Show inauguration 1 0 A U to 2 ra 0 w R AT 10 DAY DA 4 7 va Q 1 va elf k 11 4 4 NOV W W ELEC ROOSEVEL delivering DELI VERINO TH M ADDRESS 1 T IV it 41 K q 51 THE INAUGURAL PARADE 4 by ELMO SCOTT WATSON ellece loosevelt Koo sevelt has kunou announced hla his desire for a simple ceremony on march 0 act remains that the capital of f arf nation on that driy dily will be tho the scene of a celebration which la is always impressive no matter how ninny of 0 tile spectacular elements which 11 have characterized characterize past presidential ident ial inaugurations may bo be discarded because of tile of the present times for economy in nil fill things for whether the he cerea lony Is simple or elaborate 0 rate and whether tile tho weather la Is fair or stormy and it bas hafl become a tradition tint its pretty likely to be stormy inauguration day Is a rol red day toi for tho netlon anil and ns as many of 0 our who can go to tle tile national capital to take part in it and usually do their best to make tile tho most of that day there lins has been a sameness to all In inauguration augurn tl on day ceremonies arak nr 1 yet there lias bas always b been een some new element dement lo 10 malre lunice each cacti one different undoubtedly this ceremony will be different from the last throe three in visit it will witness the thousands u sands of J I 1 tint democrats locking to Wn washington abington to ci ebrite tile the fact that they are the ins after long years of being the outs just HB as they did when grover cleveland and woodrow wilson were inaugurated out but the outstanding filet fact about this years in so far ns as it Is possible to characterize it in advance la is that more americans american 9 will hear bear the new jil resident take tile oath on tit of onice end deliver tits inaugural address than have over ever before listened to those spoken words in our years of history tim the hon kupa ups which will carry tho the new presidents words to every corner of the country and perhaps even around the world ore responsible for chilt fact the first inauguration ceremony that of george washington wits was held neither in tile the city of washington which did not then exist nor on tho the traditional march 4 instead it took place to in new york city which was then the capital of the nation lou on april 30 itsu in the case pt of the first president thero there was waa nn an inaugural alu gural pnra parade tle which preceded the In inauguration ceremony e mony instead of following it as become became the custom front from tile time of andrew jackson on oil down through the deais ye ira the actual inauguration tools took place on ion a stage S aich bad been built on the steps of the federal fedi era I 1 building where the present building in wall street now stands and the washington statue there la Is believed to stand upon the exact spot where washington stood when he took oath of onico the first congress of odthe the united states of america took its place on the stage escorted by gen con morgan lewis a distinguished figure ascended the steps tile tho roan man who had led the continental armies to victory and who had been chosen the first lend leader in peace gen george washington A great cheer went up from tile tha people who were watching the scene then took place one of those curious incidents which often happen to mar inar the imbres veness of historic occasions over the throng carne came a mighty stillness and heads were bared chancellor livingston was about to rise to administer tile the oath instead he kept his seat there followed a whispered conference with gen jacob morton marshal of the day at the conclusion general morton hurried out into the street to the old coffee house at wall and water burec ts the meeting place of st johns lodge of masons of which he was wag nin roaster ster the marshal was absent only a few seconds b but ut when he bo returned he was carrying nn an open elbl resting on a cushion of crimson velvet from the altar of st johns lodge then it was known to those on the platform at least that while the other details had been carried out no aw I 1 HC OVER AND sacred book beoh had been provided tor for the oath second inauguration in philadelphia wits was less spectacular than the first when john adams was inaugurated in the same city in 1707 1797 washington was tile the dominant figure ile he wits was retiring from public life and the people had eyes only for him many ot of them cried adams notoriously vain and jealous was much embarrassed barr assed and just as adams presidential career began in disappointment so it ended lie was so enraged by his defeat in the election that lie he refused to attend tile the inauguration of jefferson but left the white house and started for massachusetts early on tile the morning of inauguration augu augur ration atlon day jefferson was tho the first president inaugurated a nt t washington despite the picturesque tradition of tits Ms horseback ride to the capitol critical research discloses that the author of tile the declaration of independence did not ride lie ile went afoot which was democratic enough the installation of james madison in 1809 was as attended by much more ceremony than attended n the inauguration of jefferson the day was ushered in with sal lites of cannon madison rode to tile the capitol in a richly appointed carriage es escorted corteLl by troops of 0 militia the first inauguration to be held outdoors was that of monroe two reasons are assigned for tile the change tile the enormous crowd that attended from to in contrast aro are thought to have attended W elsons Wll sona in 1013 which was tile the largest crowd at a t an inauguration augu ration and the fact that the house and the binate could not agree over the distribution ot of seats in the house where it had been cus tomary ternary to hold the ceremony john quincy adams refused to attend the inauguration augu ration of his successor andrew jackson the two men being on the worst possible terms jackson was