The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-02-24

together from the White House TO the Capitol
in 1887 in phaeton made from the umbers or
the old frgate Constitution.
The first elaborate parade came with William
Henry Harrison after the coorful and famous
'STippecanoe' campaign He rode his white
charger from the Capitol to the White House.
He was preceded by captured flags; Tippecanoe
clubs were everywhere; a large log cabin was
carried on a float in the parade, and Penn
svIvania admirer presented the President with
q 3S4 pound fatted calf.
Harrison read his inaugural address-the long
est on record-from the eastern pOrtico of the
Capitol Standing for hour without hat or
topcoat he contracted a cold and died within
a month after he became President When John
Tyler was sworn in month later he had 70
borrow money to make the trip from his home
In Williamsburg where he playing games
with his children, when the news of his success
sion to the Presidency came
Tyler refused to take any part in the inaugu-
ration of President Polk but left Washington
on the morning of March l. 1916.
Polk had the distinction of being the first
President to take the oath Of Office under an
umbrella, and it was in Taylor's parade that
the prohibitionists first had place. The Sons
of Temperance marched behind him, but there
were special sales of wines elsewhere, it Is
stated.
Franklin Pierce the only President ever to
deliver an inaugural address without the aid Of
notes, had squad of fire engines in his parade.
Buchanan's Inauguration unimposing, except
for spectacular floats and a great dinner.
The most momentous and impressive inaugural
parade that ever moved through the streets or
Washington was when Lincoln first took Office
Buchanan an old man in swallow-tailed coat,
hobbIed along with Lincoln to the carriage. Lin
coin was attired in a new black suit and a shin
ing high hat. He carried gold-headed cane
Between double files of cavalry the Presiden-
tiaI carriage moved along Pennsylvania avenue
while soldiers marched in front and behind
Riiemen were stationed on roofs commanding
the thoroughfare and cavalry guarded every ap-
proach to the Capitol The journey was made in
safety. Stephen A. Douglas, Lincoln's lifelong
rival held the hat Of the new President as he
read the inaugural
At Lincoln's second inaugural procession there
was shown a model of the Monitor, with its tur-
ret revolving and its guns firing at intervals. A
battalion of negro soldiers had an honorable
place in the long procession. It had been raining
and the day gloomy. As Lincoln was about
to take the OATH however the sun burst through
the clouds. an omen which he said made his
heart jump.
With the Inauguration of Grant. the military
display continued because the friends Of Mrs.
Surratt had threatened to attack him. His in
auguration drew the biggest crowd that had yet
gathered. Many had to walk the streets of Wash
ington all night because they could obtain no
lodging Grant laid aside his cigar for the cere-
mony but disappointed the crowd by not wear
ing his uniform.
Hayes inauguration was uneyentfuI except
for the failure to reach a final decision who
had been elected until March 2 but at Garfeld's
the crowd grew to the unheard Of proportions
of $4,000. many of whom brought their lunch
baskets with them A yellow dog that Garfield
had once befriended and fed followed behind
him in the parade and was given a home al
the White House.
The Cleveland parade was memorable for the
large number of Tammany braves, fancifully
dressed and carrying tomahawks, who marched
in it.
BENJAMIN Harrison is the President who read
his inaugural address TO the glistening tops Of
red white and blue umbrellas but with tbs
coming of Roosevelt glamour re-entered Innum
cradle cowboys were in the parade and uset
their larats freely in the crowd. There wal
also corps of former Rough Riders and grouI
of Indian chiefs. Harvard students gave a Ions
yell for Teddy The ovation was one Of th,
greatest and the parade one of the most spec
tacular in the history of this quadrennial polit
ical carnival
The Taft and Wilson fnaugurations are tn,
most memorable ones in recent years. the on
for the blizzard. the other for the atmospher
or tension, Wnlcn nad not been equaled since IN
first installation of Lincoln
The Taft blizzard as it Is called, descende.
upon washington without warning. The previou
day had been warm and foggy and fair weathe
was promised for March 4 But in the morning
Washington woke up to find a heavy blanket o
snow and more falling with binding force.
Wilson's first inaugural was little thai
an outpourfng of Democrats to celebrate thei
first victory since Cleveland, but was marked b.
the presence of suffragists In the parade. Hi
second. however. taking place in the critical day
Just before the declaration of upon Ger
many. was one Of the most notable ever held
Harding's inaugural was notable for the tragi
passage of the shattered and broken figure of tn
retiring President. who came to the Capitol 70
the last time on that day and went from ther
TO his street home without even glancing 9
the White House he passed 1t for the Las
time
Coolidge's inauguration was more solemn an
serious but also more devoid Of glamour an
pomp than any in recent years The carefre
carnival spirit OF Hardings missing excep
in the person Of Vice President Dawes. VIII
made his now-famous speech to the senate tel
: Ing them their rules were all wrong
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