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    INAUGUBATIOJCT DAY.
AND -INCIDENTS
XJUOS J.2tE8IDJSNX'S
Kill Inaugural AHftrcna TaUInc tte
OalU of Office The Now Pol
Regime In Full Sway.
WASHINGTON , March 4. There an
fully one hundred thousand strengers Ii
the city to-day. Never before were sue !
crowds seen In Washington us to-day ,
as early as 10-o'clock a. M. , occuplec
the streets along the line d march. Al
most every building inhe city Is dec
rated and graceful arches span tb <
streets through whicfe. the procession Is t (
march and the decorations on many buildIngs -
friC Ings are very elalwrate. President Ar
thur breakfasted with his family at th <
white house about 9 o'clock a. m. At
hour later Vice-President-elect Hend-
ricks , in corapany with Senator Hawley.
of the committee of arrangements , drove
up to the r/bite iouse in an open barouche ,
lined witfi crimson satin and drawn by
[ our beautiful white horses. Just as he
arrived President Arthur's carriage ,
containing Senators Sherman and Ean-
som , started to the Arlington for the
president-elect. This carriage was also
* n open barouche drawn by four spank-
log bays. After a short delay
( .Cleveland entered the carriage in
Company with the senators and was rap
idly driven to the white house , where
{ President Arthur and Hcndricks were
waiting. At 10 o'clock the presidential
party left the mansion and , entering their
carriages , took their places in the line ol
THE PROCESSION ,
which had formed in the meantime.
Cleveland and Arthur and Senators Sher-
tnan and Eansom occupied the first car
riage. They were greeted with the wild-
cgt enthusiasm. The first division of the
brooesslon , escorting the president-elect ,
then began to march to the capitol. The
scenes on Pennsylvania avenue almost
baffle description. A great , surging
mass hid the sidewalks. Above them
Etately buildings were covered with cloth
of various 'colors , arranged in patriotic
device ; the soft springlike breezes stirred
innumerable flags .and streamers and
special aids , in brilliant uniforms , dashed
hither and thither lending animation to
the scene. T.V regular troops came
first. Their ranks extended clear across
the avenue and presented a most impos
ing appearance. The marine corps , with
their .magnificent band , came next.
Following them were the artillery battal
ions. This portion of the procession pro
ceeded as far as the south front of the
treasury department and then halted and
came to a parade rest , in order to afford
an opportunity for the presidential party
to fall into line , when the march was re-
Btimed. The president's elegant carriage
was preceded by Gen. Slocum , the chief
marshal , and his staff and a troop of
United States cavalry. Surrounding the
carriages were a dozen mounted police
men. The party
RECEIVED AN OVATION
aH along the line of march. Men cheered ,
women waved handkerchiefs and clapped
hands and the greatest enthusiasm was
evinced by the immense throng. Presi
dent-elect Cleveland kept his silk hat in
his hand and bowed to the right and left
aa the carriage rolled slowly along. A
( number of colored militia formed a part
of the first division , and presented a
highly creditable appearance. Local di
visions of the Gijrfid Army of the Eepub-
lie closed the pscorting division.
SHE SCENE JIN THE SENATE CHAMBER.
A little before 11 o'clock the doors of
the president's gallery were opened and
peopl&fentitled to admission were escort
ed lr % Among them were Cleveland and
jfcscf Hoyt , a sister of the president-elect ;
Bev.'W. A. Cleveland and wife and their
two sons ; Mr. Hastings , nephew of the
president-elect ; Miss Hastings , Miss
MelHe Yoeman and Miss Annie Yoeman ,
nieces of the president-elect ; Mr. and
Sirs. Bacon , of Toledo , and Colonel and
Sirs. Lament. The blue tapestried seats
< o the diplomatic gallery remained the
longest vacant , but they , too , were filled
by a quarter pastil o'clock. The arrival
of the diplomatic corps , fifty strong , clad
5n their uniforms , varying from the silken
tubes and mandarin caps of the Chinese
jto the gorgeous , gold-bedecked
presses of the Europeans , occas
ioned a suspension of the buzz
of conversation fora moment. They en
tered unanounced , and were escorted to
tiie seats in front and upon the right of
Jhs chair. Just before the entry of the
members of the supreme court , arrayed
in their ample black silk gowns and pre
ceded by their marshal , the annual act
of turning back the hands of the senate
clock was performed by the veteran door
keeper , Capt. Isaac Bassett. The su
preme court justices were placed upon
the right and front of the chair. Presi
dent Arthur was now announced and his
coming was greeted with warm
CLAPPING OF HANDS ,
In recognition of which he bowed grace
fully to the assemblage. A moment
later and the buzz of conversation
Vras again suspended in antici
pation of the announcement : "The
President-elect of the United States. "
Ur. Cleveland had already entered the
hall with his escort and halted within
eight of the assemblage while his arrival
. "was " being 'announced. Applause , clap
ping of hands , at first , and then cheers ,
loud and prolonged , welcomed him.
