Evening star., 1921-03-05

Waite administered the oath of office
on the eastern portico of the Capitol.
where President Garfield delivered his
inaugural address
Took Oath in New York.
When Vice President Chester \.
Arthur was notified of the death OF
President Garfield. September 10 1881.
| he took the prescribed oath of office at
his residence in New York city. The
oath was administered by Judge John
r. Brady Of the New York supreme
court. Three days later President
Arthur again subscribed to the oath of
Office in the Vice Presidents room in
the Capitol. Chief Justice Waite then
administered the oath. and ex-Presdents
Grant and Hayes were among those
present. Owing to the general mourn
ing there was no public ceremony.
The inauguration of Grover Cleveland
March 4, 1885, Signalling the return to
power of the democratic party. was
celebrated with unusual circumstance,
the inaugural parade being particularly
large and imposing. Prcsident-elect
Cleveland rode to the Capitol in an open
carriage with Senators Sherman and
Rarsem. Vice Presidant-elect Hen
dricks was accompanied by Senator
Hawley. Gen. Slocum was chief marshal
of the parade At the Capitol Vice
President Hendricks was sworn in by
Senator Edmunds, after which Presi-
dent-elect Cleveland was escorted to the
| east portico of the Capitol. where he
delivered his inaugural address. The
oath of office was administered by Chief
Justice Waite.
The second Inauguration of President
Cleveland occurred March 4. 1893. and
was marked by similar ceremonies. in
cluding a street parade and ball at the
pension office. The oath of office was
| administered at the Capitol by Chief
Justice NJ w. Fuller.
Inclement weather, with heavy fail
of rain. marked the Inauguration OF
President Benjamin Harrison March 4,
1889 About 10000 persons took part IN
the parade. including regulars. militia
veterans and civic organizations
Chief Justice Fuller administered the
oath of office to President Harrison on
the eastern central portico of the Cap
itol after which the inaugural ADDRESS
was delivered.
| ed President March 4, 1897. ana. al
i though the usual ceremonies were
| observed. they were of a more MOD
i est character than those at some
previous inaugurations. Gen: Horace
! Porter was grand marshal OF the IN
| aueural parade. The President-elect
was accompanied to the Capitol by
! President Cleveland and Senators
! Sherman and Mitchell. The President
! elect was escorted to the east porlco
| fee was administered by Chief JUS
| tice Fuller and the inaugural address
| delivered.
The second Inauguration of Presi-
. dent Mckinley, in 1901. was another
! wretched day, and the sleet and snow
beat upon the face of the President
! as he took the oath of office on the
eastern portico of the Capitol. Vice
! President Roosevelt had just pre-
viously been installed in the Senate
chamber. President Mckinley was
! escorted to the Capitol by Senator
Mark Hanna, and afterward reviewed
| the large parade in his honor from
n stand in front of the White House
! Lieut. Gen. Nelson A. Miles was
grand marshal. Features of the pa
| rade were the large representation
! of soldiers and sailors who had taken
| part in the Spanish war and the pres
| ence for the first time of a battalion
| OF dark SIX kinned soldiers from Porto
| Rico in their uniforms of Uncle Sam
| When President Mckinley died
from an assassin's bullet in Buffalo,
| September IA, 1901, Vice President
| Roosevelt who had been summoned