Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-01-22
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gathering of the legislators and state
! officials about the new Governor
when he takes the oath of office
that of yesterday. both as to make
up of the organizations participating
and route, was something greater
than ever known in Harrisburg be-
fore. The development of the in
augural parade of Pennsylvania gov
ernors is an interesting study. For
years following the Civil War they
were largely military in character
with comparatively few political or
| ganizations, but always with the
Harrisburg fire department, whose
| members have a traditional right
going back into the forties or fifties,
TO parade in honor of the big chiefr
of the state. The inaugurations of
Hartranft are remembers by some
OF the older citizens as notable mill
tary aifairs, as was natural, because
/ the Montgomery countian was a dis
tinguished soldier and the tremen-
dous impulse given to the martial
spirit of the Keystone State by the
| civil War was then in strength. Sim
1larly when Beaver was inaugurated,
his association with the military
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him to be honored by a great gath
ering of soldiers, although the day
was bitterly cold. The Pattison in
augurals were marked by presence
OF many Democratic clansmen, the
return to power sentiment being
| very strong. When Hastings came
in, after long service in the National
Guard, the military end predomin-
ated in the pageant and he had Il
G1lnafh ~, Ill
| term. Military took part in gradu-
ally lessening number in the inau-
gurals of Stone, ~Pennypacker,
Stuart, Tener and Brumbaugh. The
showing at the Brumbaugh inaugu-
| ration was more civic than anything
else, there being a comparatively
small representation of Guardsmen.
But the Harrisburg firemen, who
| paraded just as they were after
| fighting big fire all night and
most of the morning, took the crowd
far more than all the embattled
Philadelphia partisans. The weather
of the last three inaugurations was
not unpleasant. There was not much
| sunshine, but there was no snow
| or rain and the air while cold was
not wintry. But the weather of
Stone and Pennypacker was winter
especially when the Sage of
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snowy, blowy and cold and the Gov
ernor remarked when he got
through with the ride that he felt
as though he had been out sleigh
riding and envied the men who had
a chance to march instead of sitting
still in carriage as he had to do
The Sproul parade route was the
first inaugural procession to go so
q. ,,,n sol dos.
went up to Reilly or Maclay streets,
but the parade of yesterday invaded
the Tenth ward, which in the last
two years, because of the numerous
big parades, has furnished the turn
ing point for the pageants. 1t used
to be that Reilly street, being wide
thoroughfare, was the highway
where parades turned, but as the
city got paved more and more and
the size of the parades grew Ma
clay street was fixed up as the limit.
Some years ago one parade went as
far as Hamilton street and there
was complaint because of the length
of the line. Now, after the big pa
triotic demonstrations of the last
two pears we do not think parade
is a parade unless it goes above
Maclay, Seneca preferred.
A couple or men were lalklnB Jne
other day about parades in Harris
burg in the future and while it may
be years before anything like what
we have had under stimulus of war
time is organized in Harrisburg, it
was agreed that the construction of
the Memorial Bridge in the Capitol
Park Extension plans will have an
effect upon professions here. 1t is
interesting to note that Governor
Sproul is in hearty sympathy with
the plans for making the public
domain unsurpassed by any state
capital and the project conceived
by Arnold w. Brunner may be eX-
pected to be pushed through. The
firemen upon the occasion of the
big state convention here some years
ago gave the Hill its last big parade.
essaying q nine mile route which
gave the city something to think
about and the Hill desire to see
more demonstrations. With the
coming of the Memorial Bridge the
Hill will have a chance for Witness
ing parades because this bridge and
Mulberry street will afford oppor-
tunity for professions to straighten
themselves out, a rather important
matter in these latter days of doing
things on a big scale and when we
are filled with the military and
marching spirit. Just think or
what fine close to a procession
such as an inaugural. demonstration
a march over the great wide Menu
orial Bridge will be, especially when
il can countermarch about the Cap
itol Park Extension boundaries and
disband in State street in front OF
the Capitol.
BY the time the next inauguration
comes around the state will have at
the west front of the Capitol a for
NAL entrance which will not only be
i'm architectural harmony with the
splendid building and the terraced
park, but which will be specially
adapted for just such ceremonies
as that of yesterday. This is one OF
the Drummer plans and everyone who
has seen his study is keenly inter-
ested in it. Every time there is a
big event a stand has to be erected
and inspected and criticised. The
formal entrance will be the stand
and yet fit right in with the Capitol
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