Then a stalwart voice in the gallery arose
above the din demanding "three cheers
for Grover Cleveland. " This was not
held by the assemblage to be in good
taste , ard Edmunds' proclamation ,
( tt that order must be preserved or the
galleries will be cleared , " was a
superfluity. The vice president-elect
was now jescorted into the cham
ber and , without delay , but with
K solemnity and decorum befitting
the occasion , the oath was administered
to him by the president pro tempore.
Hendrlcks then took the gavel and called
the senate to order m extra session.
Prayer was offered by the chaplain , after
which the vice president made a brief ad
dress , fhe new senators were sworn in
and , after reading the message of the
president convening the senate , a pro
cession was formed and filed its way to
the platfonn on the central portico of the
capitol. At precisely 12:30 p. m. the
procession appeared coming out of the
ea t door of the capitol. President
Arthur stepped to the front of the plat-
1- - fS "fcHow * by President-elect Cleve
land Chief Justice Waiteand the eer-
Saut-at-armsof the senate. Cleveland
to the
address
inaugural
tkau be an his
SSt lh n | ; estimafed by Senator Hawley -
ley at-150$00 , as follows :
THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS.
In the presence 01
my countrymen ,
I am about to supplement aad seal bj
the oath which I shall take the manifes
tation of the will of a great and Irec
people in the exercise of their power anci
right of self-government. They have
committed to one of their fellow citizens
a supreme and sacred trust , and ho here
consecrates himself to their service. This
impressive ceremony adds little to the
solemn sense of responsibility with which
I contemplate the duty I owe to all the
people of the land. Nothing can relieve
me from anxiety lest by any act of mine
their interests may suffer , and nothing
is needed to strengthen my resolution to
engage every faculty and effort in the
promotion of their welfare. Amidst
party strife the people's choice waa
made , but its attendant circumstances
have demonstrated a new strength and
safety of government by the pee
ple. In each succeeding year It more
clearly appears that our democratic people
ple need no apology and that in its fear
less and faithful application is to bo found
the surest guaranty of good government.
But the best results in the operation of
the government , wherein every citizen
has a share , largely depend upon the
proper limitation of purely partisan zeal
and effort and a correct appreciation
of the time when the heat of the partisan
should be merged In the patriotism of the
citizen. To-day the executive branch of
the government Is transferred to a new
keemutr : but this is still a government of
all the people and it should be none the
less an object of their affectionate solici
tude. At this hour the animosities of
political strife , the bitterness of partisan
defeat and exultation of partisan triumph
should be supplanted by ungrudging ac
quiescence in the popular will and sober ,
conscientious concern for the general
weal. Moreover , if from this hour we
cheerfully and honestly abandon all sec
tional prejudice and distrust and deter
mine with manly confidence in
one another to work out harmonously
the achievements of our national destiny ,
we shall deserve to realize all the bene
fits which our happy form of government
can bestow. On this auspicious occa
sion we may well renew the pledge of our
devotion to the constitution which ,
launched by the founders of the republic
and consecrated by their pravers and
patriotic devotion , has for almost a cen
tury 'oorne the hopes and aspirations to
those who will succeed to the blessing of
our national life. The large variety of
diverse and competing interests is subject
to federal control , persistently seeking
the recognition of their claims , need give
us no fear that the greatest good to the
greatest number wul fall to be accom
plished. If in the halls of national leg
islation that spirit of amity and mutual
concession shall prevail m which the con
stitution had i'-s birth ; if this in
volves the surrender or postponement
of private. interests and the
abandonment of local advantages , com
pensation will be found hi the assurance
that thus the common interest is sub
served and the general welfare advanced.
