Show INA SNOW AL N DAY 5 4 0 jl rz t ail 0 73 q Z IK 4 0 N I 1 I 1 Z 14 g V V PRESIDENT ELEC ROOSEVELT delivering va IN ki ir 41 7 4 THE INAUGURAL PARADE by ELMO SCOTT WATSON president elect roosevelt has announced his desire for a simple inauguration ceremony on march 4 the fact remains that the capital of the nation on that day will be ba the icene scene of a celebration which la Is j J always impressive no matter how H many of the spectacular elements which have characterized past presidential ident ial lal 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 and whether the weather Is fair or stormy and it has become almost a tradition that its pretty petty likely to be stormy inauguration day la Is a red letter day for the nation and as many of f 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 there has been a sameness to all inauguration day ceremonies and yet there has always been some new element to make each one different undoubtedly this years ceremony will be different from the last three in that it will witness thousands of jubilant democrats flocking to washington to celebrate the fact that they are the ins after long years of being the outs just as they did when grover cleveland and woodrow wilson were inaugurated but the outstanding fact about this years inauguration augu augur ration atlon so far as it Is possible to characterize it in advance Is that more americans will tear bear the new president take the oath of office and deliver his inaugural address than have ever before listened to those spoken words in our oar years of history the radio hookups hook ups which will carry the new presidents words to every corner of the country and perhaps even around the world are responsible for that fact the first inauguration 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 alch was then the capital of the nation on april 30 1789 in the case of the first president there was an inaugural parade which preceded the 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 erl end building where the ae present building in wall street now star stands ds and the washington statue there Is believed to stand upon the exact spot where washington stood when he took oath of office the first congress of the united states of america took its place on oil the stage escorted by gen morgan lewis a distinguished figure ascended the steps the man who had led the continental armies to victory and who had been chosen the first leador leader in pence peace gen george washington A great cheer went up from the people who were wera watching the scene then took place one of those curious incidents which often happen to mar the imbres alveress tl al veness of historic occasions over the throng came a mighty stillness and heads were bared chancellor livingston was about to rise to administer the oath instead he 1 kept ept his seat there followed a whispered conference with gen jacob morton morion marshal of the day at the conclusion general morton hurried out into the street to the old coffee house at wall and water streets the meeting place of st johns lodge of masons of which he was ni master aster the marshal was wag absent only a few seconds but when he returned he be was carrying an open bible resting on a cushion of crimson velvet from froen the altar of st johns lodge then it was known to those on the platform at least lat that while the other details bad bien been carried out oat no A M HOOVER AND COOLIDGE sacred book hart bad been provided tor for the oath second inauguration in philadelphia was less spectacular than the first when john adams was inaugurated in the same city in 1707 1797 washington was vas the dominant figure he was retiring from public life and the people had eyes only for him many 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 he was so enraged by his defeat in the election that he fie refused to attend the inauguration of jefferson but left the white house and started for massachusetts early on the morning of inauguration augu ration clay av jefferson ws was the first president inaugurated at Wag washington hington despite the picturesque tradition of his horseback ride to the capitol critical research discloses that the author of the declaration of independence did not ride he went afoot which was democratic enough the installation of james madison in 1809 was attended by much more ceremony than attended the inauguration of jefferson the day was ushered in with salutes of cannon Madison rode to the capitol in a richly appointed carriage escorted by troops of the first inauguration to be held outdoors outdoors was that of monroe two reasons are a assigned for the change the enormous crowd that attended from to in contrasts contrast are thought to have attended wilsons Wll Wil sons in 1013 which was the largest crowd at an inauguration augu ration 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 to hold the ceremony john quincy adams refused to attend the inauguration augu ration of his successor anorew jackson the two men being on the worst possible terms jackson was in washington for two weeks before his inauguration but go near adams frontiersmen indian fighters and thousands of humble citizens crowded around the capitol to see gee jackson sworn in washington had ticker bc held such a horde of visitors after jacksons hectic day van buren restored dignity to the inauguration and it Is recorded that champagne flowed most bounteously at the reception jackson and van buren rode together from the white house to the capitol in 1837 in a phaeton made from the umbers timbers of the old frigate constitution the first elaborate parade came with william henry harrlson harrison after the colorful and famous tippecanoe campaign ue he rode his white charger from the capitol to the white house he was preceded by captured flags tippecanoe clubs were everywhere a large log jog cabin was carried on a float in the parade and a penn syl sylvania vanla vanta admirer presented the president with ii a pound fatted batted call calf THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS harrlson harrison read his inaugural address the loosest on record from the eastern portico of bf the capitol standing for an hour without hat or topcoat he co contracted a cold and died within a month after he became president when john tyler was sworn in a mon month th later he had bad to borrow mon money ey to make the trip from his home in williamsburg where he be wa was a playing games with his children when the news of his succession to the presidency came tyler refused to take any part in the ration of president polk but left washington on the morning 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 engines in his parade buchanann Bucha nans inauguration was unimposing except for spectacular 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 in swallow talleo tailed coat hobbled along with lincoln to the carriage lincoln wis was attired in a new black suit and a ahin ing high hat he carried a gold headed beaded cane between double files of cavalry the Pres Pre lAen slUn bial carriage moved along pennsylvania avedik while soldiers marched in front and behind riflemen were stationed on roofs commanding the thoroughfare and cavalry guarded every approach to the capitol the journey was made in safety stephen A douglas Lincol ns lifelong life ilfe long rival held the hat of the new president ashe as he read the inaugural at Lincol ns second inaugural procession there was shown 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 gloomy ax A lincoln was about to take the oath however the sun burst through the clouds an omen which he said made his heart jump with the inauguration atton of grant the military display continued because the friends of mrs biro 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 all night because they could obtain no lodging grant laid aside his cigar for the ceremony but disappointed the crowd by not wearing his uniform hayes inauguration was uneventful except for the failure to reach a final decision on who had been elected until march 2 but at garfielda Garf lelda 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 to in the parade and was given it home at the white house the cleveland parade was memorable for the large number of tammany braves fancifully dressed and carrying tomahawks who marched in it benjamin harrison 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 ree entered reentered re e innumerable cowboys were to in the parade and used their lariats freely in the crowd there was also a corps of former rough bough riders and a group of indian chiefs harvard students gave a long yell for teddy the ovation was one of the greatest and the parade one of the most spectacular in the history of this quadrennial political carnival the taft and wilson inaugurations are the most memorable ones in recent years the one for the blizzard the other for the atmosphere of tension which had not been equaled since the first installation of lincoln the taft blizzard as it Is called descended des cende upon washington without warning mIng the previous ouk 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 celebrate their first victory since cleveland but was vas marked by the presence of suffragists in the parade his second however taking place in the critical days just before the declaration of war upon ger many was one of the most notable ever held hardings 1 inaugural augural au Ural was notable for the tragic passage of the shattered and broken figure of the tha retiring president who came to the capitol for the last time on that day and went from there to 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 waa missing except in th the person of vice president dawes who made his now famous speech toabe to the senat senate etaU teli ing them their rules rulea were all wrong 0 by weater |