Evening star., 1937-01-16

that took five hours to pass the presi-
Dental reviewing stand.
That evening the new National
Museum, just completed, was the
scene of the ball. Wooden floors
were laid down by the acre and waxed
for dancing. The heroic Statue OF
Liberty IN the rotunda of the build
ing was considered the tour de force
OF the occasion. and vastly admired.
THE whistles CT steam engines from
the Washington Fire Department
saluted Ulysses S. Grant at mis- frse
Inauguration. The guns from light
battery stationed near the Capitol
also paid their respects and a dozen
bands played frantically. There was
so much noise that Grants little
daughter became frightened and
rushed to her fathers side for pro-
lection. He held her hand while he
, delivered his address.
The ball was given in the new
north wing of the Treasury Depart
ment, and Horace Greeley COM
planned that the single narrow flight
of stairs was insufficient for all the
crowds.
Grants second inaugural took place
in extremely cold weather. The Bit
ter day was the source of a story that
has Munchausen favor. When the
procession was about to start from
the White House, the cold, it is said,
was SO intense that the musicians in
the band were unable to play. Their
breath condensed in the valves Of
their instruments.
Some Of the cadets from West
Point were forced to desert their
posts, half frozen from a gale that
salloped across the city like herd
OF wild butfaloes. The 1st troop
of Philadelphia Cavalary, however,
stayed to the bleak end, and carried
its historic flag, presented in ITS,
the first flag to bear IS stripes.
After dark, lanterns and calcium
lights blew and fickered along
Pennsylvania avenue
People who had paid $40 to dance
at the inaugural ball, which was held
in an unheated building, left the
scene before midnight. They never
took off their coats and hats, and
forsook the champagne and punch
for coffee and hot chocolate
Gen. Zachary Taylor was inaugu-
rated on the 5th of March. Ruther-
ford B. Hayes was inaugurated on
the 5th and the 3d-twice IN three
days.
HAYES rival for the presidential
prize had been Samuel j. 'Tilden.
The elections were so close that it
was undecided at first Just exactly
who had won. Many people believed
that it was Tflden. Senator Chand-
Ter telegrsphed from New York to
President Grant, however, that Hayes
had 185 votes and was elected.
This was the beginning Of con-
fusion en- masse. In the next few
days the telegraph wires all over the
country were cracking with CONTRA
dictory reports and political messages,
some OF them in cypher. Senator
Morrill,, who had been requested by
the RothschildS to inform them who
was to be the next President, sent
message on Wednesday that the re-
suits were in favor of Tilden, but on
Friday he said they were in favor Of
Hayes. Grant wrote Hayes that he
believed he had been lawfully elected.
Wild rumors circulated that Tilden
would claim the election by force.
Finally it was agreed that there
should be an Electoral Commission
composed Of five Senators, five Rep
resentatives and five associate JUS
tices Of the Supreme Court. The
Commission met, recounted the votes
and subsequently announced that
there had been 1874 ballots for Tilden
and 1S5 for Hayes.
Hayes arrived in Washington on
the morning Of March 2, and was
met by Senator Sherman and his
brother, Gen. Sherman. In the after.
noon he went to the White House
to pay his respects to President Grant.
They talked for half an hour, but
those who were there said afterward
that politics was not mentioned.
1t so happened that the 4th Of
March fell on Sunday and the cere-
mony was delayed until Monday,
March S. Tension was so high, how.
ever, that it was felt that Tilden's
supporters, on account of the extra
day, might attempt violence. On
the evening of the Sd Hayes at.
tended party at the White House.
During the evening he was taken
quietly into the red room, and there,
In the presence Of two or three init
mate friends, he took the oath Of
offlce which made him President Of
the United States. None Of the other
guests was aware that anything I'm.
usual had taken place.
On the 5th, with washington filled
to capacity once more with inaugural
crowdS-30,0 900 had come from New
York City alone-Rutherford B.
Hayes was inaugurated second time.
on the steps of the Capitol. Maj.
Whipple was his chief marshal, and
his escort was formed of United
States troops, volunteer Militia from
the District, Philadelphia Militia,
Baltimore representation and galaxy
of fire engines. Nothing very remark
able in that. Yet only handful Of
persons realized how well all this,
in this particular case, was Just
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