In the discharge of my official duty I shall
endeavor to be guided by a just and un
strained construction of the constitution ,
a careful observance of the distinction
between the powers granted to the fed
eral government and those reserved to
the states or to the people , and by a cau
tious application of those functions which
by the constitution and laws have been
especially assigned to the executive
branch of the government. But he who
takes the oath to-day to preserve , pro
tect and defend the constitution of the
United States , only assumes the
obligation which every patriotic
citizen on the farm , in the work
shop , in the busy marts of
trade and everywhere should share with
him. The constitution which prescribes
his oath , my countrymen , is yours ; the
government you have chosen him to ad
minister for a time is yours ; the suffrage
which executes the will of the freemen is
yours ; the laws and the entire scheme of
our civil rule , from the town meeting to
the state capitol , is yours. Your every
voter , as surely as your chief magistrate ,
under the same high sanction , thougn in
a different sphere , exercises a public
trust. Nor is this all ; every citizen owes
to the country a vigilant watch and close
scrutiny of its public servants and a fair
and reasonable estimate of their fidelity
and usefulness. Thus is the people's
will impressed upon the whole framework
of our civil polity , municipal , state and
federal , and this is the price of our liberty
and the inspiration of our faith in the re
public. It is the duty of those serving
people in public place to closely limit
pubic expenditures to the actual needs of
the government economically adminis
tered , because this bounds the right of
the government , to exact tribute from the
earnings of labor or the property of citi
zens and because public extravagance
begets extravagance among the people.
We should never be ashamed of the sim
plicity and prudential economics which
are best suited to the operation of a re
publican form of government and most
compatible with the mission of the Amer
ican people. Those who are for a lim
ited time to manage the public affairs are
still of the people and may do much by
their example to encourage consist-
only the dignity of their
official functions in that plain
way of life which , among their fellow-
citizens , aids integrity and promotes
thrift and prosperity. The genius of our
institutions , the needs of our people in
their home life , and the attention which
is demanded for the settlement and de
velopment of the resources of our vast
territory , dictate the scrupulous avoid
ance of any departure from that foreign
policy , commended by the history , the
tradition and the prosperity of our re
public. It is the policy of the independ
ence favored by our position and de
fended by our power ; it is the policy of
the -peace so suitable to our interests ; it
is the policy of neutrality , regretting any
share in foreign broils and ambitions
upon other continents , and repelling their
intrusion here ; it is the policy
of Monroe and Washington and Jeffer
son "Peace , commerce and honest
friendship with all nations , entangling
alliances with none. " A due regard
for the interests and prosperity of all the
people demand that our finances shall be
established upon &uch a sound , sensible
basis as shalfsecure the safety and con
fidence of business interests and make the
wages of labor sure and steady and that
our system of revenue shall be so adjusted
as to relieve the people from unnecessary
taxation , having a due regard to the in
terests of capital invested and the workingmen -
ingmen employed in American industries
and preventing the .accumulation of a
surplus in the treasurv to tempt extrav
agance and waste. Care for the property
of the' nation and for the needs of
future settlers require that ttie public do
main should be protected from purloining
schemes and unlawful occupation. The
conscince of the people demands that the
Indians within our boundaries shall be
fairly and b mestly treated as wards of
the government and their education and
civilization .promoted with a view to their
ultimate citizenship and that polygamy
in'the territories , destructive of the farni-
ly relation and offensive to the mora
sence of the civilized world , shall be re
pressed. The laws 'should be rig
idly enforced which prohibit thi
immigration of a servile clasi
to compete with American labor with n (
intention of acquiring citizenship ant
bringing with them and retaining habita
and customs of repugnance to our civili-
zation. The people demand reform ic
the administration of the government anc
the application of business pnncipals tc
public affairs. As a means to this end
civil service reform should be in good
faith enforced. Our citizens have the
right to protection from the incompetency
of public employes who hold their places
solely as the reward of partisan service and
from the corrupt influence of those who
promise and the vicious methods oi
those who expect such rewards ,
and those who worthily seek
public employment have thought
and insisted that merit and competency
shall be recognized instead of party sub
serviency or the surrender of honest po
litical belief in the administration of a
government pledged to do equal and ex
act justice to all men. There should be
no pretext for anxiety touching the pro
tection of the freed men in their rights or
their security in the enjoyment of their
privileges under the constitution and its
amendments. All discussion as to tbcii
fitness for the place accorded to them ag
American citizens is idle and unprofitable ,
except as It suggests necessity for their
improvement. The fact that they are
citizens entitles them to all the rights due
the relation and charges them with all its
duties , obligations and responsibilities.
These topics and the constant and ever
varying wants of an active and enterpris
ing population may well receive the at
tention and the patriotic endearance of all
who make and execute the federal law.
Our duties are practical , and call for an
industrious application of an intelligent
preception of the claims of public office ,
and , above all , a firm determination of
united action to secure to all the people
of the land the full benefits of the best
form of government ever vouchsafed to
man ; and let us not trust to human effort
alone , but humbly acknowledge the
power and goodness of Almighty God ,
who presides over the destinies of nations
and who has at all times been revealed in
the country's history ; let us invoke His
aid and His blessings upon our labors.
