Evening Star Newspaper, March 4, 1929, Page 33

Special Inaugural Section @lh W 3 - Sidelights and Sketches on Review of Past Pageants ' : g ; C' BnIng a Personalities and Evenis WASHINGTON, D. €, MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1929. ]T RIUMPHAL PAGEANT OF PROGRESS RECORDED BY INAUGURATIONSI AMERICA’S RISE TO WORLD | 992~ 1.2 N\ (SR | T ililgedaiilly | L1NCOLN REACHED CITY LEADERSHIP IS PICTURED . S RN L R0 s PARTIALLY DISGUISED Each Ceremony Has Been Symbolic of /&8 . - Ly S e *‘ * Vs : j B & " o |Dangerous E;E_o;_aeling Over Its Period—Gay in Peace, but Sad & Wy Ay AR~ 4 W &1 B sl Slavery Question Caused Many and Somber During War. L LAY ' i d Vs A& i G 4 R i Precautions to Be Taken. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. it that on the day of this first inaugu- 3, 3% 4 5 o % | After he had read his inaugural ad- The splinter sprang into flame and the OR 128 years the pageant of in- ration in Washington he wore inten- h 3 i dress, wearing a black suit made from | man lit his_pipe with it. augm{mn cercml;n§es N Onesn. |tionally his old clothes—a blue coat i 7 e 2 ok e 4 2 the wool of American sheep as an| What was the world coming to? the ington stretches back through with brass buttons, blue pants and ol .o e Ry £ 28 , - encouragement to home industry, nine|old folks asked, as they watched the the shadowy avenues of istory. | 4TS shoes tied with leather shos 4 , W AN e et e e P i ot Dibsict it e by Thirty-three Presidents have | ™go"giany want anybody to get him : £ 0l a0 ) The first inaugural ball was held that | Danfel Carroll of Duddington. it T that Spring mom- | mixed up with Louls XVI or George . ; s 3 o : 4 . » ; | night at Davis' Hotel. Thomas Jeffer-| The world was moving too fast for ng in 18 en & company of Alex- | “rnere seems, however, to be no baSis B G 2 3 g ? 5 4 £ £ son and the uniformed foreign ministers | them. The iron age was a new-born :}!“fi":‘mgfl;’x‘;‘;{;m‘,“;fi:e“;b?:d“;: great | to the old tradition that he rode horse- ¥ ; (X o b 2 ; ¢ 5 danced with the charming Dolly Madi- | infant that inauguration day. ; pestalty back to the Capitol and tied his mount i A 3 Fae z o4 s % R | son. John Quincy Adams saddled his horse e didn't have a horse, and if he had . 3 - L > f .| and start on a long ride up e 8 stump-filled clearing to a half-finished | 2, < "y or 8 TRES 00 e 1t to. ¥ : 5 : : v | Alarge cavalcade of citizens on horse- | oot o0 Capitol on which the carpenters had 3 » ‘ A 9 ¥ back escorted James Monroe from the| He had moved out of the White stopped work for the day. % ox % 2 ) -« ~ | Octagon House, his private residence, to | House the day before. He was afraid Each inauguration, viewed in retro- v ey | e aroh & 1617, o was | Of 8 scenc if he came face to face with spect, has been symbolic of its period. | Chief Justice Marshall that day ad- : S . ; i R 2 s ] |the Capitol on March 4, 1817. He WaS| ;" pap “who was to succeed him es Brass bands and gold lace have attend- | ministered the oath to- Jefferson as ; el & G recelved with military honors by the | president that d ed periods of peace and plenty. Scant | President and Aaron Burr as Vice > ; : & ¢ | Georgetown Rifles and two companies| It had been a “whispering campaign.” ceremonial, women in black silk, and | president. b S i i S @at. " | |of rifiemen from Alexandria. Supporters of Adams had spread scan drab uniforms have come with inaugu- | The three men hated each other. I 3 s VY . : ol : s He took the oath of office on a plat- | dalous reports of the pri rations in time of war and reaction from | “Marshall,” said Jefferson, “had a ¥ d > . b form on the east portico. The outdoor | Andrew Jackson and his wi war. g {mind of gloomy malignity which could k 3 g £ g X ceremony, which has continued ever | marriage had been somewhat irregular. On the whole it has been a