. Book of the Royal blue . the inauguration, the oath wasquietly administered to Mr. Hayes at theWhite House by Chief Justice Waite onSunday, the 4th. Few were aware of this,as it was a precautionary measure, and onMarch 5th he was publicly sworn in, anddelivered his address from the stand in frontof the capitol. March 4, 1881, the date that Garfieldbegan his term, opened dull and lowering,with several inches of snow and slush onthe ground. The city was crowded andwas a mass of decorations, the public build-ings being covered with flags and escort was the largest which had everatte
. Book of the Royal blue . the inauguration, the oath wasquietly administered to Mr. Hayes at theWhite House by Chief Justice Waite onSunday, the 4th. Few were aware of this,as it was a precautionary measure, and onMarch 5th he was publicly sworn in, anddelivered his address from the stand in frontof the capitol. March 4, 1881, the date that Garfieldbegan his term, opened dull and lowering,with several inches of snow and slush onthe ground. The city was crowded andwas a mass of decorations, the public build-ings being covered with flags and escort was the largest which had everattended any President. Gen. W. was marshal, and led the columnover the same route he traversed at the headof his 60,000 veterans in 1865. Therewere in line about 2,000 regular troops,Pennsylvanias entire national guard, eighteenregiments, led by her governor, and at least25,000 militia and citizens, marching asclubs. Prominent in line was GeneralHancock, the defeated candidate. An in- THE INAUGURATION OF A PRESIDENT. THE INAUGURATION OF A PRESIDENT augural ball, for which nearly 1U,0UU ticketswere sold, closed the day. The Republican Party had been in powerfrom 1861 to 1884, but in the latter yearwas defeated and its old-time competitorelected Grover Cleveland of New York. He had been chosen mayor of a Republi-can city, governor of his State and then Presi-dent and Cleveland luck continued untilMarch 4th, his inauguration day being mildand balmy. The city was filled with stran-gers. The Democratic clubs of New Yorkmade special efforts to send large delega-tions. The military feature was conspicu-ous; Pennsylvania sent 8,000 of her blue-clad guard and as a contrast Gen. FifzhughLee, clad in gray, marshaled a long columnof gray-iuiiformed men from the SouthernStates. Some 1,200 Tammany men fol-lowed the great banner of the club, whichwas carried by four men in Indian New York club of about 200 menwas in knickerbocker costume, cocked hats,white silk stockings and
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