PRESIDENT AGAIN.
(Continued From I'age 1.)
fuller of the United States supreme coutv
and the president elect advanced toward
the center, and without any preliminaries
the chief justice administered the oath as
follows:
I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully exe
cute the office of president of the United States,
and will, to the best of my ability, preserve, pro
tect and defend the constitution of the United
States.
In taking the oath of office Mr. Cleve
land used the same Bible that Chief Jus
tice Waite used when Mr. Cleveland was
sworn in in 18S5. It was also used when I
Mr. Cleveland was sworn in as governor of
New York in 1883. The Bible belonged to
Mr. Cleveland's mother.
On the conclusion of the ceremonies the j
members of the senate, preceded by the
sergeant-at-arms, vice president and the
secretary, returned to the senate chamber,
and the president, accompanied by the ,
committee of arrangements, proceeded to
the executive mansion.
After the inaugural ceremonies the sen- j
ate ordered a committee to wait on the
president of the United States and to in- j
form him that the senate was organized, j
Messrs. Blackburn (Dem., Ky.) and Alli
son (Rep., la.) were appointed as such
committee, and then the senate adjourned
until Monday at noon.
CLEVELAND'S ADDRESS.
The President's Inauguration Speech
Touched on Finance, Economy, Civil
Service, Paternalism and the Tariff.
WASHINOTON, March 4.—President Cleve- i
land's inaugural address, which was deliv- 1
ered in an impressive manner, was, despite
the nasty weather, attentively listened to
by the vast audience and was liberally ap
plauded. The speech was as follows:
MY FELLOW CITIZENS— In obedience to the
mandate of my countrymen, I am about to ded
icate myself to their service under the sanction
of a solemn oath. Deeply moved by the ex
pression of confidence and personal attachment
which has called me to this service, I am sure
my gratitude can make no better return than
the pledge I now give before God and these
witnesses of unreserved and complete devotion
to the interests and welfare of those who have
honored me. I deem it fitting on this occasion,
while indicating the opinions I hold concerning
public questions of present importance, to also
briefly refer to the existence of certain con
ditions and tendencies among our people which
seem to menace the integrity and usefulness of
their government.
While every American citizen must contem
plate with the utmost pride and enthusiasm
the growth and expansion of our country, the
sufficiency of our institutions to stand against
the rudest shocks of violence, the wonderful
thrift and enterprise of our people, and the
demonstrated superiority of our free govern
ment, it behooves us to constantly watch for
every symptom of insidious infirmity that
threatens our national vigor. The strong man
who, in the confidence of sturdy health, courts
the sternest activities of life and rejoices in the
hardihood of constant labor may still have
lurking near his vitals the unheeded disease
that dooms him to sudden collapse.
It cannot be doubted that our stupendous
achievements as a people and our country's
robust strength have given rise to a heedless
ness of those laws governing our national
health which we can no more evade than hu
man life can escape the laws of God and na
ture. Manifestly nothing is more vital to our
supremacy as a nation and to the beneficent
purpose of our government than a sound and
stable currency. Its exposure to degradation
should at once arouse to activity the most en
lightened statesmanship, and the danger of
depreciation in the purchasing power of the
wages paid to toil should furnish the strongest
incentive to prompt and conservative precau- I
tion.
In dealing with our present embarrassing: sit
uation as related to this subject we will be
wise if we temper our confidence and faith in
our national strength and resources with the
frank concession that even these will not per
mit us to defy with impunity the inexorable
laws of finance and trade. At the same time,
in our efforts to adjust differences of opinion
we should be free from intolerance of passion,
and our judgments should be unmoved by al
luring phrases and unvexed by selfish inter
ests. lam confident that such an approach to
the subject will result in prudent and effective
remedial legislation. In the meantime, so far
as the executive branch of the government can
intervene, none of the powers with which it is
invested will be withheld when their exercise
is deemed necessary to maintain our national
credit or avert financial disaster.
Paternalism and Kconomy.
Closely related to the exaggerated confidence
in our country's greatness, which tends to a dis
regard of the rules of national safety, another
danger confronts us not less serious. I refer to
the prevalence of a popular disposition to ex
pect from the operation of the government spe
cial and direct individual advantages. The
verdict of our voters, which condemned the in
justice of maintaining protection for protec
tion's sake, enjoins upon the people's servants
the duty of exposing and destroying the brood
of kindred evils which are the unwholesome
progeny of paternalism. This is the bane of re
publican institutions and the constant peril of
our government by the people.