The stand on which the president de
livered his inaugural address was erected
almost on a level with the floors of the
senate and house and directly in front of
the middle entrance to the capitol. It
was about one hundred feet square , the
largest ever erected for an inauguration ,
and was covered by two thousand chairs.
These were occupied by senators , mem
bers of the diplomatic corps and judges
of the supreme court , members of the
house of representatives and press repre
sentatives. Before the president left the
senate chamber the crowd in front of the
stand had increased until it became one
SOLID MASS OF HUMANITY
for four hundred feet in front of the
stand and more than one hundred feet on
either side. The crowd continued less
solidly in the rear of this multitude.
The trees in the great lawns were filled
and the roofs of the surrounding dwell
ings were covered. On the roof of the
capitol some two hundred or three hun
dred men and boys had congregated. In
approaching the avenues and streets the
military companies and society organiza
tions were massed in columns , forming a
brilliant vista as far as the eye could
reacn. On elevated staudd enterprising
photographers had placed their instru
ments to perpetuate in photographic de
signs the assembly on the stand , and the
sea of hats and faces that moved contin
ually like waves of the ocean. This great
throng was variously estimated as to
numbers. President Arthur subsequent
ly said it was "simply immense ; the
greatest crowd he ever saw. ' ' Senator
Hawley , as he looked at it , said he
thought it numbered about 150,000
people. While waiting for the arrival of
the president-elect some one would oc
casionally venture in front of the plat
form , and his presence was * the signal
for repeated cheers. President-elect
Cleveland was clad in a full suit of black ,
Prince Albert coat , high , old fashioned ,
standing collar and black tie. In speak
ing he held his left hand closed behind
him , and emphasized his'speech with
gestures with his right haad. He spoke
without manuscript , but occasionally
consulted a small piece of paper bearing
the notes of the heads of his discourse.
His voice was clear and resonant , and ne
slowly enunciated his words and occa
sionally turned about at the pauses as if
ro note the effect of his remarks.
When Mr. Cleveland first began his
inaugural address the crowd applauded
Whenever he paused to take a breath , but
after awhile contented itself with cheerIng -
Ing him as he made his principal points.
His reference to the prohibition of foreign
contract labor called out loud and long-
continued applause , but his allusion to
civil service reform met with a faint re
sponse. The address was very brief and
at precisely 1:02 o'clock it was concluded
with the invocation of the blessing of
Providence , and , turning to the chief
justice and bowing to him , Mr. Cleve
land informed him that he was prepared
to take the oath prescribed by law. As
the chief justice arose to administer the
oath the vast assemblage cheered
again and again. The president-elect
stood facing the chief justice , with the
crowd on his right. .hief Clerk Mc-
Kenney , of the supreme court , stood just
to one side of Cleveland and held the
Bible upon which the oath was adminis
tered , the president-elect also held it
ivith his right hand. The Bible used is
small morroco-covered volume
a - gilt-edged
ume , pretty well worn. It is the Bible
which Cleveland's mother gave him
ivheu he left home as a young man. At
bis special request the committee of ar
rangements had it in readiness for the
ceremony. The crowd preserved perfect
ijiiiet as the impressive ceremony of ad
ministering the oath was taking place ,
but when it was concluded , and as
President Cleveland laid down the
Bible , after reverently kissing
it , and shook hands with
the chief justice , who was the first to
jongratulate him , they
CHEERED LOUDLY AND LONG.
Ex-President Arthur was the second
man to congratulate the president and
then followed Chief Clerk Mclvenney and
Senator Sherman. President Cleveland
tvas then introduced to the remaining
judges of the supreme court , to Lieuten
ant General Sheridan and GoneralHan-
: ock. The other persons on thr Vlatform
then pressed forward and many of them
shook his hand. As he re-entered the
2apitol he was again greeted with cheers.
He walked to the basement entrance ,
ivherehe first came into the building ,
ind entered his carriage to be driven in
the procession to the white house.
, THE CITY FULL OF STRANGERS.