trium- | never forego the opportunity of satiat- e : w v 4 since, wes a compromise between the | but for years they had been a devoted phant, jubilant pageant marching | ing itgelf on a victim.” i i B ) k oL B 3 X £ | | House and Senate over the apportion- | couple. through history as the United States| Magshall liked to call attention to 3 E b W8 | |ment of seats, which had caused so| The slanders reached the ears of hes advanced from a loosely knit fed- | Jefferson's reputed athelsm, and he had . ! : & ST % | much scandal at Madison's inaugura- | “Aunt Rachel” and they cut her to the ‘eration of sparsely settled colonies along | jnsinuated that his personal morals, e E - : tioa. heart. She had ben reared on a rude the Atlantic Coast, with their poverty- | were not, at all what they should be. ol y % % : The White House, burned by the | frontier. She had no culture or breed- stricken farmers casting envious eyes | “The Chief Justice's only satisfaction 2 ¥ A\ : $ R ¢ 5 e : ; i ; British, had not been completely re- | ing. She liked to sit by the fireplace, on the fleshpots of Europe, to & Na- | jn administering the presidential oath £ - o L 4 o stored. so they say, and smoke her pipe. Now tion of 120,000,000 people, the envy of | to "Jefferson was that otherwise he ; : ha : . : { PR A Sy ¢ Motiroe had to commute for a time | they were declaring that she was no fit all the world for its riches and POWer. | woulq have had to administer it to 5 by ¢ 4 » 4 e batween his Government job in Wash- | person to preside over the White House. Each inaugural has been a chord in & | Byrr, whom he considered even worse ; o ; ¥ . » ; {nglon and his home, Oak Hall, in Lou. | They Were urging her husband’s defeat swelling diapason of God's bounty. Jefterson thought 8o, %00, : % ; S B T ; 3 v doun County, Va. He used {o quit early | On her account. d Yet running through it all there 18 | "5y "r 00 President sald something s / o i ’ f £ on Saturday and ride out on horseback, | o, 1N People rallied to Old Hickory. # plaintive minor strain with its eternal | oo quoting in his inaugural addres . ~ ‘ 8 A3 3 3 it 8 A 8 & . Teturning early Monday. 2| When she heard that he had been reiterance of the ancient sorrow gnaw- o - 3 « 3 1 ¥ s elected she bought herself a white satin . . | that day. The words probably were { < & . His inauguration marked the dawn of 5 i i ing at the heart of humanity—that directed at both Burr and Marshall % > % v 1 a time of peace, prosperity and progress. ( dress to wear at his inauguration. They flesh is dust and that the old orgers He sald: “We are all Republicans, g Y AN | : Revolution, the red-headed firebrand buried her in ‘hfi salmed dress h’t f'eh»)‘ are changing even in the midst of their | yo"gre all' Federalists, if there be any ) ? » Son il that had created the Republic and fts | Yeoks Jater. @Ol e had boen 85 most triumphant expressions. among us who wish” to dissolve the ! : - institutions, had come to & gray twilight measles and her resistance ha‘g been 80 Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Grant. | gpisn or' to change its Republican ¢ i ¢ R ] ot of plenty. 2 lowered by worry over the “whisper- Cleveland, ' Wilson—on_down_ the old | form “le; them stand undisturbed as W | 1 SIS Soi e i e children b | N9EC, 1AV Sha' coulll fof Kvuw oft ¥he Avenue sweeps the mighty pageant of | monuments to' the safety with which : ® ‘ had nursed at her breast with the milk | " yorew our history under the majestic shadoW | eryor of opinion may be tolerated when ¥ 3 . 