It degrades to the purposes of wily craft the
plan of rule our fathers established and be
queathed to us as an object of our love and ven
eration. It perverts the patriotic sentiment of
our countrymen and tempts them to a pitiful
calculation of the sordid gain to be derived
from their government's maintenance. It un
dermines the self reliance of our people and
substitutes in its place dependence upon gov
ernmental favoritism. It stifles the spirit of
true Americanism and stupefies every enno
bling trait of American citizenship.
The lessons of paternalism ought to be un
learned and the letter lesson taught that while
the people should patriotically and cheerfully
support their government its functions do not
CMS URAL^PKOCESSIO
Include the support of the people. The accept
ance of this principle leads to a refusal of boun
ties and subsidies, which burden the labor and
thrift of a portion of our citizens to aid ill ad
vised or languishing enterprises in which they
have no concern. It leads also to a challenge ol
DELIVERING THE INAUGURAL,
wild and reckless pension expenditure, which I
overleaps the bounds of grateful recognition of
patriotic service and prostitutes to vicious us#j
the people's prompt and generous Impulse to
aid those disabled in their country's defense. |
Economy and Civil Service.
Every thoughtful American must realize the
ignorance of checking at its beginning any tend- j
ency in public or private station to regard fru
gality and economy as virtues which we may
safely outgrow. The toleration of this Idea re
sults in the waste of the people's money by their
chosen servants and encourages prodigality and ,
extravagance in the home life of our country- ;
men. Under our scheme of government the j
waste of public money is a crime against the j
citizen, and the contempt of our people for !
economy and frugality in their personal affairs
deplorably saps the strength and sturdiness of
our national character.
It is a plain dictate of honesty and good gov- |
ernmont that public expenditures should be ,
limited by public necessity, and that this should !
lie measured by the rules of strict economy, and j
it is equally clear that frugality among the poo- j
pie is the best guarantee of a contented and !
strong support of free institutions. One mode
of the misappropriation of public funds is avoid
ed when appointments to office, instead of be
l ing the rewards of partisan activity, are award
ed to those whose efficiency promises a fair re
| turn of work for the compensation paid to them.
To secure the iUness and competency of np
i poi ntees to office and to remove from political
! action the demoralizing madness for spoils civil
j service reform has found a place in our public j
' policy and laws. The benefits already gained !
j through this instrumentality and the further
usefulness it promises entitle it to the hearty |
support and encouragement of all who desire
I to see our public service well performed, or who ;
| hope for the elevation of political sentiment and
the purification of political methods.
The existence of immense aggregations of
kindred enterprises and combinations of busi
ness interests formed for the purpose of limit
ing production and fixing prices is inconsistent
with the fair field which ought to ho open to
every independent activity. Legitimate strife
in business should not be superseded by an en
forced concession to the demands of combina- ,
tions* that have the power to destroy. Nor
should the people to IM* served lose the benefit of
cheapness which usually results from whole- j
some competition. These aggregations and coin- i
lunations frequently constitute conspiracies 1
against the interests of the people, and in all
their phases they are unnatural and opposed to j
our American sense of fairness. To the extent !
that they can be reached and restrained by I
federal power the general government should :
relieve our citizens from their interference ondJ
exactions.
Tariff Reform.
Loyalty to the principles upon which our gov- j
ernmont rests positively demands that the j
equality before the law which it guarantees to j
' every citizen should be justly and in good faith
conceded in nil parts of the land. The enjoy
ment of this right follows the badge of citizen- I
ship wherever found, and unimpaired by race
and color it appeals for recognition to Ameri
can manliness and fairness.
The people of the United States have agreed
tbaton this day the control of their govern
ment in it 6 legislative and executive branches
shall be given to a political party pledged in the
most poeitivenesa to the accomplishment of tar
iff reform. They have thus determined in favor
of a more just and equitable system of federal
taxation. The agents they have chosen to carry
out their purposes are tMiund by their promises,
not less than by the command of their masters,
to devote themselves unremittingly to this serv
ice.
While there should be no surrender of princi
ple, our task must bo undertaken wisely and
without vindictiveness. Our mission is not
punishment, but the rectification of wrongs. If
in lifting burdens from the daily life.of our peo
ple we reduce Inordinate* and unequal advan
tages too long en joyed, this is but a necessary
Incident of our return to right and justice. If
we exact from unwilling minds acquiescence in
the theory of an honest distribution of the fund
of governmental beneficence treasured up for
all, we but insist upon a principle which under
lies our free institutions.
