The Raymer enterprise., 1913-03-06
TALES Of OTHER
| |NAUGURAT|0NS
Incidents That Marked the Day
in Former Years.
.WAsHINGToN's oATH-TAKIaG
New York Scene Of His Induction
Story Of Jefferson's Simplicity
Myth-"People's Day" When
jackson Took Office,
BY z, W. PicKARp.

Woodrow Wilson is the twenty.sev.
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 Fa-
ther Of His Country was not 'inaugu-
rated on March 4.
Arriving at Elizabethtown Point,
N. j., on April 20, he entered a barge
rowed by II 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 13 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 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 out
a mighty tumult OF cheering. bell-ring.
ing and the noise of cannon. Re.
Burning to the senate chamber, Pres.
ident Washington read his inaugural
address and the history OF the
\ United States under the constitu.
ton began.
II 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
Hence, and was inaugurated with less
*eeremony than would attend the TAX
ing Of Office by keeper Of dog
ound. Such is the old story, but 1t
~ pure myth and is first found in
book of travels in the United
I tates written by John Davis, an Eng.
u 3shman. Davis asserted that he was
& ~ eyewitness Of the simple ceremony
= 6hich he described, but 1t has been
(Sroved that he was not In Wash.
ngton at the time.
~ The Inauguration Of Jefferson, which
marked the defeat Of the Federallst
Darty Of Hamilton, Washington,
Adams and Jay, was the first to take
& )lace in Washington. The newly es.
l1ablished national capital. then but
20 few months old. contained only 1000
inhabitants, many Of them negroes;
fhe houses were mostly huts and the
treets muddy roads. The big event
vas thus described in the Philadelphia
AURORA OF March IL; 1901:
"At an early hour on Wednesday,
March 4, the city Of Washington pre-.
tented spectacle Of uncommon ami.
nation occasloned by the addition to
~ usual population OF a large body
pf citizens from the adjacent districts.
discharge from the company Of
Washington artillery ushered In the
!ay. and about one o'clock the Alex.
ndrla company Of riAemen with the
pmpany Of artillery paraded in front
the Presidents lodgings. At 12
clock Thomas Jefferson. attended by