its fea
| lures was marred to an extent by the
| refusal of his predecessor to ride witt
Grant to the Capitol In the same car
rlage.
II was a bleak cold and dismal day OF
| which Grant was inaugurated the secont
| time The demonstration attending thu
ceremonies. however. was notably fine
notwithstanding the intense cold. Man,
visiting organizations declined on accoun
| of the repellant weather to participate
| in the parade, and many persons wht
| did take part In it, including some cadets
paid for their loyalty with their lives.
On account of the manner of the elec
ton of Rutherford B. Hayes it was deem
ed necessary as in the case of Lincoln
to exercise the utmost precautions to In
! sure his personal safety. The oath o.
Office was administered to him In private
| on the Sd of March, but the ceremony
was repeated on a stand at the east from
| of the Capitol March B
When Garfield entered the Senate cham
ber March i, just prior to taking the oath
| of Office one of the first men to greet him
was Gen. Hancock, the unsuccessful ueHl'
ocratic candidate for the presidency
The ceremony Of inducting Garfield into
| offlce with it's accompaniments did not
differ materially from previous functioni
of the kind
In succeeding the martyred Garfield to
the presidency Chester A. Arthur twice
took the oath Of office. On receipt of the
news of Garf1elds death he took the obli-
CATION at his home in New York city
Two days later the oath again was ad-
U1infSt cred him in WaShin R7On the
Vice Presidents room on the Senate side