When we tear aside the delusions and mis
conceptions which have blinded our country
men to their condition under vicious tariff
laws, we but show them how far they have
been led away from the puths of contentment
and prosperity. When we proclaim that the
necessity for revenue to support the govern
ment furnishes the only justification for taking
the people, we announce a truth so plain that
its denial would seem to indicate the extent to
which judgment may be influenced by famil
iarity with perversions of the taxing power, and
when we seek to reinstate the self confidence and
business enterprise of our citizens by discredit
ing an abject dependence upon governmental
favor we strive to stimulate those elements of
American character which support the hope of
I American achievement.
God's Aid Invoked.
Anxiety for the redemption of the pledges
which my party has made and solicitude for
the complete justification of the trust the peo
\ Ik M /
ple have reposed in me constrain nie to remind
those with whom I am toco-operate tnat we
can succeed in doing the work which has been
especially set before us only by the most sin
cere, harmonious and disinterested effort.
Even if insuperable obstacles and opposition
prevent the consummation of our task we shall
hardly IK- excused, and If failure can lie traced
to our fault or neglect wo may be sure the peo
ple will hold us to a swift and exacting account
ability.
The oath I now take to preserve, protect and
defend the constitution of the United States
not only impressively defines the great respon
sibility I assume, but suggestsolM'dicncc to con
stitutional commands us the rule by which my
official conduct must be guided. I shall to the
best of my ability ami within my sphere of
duty preserve the constitution by loyally pro
tecting every grant of federal power it con
tains, by defending all its restraints when at
tacked by impatience and restlessness, and by
enforcing its limitations and reservations in
t'uvor of tho states and the people.
Fully impressed with tho gravity of the
j duties that confront me and mindful of my
weakness, I should he appalled if it were my
lot to bear unaided the responsibilities which
await me. I am. however, saved from dis
couragement when I remember that I shall have
the support and the counsel and co-operation
of wise and patriotic men, who will stand at my
side in cabinet places and will represent the
' people in their legislative halls.
1 find also much comfort in remembering
, that my countrymen are just and generous, and
lin the assurance that they will not condemn
those who by sincere devotion to their service
deserve their forbearance ami approval. Above
nil. 1 know there Is a Supreme Being who rules
the affairs ot men and whose goodness and
mercy have always followed the American |Ho
ple. and I know he will not turn from us now if
we humbly and reverently seek his powerful
aid.
THE BIG PARADE.
A Notable Profession of Governors—Over
Twenty Thousand Civilians In Line.
Tammany's Good Showing.
V\ ASHINGTON, March 4.—The main stand,
from which President Cleveland reviewed
the parade, was erected immediately in
front of the White House. It was 150 feet
long and quite deep and had a comforta
ble seating capacity for 1,100 persons, 000
more than the corresponding stand erected
on the same site for the inauguration of
President Harrison. It was decorated with
effective taste.
Cushioned seats were provided for the
president and his cabinet, who surrounded
liim, and folding chairs were supplied for
the diplomatic corps, who were arranged
immediately behind him. On either side
were seats for senators, members of the
house of representatives and specially in
vited guests.
A detailed and itemized report of the
great parade is of course impossible, when
a mere enumerat ion of the various regi
ments, companies, posts and civic organi
zations participating occupies three news
paper coluinns. But some of the notes and
incidents of i) c parade are here set down
ar. ranuont Among the magnificently
mounted special aids who rode behind
Grand Marshal McMahon and his chief of
staff, General W. D. Whipple, were repre
sentatives from every state and territory in
the Union.
On the extreme left of the front rank of
Battery I marched a bronzed and rugged
featured veteran who would tuCVe roceiven
a share of the plaudits on his own account
had his history been known. His name
was John Martin, and ho was tho sole sur
vivor of the Custer massacre. A feature
distinctively novel was introduced into the
parade by the engineering corps. This was
the releasing of a number of carrier pi
geons, with messages relating to the success
of the inauguration, destined for Phila
delphia, Baltimore, Annapolis and other
points.
A Novel Feature.
Still another original feature was afford
ed by the military bicycle company, who,
mounted upon their wheels and retaining
full control of them, at the same time han
dled their small arms with a dexterity that
indicated that this innovation in military
tactics lucked nothing of success.
THE INAUGURATION CEREMONIES AT THE CAPITOL.
