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Newspaper
Ames Intelligencer
Location
Ames, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1885
Page
4
The article chronicles Cleveland's inauguration as the twenty second president, detailing the day from ceremonies to the parade and grand ball. It includes the oath, the inaugural address, and a full text record of the president's remarks to the nation.
President Cleveland and party hidden departure from Albany to the national capital on Monday evening. The group included his brother Rev L Cleveland wife Miss Cleveland Mrs Hoyt and others. They traveled via a telegraph station Kenwood to a waiting special train paid for by the railroads but offered gratis to the president.
A quiet Washington trip with Mr. Cleveland in good humor. Col Lamont jokes about Dan Manning calling him Secretary of the Treasury, provoking laughs. The party plays pinocle during the evening as the train passes Philadelphia at 2 AM unnoticed by station staff.
Crowds fill Washington streets before a grand inauguration as marching clubs, bands, and serenades entertain 100000 visitors. Senators hear a cautious appeal for measured reform while a formal adjournment marks the close of business and a ceremonial procession forms at the Capitol with officials, diplomats, and military leaders.
The president elect arrives by special train at Baltimore Potomac depot at 7 o clock. He avoids a public reception preferring a visit with the committee at his hotel. Officials brief him on inauguration plans and he dines with his party at the White House after a day of calls.
A Washington correspondent notes the city gleaming with red white and blue from Capitol to Monument along Pennsylvania Avenue. Buildings including the Treasury Willard's Hotel and pensions office are heavily decorated with flags bunting and patriotic regalia with new balconies and stands erected along the avenue.
A 10:30 a m procession from the White House featured President-elect Cleveland and Vice President-elect Hawley amid wild cheers. Troops and Marine Band led the parade up Pennsylvania Avenue with the National Democratic Committee and inaugural committee following, showcasing a patriotic spectacle through a crowded city.
A telegraph correspondent reports Washington streets crowded for the inauguration. The avenue and sidewalks are a dense mass of people from Fifteenth Street to the Capitol with visiting militias and civic groups filling hotels and corners. Bands serenade delegates while officials and private hosts accommodate the influx.
President Arthur breakfasted with his family at the White House about 9 o clock. Senators Sherman Ransom Hawley Gorman and Vice President-elect Hendricks joined in a ceremonial morning transit in an open barouche from Willard's Hotel to the White House amid cheers and public recognition.
The Senate welcomed Vice President elect Hendricks and President elect Cleveland during a ceremonial gathering. Senators Payne and Ekevarts arrived to applause while Supreme Court Justices entered in their black robes. The crowd cheered as Cleveland and the Vice President elect were escorted to their seats.
The address reflects on the oath to serve the people, the need for nonpartisan conduct, and fidelity to the Constitution. It emphasizes harmony, amity, federal versus state powers, and the duty to uphold the republic through challenges and diverse interests. It calls for unity, devotion to constitutional principles, and cautious governance.
The inaugural platform on the Capitol steps held 2,000 chairs for diplomats, judges, and press as a vast crowd packed the lawns and avenues. President-elect Cleveland spoke without a manuscript, outlining republican governance, civil service reform, Native American policy, and the nation’s fiscal and foreign policy, ending with a plea for divine blessing.
President elect Cleveland takes the oath with Chief Justice White presiding. A worn morocco Bible, a gift from his mother, is used as witnesses and dignitaries applaud as Cleveland kisses the Bible and is congratulated by Ex President Arthur and others before returning to the White House.
Recounts Lincoln's secret spring 1861 journey from home to Washington amid alleged assassination plots. Describes farewell at Springfield, route stops, and rising tension in Harrisburg Philadelphia and beyond, with military guards, crowd scenes, and the oath of office in the Capitol.
The parade passed the White House with 25 000 troops and 2 000 spectators on the grand stand. President and party took lunch in the dining room after a grand review praised as among the brightest pageants in the nation. Fireworks ended the celebration with unprecedented display.
The Daily News expresses strong editorial support for President Cleveland. It hopes for hearty sympathy from England and predicts growing peace friendship and increasing commerce as Cleveland's inaugural address reflects promise and a strong personal reputation.
Washington telegram reports President Arthur will retire to private life without resuming law or business. He will stay with Frelinghuysen in Washington, then visit Fortress Monroe for health relief, and depart for Canada by June 1 for fishing. New York will be his home upon return, with a life of leisure and pleasure excursions.
Report from Rockdale Texas describes a violent late night shooting at a house near W Davis. Pred Stephens, a former county sheriff, shot Buck Scales and a bystander, then killed another man with a shotgun as a crowd pursued him. Scales’s 10 year old sister was wounded.
Authorities report booksellers rely on the Revised New Testament but say the King James edition remains unreplaced and in steady demand. Dealers sold large stocks by auction and hold remaining copies, anticipating future demand as readers acclimate to the revisions.
A sewer in downtown Chicago at Clark and Madison streets was discovered eleven feet below the surface frozen solid. Workers excavated and removed the ice using axes and picks.
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