Show IMES OF OTHER H al irions incidents that marked the da day y jn in former years OATH TAKING new york scene of Hs his inducts i story of jeffersons simplicity SImPlIC 14 R myth peoples day when jackson took office I 1 by E W PIC PICKARD KARD woodrow wilson Is the twenty sev anth man to lie be inaugurated president of the united states fates but the twenty fifth to be inaugurated in washington Washing toa george washington took the oath of in new york and john adams in philadelphia moreover the father of ills hla country wag waa not noe rated on march 4 arriving at Ellzabeth town point N J on april 23 he entered a barge rowed by 12 pilots clad in white and passed through the kill von null kull inlo new york harbor which was full of all manner of craft gaily decorated and loaded with cheering g crowds the spanish man ot of war galveston broke oa out tho the colors of all nation fired a salute of 13 guns to which the tha american frigate north Cu carolina rolina re arrival at new yov yo v As washington stepped ashore at murrays Mur rays wharf the guns of the tha battery tery roared out their salute and gov george gearge clinton and many members of congress saluted the first president he was waa taken to the reside residency 0 of t samuel osgood and for an entire week there was revelry throughout the city finally on april 30 all was ready for tho the inauguration washington was escorted to federal halt ball then tho capitol which stood on the site of the tha present sub treasury at wall and dread broad streets the streets had been filled since sunrise with waiting crowds and the enthusiasm was intense tense a in the senate chamber washington was joined by adams adama knox hamilton von steuben and alq a few oth ers and all of them appeared on yie jie bor balcony leony robert II 11 livingston chancellor of new york administered the oath and cried long live george washington president of the united states whereupon alie there e broke brok ja out a mighty tumult of cheering bellring bell ring ing and the noise of cannon returning to the senate chamber president washington read hla his inaugural address and the history of the united states state s under the constitution began myth about jefferson i if you aro are a good democrat no doubt you believe that thomas Jt baur Ler son rode unattended to tho the capaiol on horseback tied ils his horse to the fence and was inaugurated with less ceremony than ilian would attend the taking of office odea bya keeper of a dog pound such is the old story but it is pure myth and ils first found in a book of travels in the united states written by johndavis john Davio an eng It davis assailed that that he was an eyewitness eye witness of the simple ceremony which bo be described but it has baa been proved that he was not in washington at tho aho time the inauguration of jefferson which marked the defeat of the federalist party of hamilton washington adams and jay was the first to take place in washington the nel newly vly established d national capital then buta few months olf old contained only inhabitants many of them negroes nei negroes roes tho housea houses were mostly huts and the streets streeta mu muddy addy roads the big event was trus thus described in tho the philadelphia Auro rii of march 11 1801 at an early hour on wednesday march 4 the city of washington presented a a spectacle of uncommon n animation occasioned by the addition ton to its usual population 0 of f a larg body of f citizens from the adjacent districts A discharge from the company of washington artillery ushered in the day and about one oc loci the alexandria company compan of riflemen with tho the company of artillery paraded in front of the presidents lodgings at 12 thomas thomaa jefferson attended by a number of his fellow citizens among whom were many members of congress gress repaired to the capitol ills ilia dress dresa was as aa usual that ot of a plain citizen without any d distinctive badge of office lie iio entered the capitol un der a discharge from the artillery As soon as lie he withdrew a discharge dl from the artillery was made tho the remain der of the day was waa devoted to purposes ur of festivity and at night th there a re was a pretty general illumination 1 jackson almost mobbed when andrew jackson wits was elected in the fall ot of 1828 the people of the west and the radical elements ot of the south scored a triumph and ho was hailed as a man of the people this character was emphasized on the day of his inauguration the following march for never before had such a huge motley throng gathered in washington ington jacksons wife had died not laig before and he asked that the ceremonies be mado made very simple but the masses were too hilarious to hoed too tile request the weather was pleasant and the east cast front of the capitol was used forthe for the first time tor for the inauguration augu ration in front ot of it surged perso persona iks who were restrained only by a great iron chain jackson rode to tho the capitol on a white horse and went through the ceremonies with dignity and started back to the white house shan began his troubles foy fox the people broke loose with a vengeance the president deni was literally pursued by a motley molley concourse of people rid ing running belte Mk elter scriv striving ing who should first gala admittance lute into the executive mansion where it was understood that refreshments would be distri distributed bated wrote a contemporary mrs samuel harrlson harrison smith in their mad rush the crowds smashed furniture and dishes and seized the food as if they were starving the confusion became more and more al palling at ono moment tho the president who had retreated until he was pressed against the wall vall of the apart ment could only be secured against serious danger by a number of gentlemen linking arms and forming themselves into a barrier it was then that the windows were thrown open and the living throng found an outlet it was the peoples day the peoples president and the people would rule taken figuratively that might not be so poor a description ot of the plight ot of presidents in these later days exposure killed harrlson harrison for 12 years the democrats controlled the destinies of the country and then ilien the whigs elected william henry who was inaugurated march 4 1841 by this time t transportation rans por tation was made easier by the building of railways and the crowd that flocked to washington was immense it was much better behaved I 1 than that which honored jackson but it was hungry for offices cold wintry blasts swept the streets of 0 washington that march day and harrlson harrison already old and rather feeble rodeo rode his white horse without cloak or overcoat and with his hat ofala off in salute to the cheering crowds the line of march was long and so was waa the inaugural address and then the president led the procession back to the white house the exposure was too much for him and within ono one month ho he was waa dead bead Lincol ns first inauguration immensely dramatic was the first inauguration of abraham lincoln in 1861 from tho the day of his election threats against his life wore were numerous and detectives discovered and fol foiled ledan an organized plot to assassinate him on his way to Ny washington ashington the big bodies ot of troops that had bad been employed at former inaugurations rations merely to add pomp to the occasion now were used for the protection of the president As ho he rode to the caDI capitol in a carriage he was waa preceded by a company of sappers and miners a double file of cavalry eglo ro on each side and in the rear infantry and riflemen on house tops and in windows all along pennsylvania ave nuo were posted riflemen the day had opened cloudy chilly and dismal but as the president stepped forward to take the oath from the aged chief justice taney the sun burst through the clouds and shone kull ull on the bowed head of tho the man who was to give up his life for the country he lovea lincoln biancola noticed this sunburst a and n d drew draw from it a happy augury 1 1 1 |