7 O i ok el et wer dying | o e Jacksto came b0 W e of the Capitol dome. To what destina® | reason is left free to combat it.” : et o S i - The eagle of Austerlitz was dead of | oo aesth of his wite, Ho was In the tion who knows? Who doubts that He held open house at the White cancer of the stomach in its rocky island | frame of mind to cane his predecessor. will be one of a mightier glory than | goyse that afternoon. = : R o SE A e oL Taes | o e el aub e the the world can envision? Foster, the British Minister. wrote ! ; 3T LI ; Tl Mictioe's’ second snguration. | At few| s of e aiate. o his friend, * k¥ % to a friend in London: “When he % $ ‘ o i months later a decomposed body w..s‘chdr Porter, on Kalorama Heights. George Washington was short of cash received, all who chose attended and E : ¢ 4 A [ S G L5 , 3 &“&f’fié’ in' a %x;l!“twood bonfire on a i e e for the long overland journey from his winie and lolled upon his ¥ 4 i 3 4 X J » Ak e Shdh;r':ufled in &amfi&inflfinfi The city was crowded with admirers Mount Vernon to New m“'{ D’g’ t:“ couches before us all.” i Y g i % R i Y ¢ tery at Rome at the foot of the column | of Jackson, carrying hickory canes and inaugurated as first Presiden €| When Jefferson "took the oath of g 3 of Cafus Cestus. The tempest that was | Wearing_hickory leaves in their button- United States. office in 1801 the White House stood in i ; 4 i 5 9 2 ' Byron died away in the night at Misso- | holes. But there were no arrangements He borrowed $3,000 from a friend I3 | the center of a recent clearing in a half- ; ¢ : ko longhi. Jefferson was dying in the | fOT 2n inaugural parade. Alexandria and started out by coach | drained marsh covered with alder o s : b 3 3 clutches of his creditors in the biue| _ The single military organization in on April 16, 1789, allowing himself tWO | bushes. There were a few scattered L 3 3 ;i ; L ] i haze that gathered around the moun-| Weshington, a light infantry company, weeis to reach his destination. farm houses among tree stumps between | ;| i i - 2 o 3 tain top at Monticello. commanded by Col. Seaton of the Na- 1t was a triumphal progress all the | the Executive Mansion and the Capitol. 8 ¢ # p e R % 1 In the Autumn sunset of James| tional Intelligencer, was Whig in sym- way. At Alexandria, Georgetown, Balti- | ~ Eight years later Washington has be- ! e | : 3 . Manroe's administration conservatism | PaLhy and refused to march, more, Wilmington, Philadelphia, Tren- | come a ‘small city. The plan of the i 1 I ¢ 2 waxed fat amid her increasing riches.| A little group of Revolutionary War ton and Elizabeth he was dined and | Prench engineer, L'Enfant, was taking ,_ _‘ < A % S 4 And the night winds were the ‘sobs | Officers organized themselves into an wined by the leading citizens. Houses | shape and axmen were chopping broad . d : | of revolution for her stricken children, | CSCOft for thelr old comrade and walked were decked with wreaths and flags. | avenues through the surrounding for- & v £ &% § | " The day John Quincy Adams was | beside his open carriage under the Little girls in white dresses strewed | rests, 4 i ¥ 5 3 4 ¥ % inas ted, '@ secretary of the British | ¢ouble row of pcplars Thomas Jeffer- flowers in his path. Veterans of Prince- | < legation .i,pu"d on Pennsylvania | S0 had planted on Pennsylvania ton and Brandywine pressed through 5 g : L S B . 4 Aveape. e & Wloclpeds vhlgh ad | avenue. the crowds to shake his hand. t the Cosmos Club, i Y ' X e y g Ay “I never saw such a crowd,” wrote ‘For. two weeks people had been pours 4 ) 4 L & That same day & man in the crowd Daniel Webster. ‘“Persons have come New York. Every favern an ) y '« - 500 miles to see Gen. Jackson and they ot ralig house was filea. The morn~ 2 1 Jaiching the procession up the Avenie | really seem to think ‘the country has ing of April 30 was vibrant with artil- e pped With | heen rescued from some dreadfu’ Ing O v and pealing chutch bells. 