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and their cordial looks and department
toward each other were rebuke to
that littleness Of party spirit which
can see no merit in a rival and feel
no Joy In the honor Of a competitor"
It was this President who died %
years later in the Speakers room IN the
House of Representatives. He had
been then a Representative in Con-
gress for 16 years. His last words
were: This is the end Of earth. I
am content"
Because so much has been heard
this inaugural period of the Hermit
age, which was the peaceful home OF
Andrew Jackson in Tennessee, where
he died and where he was buried,
something of the unusual circum-
stances that marked his inaugura-
ton may be Of interest.
First of all, friends of President
John Quincy Adams had agreed not
to participate in the inaugural cere-
monies. In the second place, the only
uniformed company of Light Infantry
In the District of Columbia had de-
clined to offer its escort to the Presi-
dent-elect, and company OF Revolu-
tionary officers and soldiers, that had
been previously organized, offered
It's services instead as an escort to the
Capitol.
This escort called for Mr.. jackson
at Gadsby's Hotel, on Pennsylvania
avenue-later the National Hotel-and
one of their number there delivered a
short address in behalf of his COM
rades in arms. Later, in the Senate
chamber, in the presence Of assem-
bled officers, Ministers. Senators and
visitors, President Jackson replied to
that address.
This particular 4th of March, in
1929, was q balmy Spring day, clear
and mild, and Washington was
thronged with people. The day be-
fore the Inauguration Daniel Web
ster had said, "A great multitude, too
many to be fed without miracle,
are already in the city, and it seems
as though the Nation has rushed TO
the Capital"
'TACKsoN's inauguration was the
- first to take place at the portico
of the Capitol When he appeared at
the east door the assembled thousands
shouted, "Hurrah for Jackson!" and
they surged toward him. Only
strong ships cable stretched across
the portico steps kept them from him.
After the ceremonies hundreds OF his
countrymen thronged about him, and
It was with greatest difficulty that he
was escorted back to his carriage and
along Pennsylvania avenue to the
White House.
On reaching the White House the
crowd following him became a dis
orderly mob. In the Executive Man
sion glass and china were broken and
the damask satin that covered the
chairs was damaged and soiled BY the
mud of boots of the crowd standing
upon them to catch glimpse OF the
President. Late that afternoon the
President, with Vice President CAL
houn and a party of personal friends,
sat down to dinner in the White House,
the chief dish being sirloin steak
from a prize OK sent by Mr.. Jonn
Markle of Franklin Market, N. Y.
There was no inaugural ball.
While the electoral votes for the
eighth President of the United States
were being counted on February 3,
1887, in the presence of the two Houses
of Congress. Senator Henry Clay re-
marked to Vice President Van Buren,,
'.It is cold day, sir
Mr.. Van Buren replied, 1.-The sun will
shine on the 4th of March, sir"
The sun shone, indeed, upon the 4th
of March, which dawned clear and
beautiful, to mark the Inauguration OF
Martin Van Buren as eighth President.
He was the first President to be born
an independent American citizen, every
Chief Executive heretofore having
been born a British subject.
Even at that early day, after the
oath had been administered, the band
played Hail to the Chief" Later.
in the White House, surging throng
of people pressed by the new President
for three hours, In reception
wholly lacking in dignity and decorum
In the evening two inaugural balls
took place. The President, accom-
panied by the Vice President. with a
number Of Senators and Representa-
tives and other high officials, attended
the one being celebrated at Carusi's,
on Eleventh street-later Kernan's
Theater.
RRIEF, indeed, was the presidential
- history of the hero of Tippecanoe.
Elected by 234 votes out of 294, William
Henry Harrison was inaugurated
March 4, 1841. He died exactly one
month later, April 4, 1841, In the
White House.
His death has been attributed to the
fact that, despite the cold and cloudy
day, Mr.. Harrison insisted upon rid
ing on a spirited white charger to the
Capitol, refusing to wear an overcoat
and carrying his hat in his hand. While
he no doubt made dashing figure,
venerable hero of the wars as he was,
he would probably have found the
carriage, presented by the Wings Of
the City of Baltimore, more conducive
to health in the uncertain Spring
weather.
From windows on each side of the
Avenue ladies waved their handker-
chiefs as the general passed. The civic
procession was made up Of the Tppe-
canoe political clubs from Maryland
and Virginia and many Of them had
with inscriptions, cider barrels and
coon skins. A power loom on wheels,
from a factory at Laurel, Md. and with
operatives at work, was feature of
the procession. Students Of the Jesuit
College Of Georgetown appeared in
1iniforn headed nv their foc,,ltv opd