in washington for two weeks week s before his inauguration but go BI near adams frontiersmen indian fighters and thousands or of humble citizens crowded around the capitol toi to see jackson sworn in washington h had ad never beheld such a i horde of visitors after jacksons hectic day van buren restored dignity to the inauguration and it Is recorded that charn champagne flowed most bounteously at the reception jackson and van huron buren rode together from the white house to the capitol in 1837 in a phaeton made from the timbers of the old frigate constitution the first elaborate parade camo came with william henry harrlson harrison after the colorful and famous tippecanoe campaign he rodo rode his white charger from the capitol to the white house ile he was preceded by captured lags clubs were everywhere a large tila cabin was carried on a float in the parade find and a penn syl sylvetta vatta admirer presented the president with a pound fatted batted calf harrison read his inaugural address the longest on record from tile the eastern portico ot of the capitol capito standing for an hour without hat or topcoat lie he contracted a cold and died within it a month after he became president when john tyler was sworn in a month later he had bad to borrow money to ninke make the trip from his home in williamsburg where he was playing games with his children when the news ot of his bis succession to the presidency citie caie tyler refused to take any part in the inauguration ot of president volk but left washington on the in morning 0 aning of march 4 1845 polk had the distinction of being the first president to take the oath of office under an umbrella franklin pierce the only president ever to deliver an inaugural address without the aid of notes had a squad of fire bre engines in his parade buchanann Bucha nans inauguration was unimposing except for spectacular flonta floats and a great dinner the most momentous and impressive inaugural parade that ever moved through the streets of washington was when lincoln first took office buchanan an old man lu in swallow tailed coat hobbled along with lincoln to the carriage lincoln was attired in a new black suit and a shining high hat ile he carried a gold headed cane between double files of cavalry the presidential carriage moved along pennsylvania avenue while soldiers eold lers marched in front and behind riflemen were stationed on roots the thoroughfare and cavalry guarded every approach to the capitol tile the journey was made in safety ety stephen A douglas Lincol ns lifelong life long rival held the hat of the now president as he read the inaugural at Lincol ns second inaugural procession there was shown it a model of the monitor with its turret revolving and its guns firing at intervals A battalion of negro soldiers had an honorable place in the long procession it had been raining and the day was waa gloomy As lincoln was about to take the oath however the sun burst through the clouds an omen which he said made hla his heart jump with the inauguration of grant the military display continued because the friends of mrs had threatened to attack him his inauguration augu ration drew the biggest crowd that had yet gathered many had to walk the streets of washington nil all night because they could obtain no lodging grant laid aside his elgar cigar tor for the ceremony but disappointed the crowd by not wearing his uniform hayes iiames inauguration was uneventful except tor for the failure to reach a final decision on who had been elected until march 2 but at Gar garfielda fields the crowd grew to the unheard of pro na of many of whom brought their lunch lunch baskets with them A yellow dog that garfield had once befriended and fed followed behind him in the parade and was given a home at the white house the cleveland parade was memorable tor for the large number of tammany braves fancifully dressed and carrying tomahawks who marched in it benjamin harrison la Is the president who read his inaugural address to the glistening tops of red white and blue umbrellas but with the coong coming of roosevelt glamour entered reentered re innumerable cowboys cowboy 3 were in ho he parade and used their lariats freely in tide the crowd there wits was also a corps ot of former rough riders end and a group of indian redlan chiefs harvard students gave a t long yell for teddy the tha ovation was one of the greatest and the parade one of the most spectacular in the history ot of this quadrennial I 1 political a I 1 carnival the taft and wilson inaugurations are the mo most st memorable ones in recent years the one for the blizzard the other for the at atmosphere m aliel of tension which had not been equaled at banco nce t the first installation of lincoln the taft blizzard as it Is called descended upon washington without warning the previous day had been warm and foggy and fair weather was promised for march 4 but in the morning washington woke up to find a heavy blanket of snow and more falling with blinding force wilsons Wll Wil sons first inaugural was little more than an outpouring of democrats to celear celebrate a t a the their ir first victory since cleveland beveland but was marked by the presence of suffragists in the parade nis into I 1 second however taking place in the critical days just before the declaration of war upon germany was one of the most notable ever held hardings inaugural was notable for the tragic passage of the shattered and broken figure of the retiring president who came to the capitol for the last time on th that a t d day a y and went from there re to hla his S street home without even glancing at the white house as he passed it for the last time Coolid inauguration was more solemn and serious but also more devoid of glamour and pomp than any in recent years the carefree carnival spirit of hardings was missing axce except pt in the person of vice president dawes w who ho made his now famous speech to the senate telling them their rules were all wrong CC 0 by eastom union |