Governor Pattiscti of Pennsylvania rode
| by at the head of the 15 regiments of blue
I coated Pennsylvania troops, marching like
! veterans who had seen service and equipped
| with nil the essentials for active operations
in the Held. Major General Snowden was
in command of the Pennsylvania forces,
] with Generals Gobin, Wiley and Dechert
I commanding brigades,
j The appearance of gray coated General
Fitzhugh Lee of Virginia in command of
the Third division was the signal for a re
newal of the enthusiastic ovation which
, greeted him when he appeared in line on
' the occasion of Mr. Cleveland's lirst inau
guration. Thereafter came a procession of
governors, all of whom were cheered.
Headed by Governor Flower and staff
and preceded by the banner of the Jackson
Democratic association of the District of
Columbia, the appearance of the 3,000 Tam
many braves WJIS a revelation to many of
the spectators. With their high silk hats,
dark overcoats and showy badges, on which
the tiger's head was plainly displayed, they
were the best looking body of civilians in
the uarude.
THE PROCESSION PASSING THE REVIEWING STAND.
A mounted battalion of exceedingly good
looking women led the Cleveland and
Stevenson club of Montgomery county, Md.
They were the sisters and daughters of the
members, and in their dark riding habits
and low crowned riding hats presented a
decidedly attractive appearance. The spec
tators were not slow in catching on to the
novelty,and the belles from"My Maryland"
were cheered until their faces were o? a
carmine tiut. The organization of which
they formed an escort had 810 men in line,
precisely the majority given by the county
to the national ticket.
The civic procession, under the marslial
ship of Colonel William Dickson, was in
six divisions and aggregated more than
i '30,000 men, Tammany, with its new ban
, ners and badges, holding the right of line.
! The second division was assigned to Penn
sylvania; Massachusetts, New Jersey and
Delaware held the third division; Mary
land, the fourth; the fifth was the western
division, and the sixth was made up of the
late arriving organizations. The bicycle
1 clubs of Washington and Baltimore
brought up the rear.
THE GRAND BALL.
Mrs. Cleveland the Center or Attrac
tion— Ileuutifiil Decorations and
a Unique Kl ctiioul Display.
i WASHINGTON. March 4.—The grand in
-1 angulation ball in the pension building
court wns a greater success even than was
anticipated, over 12,000 people participate
iug. Mrs. Cleveland, magnificently ar
rayed in a superb gown of white moire,
made with clinging skirt and a tight fitting 1
bodice cut low and edged with silver pas- ]
sementerie, was the center of attraction, '
and, surrounded by Mrs. Stevenson and !
the ladies of the cabinet, was the bright
| particular star in a constellation of grace,
j beauty and brilliancy to which all present
I noid I,ornate
| The ballroom was a marvel of beauty and
I brilliancy, and the decorat ions were superb, j
j The court measures 125 by 325 feet and is
125 feet high. The entire ceiling was covered |
I with a canopy of white and gold. The whole i
■ Rurface of the great wtills was draped in
! white, gold and red from the ceiling to the
j floor.
I Silk banners and bannerets, gold trimmed
and bearing hand embroidered coats of
arms of all the states, territories and for
eign nat ions depended from the wal Is. The
front of the upper gallery tier was decorated
with American and foreign flags, and the j
second tier had small shields with silk flags. !
Silk plush, embroidered with silk and gold, !
was draped in front of the first tier, with !
American flags furnishing a background ;
for groups of ancient armor.
There are eight large columns which sup
port the roof of the pension building, and j
near the base of each of these was placed I
electric wheels of artistic designs outlined j
in miniature lamps, which changed form J
and color as the wheels revolved. Hun- I
dreds of lamps shone in hanks of exquisite
| cut flowers tfhich adorned tne case or eacu A
! column. There were triumphal arches,
American eagles, stars and stripes, grace
ful wreaths, vases and friezes of various
colored electric lights all over the building
without number.
! Shields bearing the names of the 23 presi
dents and that of the incoming vice presi
dent of the republic, surrounded by flags,
were hung on the eight large columns.
These columns are 75 feet high and were
banked to a height of 12 feet with palms
and other plants. Green vines depended
from the capitals of the columns a distance
of 50 feet. The 152 columns supporting
the galleries were capped with floral pieces
with dependent greenery. Green garlands
were also entwined with the draperies on
the front of the galleries.
Unique Electrical Display.
An arch was erected on either side of the
court 30 feet wide and 40 long. These arches I
| were elaborately decorated with flowers,
and the two band stands were in front of
them. The names "Cleveland and Steven
son" were displayed on these arches in elec
! trie lights.
