Evening star., 1913-03-02

administered the oath and exPresi-
| dents Grant and Hayes were among
| those present. Owing to the general
| mourning there was no public cere-
| mony.
| The Inauguration of Grover Cleve
land, March 4. 1885, signalling the re-
turn to power of the democratic party.
was celebrated with unusual circum-
stance. the inaugural parade being
particularly large andAmposing. PresI-
dent-elect Cleveland rode to the Capitol
in an open carriage with Senators Sher-
man and Ransom. Vice President-elect
Hendricks was accompanied by Senator
Hawley. Gen. Slocum was chief marshal
| of the parade. At the Capito' vice
President Hendricks was sworn In by
| Senator Edmunds, after which President
elect Cleveland was escorted to the
| east portico of the Capitol. where he
delivered his inaugural address. The
oath Of office was administered by Chief
| Justice Waite
| The second Inauguration Of President
| Cleveland occurred March a. 1893. and was
marked by similar ceremonies. including
street parade and ball at the pension
| office. The oath of office was admins
| tered at the Capitol by Chief Justice NJ.
| W. Fuller
Harrison Takes Reins.
| Indictment weather. with a heavy fall
Of rain. marked the inauguration Of Presi-
dent Benjamin Harrison March 4, 1880.
| About 10000 persons took part In the pa
| rade, including regulars, militia, veterans
| and civic organizations
| Chief Justice Fuller administered the
| oath of Office to President Harrison on
| the eastern central portico of the Capt.
| tol. after which the inaugural address
was delivered.
President March A. 1897. and. although
| the usual ceremonies We're observed. they
were of more modest character than
| those at some previous naugurations.
| Gen. Horace Porter was grand marshal
of the inaugural parade. The President
elect was accompanied to the Capitol by
President Cleveland and Senators Sher-
man and Mitchell. The President-elect
Capitol, where the oath of office was
administered by Chief Justice Fuller and
the inaugural address delivered.
The second inauguration of President
| Mckinley, in 1901, was another wretched
day. and the sleet and snow beat upon
| the face of the President as he took the
oath Of office on the eastern portico OF
the Capitol. Vice President Roosevelt
/ had just previously been installed in the
Senate chamber. President Mckinley was
escorted to the Capitol by Senator Mark
Hanna, and afterward reviewed the large
parade in his honor from a stand in front
of the White House. Lieut.. Gen. Mel
son A. Miles was grand marshal Fea-
| lures of the parade were the large rep
resentation OF soldiers and sailors who
| had taken part in the Spanish war and
| the presence for the first time of a bat
tallion of dark-sknned soldiers from
| Porto Rico in their uniforms of Uncle
| Sam.
Roosevelt Succeeds.
When President Mckinley died from an
assassin's bullet in Buffalo September IA,
1901, Vice President Roosevelt. who
/ had been summoned to Buffalo from
a hunting expedition in the Adirondacks,
| was sworn into office in the residence of
Ansley Wilcox in that city on that day
and at once assumed the duties of the
office The oath of office was administered
| by Judge John r. Hazel, United States
| district judge. in the presence OF members
of the cabinet and others There were
no ceremonies in this city.
| The inauguration of President Roose-
welt. March 4. 1905. after his regular
! election was attended by all the usual
functions in this city. The weather was
| fine and the attendance was large Gen
John NJ. Wilson of the army was chair
man of the inaugural committee and
Lieut.. Gen. A. r. Chafree, chief of staff
was grand marshal. Squadron A of the
National Guard of New York escorted
! the President to the Capitol. where he de-
livered a brief inaugural address from
| the east portico. The oath of office was
administered there by Chief Justice Fuller,
| The parade was notable by It's size and
Scouts and Porto Rican troops.
Howling Blizzard RACES.
bowling blizzard prevailed during the
| early ceremonies at the Inauguration of
| President Taft, March f. 1909. Edward
j. Stellwagen was chairman of the in
augural committee. and Gen. j. Franklin
Bell was grand marshal of the inaugural
| parade. Troop of the Ohio National
| Guard escorted the presidential party to
the Capitol. Owing to the severity of the
weather. the outdoor ceremonies at that
place were abandoned and the President
was sworn into office by Chief Justice
Fuller in the Senate chamber, the only
| since the Inauguration of Andrew Jack
son. The parade took place as usual,
| however. and 1T is estimated that Zoo
| soldiers. sailors and civilians took part.
| The Cuban army of pacificatiOn and the
seamen who took part in the cruise
around the world were leading features
| and with the others suffered severe hard
ships through being compelled to stand
/, and march in the snow and slush which
| covered the streets. The city was cut
off entirely from the outside world most
| of the day through the suspension of
railroad ana telegraph lines. The mid
| shipmen at the Naval Academy, the Tth
Regiment cf New York and other or
| failed to arrive. and the High School
Cadets Of the District withdrew from
the parade. in the evening the inaugural
ball took place in the pension building.
| and was largely attended.