Washington entertains to-day 100,000
strangers. .They began to come before
the dedication of the monument , and
V-- !
they have been coming day and ni h1
ever since. They have comeiufamilv
parties , In clubs , and companies and
regiments. The hotels were filled t
week ago and private boarding houses
and dwellings have since done wliat thev
could to lodge the shelterless and feed
the hungry. Nevertheless , not a few ol
the later cciners , who brought little be
sides their patriotic memories and "ex
ultant hopes , tramped the avenues lasl
night from necessity , and breakfasted
this morning with coffee and a sandwicb
from the venders at the markets and
street corners. The morning opened
hazy , but . with an excellent
promise of fair weather , which
was fulfilled before nine o'clock. The
throngs were abroad early , walking and
riding from point to point to see what
they could of the public buildings , the
parks , statues and monuments before the
great event of the day began. Fifing
and drumming and marching of clubs ana
troops were the enlivening elements oi
the early forenoon , while the morning
serenades tendered to the popular polit
ical favorites served to amuse aud-interest
the participants and crowds. Whatever
it is possible to do with scantling and
boards and bunting and gilt to bedeck a
town for an occasion , Washington has
undertaken and performed. ' The harvest
of decorators and carpenters began ten
days ago , and the noise of their sawing
and pounding , and the click of their
hammers have been heard day and night
ever since , down to the moment
of the starting of the procession.
At first ugly erections of rough timber
broke out all along the proposed Ijne of
march from the white house to the capitol
tel , covering doors and windows of
stores and dwellings and filling up the
littley parks and openings , aud upon
rent. [
and
cealed
build ]
The' '
the
been ]
heart ]
new
the corner of Twelfth and Pennsylvania
avenue , occupied by the pension bureau ,
was perhaps the most elaborately
decorated structure in the city and the
decorations were at once ' pleasing and
unique. Long lines of streamers were
suspended between the flag staffs on thereof
roof and just below , on either side of the
building ,
'
AN IMMENSE GOLDEN EAGLE
clutched long lines of red , white and
blue bunting , which were artistically
woven into a vast network covering the
entire building. At the intersection of
the lines of bunting shone stars of gold
and , framing the whole design , were
handsome shields bearing the names of
the states of the union all locked together
with gilt chains. At the second story
siender staffs bore graceful tricolored
standards with the names of the various
presidents of the United States. The
west front of the building re
presented the legislative branch
of the government. A mammoth
pictures of the capitol was flanked by
great Eoman fa&ces. At the corner of
the building
THE GODDESS OF LIBERTY ,
armed with sword and shield , repre
sented the executive branch of the gov
ernment. An eagle , bearing a national
shield , surmounted the figure , and an
excellent oil portrait of heroic size of the
president-elect was suspended above a
shield bearing the name of Xew York
state. On the south face of the building
Justice , blindfolded , with sword and
scales , represented the judiciary. Alto-
ether the effect was very pleasing. The
f otels were tastefully decorated. Wil-
lard's was profusely draped in graceful
festoons of gayly colored fabrics. Words
of welcome wrought in tinsel shone above
an immense blazing star at the door
way and a great arch of gas
jets spanned the circle , enclosing
the symbolic owl head of the Americus
club , of Philadelphia. Elegant designs ,
wrought in cunningly woven bunting ,
transformed the marble facade of the
Metropolitan into a thing of beauty.
The Ebbett house was fairly covered with
flags and picturesque figures , and the
other hotels showed great ingenuity In
devising pleasing and original decora
tions. A great floral ladder reaching to
the roof of a business house on Pennsyl
vania avenue bore upon it rungs the
words ' 'Sheriff , ' ' ' 'Mayor , " " Governor
' ' "President. ' * thus
nor , graphically
symbolizing the life work of the presi
dent-elect. All the government build
ing on the line of march were
GAY WITH BUNTING.
Large American flags encompassed the
gray columns of the treasury and long
lines of penants of every hue of the rain
bow ran across the granite front of the
great building and relieved its severe
architecture by giving it an appearance
In keeping with the gala day. Hand
some rosettes and designs in parti-colored
bunting adorned the state , war and navy
department builditigs. Long before the
hour set for the movement of the proces
sion the music of hundreds of bands
beading the different organizations seek
ing their posts blended in one confused
roar. Everywhere the shrill note of
the fife and the kettle drum was
beard. By 10 o'clock the entire
population of the city seemed to have de
serted their homes and occupied the
streets on the line of march. The crowd
tvas something unprecedented even in
this city , accustomed to receive the put-
pourings of the nation's population.
