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PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS 



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THE inauguration of a President is, of 

 course, the equivalent of the coronation 

 pageant of an European monarch. It is 

 the day upon which the glory of the re- 

 public is exemplified in special and par- 

 ticular form and, it may he added, it is one 

 of the rare occasions upon which the 

 American people become hysterical. 



On March Ith, 1913, the 53rd President 

 of the United States will be induced into 

 office. Raised by the vote of his fellow 

 citizens to the highest office within their 

 gift he expresses in person the visible 

 authority of law and the sanction of gov- 

 ernment. Invested with a power greater 

 than that of many sovereigns he has been 

 raised from simple citizenship and when 

 his time of office has ended he will return 

 to the same citizenship from which he was 

 exalted. 



The ceremonies of inauguration are ex- 

 ceedingly simple and, as they exist today, 

 are substantially the same as when the 

 Father of his Country first assumed office 

 more than one hundred years ago. Of 

 course in minor respects certain differences 

 have occurred for no two inaugurations 

 have been precisely alike and in general 

 terms it may be said that the aspect of 

 an inauguration has been an index to the 

 character of the administration of which it 

 was the official beginning. 



The first President was inaugurated 

 April 30th, 1789, in New York before the 

 portico of what is now the Sub-Treasury, 

 the low and impressive building with the 

 heavy Doric pillared front which faces 

 Broad Street at the corner of Wall. Wash- 

 ington's wish had been for the simplest of 

 inaugurals but the affection and devotion 

 of the people could not be repulsed and his 

 journey from Mt. Vernon had been one 

 long continued ovation as, with his escort, 

 he passed through the historic towns and 

 villages upon his way to New York. His 

 arrival was the culmination welcome of all 

 and far out upon the highways of New Jer- 

 sey he was met and greeted by the deputa- 

 tion of citizens sent to welcome him. His 

 crossing the Hudson was performed in 

 what has been described as a barge of state 

 draped with silks of the national colors and 

 festooned with garlands of evergreen and 

 roses. This barge was accompanied by a 

 flotilla of ve'ssels similar in type and 

 adorned in much the same manner and the 

 landing at the Battery was signalized by 

 the firing of cannons while the bells of New 

 York and Brooklyn pealed a glad acclaim. 

 Washington had modestly desired that the 

 oath of office be taken very quietly and be- 

 fore only the officials necessary to its due 

 and proper administration but the popular 

 demand was for a public inaugural and the 

 wishes of the people could not be disre- 

 garded. 



A function out of doors was the result. 

 The oath was taken upon the open Bible 

 and was administered by Chancellor Liv- 

 ingston. Washington was arrayed in a very 

 simple suit of brown broadcloth. He wore 

 -ilk stockings, silver buckles were upon his 

 shoes and his powdered hair was gathered 

 into hag His raiment is said to have 

 be- ly of home manufacture and to 



h; repared upon the Mt. Vernon 



ei nder the watchful eye of 



.shington and her faithful re- 

 ... The statue which marks the ex- 



. spot where the first of our American 

 presidents assumed office shows him as 

 dressed in the manner which tradition has 

 recorded. Washington's assent to the oath 

 was given in a low and subdued voice and 



