The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-10-27


leading men of the city. With the
President came Vice President Mar
shall. Speaker Clarke, Chief Justice
White and several associate justices
senators from the thirteen original
states, and members of the House Of
Representatives equal to the number
of members sitting in congress IN
the latter part of 1899 and the be-
ginning of 1900 Ambassadors AMI
ministers of European and South
American countries who had accent
ed invitations were in the Washing.
ton party, as were also the chaplains
of the Senate and House.
Luncheon WIS served at the Belle,
vue-Stratford Hotel at which were
presen the President and Vice Pres
ident, all the other invited guests
from Washington, the governors Of
a number of states, and the several
committees having charge Of the
cermonies.
After the luncheon came the pa
rade with President Wilson near the
head of the line. In the procession
were all the sailors and marines
stationed at the Philadelphia Navy
Yard; four companies Of coast ar
tillery from Fort pu Pont and Fort
Mott on the Delaware River; a pro
visional brigade Of the Pennsylvania
National Guard, the Philadelphia
cavalry commands attached to the
state militia and the patriotic soci-
cites. The parade wound its way
through the business section of the
city to Independence Square. hence
President Wilson was escorted &c
Congress Hall. He was attended
by the First Troop, Philadelphia
City Cavalry, which has escorted
every president who has visited
Philadelphia since the time of
George Washington.
AS the president approached the
historic hall a chorus of one hun
dred voices greeted the nations chief
executive with patriotic song.
Brass bands blared forth stirring
music and the great crowd of people
massed in and about the Square
cheered.
The old building is small, having
a width of fifty feet and a depth of
about seventy-ive feet, For this
reason only $50 persons could be
crowded on the first floor where the
lower house of Congress met. The
senate held it's sessions on the Sec
ond floor. During the exercises to-
day President Wilson sat in the
chair occupied by John Hancock
when he was president OF the CONT
mental Congress at the signing Of
the Declaration of Independence
It was the first time the chair had
been used since President Grant re-
quested the privilege of sitting in
it in 1876.
The invocation was delivered by
Rev. Henry N. Couden, L. D., the
of the House of Represen-
tatives at Washington. This was
followed by the singing of "Haii
Frank Miles Day of Philadelphia,
read a brief statement concerning
the restoration of the building.
Mr.. Day was chairman of the com
mittee of architects having charge
of the work, Then followed the de-
livery Of the building to the city by
the president Of the Philadelphia
charter of the American Institute
Of Architects, John Hall Rankin.
and its acceptance by the city
The Grafton by Speaker Champ
Clarke and the address Of
President Wilson, who stood on the
rostrum Of the House whore Wash
ington delivered his farewell ad-
dress, followed.
The exercises were closed by the
singing of another patriotic song
ord fhn nrono1lucpmcnt of tho homo
diction by the chaplain of the
United States Senate, the Rev. For
rest J. Prettyman.
AS the ceremonies came to an end
salute of twenty-one guns was
fred by the warships in the Dele
ware river.
Congrass Hall is two story,