Men , women and children pushed and
jlbowed in the vast throng ; yet it was a
ijood natured crowd and evidently dis
posed to do justice to the occasion. It
( vas willing and anxious to be amused
ind plucked fun from the < ightest inci-
Jeuts , as , for instance , wh an unhap
py-looking individual pa-sed up the
ivenue in his shirt sleeves , pushing a
fvhefcl barrow in which reclined , with a
self-satisfied air , another person , bearing
i flag , shouts of laughter and all sorts
jf jibes and jokes greeted the
jquipage on its travels. A large crowd
congregated around the white house and
mother cminllv laro-p nnp arnnml th pr > -
: rances to the Arlington hotel at an
; arly hour in the morning , Icr the pur
pose of obtaining a view of the president
ind the president-elect as they took the
places assigned to them in the line. Both
nen rigidly denied themselves to visitors
luring the morning. The members of
: he general inauguration committee met
it the Arlington hotel before 10 o'clock
ind placed their services at the disposal
) f the president-elect.
At the conclusion of the inaugur
: eremonies at the capitol the procession
sscorted the presidential party back to
: he white house. The two carriages
, vhich contained President Cleveland and
; x-President Arthur. Vice President
Sfendricks and the senate committee of
irrangements , took positions in the front
livision and the line started. The
greatest enthusiasm was manifested al
along the route. The crowd on the
sidewalks had Increased so it was
1EPOSSIBLE TO PASS THROUGH IT.
Many people were forced out into the
roadways , and the police had all tbcj
ceuld do to keep the avenue open for the
procession. When the head of the line
reached Fifteenth street a halt was made
and the carriage containing the president
and ex-president left the pro
cession by way' of Executive
avenue to the white house ,
which the party entered. The vice
president's carriage proceeded up Fif
teenth street nearly to New York avenue
before leaving the line. Mr. llendricks ,
however , soon joined the president at
the white house , and when everything
was in readiness the entire' party pro
ceeded to the reviewing stand on Penn
sylvania avenue , directly in front of the
mansion , and the order was given for the
line to move. The reviewing stand had
been profusely decorated with flags and
'
bunting , and'presented
A BEAUTIFUL APPEARANCE.
The president and ex-president were
placed on a projected platform , which
waa covered with flags so as to make
a handsome canopy , , and at the
same time so arranged as to afford
a clear view of the procession. Arm
chairs were placed upon it for them , but
the president remained standing during
the entire review. Ex-President Arthur
sat on his left and Vice-President Hen-
dricks and the members of his house
hold occupied seats to the right and just
back of the president , while the families
and friends of the president and ex-pres
ident sat in the front row on the right.
Among those who occupied seats on the
presidential stand were Secretaries Fre-
jysen , McCulloch , Lincoln , Cband-
d Teller , Postmaster General Hat-
"ileut. Gen. Sheridan , Maj. Gen.
'Ck ' , Daniel Manning , Mr. Vilas ,
ndicot , of Massachusetts ; Senators
d and Garland , Col. Lament ,
Grace and ex-Mayor Cooper ,
ew York , and a large num-
pf other prominent per-
including many officers of the
, nd navy and the diplomatic corps ,
were a great many ladies on the
Jtand and their rich costumes added to
the
BRILLIANCY OF. THE SCENE.
It is estimated that there were on the
stand about one thousand persons. It
was 10 minutes past 2 o'clock when the
president , escorted by Col. Barrett , of
the inaugural committee , took his place
at the front of the stand and the head ot
the procession started from the corner of
Fifteenth street to pass in review. The
president's appearance was the sequel for
a general shout from the concourse of
people who had gathered in front of the
stand and filled the street for several
hundred yards both ways. The president
quietly bowed his acknowledgments. A.
good deal of confusion was caused in the
vicinity of the grand stand by
the efforts of the police to
clear the streets for the approachinj
procession. The work was finally ac
complished , b'ut with great difficulty , the
mounted police riding into the dense
throng and driving the people back with
their batons. The review from the
presidential stand was a grand sight and
it was the generally expressed opinion
that no more brilliant pageant
HAD EVER BEEN WITNESSED
in this country. All the organizations
gave a marching salute as they passed
the grand stand and the president re
cognized the compliment by raising his
hat. The first division was composed of
regular United States troops and all local
military organizations. As they passed
the stand the president saluted the chief
marshal and his aides and the companies ,
which marched in good time. The
second division was composed entirely of
Pennsylvania national guards. There
were about 7,500 in this di
vision. Governor Pattison rode
at the head of the division. The presi
dent also raised his hat out of respect to
the battlen flags of the Thirteenth
and Eighteenth and several other regi
ments. The president paid the same
compliment to the Sixty-ninth Xew York
regiment , Eochambeau grenediers and
the the Buch zouaves , of St. Louis. A
large number of colored troops were
included in the third division and their
soldierly bearing and good marching
elicited much praise from the people.
