Evening star., 1933-02-26

ITO us who bad witnessed the quiet and
orderly period of the Adams administration. it
seemed as if hall the Nation had rushed at
once into the Capital. 1t like the inunda-
ton of the northern barbarians into Rome,
save that the tuinultuous tide came in from
different point of the compass. The West and
South seemed to have precipitated themselves
upon the North and overwhelmed it."
After a highly miscellaneous parade of Pc
destrianS and vehicles, of every known kind and
quality up to the Capitol. the oath was admin
istered and the very brief inaugural address de-
hvered- Then the jubilant mob broke loose in
a really big way.
cable that had been stretched across the
steps was torn away, and with wild shout the
crowd surged up to grasp the hand of the peO-
Piles President. 1t was with difficulty that
Jackson could make his way to a horse, mount
1t. and wedged in the dense but moving mass.
advance with the admiring and thirsty host
toward the White House
As one of the spectators saw it, the Presi-
dent literally pursued by motley con-
course of people, riding, running helter skelter.
striving who should first gain admittance into
the Executive Mansion. where it was understood
that refreshments were to be distributed
DOLCE control proved entirely inadequate to
! handle the boisterous throng. They poured
into the White House by doors and windows. till
no more could crowd in. Statesmen and stable
boys. fine ladies and washerwomen, white peo-
pie and blacks"
I never saw such mixture" groans Judge
Story: the reign of King Mob seemed trium-
phant." The President. after being jostled for
an hour or two. was glad enough to make his
escape by side entrance.
The rabble fell on the refreshments with the
difhdence and gentle civility of pack of Winter
wolves Just overtaking wounded deer; the pat
of wounded deer in this ease being played oy
the walters bearing trays of good things to eat
and drink.
Several thousand dollars worth of broken
china and cut glass Uttered The field of battle,
and many bleeding noses, some of them femi.
nine. attested the fierceness of the fight.
That the White House was not completely
wrecked may have been due to somebody's
happy thought of setting tubsful of the de-
licious and stimulating orange punch out on
the lawn. where there was a good deal more
room and good deal less furniture than in
the Executive Mansion. Thus the final rounds
of the liquid contest were fought and drunk
out in the open
Altogether different was the mood of the
city when the next great man of the people,
Abraham Lincoln, was inaugurated in 1861.
Many had the shuddering anticipation that
some fearsome tragedy was about to take place;
the assassination Of the President-e!ect per-
haps, or some kind of mob violence.
General Scott, whose job 1t was to head Off
this sort Of thing, was notably anxious over the
situation. and had stationed soldiers all along
the line of march, placed sharpshooters ON
neighboring housetops, and surrounded tho
Presidents carriage with an armed guard The
general dread of impending calamity kept many
away from the ceremonies, and the crowd was
smaller than usual.
A recent writer draws the following picture
of Lincoln making his inaugural address:
AS Lincoln rose to deliver his address.
Stephan A. Douglas, who occupied . seat at
the end of the benches on the right Of the
President rose and took the Presidents hat
and held it until it was time for Lincoln to
replace it ON his head-an act of courtesy
which was much commented on at the time"