Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1901 — M’KINLEY IS CHIEF. [ARTICLE]

M’KINLEY IS CHIEF.

PRESIDENT INAUGURATED FOR A SECOND TERM. and Impressive Inaugural CerrmonHes - Gorgeous Pageant Up Pennsylvania Avenue Dazzling Ball at Night. •Washington correspondence: William McKinley is ugain President of the United States. lie pronounced the oath of office with impressive solemnity as he stood before the white-haired chief justice on the Capitol plaza Monday afternoon, and then reverently kissed the Bible opened before him. That was the final act of the making of a President, after the people had expressed their will at the polls more than four mouths before, and the electoral college had declared the will of the people in Congress three months later. There were intermediate steps and many formalities, but. this simple act of the taking of the oath to preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States was the culminating not by which William McKinley again placed the crown of authority upon his head and became the chief executive of over 70,000,000 of people. The inspiring program was carried out in all of its interesting details. In tin l swift panorama of the day followed in succession the stately presidential procession from White House to Capitol, eg corted by troops; the installation of Roosevelt and the new Senators; the taking of the solemn oath of office b.v Mr. McKinley on the Capitol front; the delivery of the inaugural address before the great host of the sovereign people; the gorgeous parade through Washington’s avenues, spangled with ten thousand flags, and lined with cheering thousands, and the review of the marching battalions by the President in front of the executive mansion. Fireworks blazed gloriously at night, and in the nNtguificeutly decorated pension building youth and beauty, official power and political fame united iri the brilliant inauguration lmll as a crowning demonstration.

The moat imposing, if not impressive, portion of the inaugural ceremonies undoubtedly took place in the United States Senate chamber and was witnessed by 2,000 people. This was the swearing In of the new Vice-President and the Inauguration of the Senate for another term of Congress. These ceremonies were very simple in themselves, but the formality with which they were invested, their exclusiveness and the gathering of distinguished men made it an occasion of peculiar interest. 'Thera were gathered all that is considered gregt in a republic. Thece were the representatives of the highest legislative bodies in the world, the Sonata and House of Representatives of the United States; there was the highest tribunal in the world, the Supreme Court of the United States; there were men who would hold the highest elective offices in the world, the President and Vice-Presi-dent of the United States of America. In addition there were the representatives of every civilized government on the face of the earth gathered to do honor to the administration of the United States. There were also gathered wealth, beauty and brains of tba country in the gallery. Distinguished and noted men and women endured the crush of the crowded corridors to he present at this national event. The galleries filled early, and it was a select gathering that witnessed the scene, select, however, only in the favoritism of those who controlled tike tickets of admission, for there were us distinguished citizens out on the street and in the great throng in front of the Capitol as there were in the Senate galleries. Outside the crowds surged around the capitol and filled the grfat avenue leading thereto. Outside there was cheering incessant over the statesmen who passed and the military and civic organizations that gathered, but inside the capitol, beneuth the great dome, there was an impressive silence ns the Senators gravely gathered in the hall, for there is solemnity as well as enthusiasm in the Inauguration of a President. 1,1 KK A FAIRY’S DHKAM. Inauguration Ball a Scene of Wonder and Grandeur. Democratic pomp reached its dazzling climax at the inauguration ball. Such