3 brimstone into a chemical preparation | ganger T s et oo / ! . : ol 3 which he carried in a little metal box. | “"Jackson wore two pairs of steel- escorted from his Wi Jodgings on Cherry street to the Federal Building by two militia companies, one ‘made uyp of the tallest young men in the city and another of German terans. “He took the oath of office over & Bible borrowed from a nearby Masonic Jodgeroom, for Chancellor Livingstone, who had charge v‘t’:u the ceremonies, had orgotten to pro one. ; r_lgge munu‘:xde which blackened the streets and housetops cheered as he appeared on & balcony over Broad street, put his hand on his he bowed low several times. He w’s dressed in a suit of dark brown cloth with metal buttons on which eagles were embossed. He wore a sword at his side. His hair was dressed and m;vdgred‘ There were silver buckles on shoes. Washington read his inaugural a aress in the Senate chamber. Says 8 commentator of the day: “The Presi- Gent was extremely nervous. He trembled continuously. He attempted a couple of gestures, but they were awk- ward.” That night Washington watched 8 fireworks display, provided by private subscription, from _the windows of Chancellor Livingstone’s house on Jower Broadway. He returned to Cherry street om foot because the crowds in the streets were so dense & carriage could not have made its way through — * k kX At His second inauguration in Phila- delphia Washington rode to the Federal Buildidng in a coach bearing the designs of the four seasons and drawn by six white horses. He was dressed in black velvet with: diamond knee buckles. Two men with long white wands cleared & passage ‘or the coach through the crowds. Thomas Jefferson atiended the cgre- mony in a blue coat and crimson vest. * k k * The House of Representatives in Philadelphia was filled to its capacity for the inauguration of John Adams. This was the occasion of Washing- ton’s farewell address. In weeping for Washington the spectators forgot to cheer for Adams. The‘ second President was hurt by the neglect. Many of lyhose who witnessed his in- suguration_were suspicious of him. | Stanch Republicans tought h2 was favorable to monarchy. He was a Uni- tarian, and the good Philadelphia dea- cons of the day thought that meant he was an atheist. g “A solemn scene it was indeed,” he wrote to his wife Abigail that evening, “and was made more affecting to me by the presence of the general, ‘whose countenance was as serene and un- clouded as the day. Methought I heard him say: ‘Ave, I am fairly out and you are fairly in. See which one ! of us will be the happiest.’ All agreed | that, taken altogether, it was the s“b"'i limest thing ever exhibited in America. H * kK % { n March 4, 1801, Thomas Jef- | fe r?»u walked across a muddy field full | of tree stumps from his boarding house | near the present site of the Congres- sional Library to the half finished Cap- | ¢ ; itol to take the oath of office. i - ; . i ‘ ag - He was escorted by a company of | oy ‘ : ; A0, rifiemen from Alexandria in buff o ’ ' D o : '53'. breeches and sky-blue claw-hammer | . e 4 o : Bt coats with yellow facings and brass; : buttons. { A few days before he had given his son-in-law, Jack Eppes, $1,000 and sent him to Charlottesville to buy a span of horses and a great yellow chariot. Eppes got stuck in the mud on his way back to Washington. The philos- opher-President made_the best of the | P ation. Probably he welcomed it.| had sneered at the ceremonial ended the inaugurations of Washington and Adams. They smelled ® of royalty to the man to whom kings 1. The first President. 2. The crush at the White House after “Old Hickory” Jackson's inauguration. 3. Grant's second inaugural. 4. A scene on the Avenue during Lincoln’s second inauguration, were lice in the hair of nations. Jefferson was mot without personal | showing the unfinished dome of the Capitol. 5. President Arthur taking the oath in his private residence. 6. Andrew Jackson taking the oath in the private parlor of the Kirkwood House. 7. The vanity. He liked to show an h’“‘"’*‘“’glBuchunln inaugural parade passing up the Avenue. 