Show IN N RATION DAY N 1 Z 4 S W X f A T naz 0 V al F 5 X ra k 7 mm 7 V X 5 Z eidew E ROOSEVELT am jim DF LIVER the INAUGURAL THE INAUGURAL by ELMO SCOTT W WATSON 11 THOUGH president elect roosevelt has announced his desire for a simple inauguration ceremony on on march 4 tho the fact remains that the capital of the nation on that day wl will be the scene of a celebration which la Is always impressive e no matter how bow ma many ny 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 ita irs pretty likely to be stormy inauguration day 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 aud and usually ally do their best beat to make the most of that day there has been a sameness to all inauguration alo n 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 cuts just as they did when grover cleveland and woodrow wilson were inaugurated but the outstanding fact about this years inauguration augu ration so far as it Is possible to characterize win it in advance Is that more americans will hear the new president take the oath of 0 office frice and deliver his inaugural address than have ever before listened to those spoken words in our 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 fr instead istead 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 ahe 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 ti a stage which had been built on the steps of the federal building where the present b building in wall street now stands and the washington statue there Is believed bril eved 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 the stage escorted by gen morgan lewis ft distinguished figure ascended the steps the man who had led the continental armies to victory and who had been chosen the first lead er r in peace gen george washington A great cheer went up from the people who were watching th the escene scene then took place one of those curious incidents which often happen to mar tho the imbres si I veness of historic occasions over the throng came a mighty stillness and heads ivere were bared chancellor livingston was about to rise to administer 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 ont into the street to the old coffee house at ai wall and water streets the meeting place of st johns johna lodge of masons of which he was master the marshal was absent only a few seconds but when he returned he was carrying an open bible resti resting fig on a cushion of crimson velvet from the altar of st johns hodga then II 11 known to those on the platform at least that the other details had been out no T al fn an HOOVER AND sacred book had been provided for the oath second inauguration in philadelphia was less spectacular than the arst when john adams was inaugurated in the same city in 1797 washington was the dominant figure he was retiring from public life and the people lad had eyes only for him many of 0 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 refused to attend the inauguration of jefferson but left the white house and started for or massachusetts early on the morning of inauguration augu ration day jefferson was the first president inaugurated at washington despite the picturesque tradition of his horseback bor ride to the capitol critical research discloses that the author of the declaration of independence did not ride alde he went afoot which was democratic enough the installation of james madison in lr 1809 was attended by much more ceremony than attended the inauguration of jefferson the day was was ushered in with salutes of 0 cannon madison BIad lson rode to the capitol in a richly appointed carriage escorted by troops of militia the first inauguration to be held outdoors was that of monroe two reasons are a signed assigned for the change the enormous crowd that attended from to in contrast are thought to have attended wilsons Wll Wil sons in 1913 which was waa the largest crowd at an in augur atlon 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 hla his successor andrew jackson the two men being on the worst possible terms jackson was 1 in washington for two weeks before his inauguration but go near adams frontiersmen indian lighters fighters and thousands of humble citizens crowded around the capitol to see jackson sworn in washington Washing tod hannever had never beheld such a horde of visitors after jacksons hectic day van buren restored dignity to the inauguration and it la 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 timbers of the old frigate constitution the first elaborate parade came with william henry harrison after the colorful and famous campaign he rode his hie white charger from the capitol to the white house no he wea was preceded by captured flags tippecanoe clubs were vere a largo log cabin was carried on a float la in the parade and a penn syl sylvania vanla admirer presented the president with a pound tatted batted calt call 4 11 harrlson arrIson read his bis inaugural address the long est on record from the eastern portico of th capitol standing for an hour without hat or topcoat he contracted a cold and died within a mo month nth after he became president when john tyler was sworn in a month later he had to borrow money to make the trip from his home in williamsburg where he be was playing games gadea with his childr children erf 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 hod had a squad of fire engines in his parade buchanann Bucha nans inauguration was unimposing except for spectacular floats boats 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 tailed coat hobbled bobbled along with lincoln to the carriage lincoln was attired la in a new black suit and a aln ahin ing high hat he carried a gold headed cane between double files of cavalry the preston bial carriage moved along pennsylvania avenue while soldiers marched la 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 sa safety fety stephen A douglas Lincol ns lifelong life itte long rival held the hat of the new pres president dent 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 bring at intervals A battalion of negro soldiers had an honorable place in the long procession it ii had been raining and the day was gloomy As an lincoln was waa about to take the oath however the ann aun burst through the clouds an omen which he said made 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 augur ration atlon 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 it at garfielda Garf Gar lelda fields the crowd grew to the unheard of proportions of many of 0 whom brought their lunch baskets with them A yellow dog that garfield had once befriended and fed followed bellind behind him in the parade and was given a home at the white house the cleveland parade was was memorable tor for the largo large number of tammany braves fancifully dressed and carrying tomahawks who marched in it benjamin harrison Is ii 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 reentered re ente red innumerable cowboys were in the parade and used their lariats freely in the crowd there was also a corps of former rough riders and a group of indian chiefs harvard students gave a long yell for teddy the ovation wits was one of the greatest and the parade one of the most spectacular in the histo history tir of this quadrennial political carnival the taft and wilson inaugurations ara are the most memorable ones in recent years the one for the blizzard the other for the atmosphere re of ten tension slon which had not been equaled since the first installation of lincoln the taft blizzard as it Is called descends upon washington without w warning the previous day had bad been warm and foggy and fair weather was promised for march 4 but in the morning washington woke up op to find a heavy blanket of snow and nore falling with blinding force Wil first inaugural was little more than an outpouring of democrats to celebrate their first victory since cleveland but was marked marke d b by the presence of guffra suffragists 9 ests in the ua parade ills hla second however taking place in the critical days just before the declaration of war upon germany was one of the most notable ever held ina inaugural augural was notable for the the tragic passage of the shattered and broken figure of the retiring president who came to the capitol for the last time on that dagand day and went from there to hla hio S street home without even glancing nt at the white house as he passed assed it for the last time Coolid inauguration was more solemn and serious but als altomore also more devoid of glamour and pomp than any in recent years the carefree carnival spirit of hardings was missing except in the person of vice president dawes who made his now famous speech to the senate telling them their rules were all wrong 0 by wan |