. Thirty years in Washington; or, Life and scenes in our national capital. Portraying the wonderfuloperations in all the great departments, and describing every important function of our national go vernment ... With sketches of the presidents and their wives ... from Washington's to Roosevelt's administration . 7, the President-elect goes tothe White House, accompanied by the committee in charge,where he joins the President, and both are driven tothe Capitol. At noon, the President appears in the SenateChamber and takes the seat assigned him. A deep hushfalls on the throng, there is a sort of
. Thirty years in Washington; or, Life and scenes in our national capital. Portraying the wonderfuloperations in all the great departments, and describing every important function of our national go vernment ... With sketches of the presidents and their wives ... from Washington's to Roosevelt's administration . 7, the President-elect goes tothe White House, accompanied by the committee in charge,where he joins the President, and both are driven tothe Capitol. At noon, the President appears in the SenateChamber and takes the seat assigned him. A deep hushfalls on the throng, there is a sort of Judgment-Day atmos-phere, yet nothing more terrific follows than the voiceof the Vice-President, beginning the words of his valedic-tory. Now comes the new Vice-Presidents little speech,then the oaths of office, the swearing in of new senators,and the proclamation of the President convening an extraand immediate session of the Senate. This over, all startfor the Rotunda portico on the east side of the Capitol,where a grand stand lias been erected for the ceremonyof taking the oath of office and delivering the Inaugural. THE INAUGURAL OATH. 16? address. From this platform we see a vast mass of humanbeings below, line on line of soldiers — a glittering sea ofhelmets; bayonets flash, plumes wave; all tell one story —the love of military pomp and parade, the pride andpatriotism which brings these soldiers here to celebrate theinauguration of their Chief. On the platform are assembled the Chief Justice of theUnited States and the Associate Justices, in their robesof office, and usually members of the Diplomatic Corpsin resplendent uniforms, the members of the Senate andHouse, officers of the Army and Navy, and other dignitariesof the land; while on the esplanade in front are gatheredtens of thousands of spectators. We can catch no wordthrough the strong March wind, yet know that the ChiefJustice has administered this oath which the Constitutionrequires the President-elect to ta
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