8. Garfield’s inaugural. 9. Harrison's inaugural. 10. McKinley taking the oath. 11. Roosevelt on his way from the Capitol. 12. Taft en route m“ifia"é’uc’fi&f"TILz”i‘iia‘?i‘& Je%-"to the Capitol. 13. Wilson making hié first inaugural address. 14. Coolidge taking his second oath. 15. Harding and Wilson cight years ago, } ¢ ‘ & o8 | rimmed spectacles—one for reading and the other for ordinary vision. ~The first pair were over his forehead. The glass glittered when the sun struck | Persons in the crowd whispered tha the glasses were silver plates placed | where his skull had been pierted by British bullets at New Orleans. * ¥ K ¥ | . Jackson held open houss for ever;- body after his return to the White House. ‘There were tubs full of crange punch in the east room. No guards were sta- tioned at the door. They pushed their way in, black and w! Old Hickory tried to shake hands with them all. He was shoved into a corner by the half- | drunken mob. Tubs of punch were overturned on the floor. Glasses were smashed. Men stood with muddy boots on the plush-covered chairs and divans. Hours later, when the crowd was cleared out, Jackson and John C. Cal- houn had dinner in the White Houx together on the beef of a prize ox. .. Eight years later Old Hickory still was the center of attention at thc inauguration. The dapper little widower, Martin Van Buren, was a sccondary figure at his own elevation to the presidency. Jackson arose from a sick bed to ride up the Avenue with him and take the cheers of the crowd. It was all his doings, after all. The election of Van Buren was his revenge for the death of Aunt Rachel. The little Dutchman had become Presi- dent by championing the cause of Peggy O'Neil. to whom Jackson had transferred his chivalry. * k% % The gallant old soldier was deep in Greek. Tecumseh's plumed warriors, with their battle cries and tomahawks. now were only shadows out of a distant past, their memories moving like phan- tom clouds through Willlam Henry Harrison’s sunset reveries. Around his house at North Bend, Ind., stretched ploughed fields. There | were villages and schoolhouses along the trails where Tecumseh’s camp fires had burned. Fallen Timbers, Tippe- canoe, the Thames—the conqueror of | the wilderness empire had passed over { these bridges of fire into a promised land of roast wild turkey, hard cider and | Homer. He was 68 in the Fall of 1840, when he was elected President. Politicians in search of a picturesque figure had dragged him from his reveries. ‘The old man was a bit dazed by the fortune that had befallen him. It was a hard Winter in Indiana. While the Northwest winds piled snowdrifts around his study windows he composed laboriously an 8,000-word inaugural ad- dress full of Greek and Latin quota- tions. The politicians edited it before it was delivered and removed most of the classical references. In the dead of Winter, a few days after the electoral vote was announced, old Tippecanoe started for Washing- ton. Snow drifts all along the road impeded the progress of the stage. The boat wound its way slowly through broken ice on the Ohio River. He received a great ovation ! Haltimore. It was a rainy day when he arrived in the Capital. He was received at City Hall by Mayor Seaton and the municipal officials. A crowd gathered { outside to welcome him. The old man | stood bareheaded in the rain, his hat in his hand, to shake hands with | them. There still were several weeks before the inauguration. Harrison made a pilgrimage back to his old home in Charles County, Va. He had left the Old Dominion during the Revolution to fight with St. Clair at Fallen Tim- bers and the rest of his life had been passed on the frontier, March 4, 1841 was a gala day in Washington in spite of a heavy rain. William Henry Harrison appealed to the nati Th L]