The commonwealth., 1913-03-07
TALES OF OTHER
INAUGURAT|ONS
Incidents That Marked the Day
in Former Years.
WAsHINGToN'S 0ATH-TAN.!G
New York Scene Of His induction
Story of Jefferson's Simplicity a
Myth-"PeopIe's Day" When
jackson Took Office.
Ey e w. PiCkARD.

Woodrow Wilson is the twenty-sey-
enth man to be inaugurated president
of the United States, but the twenty
fifth to be inaugurated in Washington.
George Washington took the oath OF
Office in New York and John Adams
in Philadelphia Moreover, the ia
ther of His Country was not inaugu-
rated on March 4.
Arriving at Elizabethtown Point,
N. j., on April %, he entered a barge
rowed by IL pilots clad in white,
and passed through the Kill Won Kun
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 q salute of 13 guns, to which the
American frigate North Carolina re-
sponded.
Arrival at New York.
AS Washington stepped ashore at
Murrays 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 30, 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 a 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 ou
a mighty tumult Of cheering, bell-ring
ing and the noise of cannon. Re
turning to the senate chamber, Pres
ident Washington read his inaugura
address and the history OF the
United States under the constitu
tion began.
Myth About jefferson.
If you are good Democrat III
doubt you believe that Thomas Jefter
son rode unattended to the capitol OF
horseback, tied his horse to tn
fence. and was inaugurated with les
ceremony than would attend the tax
ing Of Office by keeper OF a DO
mound, Such is the old story, but
4 il pure myth and is first found II
4 a book of travels in the Unite'
States written by John Davis, an Eng
lishman. Davis asserted that he wa
an eyewitness Of the simple ceremon,
which he described, but 1t has beel
nroyed that he was not in Wasf
I ington at the time.
The Inauguration of Jefferson, Whic
marked the defeat of the Federalls
party of Hamilton, Washington
: Adams and Jay, was the first to TAX
place in Washington. The newly e'
tablished national capital, then bu
a few months old, contained only 300
inhabitants, many of them negroes
the houses we're mostly huts and th
streets muddy roads. The big ever
was II is described in the Philadelphia
Aurora of March Ii; 1901:
AT an early hour on Wednesda,
March 4, the city of Washington pr
sented a spectacle of uncommon an
nation occasioned by the addition
its usual population OF a large bod
Of citizens from the adjacent district
A discharge from the company
washington artillery ushered In IN
day, and about one o'clock the Ale
andria company Of rifemen with u
company OF artillery paraded In frol
OF the Presidents lodgings. Al
/ o'clock Thomas lsEsrscp.s attended |