The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-03-06
incidents That Marked the Day
IN Former Years.
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New York Scene Of He Induction
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fifth to be inaugurated in Washington.
George Washington took the oath OF
ONCE in New York and John Adams
In Philadelphia. Moreover, the Fa.
Their Of His Country was not inaugu.
rated on March 1.
Arriving at Elizabethtown Point,
N. j., on April %, he entered a barge
rowed b. IL pilots clad in white,
and passed through the Kill Won Kull
into New York harbor, which was full
Of all manner Of craft gaily decorated
and loaded with cheering crowds. The
Spanish man OF war Galveston broke
out the colors of all nations, and
fred salute Of Is guns. to which the
American frigate North Carolina re-
sponded.
Arrival at New York.
As Washington stepped ashore at
Murray's wharf the guns Of the Bat.
terry roared out their salute and Gov.
George Clinton and many members Of
congress saluted the first president.
He was taken to the residence of
Samuel Osgood, and for an entire
week there was revelry throughout
the city.
Finally, on April 80, all was ready
for the inauguration. Washington
was escorted to Federal hall, then
the capitol, which stood on the site Of
the present sub-treasury at Wall and
Broad streets. The streets had been
filled since sunrise with waiting
crowds, and the enthusiasm was in.
tense. In the senate chamber Wash.
ington was Joined by Adams, Knox,
Hamilton, Won Steuben and few 9th
ers, and all Of them appeared on the
balcony. Robert r. Livingston, chan.
cellor of New York, administered the
oath and cried Long live George
Washington, president of the United
States whereupon there broke out
mighty tumult Of cheering, bell-ring.
ing and the noise of cannon. Re.
turning to the senate chamber, Pres.
ident Washington read his inaugural
address and the history Of the
United States under the constitu.
ton began.
Myth About jefferson.
II you are good Democrat, no
doubt you believe that Thomas Jeffer-
son rode UNATTENDED to the capitol on
horseback, tied his horse to the
fence, and was inaugurated with less
ceremony than would attend the TAX
ing of office by a keeper of a dog
pound. Such Is the old story, but it
is pure myth and Is first found in
book of travels in the United
States written by John Davis, an Eng
lishman. Davis asserted that he was
an eyewitness Of the simple ceremony
which he described, but 1t has been
proved that he was not in Wash.
ington at the time.
The Inauguration of Jefferson, which
marked the defeat of the Tederalist
party of Hamilton. Washington,
Adams and Jay, was the first to take
place in Washington. The newly es.
tablished national capital, then but
few months old, contained only 5000
inhabitants, many Of them negroes;
the houses were mostly huts and the
streets muddy roads. The big event
was tfu us described In the Philadelphia
Aurora Of March IL; 1901: I'D.
AT an early hour on Wednesday,
March 4, the city Of Washington pre-.
scented q spectacle Of uncommon ami
nation occasioned by the addition to
is ,:-"el ;cc,!>::.::>;->z. !: lar:e bod
Of citizens from the adjacent districts.
A discharge from the company Of
Washington artillery ushered in the
day, and about one o'clock the Alex
andria company Of rihemen with the
company Of artillery paraded in front
Of the Presidents lodgings. At -
o'clock Thomas Jefferson, attended by
4 number of his fellow citizens, among
whom were many members Of con-
gress, repaired to the capitol. His
dress was, a. usual, that Of 4 plain
citisen, without any distinctive badge
Of ONCE. He entered the capitol un.
dor a discharge from the artillery. Al
soon a. he withdrew discharge from
the artillery was made. The remain
der Of the day was devoted to pur.
poses Of festivity, and at night there
was pretty general illumination"
Jackson Almost Mobbsd.
When Andrew Jackson was elected
in the fall Of 1898 the people Of tho
west and the radical elements Of the
south scored triumph and he was
hailed as . man Of the people" This
character was emphasized on the day
of his Inauguration the following
March, for never before had such |
huge motley throng gathered in Wash.
ington. Jackson's wife had died not |
long before, and he asked that the
ceremonies be made very simple, but
the masses were too hilarious to heed
the request. The weather was pleas.
ant and the east front Of the capitol
was used for the first time for the in
4uguration. In front Of 1t surged