Show INAUGURATION DAY b f t J i y rf tk e y 44 PRESIDENT ELECT e DELIVERING THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS p INAUGURAL By ELMO SCOTT WATSON President Elect Roosevelt Hoose has announced his desire for tor a n simple n Inauguration ceremony on March 4 T 4 the fact tact remains that the capitol capital of the nation on that day will be bethe bethe the scene of a celebration which which Is 1 J always Impressive e no matter how bow howman man many of the spectacular elements element Presidential whIch have characterized past post Pres- Pres Pr s- s Inaugurations may be discarded because of the demand of the present times for economy In all things For whether the ceremony Is simple or elaborate orate and whether the weather Is fair or stormy and It has become almost a tradition that Its It's dayIs pretty likely to be he stormy Inauguration day Is a red-letter red day for the nation and ond as os as many of our citizens who can go to the National Capital to take part In It and usually do their best to make the most of that day Inauguration There has been a sameness to all tion day ceremonies and yet there has hns always been some new nen element to make moke each ench one dif dlf- willbe ferent different Undoubtedly this years year's ceremony will vIII be different from the last three In that It will wll witness thousands of jubilant Democrats flock flock- flockIng lag Ing to Washington to celebrate the fact that they are the Ins after lon long years of being Cleveland the outs just as they did when Grover Gro Cleve Cleve- land and Woodrow Wilson were Inaugurated But the outstanding fact about this years year's In in- in inauguration characterIze so far as It Is possible to character character- ize he It In advance Is that more Americans hear bear the new President take the oath of office and deliver dell his Inaugural address than have ever er eve before listened to those spoken words In our ou years of history The radio ups hook-ups which will carry the new country Presidents President's words to every corner of the cou coup try and perhaps even en around the world are responsible for that fact The first Inauguration ceremony ceremony that of George Washington was held neither In the city of Washington which did not then exist nor on the traditional March 4 Instead It took place In New York city which was then the capital of the nation on April 30 1789 1780 In the case of the first President there thero was an In Inaugural augural parade which preceded the tha Inauguration ceremony Instead of following It as became the custom from the time of Andrew Jackson on down through the years The actual Inauguration took place on a stage whIch had been built on the steps of the fed fed- federal federa eral building where the present building In Wall street now stands and the Washington statue there Is believed to stand upon the exact spot where Washington stood when he took oath of office Tho first congress of the United States of America took Its place e on the stage Escorted by Gen Morgan LewIs a distinguished figure ascended the the steps tops man who had led the Continental armies to VIctory and who had been chosen the first leader lead lead- leader leacer er In Gen peace Gen George Washington A great t cheer went up tip from the people who were watch watch- log Ing the scene cene Then took place one of those curious fuel dents which often happen to mar the of historic occasions Over O the throng throne g came camo a mighty stillness and heads were bared Chancellor Livingston was about to rise to ad- ad administer ad administer a minister the oath Instead he be kept his seat sea t There followed a n whispered conference wit h Gen Oen Jacob Morton marshal of the day At the th e conclusIon General Morton hurried out Into the th ee e street to the old coffee house at nt Wall and Water Nate r streets the meeting of St Johns John's lod lodge e of Masons of which he be was master The marshal was absent only a n few seconds second s but when then he returned he was carrying an open opel sn n BIble resting on a n cushion of crimson velve elvet t from the altar of St SL Johns John's lodge Then It wa was ta a known to those on the platform at nt least tha that t while the other details had bad been carried out out n no o i V v xa Lam s HOOVER AND COOLIDGE Sacred Book had been provided for the oath Washington's second Inauguration In was less spectacular than the first When n John Fohn Adams was Inaugurated In the same city clip In n 1707 17 1 Washington was the dominant figure lie Ile was as retiring from public life and the people had eyes apes only for him Many of them cried Adams notoriously vain and jealous was much em- em b And just as Adams Presidential ca- ca career c l r reer eer began In to disappointment so It ended lIe He D i lIei was wasso was so enraged by his defeat In the election that he refused to attend the flee Inauguration of Jef- Jef Jefferson Jefferson ferson but left the White House and started d tor f or Massachusetts early on the morning of In In- In a day Jefferson was the first President Inaugurated Inaugurate at Washington Washing Despite the picturesque tradition n of his horseback ride to the Capitol critical re- re research search earch s discloses that the author of the t ion of Independence did not ride lie He went vent afoot afoo which was Democratic enough The Installation of James Madison In 1509 was attended by much more ceremony than Ilia attended the Inauguration of Jefferson The dap da was ushered In with salutes of cannon Madison rode to the Capitol In a richly appointed carriage escorted by troops of militia The first Inauguration to be held beld outdoors outdoor was that of Monroe Two reasons are assigned ned for the change the enormous crowd that at at- at attended n tended from to In In contrast 20 O are thought to have hn attended WIlsons WIlson's In I n l 1013 13 which was the tho largest crowd at an In and the fact that the house and the senate could not agree over the distribution of seats In the house where It had been customary cus- cus customary cu tomary ternary to hold bold the ceremony John Quincy Adams refused to attend the In- In Inauguration inauguration of his hits successor Andrew Jackson the two men being on the worst possible terms Jackson was In Washington for two weeks be- be before b fore his Inauguration but didn't go near neur Adams Adam I be-I Frontiersmen Indian