Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-03-01

tent by the refusal of his predecessor to
rae win Grant to the Capitol in the
same carriage. 1t was bleak, cold
and dismal day on which Grant was
lnaugurated the second time. The de-
monstratlon attending the ceremonies,
however, was notably fine notwith-
standing the intense cold Many WIS.,
iting organizations declined on account
OF the repellant weather, to participate
III the parade, and many persons who
dld take part in it, including some ma
val cadets, paid for their patriotism
with their lives.
On account of the manner. of the
election of Rutherford b. HAYES, it
was deemed necessary, as in the case
OF Lincoln, to exercise the utmost pre-
cautions to insure his personal safety.
Inc cath Of office was administered to
MN in private on the 3rd of March.
put the ceremony was repeated on Il
stand at the east front of the Capitol
OH March 5th
When Garfield entered the Senate
chamber on March 4th, just prior to
taking the oath of Office, one of the
1lrst men to greet him was General
Hancock, the unsuccessful Democratic
candidate for the Presidency. The GER
tinony Of Inducing Garfield into Office
with Its accompaniment did not differ
materially from previous functions of
the kind. a..Al< 1nngzu
IL succeeding the martyred Garfield
to the Presidency. Chester A. Arthur
took the oath Of office. On recent Of
the news of Garfield's death, he tool.
the obligation at his home in New
York City. Two days later the oath
again was administered to him in
Washington. in the Vice Presidents
room on the Senate side of the Capitol,
His Inaugural address was brief and
was delivered in the presence of COM
paratlvely few persons. No spectacu-
lar ceremonies attended his introduce
ton into office.
"A perfect day characterized the first
inauguration of Grover Cleveland. Tho
crowd III attendance upon the ceremo-
ny was one of the greatest ever seen
IN Washington, and the parade was
elaborate and magnificent
The inauguration of President Har-
flSon, while elaborate and beautiful in
al or It's arrangements, was attended
by bad weather. A notable feature of
the ceremony was his escort of honor.
the SEVENTEEN Indiana Volunteer In
1antry. Which he had commanded in
the civil War. President Harrison de-
hVered his inaugural address in a driy-
ing ram. being sheltered by an UNI
Dfell;t hcld by one of his war comrades
Not probably in the history of inau-
sural ceremonies has the weather ever
tecn SO bad as it was at the time of
IleVelaEdS second induction into Office.
pennsylvania Avenue was inches deem
IN sluSh and practically throughout
the day rain and sleet fell to the seri-
Gus discontinue of all who participa-
ted in the ceremony
On the contrary the day on which
Mckinley was indicted into Office the
first time was one of the most beauti-
ldl that ever daWned. In a carriage
draWn by four black horses, he rode to
The Capitol. accompanied by Mr.. Cleve-
land, under the escort of Troop A.
Cleveland, Ohios, famous Black Horse
Cavalry The demonstration attend
ant upon the ceremony was magnifi-
cent. nearly forty thousand men being
IN the line of parade. At his second
Inauguration, rain fell necessarily and
many were the prophesies of i'll, as
consequence. These prophesies came
too true. for in the following Seotom-
DER Mckinley fell before the bullet OF
an assassin
Following the death of Mckinley at
Euffalo, Theodore Roosevelt took the
oath of Office in the drawing room OF
john G. MIlburn's residence in Buffalo
Present at the simple ceremony were
tie members of President McKinley's
cabinet and about thirty others. AS
Stunning the Presidency in the shadow
OF great national tragedy no specta-
cular features We're permitted by Mr..
Roosevelt, He came to Washington on
special train and quietly and unos-
tentatiously assumed, in this GRIEF
stricken city. the duties of his high Of
flee. itsx,.ssaaa
Later, in 1906, elected to the Presi.
dency in mis- own right by an over
Whelmlng majority, Roosevelt again
took the oath Of Office, this time in the
presence Of throng of quite one hum
dred thousand people on the east front
OF the Capitol. The day was lowering
but rain held off. and the inaugural
parade following the ceremonies at the
capitol was one of the most beautiful
and picturesque ever witnessed I'm this
country
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