The New Jersey soldiers , in plain uni
forms , with red blankets rolled above
their knapsacks , also attracted attention ,
as did the Washington infantry , of Pitts-
burg , elad in navy blue with black
shakos. The Fifth Maryland , about
500 strong , with black helmets and blue
suits , who are old favorites in this city ,
were warmly welcomed. A striking uni
form of olive green with black plumes ,
which attracted much attention , was
worn by the Clark Guards , of Augusta ,
Ga. The New York Sixty-ninth regiment
was in this division about six hundred
strong and its fine band and excellent
marching fully met the expectation
which had been raised as to the
appearance of this regiment. The
Grenadiers Eochambeau , of New York ,
were also well received. The Busch Zou
aves , of St. Louis , wore the most elegant
uniform in the procession. Company
C , Sixteenth Ohio national guards , in a
showy uniform of gray , closed this di
vision of the procession. The fourth and
last division vas composed entirely of
civic organizations , and was commanded
by Maj. Thos. Luttrell. The Jackson
Democratic association of the District of
Columbia , carrying rough hickory sticks ,
ncted as an escort to the New York or
ganizations. After them came six Indian
braves in war paint and feathers , bearing
Tammany's banner. The Tammany
men , who numbered 1,000 , carried sil-
rer-headed sticks at their shoulders and
marched nine abreast. They were
followed by the Tammany Knick-
srbockers in quaint and ancient cost
ume , carrying long gold-headed staves ,
ivith which they beat marching time on
the asphalt pavement. Then came Irving
Elall , represented by one hundred gentle
men , all wearing silk hats and spring
svercoats and carrying canes. Gilmore's
immense band heralded the approach of
the County Democracy long before they
svere visible. Fifteen hundred men
svearing light gray overcoats and silk
tiats , carrying canes with Cleveland's
head wrought in silver and wearing pur
ple and gold badges on the lapels of their
: oata , represented this branch of the
N"ew York democracy. The Albany
Phalanx , numbering eighty men , pre
sented a neat appearance clad in brown
: oats , white beavers and carrying silk
jmbrellas. The King's County Demo
cracy had about 123 men in line , dressed
in dark blue overcoats , and carrying the
inevitable cane. The Buffalo legion , in
lark clothes and silk hats , brought up
the rear of the first brigade. In th >
second brigade of the division the
Bayard Itgion , of Wilmingtop ,
Del. , was the first out of
: own clubs and was followed by the
Joel Parker club , of Newark , N. J. , the
I
forty representatives of the Iroquis club ,
of Chicago , and the Columbus , Ohio ,
glee club , dressed in gray and carrying
mlnaturo brooms on the lapels of their
coats. One of the neateatuniforms In the
line was that of the Duckworth club , of
Cincinnati , consisting of a light overcoat ,
dark trousers , high white hats and gold
and purple badges. There was not a
finer looking body of men in the proces
sion , and as they turned into Fifteenth
street , marching twelve * afront , the great
crowd
t
CHEERED LUSTILT
and the ladles clapped their hands and
waved handkerchiefs. The Jefferson
club , of Cincinnati , followed and- made
a most creditable display. They wera
also greeted with applause and other
demonstrations of approval. A colored
man , clad in a sky blue swallow-tailed
coat and bright red pantaloons , and wear
ing op his breast an enormous silver plate
bearing the name of the organization ,
preceded the Jackson democratic club ,
of Columbus , O. Its eighty members
were dressed In gray and carried canes at
a salute. Maroon overcoats and yellow
kid gloves distinguished 100 mem
bers of the Amcricus club ,
of Philadelphia. . The Samuel
J. Eandall association , of Philadelphia ,
had about an equal number of men in
line. The Moyamensing legion , of Philadelphia - ] |
adelphia , had seventy-five men in line , ! |
dressed in brown and red. The Eleventh | f
Ward Eandall club , of Philadelphia ,
bore a magniticent banner of blue plush
and gold with an excellent portrait of the
patron of the club. One hundred men
represented the Central club , of Harris-
burg. They wore gray overcoats , black
hats and red silk badges. The Calumet
club , of Baltimore , presented an excel
lent appearance with three hundred neatly
attired men in line. The Topeka Flam
beau club also made a fine appearance. v
The Cook county club , of Chicago , r
turned out forty men in gray overcoats ,
silk hats and badges. This club and the
Iroquois club , of the same city , were re
ceived with marked favor. Some com
ment was excited by the appearance in
the procession of a Elaine inauguration
club , of Maine. A splendid banner of
black and gold floated over five hundred
men representing the Crescent club , of
Baltimore. A notable feature of the
procession was"a troop of cavalry , of the
District of Columbiain which the electoral
votes ; of the states that furnished Cleve
land's majorities were represented by
horses , one for each vote , arranged in
states by colors. They were followed by
the Cleveland and llendricks club , of sf-
Lenisville , Virginia , and by a number of
mounted clubs wearing colored sashes.
