Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1933-03-05


March 4, 1929. said in amazement:
Il never saw such q crowd here be-
fore Persons have come 500 miles
to see the general" The throng Is
estimated to have numbered almost $4,000.
Had time rolled forward the years OF the
statemans life how small would have seemed
that assembly compared to the multitude OK
thousands who yesterday witnessed the cere-
monies that went with the making of new
President.
But Websters establishment 103 years ago
is not surprising Jackson. picturesque hero
of the Battle of New Orleans and national idol.
had ridden into the White House on great
wave of popular enthusiasm
He was man of the people and he had said
to the people ITO the victors belong the spoils."
Small wonder that he drew to the Capitol the
largest crowd seen by the great orator OF the
Senate. 80
It was wildly cheering crowd mad with
enthusiasm for Old Hickory. that welcomed
the President into Office at that Inauguration
century ago. Manners of the populace then
lacked the restraint of the present and the
people were not temperate in their applause.
YESTERDAY the hundreds of thousands who
saw President Roosevelt inaugurated displayed
almost an equal ardor. They were mailing an
other Democrat whom they had elected by an
overwhelming vote and who exemplihed the
hope of relief from the misery and need OF eco
nomic stress
Not since the first Wilson inaugural had the
crowds approached the numbers of enthusiasm
of yesterday. The broad expanse OF the east
plaza of the Capitol, where Jackson first de-
livered an inaugural address to the people, was
the scene of the greatest concentration. Ten
thousand persons sat in stands and almost
100 900 more spread over the grounds and into
the streets beyond.
Amplifiers carried Mr. Roosevelt's speech
through all sections of the plaza and to the
other thousands who lined Pennsylvania ave-
nue. along the route of the inaugural parade.
The crowds early began their trek to the
Capitol grounds long before the oath of Office
was administered to the Chief Executive. 1t was
impossible to get within sight of the rostrum on
which was enacted the national drama. Bring
jng camp stools, blankets and lunches, the
Seethng mass surged and milled over the entire
area A few daring spirits sought points OF
vantage in the stately old elms which sur
round the Capitol, but were quickly informed by
police that tree rOosting was taboo.
THE humanity banked Avenue presented a
~ far different spectacle at this Inauguration
than when other Presidents have ridden along
the historic thoroughfare. Changes wrought by
the enormous Government building program
had transformed its entire appearance.
Not only in aspect was the Avenue diff
terent from former years, but also in the OPP
portunities it afforded for viewing the quadren-
NAL spectacle of the inaugural parade. more
pretentious yesterday than the parades which
have ushered in the regimes of Presidents since
Wilson.
Gone were hundreds of the small shops and
stores on the south side of the Avenue which
did land Office business in the sale of window
space along the mile and half parade route.
In the place of some of them stood govern
mental buildings, the windows of which no
longer were available to the public, but which
were thronged with employees. Others had
been RACED but nothing erected on the sites.
Here, the crowds once restricted to the side
walks and cross streets, spread out, with late
Corners occupying the outer fringeS.
Early in the day those without seats in the
reviewing stands or purchased space in windows
on the north side of the street began taking
their places against the taut cables stretched
hlong the curbs The time for the parade to
commence saw all sidewalk space occupied by
stands or spectators.
Due to its scarcity, window and roof space
In private buildings and hotels commanded
high prices with large parlors in hostelries
renting for as much as several hurJl IL, dollars.
In many of the stores thanking the Avenue.
there were stands reaching from the fl or to
ehe ceiling. Every available roof was perch
for spectators and balconies overhapging the
Avenue were packed with people.
The sale of window space recalled to Capital
newspaper men financial crisis in the affairs
of the old Press Club and an Inauguration
which is reputed to have saved the club from
ruin