I One feature of the electrical display was
; a mammoth illuminated fan at the east
! end of the building. The designs were out
lined in tiny electric lamps of different
colors. The whole was divided into sec
j tions and controlled by an elaborate switch,
which supplied the current to the sections
one by one until the entire design was
aglow, thus creating the illusion of the fan
opening. Theu the sections were extin
guished in the same manner, apparently
i folding the fan.
, At midnight the music ceased and the
ball came to an end. President and Mrs.
Cleveland had been driven away, the guests
slowly dispersed, and with the opening hour
of the Sabbath morn, hushed save for an
occasional outburst from some belated en
thusiast of "Grover, Grover, four years
more of Grover," the ceremonies and fes
tivities of the inauguration of the twenty
fourth president of the United States
passed into history.
The music was furnished by the Marine
band, under the direction of Professor
Fanciulli, and by Professor Zimmerman's
dance orchestra, and the programme ren
dered was as follows:
Grand inaugural march, "The Great Repub
lic," Fanciulli
(Band* and orchestra, writtefefor the occasion
and dedicated to Mr. Cleveland.)
Symphonic poem, "Les Preludes" Liszt
: Grand selection, "The Merchant of Venice"
l'insuti
Fantasie comique, "Trip to Mars" Fanciulli
Waltz, "Christmas Eve" Johns
Ijancers,"Fencing Master".., De Koven
Polka, "May Bells" Santclm&nn
Promenade, "Czarine" Ganne
Ijancers, "Isle of Champagne" Furst
: Waltz, "Polar Star" Waldteufel
Scliottisclie, "Country Band" Smith w
lTonienade,- "Divertissement Espagnol"
j Desormes
Ijancers. "International" Moses
Promenade, "Road to Moscow" De Loetz
, Waltz, "La Cigale" Audran
I Promenade, "Bal Costume" Rubenstein
Polka, "Jolly Students' March" Fahrbach
; Waltz, "Bachelors' Favorite" Williams
; Promenade, "New York" Fanciulli
i York, "One Heart, One Soul" Strauss
i Ijancers, "Robin Hood" De Koven
Waltz, "Espana" Waldteufel
Polka, "High School Cadet March" Sousa
The Fireworks.
Then came the fireworks at the White
I lot. First came a national salute, 44 21-
pound Union cannon salutes, displaying
the national colors, then exploding with
, tremendous report; a display of 100
0-pound congreve rockets, pearl streamers,
and the discharge of 50 floral shells, dis
playing carnations, chrysanthemums, for
getmenots, bride roses, laburnum blos
soms, lilacs and violets, goldenrod, passion
flowers, etc.
Next was a device, George Washington
equestrian statue, 40 by 40 feet, depicted in
lines of white lire, embellished on sides by
j jeweled batteries attended by salute of lion- .
or, 3 salvos, 21 bombs each, followed by the
ascent of 200 0-pound rockets, 40 meteoric
showers, 40 dragons, 40 quadruple ascen
sions, 40 pleiades and 40 chameleon chang
ing stars.
Then came another set piece 40 by 40 feet,
Harrison and Morton encircled by nutional
border and sui mounted by American eagle,
depicted in appropriate colors of lance lire,
which was followed by a salvo of 30 shells,
introducing silver and blue, purple andam
ber, silver and carmine, emeralds and
pearls, parachutes, trailing stars, etc.
Next was an Andrew Jackson equestrian
statue, 40 by 40 feet, depicted in lines of
Jlre, flanked on sides by musketry and ar
tillery fusillades, followed by an ascent of
100 8-pound rockets, 25 chains of 10 jewels,
25 electric bouquets, 25 weeping willows
and 25 golden clouds ami a prismatic cas
cade, 50 by 00 feet, forming an iminenne
cascade of liquid fire, after which an iud<r
pendence salute by battery of 117 aerial
pounders, being one salute for each year of
our independence.
The Grand Device.
The next device was that of Columbia,
20 by 35 feet, depicted in appropriate colored
lines of fire, enriched by six mammoth bat
teries, two each red, white and blue, fol
lowed by a flight of 50 8-pound rockets of
liquid gold, producing one of the most
marvelous effects in pyroteclmy, and the
ascent of 100 8-pound rockets, peacock
plumes, musical, goldenrod and triple bou
quets.
Then came the grand device, portraits of
Cleveland and Stevenson, with motto,
"Public Office Is a Public Trust," encircled
by national banner surmounted by Ameri
can eagle, all depicted in appropriate colors
of lance fire.