TAMMANY'S ROOSTERS.
The live roosters which were carried by
the Tauimanv club and County Democra
cy , of New York , were made conspicu
ous as they passed the stand and caused
much amusement. Taken all in all , as a
combined military and civil display , the
procession was undoubtedly the largest
and finest ever seen in Washington. At
I the conclusion of the review the president
and party proceeded to the dining room
of the white house , where they partook -4 ,
of lunch ordered for them by "ex-Presi
dent Arthur.
GRAND DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS.
The public celebration of the day ended
with a display of fireworks. In charac
ter it was like all displays of fireworks ,
but in volume and variety it is said to'
have excelled any former pryotechnical
exhibition upon this continent. Withal
it was successful to the minutest detail.
The scene of the exhibition was the white
lot , an area of two hundred or three hun
dred acres , sloping gently away from the
south fronts of the treasury and the ex
ecutive mansion and state department.
Uncounted crowds began early to find
their way towards the spot from every
quarter of the city. . For an hour
or more they waited , commenting
meanwhile upon the singular ap
pearance of the monument , a hun
dred rods beyond the fireworks
enclosure. The lower third of the shaft
was not visible , but all above was dimly
outlined , like a ghost of itself , against
the black sky and reflecting to its peak
the rays of the electric lights in the city
half a mile away. It seemed enormously
higher than by daylight. When the
preparations were completed and the
display had once begun , the people In
charge had the good taste to have no in
termission. Jack O'Lanterns danced
rrom place to place about the enclosure ,
ind whenever one paued an explosion
followed. Sockets. balloons , miniature
fountains , bombs , batteries and shells
ivere sent heavenward in volleys for half-
in hour , filling the air with showers of
Ire. Explosions sometimes half a mile
Jbove the earth took place and , wafted by
i gentle breeze , constellations numbering
; housands of beautifully tinted stare
loated away over the Potomac. Three
"set pieces" of mammoth proportions
vere among the last and grandest-
'eatures of the entertainment. 'Ihe first ?
vas k 'Jefferson. ' ' There was a i 'fizz' *
uidible a mile away as a Jack O'Lantern ,
"
ouched his torch" a piece and then a-
nammoth face in points of white fire , en-
:5rcled : by an oval frame in red , with a/ '
> anner in colors festooned gracefully
ibout it , burst out of the darkness , I '
t glowed for a minute in- :
ull brilliancy. then an eye-
vent out with an explosion ,
ollovred by a portion of the uoee and , < * 1
ast of all , the blue stars of the banners , : *
? heface of the titular patron of sim- j
ilicityand unostentation was probably ! , J
tot recognizable to the masses of the' ' { /
pectators , but when the letters of his
tame beneath were made out - ?
HIS MEMORY VTAS HONORED
ti prolonged cheers. The next lar
liece the capitol
represented national T- /
rith excellent portraits of the president !
nd vice president , flanked > y mottoes
nd emblems. This piece w ,45 160 feet *
ing by seventy-five in heigh the larg-
st set piece ever fired in Amrica. . Tbe-
ightof 5,000 rockets at once , forming
vast floral bouquet in the heavens , tcr-
linating the display. No estimates of
lie numbers who witnessed the fireworks
rould be trustworthy.
The voluntary dispersion of a multitude
hen gathered in a park open on all
ides would seem to be a simple affair ,
ut the experiences of the euening proved
) the contrary. Carriages became en-
inglcd with each other and pedestrians'
andcrcd about in bewilderment trying'
> find their way through or out ofJ
rushes which occurred in a hundred'
laces. No one was hurt , so far as is -T k
nown , but many ludicrous episodes oc- 4 r
Jrred. Family parties became gepa- * ( \
ited , wives and husbands lost each'
ther , and parents found themselves'
: ading children not their own. The'
ills of one to another in the dark some- '
mes indicated distress or fear , but tha *
eople were for the most part exceed- !
igly jolly and laughed at themselves
ad each other as It it were
II - part of the programme.
TI1K INAUGURAL BAtt.
The brilliant finale to the inauguration
: remonies was the ball to-night in ths'
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