fighters and thousands of humble citizens crowded around the Capitol to I see eee Jackson sworn In Washington had never sever bt- bt beheld held such a horde of visitors After Jacksons Jackson's hectic day Van Buren uren re- re restored restored r stored dignity to the Inauguration and It Is reo- reo re- re recorded corded that champagne flowed most bounteously nt at the reception Jackson and Van nn nuren Buren Fair rolp together from the White House to the CapItol In 1837 1811 In a n phaeton made from the timbers of the old oM frigate Constitution The first elaborate parade came with William Henry Harrlson after the colorful and famor famous Tippecanoe campaign lie He rode his white charger from the Capitol to the White louse lie He was preceded precede by captured lags flags clubs were everywhere c a n large lob lo 10 cabin wa was carried on a flout float In the parade and a n Penn enn sylvar-la sylvar admirer presented the President with a pound fatted tatted calf colt Harrison Harrlson read his Inaugural a tile address address the dress the long longest longest I est on record from record from the eastern portico of the th e Capitol Standing for an hour without hat or orI o r I topcoat he contracted a cold and died within n a month after he became President When Ja John Tyler Tyler was sworn In n a month later Inter he hc had to tob t b borrow V money to make the trip from his home horn e In n Williamsburg where he was playing games game s with his children when the news of his succession g slon sion to the Presidency came Tyler refused to take any part In the Inauguration Inauguration u un ration of President Polk but left Washington Washingto n on the morning of March 4 1845 1345 Polk Poll had the distinction of being the first firs t PresIdent to take the oath of office under an a n umbrella Franklin Pierce the only President ever er to t deliver er an Inaugural address without the aid of o notes had a squad of fire engines In his parade e Buchanan's Inauguration was unimposing except for or spectacular floats and a n great dinner The most momentous and Impressive Inaugural al parade that ever er moved mo through the streets of f o Washington was when Lincoln first took office Buchanan an nn old man In tailed swallow-tailed cont con I hobbled along with Lincoln to the carriage n coIn was attired In a new black suit and a n shin slur n Ing high hat lIe carried a headed gold cane Between double files of cavalry the carriage moved along Pennsylvania avenue a while soldiers marched In front and behind behin Riflemen were vere stationed on roofs commanding g the thoroughfare and cavalry guarded 11 every ap- ap n to the Capitol The journey was made i In safety Stephen A Douglas Lincoln's life Ion lle-Iong lle rival held the hint hat of the now new President as he he read the Inaugural At Lincoln's second Inaugural procession there the re was shown hown a n model of the Monitor with Its tur- tur turret to turret r ret revolving re and Its guns firing at Intervals Inter A battalion of negro soldiers had an nn honorable le place In the long procession It had been raInIng and the day was 33 gloomy As Lincoln was about abo aboto ut to take the thc oath however the sun burst h the clouds an nn omen which he said made hi his h is heart jump With the Inauguration of Grant the military r y display continued because the friends of Mr Irs s had threatened to attack him His In- In ii drew the biggest est crowd that had y yet et gathered Many had to walk calk the streets of Was Wash h In ington ton all night because the they could obtain no lodging Grant Grant laid aside his cl cigar ar for the cere cere- 0 but the crowd In ing his uniform Hayes Inauguration was was vas uneventful except for the failure to reach a n final decision on who had been elected until March 2 but at nt Garfield's the crowd grew to the unheard of proportions of many of whom brought their lunch baskets with them A yellow dog that Garfield had once befriended and fed followed behind him In the parade and was given ghen a home borne atthe at atthe the White House The Cleveland parade was memorable for the large number of Tammany braves fancifully dressed and carrying tomahawks who marched In it It Benjamin Is the President who read his Inaugural address to the glistening tops of red white and blue umbrellas but with the coming of Roosevelt glamour entered re-entered Innumerable Innumerable erable crable cowboys were In the parade and used usei their lariats freely In to the crowd There was also a n corps of former nough Boughn Riders Elders and a group grou of Indian chiefs Harvard students gave o a a n long yell for Teddy The ovation o was one of the greatest and the parade one of the most spec spec- spectacular taC In the history of this quadrennial politIcal Ical leaf carnival The Taft and Wilson Inaugurations are fire the thi most memorable ones In recent years the one on for the blizzard the flee other for or the atmosphere of tension which had not been equaled since the th first Installation of n Lincoln The Taft blizzard as It Is called descended descends upon Washington without warning The previous day clay had been warm and foggy and fair air weather was promised for March l 4 But nut In the morning Washington ton woke up op to find a heavy blanket of snow and more falling with blinding force Wilsons Wilson's first Inaugural was little more than thai an outpouring of Democrats to celebrate their thel first bythe victory since Cleveland but was marked by b the presence of suffragists In the parade Ills Ill second however taking place In to the critical days day Just before the declaration of war upon Ger- Ger many was one of the most notable ever held Inaugural ural was notable for the tragic passage o of th the shattered and broken figure of the retiring President who ho came to the Capitol for the last time on that day and wont went from there to his S street home without atthe athe even glancing at a the White House as ns he passed It for the tile last time Inauguration was more solemn and I serious but also niso more mort devoid de old of ot glamour and pomp than any In recent years The carefree andI I carnival nl spirit of Hording's larding's was missing except except In the HIP th person of Vice President Dawes who wh anat his tellIng now famous speech t to the lie senate te tell tell- I Ing them there their rules were all wrong by W t n N p t r Union Onion i |