Evening star., 1933-03-05

with yellow facings and brass buttons. Chief
Justice Marshall administered the oath to JEFF
ferson as President and Burr as Vice President.
The three men hated each other.
That afternoon Jefferson held open house at
the White House. Foster, the British minister.
wrote to a friend in London: when he re-
ceived all who chose attended and towards the
close blacks and dirty boys drank his wine and
lolled upon his couches before us all"
Eight years later Washington had become a
small city. James Madison was accompanied
by military escort from his home, on the
present site of the Cosmos Club, to the Capitol.
Ten thousand people tried to force their way
into the chamber Of the House of Represent
atives. There were charges Of graft in the dis
tribution of tickets. After Madison had read
his inaugural address, wearing a black suit
made from the wool Of American sheep an
encouragement to home industry, nine militia
companies passed in review before him. The
first inaugural ball was held that night.
Thomas Jefferson and the uniformed foreign
ministers danced with the charming Dolly
Madison.
A LARGE cavalcade of citizens on horseback
~ escorted James Monroe from the Octagon
House, his private residence, to the Capitol on
March f. 1917. He was received with military
honors by the Georgetown Rifles and two COM
panies of rif1emen from Alexandria He TOOK
the oath of office on the platform Of the east
portico. The outdoor ceremony which has
continued ever since, came compromise be-
tween the House and Senate over the appor-
tionment of Seats which had caused so much
scandal at Madison's Inauguration.
The White House, burned by the British had
not been completely restored. Monroe had to
commute for a time between his Government
job in Washington and his home Oak Hail. in
Loudoun County, Va. He used to quit early
Saturdays and ride out on horseback returning
early Mondays.
John Quincy Adams saddled his horse early
the morning Of March 4, 1929, and started on
q long ride up the Potomac He had moved
out Of the White House the day before He
was afraid Of a scene If he came face to face
with the man who was to Succeed him as Presf-
dent. 1t had been whispering campaign"
The city was crowded with admirers of Jach.
son, carrying hickory canes and wearing hick.
ogy leaves in their button holes There had
been no arrangements for an inaugural parade.
The single military organization in Washing.
ton, light infantry company, was Wing in
sympathy and refused to march, A little group
of Revolutionary War officers organized them
selves into an escort for their old ccmrade and
walked beside his open carriage. =
Il never saw such q crowd" wrote Daniel
Webster Persons have come 500 miles to see
Gen. Jackson and they really seem to think the
country has been rescued from some dreadful
danger"
Jackson wore two pairs of steel-rimmed spec
nary vision The first pair were over his FORE
head. The glass glittered when the sun struck
1t. Persons in the crowd whispered that the
glasses were silver plates placed where his skull
had been pierced by British bullets at New
Orleans.
The new President held open house for
everybody, in the Jeffersonan tradition, after
the Inauguration. There tubs full of
orange punch in the east room. No guards
we're at the door. Black and white pushed
their way in. Old Hickory tried to shake hands
with them ALL He was pushed into a corner
by the half f-drunken mob. Tubs of punch were
overturned on the floor. Glasses were smashed.
Men stood with muddy boots on the plush-
covered chairs and divans. Hours later, when
the crowd was cleared out, Jackson and John
C. Calhoun had dinner together in the White
House on the beef Of prize OK.
Eight years later the dapper little widoweg.