Evening star., 1941-01-19
but miracle could take away from
the party electing the President the
fruits of its victory.
Applause for Veteran.

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fruits of its victory.
Applause for Veteran.
Gov. Beaver of Pennsylvania was
another of those who came in for a
large amount of applause. A one
armed Civil War veteran, he led the
PENNSYLVANIA militia in the parade.
You will probably recall the occasion
when he was stopping at the Riggs
HouSe-where now stands Keiths
theater-When Maj. George A. Arms,
U. S. A. retired, for some grievance,
imaginary or real, publicly pulled
the Governors nose-a very old
type of the worst form of insult,
Maj Arms was then a prosperous
real estate broker here and then or
later member of the Association of
Oldest Inhabitants. He was tried by
court martial, but with just what
result I am unable to say. The
episode proved sensation at the
time.
President Cleveland was driven
from the Arlington Hotel to the
White House on the morning of
March 4 for the beginning of the
days program. incidentally, the
building now occupied by the Vet
erans' Administration, was built
during the World War on the site
of the historic Arlington, in front
of which the first asphalt street
was laid in Washington.
Gen Arthur, the retiring PreSi-
dent, and Mr.. Cleveland, both New
Workers, met and parted on good
terms, and no one participating in
the inauguration took a keener in
terest in everything that went on
than did the general, who, during
the ceremonies at the east front of
the Capitol, remarked that it was
the largest crowd he had ever seen.
Chief Justice Morrison r. Waite,
who was nearby, more definitely
placed the number by saying:
There must be at least hundred
and fifty thousand" And Sena tor
Hawley said: There are undoubt-
edly two hundred thousand. I never
saw the like"
President Cleveland, whose name
was Stephen Grover Cleveland. the
name by which he was sworn in,
though the stephen rarely ap-
peared thereafter, took the oath of
office on small gilt-edged NOR
occo-bound Bible marked IS. G.
Cleveland" 1t was highly priced by
the President, having been given to
him by his mother when he left
home as young man. Seated on
the east front platform were two
OF Americas greatest soldierS-Gen.
Philip H. Sheridan and Gen. VIM
field Scott Hancock, the latter
having been defeated in the election
of 1880 for the presidency by Gen.
Garfield.
No doubt every one who witnessed
the lnaugurations of 1885 and 1889
will always remember the pranks of
the Pennsylvania State Militia. Their
contingent amounted to about
10000 and it afterward cost that
State about as many dollars for
the damage its soldiers did while
here
They were out for a good time
and surely succeeded in getting
what they came for. In a number
OF instances they simply walked
into store, went behind the
counter and helped themselves to
such trlf1es as pies, cakes and every
thing else which seemed to suit
their appetite or fancy, and all
without the customary formality of
Offering to pay for anything. At
Pennsylvania avenue and Seventh
street they even took a rookie po-
liceman and bounced him up In q
blanket.
Soldiers Franks.
The Pennsylvania militiamen also
were troublesome at Harrison's
inauguration in 1889. The Star of
March 6, 1889, gives an interesting
account of the escapades of these
young men under the title Franks
of the Soldiers:
Yesterday morning before day
break the visiting soldiers appeared
on the streets in large numbers.
Some of them had apparently been
out all night. They were bent on
having good time and they seemed
to have only partially succeeded
Daybreak found many of them
hanging on to lampposts and tree
boxes and occupying front door,
steps. An early break was made for
the lunchroom breakfast tables and
then they started out to do up the
town, John Chinaman' soon found