Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-04
CROWD SMASHES
ALL RECORDS
At CAPITAL
Streets, Hotels, and Grand
stands Thronged With Peo-
pie From Entire Country.

WASHINGTON, March Title .arg
est crowd in the history of Washington
inasgura}s thronged the streets here
today to watch the ceremonial attend
ant upon the induction Of new presi-
dent into office
Seemingly every Democrat who had
starved through sixteen long years of
Republican supremacy had bought
himself a ticket TO the capital and was
on the streets today determined TO
greet the triumph of his political faith
with appropriate noise and enthusiasm.
SLOUGH hated rail sp,itters from
south of the Mason and Dixon line.
tanned Westcrners. SNUG citizens off
The prosperous Middle West ana dappa.
Visitors from the Eastern states rubbed
shoulders in the Inauguration tmone5
and Wed with each other iu lending
liilarity to the occasion
Unofficial estimates placed their
number at we'll over the 100000 mark.
an attendance almost one-thiId again
AS great as that which marked tue 1904
Inauguration of Roosevelt or tho ccre-
mony which marked the induction into
office Of President Taft
Weather Fairly Pleasant.
No hint of the unreasonable weather
which attended the Taft Inauguration
was evident today The morning broke
cold and cloudy. partially clearing with
the first appearance Of the crowds until
the shone down upon the SETTLING mass
thinly yelled by mist
As early as o'clocl, the more ambi-
tious of the sightseers were ou the
Streets and by IS o'clock the first thin
lines of spectators were stretched along
the ropes which guarded the line of
march Of the presidential party from
the white house to the capitol and re-
turn. The center Of interest for the
early crowds were the Capital and the
Shoreham hotel, where President-elect|
Wilson and Vice president-elect Mar
shall were bgeakfasting. Here the Wis
itors swarmed over the streets, cheer
ing Justify the appearance Of every Wis
itor who even bore "a semblauce 20
fame
The thin lines OF spectators along the
line Of march, however, soon thickened
to a pushing, crowdng throng, which
good -naturedly endeavored to secure
p good place from Which 10 view the
passage Of the president eject and his
escort and later their return at the
head of the inaugural parade.
Those who had been thoughtful' OIL
lavish enough TO purchase grandstand
seats at the oXorbitant prices demanded
by the spectators were the last to take
their places They were pushed about
by the late-comers, who had been
obliged to walk to the scene OF the
ceremonial by the suspension OF al,
street car lines within tho zone of the
parade.
Whole Scene Like Carnival.
The whole scene resemb,ed nothing
more than a huge carnival throng in
tent upon admiriug the decorations that
made gay the front Of the buildings and
the thousands of pretty women vino
surged through the crowds decorated
with smiles and ribbons, bearing every
sort of inscription from "Notes for
women" to Kiss me I'm lonely"
Rowdy!sn. such as marked the pa
rade of the sunragettos was noticeable
by it's absence, though many casualties,
the inevitable result of the vast throng,
We're reported by the hospitals
The hotels, whose registers bore the
names of men famous in the ranks of
Democracy were the scenes of much
excited gatherings intent upon viewing
the men who in a day or two will be
dignihed with high places in the admin
stration. The Dewey the Shoreham,
together with scores of other hotels.
held impromptu receptions i'm their lob
bies.