Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-03-04
TALES Of OTHER
INAUGURATIONS
Incidents That Marked the Day
in Former Years.
WASHINeTows oATH-TAKlG
New York Scene Of His Induction
story Of Jsfferson's Simplicity a
myth-"PeopIe's Day" When
Jackson Took once.
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Woodrow wilson Is tne twenty -SSN-
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 %, he entered barge
rowed by u pilots clad in white
and passed through the XIII Won kull
into New York harbor, which was fun
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 IS 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 reared 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 80, all was ready
for the Inauguration. Washington
was escorted TO Federal hall, then
the capitol. which stood on the site of
the present sub-Teasury at Wall and
Broad streets. The streets had been
al1ed since sunrise with waiting
crowds, and the enthusiasm was in
tense. In the senate chamber Wash
ington was Joined by Adams, Knox
Hamilton. Won Sleuben and few 9th
ers, and al Of them appeared on the
balcony Robert r. Livingston, chan
cellor oil New York, administered the
oath and cried Long live George
Washington. president of the United
States whereupon there broke out
mighty tumult of cheering, bell-riug-
ing and the noise of cannon. Re-
turning to the senate chamber, Pres
ident Washington read his inaugural
address and the history Of the
United States under the constitu-
ton began.
Myth About Jefferson.
II ycu are a good Democrat, no
doubt you believe that Thomas Jeffer-
son rode unattended to the capitol on
horseback, tied his horse to the
fence, and was inaugurated with less
ceremony than would attend the TAX
ing OF oGice by a keeper of a dog
pound. Such is the old story, but it
is pure myth and is first found in
book of travels in the United
States written by John Davis, an Eng
Hshman. Davis asserted that he was
an ye-witness of the simple ceremony
which he described, but it has been
proved that he was not in Wash
ington at the time.
The Inauguration of Jefferson, which
marked the defeat of the Federalist
party Of Hamilton, Washington,
Adams and Jay, was the first to take
place in washington. The newly es-
tablished national capital, then but
a few months old, contained only 5000
inhabitants, many of them negroes;
the houses were mostly huts and the
streets muddy roads. The big event
was trus described in the Philadelphia
Aurora of March Il; 1901;
AT an early hour on Wednesday.
March 4. che city Of Washington pre-
sented a spectacle Of uncommon ami
nation occasioned by the addition to
its usual population Of large body
/ OF citizens from the adjacent districts.
a discharge from the company OF
Washington artillery ushered in the
day. and about one o'clock the Alex
andria company of riflemen with the
company Of artillery paraded in front
! Of the Presidents lodgings At 10
o'clock Thomas Jefferson. attended by
a number of his fellow citizens, among
whom we're many members OF con-
! gress. repaired to the capitol. His
/ dress was, as usual, that OF a plain
citizen, without any distinctive badge
Of Office. He entered the capitol un-
der a discharge from the artillery AS
soon as he withdrew discharge from
the artillery was made. The remain
der Of the day was devoted to pur-
| poses of festivity, and at night there
was a pretty general illumination.
Jackson Almost Mobbed.
l When Andrew Jackson was elected
in the fall Of 1928 the people Of the
west and the radical elements Of the
south scored a triumph and he was
hailed as man of the people" This
character was emphasized on the day
Of his Inauguration the following
March, for never before had such
huge motley throng gathered in Wash
ington. Jackson's wife had died no
long before, and he asked that tn
ceremonies be made very simple, bu
the masses were too hilarious to hee'
the request. The weather was pleas
ant and the east front Of the caplto
was used for the first time for the 10
auguration. In front OF it surge'
10000 persons who were restraine'
only by a great iron chain. Jackson
. rode to the capitol on white nors
and went through the ceremonies wit
dignity, and started back to the Whit
House. Then began his troubles, 70
J the people broke loose with a veI
] | geance.
"The president was literally pursue
, ! by q motley coneourse OF people, III
: ing. running, helter-skelter, stTiyin
j who should first gain admittance in'
the executive mansion, where it Ta